Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ Conference
“Engineering Change”
Monday, September 22, 2014 (Day1)
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration
9:00 -10:15am
Opening Ceremony
Chairman: Eng. Andre White, Jamaica Institution of Engineers
Address & Official Opening:
Guest Speaker: Professor Errol Morrison,
Director General, National Commission on Science & Technology
10:15 -10:45am
Coffee Break
Technical Session 1
”Construction Infrastructure & Regional Development”
10:45-11:15am
Decorative Uses of Concrete
Eng. Desmond Young, VP, New Era Home 2000 Limited & Consultant
to Carib Cement Company Limited, Jamaica
11:15 - 11:45am
Concrete vs Asphalt
Rosalia Perez, Housing & Infrastructure Advisor, CEMEX Jamaica.
11:45am -12:15pm
Rock Fall Protection Screens and Its Application for Jamaican
Roadways
Norman Harris, Mines & Geology Division, The Ministry of Science
Technology Energy & Mining.
12:15pm-12:45pm
Strategies for Sustainable Urban Renewal of Downtown Kingston
Margaret Jarrett, Jamaica Institute of Architects, Registered Architect
12:45pm -1:45pm
Lunch Break
1:45pm – 2:00pm
Jamaica National Building Society: Engineering A Path To
Sustainable Living
Technical Session 2
“Procurement, Codes & Standards”
2:00pm - 2:30pm
The Planned Improvements of Jamaica’s
Public Sector Procurement Process.
Raymond McIntyre, Chairman, National Contracts Commission
Donald Moore, Commissioner, National Contracts Commission
2:30pm - 3:00pm
Promulgation of the New Jamaica Building Code
Eng. Dwight Wilson, Senior Director, Ministry of Local Government &
Community Development
Technical Session 3
“Engineering, Management and Logistics”
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Consideration of the Use of Pedotransfer Functions in Soil Water
Management
Rudo Udika, TechnischeUniversität Dresden, Germany
3:30pm - 4:00pm
Industrial Logistics Robot for Possible Use in Jamaica Logistics
Hub Development
Dr. Dave Muir, Kristoff Howell, Rikardo Duhaney, Tarick Edwards,
Faculty of Engineering, University of Technology
4:00pm - 4:30pm
Change Order & Time Impact Analysis Using Building Information
Modelling (BIM)
Dale Copeland, Leighton Ellis, University of the West Indies, Dr.
Zhenhua Zhu, Concordia University
4:30pm - 4:40pm
Day’s Closing Remarks
Eng. Dionne Sampson
Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ Conference
“Engineering Change”
Tuesday, September 23, 2014 (Day2)
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration
9:00 - 9:05am
Welcome
9:05-9:25am
”Key Note Speaker on The Effects of Climate Change on Economic
Development in Jamaica
Mr. Colin Bullock, Director General,
Chairman of the Board, The Planning Institute of Jamaica
Technical Session 1
‘Climate Change Adaptation”
9:25 - 9:55am
Flood Risks for Jamaica: Present and Future Climate
(1678 to 2100)
Eng. Christopher Burgess, CEAC Solutions Company Limited
9:55 – 10:25 am
Flood Hazards in Jamaica: The Impact Of Hurricanes, Tropical
Storms, and the Development of a Parish Based Disaster Risk
Information Platform (DRIP).
Dr. Arpita Mandal, Department of Geography and Geology
Dr. David Smith, Institute for Sustainable Development
The University of the West Indies
10:25 -10:55am
Coffee Break
10:55 -11:25am
Disaster Risk Reduction in Jamaica
Dr. David C Smith, Institute for Sustainable Development
Dr. Arpita Mandal, Department of Geography and Geology
University of the West Indies
11:25am – 11:55am
Pilot Project Delfland Sand Engine, An Innovative Approach to
Sustainable Development of Coastlines
Mark. W. Roelofs, Theo Lendering, Van Oord Dredging & Marine
Contractors, bv, The Netherlands.
11:55 -12:25 am
The Potential Impact of Climate Change on Design of Infrastructure
Eng. Dr. David Y Smith, Smith Warner International Limited
12:25 -1:25 pm
Lunch Break
Technical Session 2
“Professional Engineering Registration”
1: 25 -1:55pm
The Professional Engineers Registration Board
Eng. Garth Kiddoe, (PERB)
1:55 - 2:25pm
The Professional Engineers Registration Act and Ethics
2:25 - 2:55pm
Ethics – The Engineer’s Perspective
Eng. Noel Whyte, Noel Whyte & Associates Limited
2:55 - 3:25 pm
Continuing Education and the Jamaican Professional Engineer
Eng. Roosevelt DaCosta, (PERB)
Technical Session 3
“The Student Macaroni Bridge Competition”
Facilitators: Eng. Dr. Noel Brown, UTECH, JIE
3:25 -4:25 pm
Student Bridge Competition Judging & Testing
4:25 - 4:35 pm
Student Bridge Competition Presentation and Day’s Closing
Remarks
Eng. Dr. Noel Brown
Jamaica Institution of Engineers’ Conference
“Engineering Change”
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 (Day3)
8:30 - 9:00am
Registration
8:55 - 9:00am
Welcome
9:00-9:20am
”Key Note Speaker on Jamaica’s Energy Policy and Growth”
Mr. Albert Gordon, Director General, Office of Utilities Regulation
Technical Session 1
“Electricity& Loss Prevention”
9:20 - 9:50am
The Effects of Illegal Abstraction of Electricity
Eng. Omar Sweeney, Jamaica Public Service Company Limited
9:50 -10:20am
The Impact of the Residential Automated Metering Infrastructure
(RAMI) System
Eng. Steve Dixon, Jamaica Public Service Company Limited
10:20 -10:50am
Reducing Non-Technical Losses in Power Systems; The Jamaican
Experience
Eng. Noel Sinclair, University of Technology, Jamaica
10:50 -11:15am
Coffee Break
11:15 - 11:45am
Project Management and the Implementation of the Maggotty
Hydro Power Plant
Eng. David Cook, Jamaica Public Service Company Limited
11: 45 -12:15pm
The Future of Liquefied Natural Gas as a Fuel for Electricity Power
Generation
Eng. Dionne Nugent, Jamaica Public Service Company Limited
12:15 -12:45pm
Financing Energy Efficiency
Mr. Edison Galbraith, Development Bank of Jamaica,
12:45 - 1:40pm
Lunch Break
Technical Session 2
”Alternative Energy & Technology”
1: 40 - 2: 10pm
Improving the Life Cycle Management of Power Transformers
Dr. Dave Muir, Eng. Noel Sinclair, Eng. Nadrae Waugh
University of Technology, Jamaica
2: 10 - 2:40 pm
Economic Viability of Upgrading an Existing Airport in Jamaica to
Use Grid Tied Solar Energy
Stephen Curran, Network Design Director, Digicel
2:40 - 3:10 pm
Setting Up a Wind Prediction Model for Jamaica: Based on the
Wind Measurement campaign of the IDB Wigton Wind Farm Ltd.
2011-2014
Sanja Simmonds, Dr. Dorville Jean-Francios, The Department of
Physics, University of the West Indies
3:10 - 3:40 pm
Dynamic Numerical Model of a 2D Hybrid Photo Voltaic – Thermal
(PVT) Panel
Sameer Simms, Dr. Dorville Jean-Francios, The Department of Physics,
University of the West Indies
3:40 - 4:10 pm
Engineering Low Cost Solar Cell Material: Improving DyeSensitized Solar Cell Performance by Photoanode Doping
Leaford Henderson, The Department of Physics, University of the West
Indies
4:10 - 4:25 pm
Conference Closing Remarks
Conference Chairman: Eng. Christopher Hamilton