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as my term as president comes to its conclusion, it is my duty to report on the works of Council at the end of the 2014/15 season i would also like to take the opportunity to reflect on the 12 months that have passed since my inauguration at last year ’ s aGM on 29th May
when i first looked at the schedule of events for my term of office, the list was bursting with activities yet i am surprised at the speed with which the year has passed! it does not seem that long ago that i was setting out the pillars of my Presidential year – the convergence between all forms of engineering and technology, and a desire to encourage more female students into the profession i was delighted to attend the first women in engineering career seminar in dublin castle during october organised by the stePs team Facilitating events where female students can engage with female engineers like myself and the others featured on the panel helped them fully realise the opportunities available to them any event that can break down the stereotypes of engineers and remove barriers to entry to the profession must be welcomed the challenge to encourage young people into the profession continues as does that of recruiting and retaining new members a major piece
of market research was undertaken in 2014 to explore the opinions of the general public regarding engineering and the views of member and non-member engineers about engineers ireland, the profession s representative body the initial findings have been presented to council and from this body of work, a clear marketing strategy for the organisation can be determined being able to highlight the contribution of the profession to society amongst the general public was a particularly rewarding task for me as President the entries in the 2014 excellence awards allowed me to do just that through the medium of The Irish Times supplement and at the awards ceremony itself, attendance at which continues to grow each year the entries also reflected the other theme of my presidency: that of convergence in engineering a traditional civil engineering project –the rosie hackett bridge – won the engineering Project of the year, but the construction process would have been quite different without the reams of data gathered by digital processes to calculate the flows of traffic in that part of the city to aid the construction process and, post the bridge’s opening, the impact on traffic flows similarly, robbie the robot , designed and built to enhance the life of Joanne o riordan, demonstrates technology-enhancing mechanical engineering at the centre of both these engineering projects are citizens or an individual
human, benefitting from an engineering-led design solution to continue to benefit society, our engineers must keep up with developments in their particular field of expertise, and this means making a commitment to cPd with mandatory cPd being introduced in 2017, the scoping exercise has commenced for the it requirements to support this it is anticipated that the development work will take place in late 2015 / early 2016 so that the application can be operated for several months before going live the level of investment will be in line with our agreed budgets though there are a number of alternative solutions to explore one option being actively investigated is a smartphone app to allow members to update their cPd record when they are actually undertaking a cPd activity and make the entire recording process as user friendly as possible in preparation, our crm system now produces a printable certificate for all seminar and course attendees, which also attaches digitally to a member s profile as a verifiable cPd record this is just one simple change that will assist with automating the recording process the financial health of the organisation continues to improve in line with the improving economy council recently approved a very strong set of financial statements for 2014, now before you, and early indications are that 2015 will be similar these results have been achieved through the hard work of the team at clyde road with the very strong support of the Finance committee
one of the biggest changes to occur in clyde road in the last number of years and overlapping with my year as President is the upcoming departure of John Power, the director General who has served the organisation for the past eight years John proved to be the right man at the right time as we weathered one of the most significant recessions in living memory he leaves behind a legacy of achievements, including reassessing the criteria for membership of engineers ireland, producing the first tv advertisement highlighting the engineering
profession, overseeing a smooth transition to the new requirement for chartered engineer status of a level 9 qualification, negotiating the freehold on our property here at 22 clyde road, and overseeing the development of our new region in australia/new Zealand on behalf of my fellow officers, council and the executive board, i would like to wish him well with the next stage of his journey
Finally, i would like to thank my fellow officers John o’dea, bill Grimson and dermot byrne for their support and i wish bill all the best for his term as President to all the team at clyde road, thanks for the wonderful job you do supporting the engineering profession
regina Moran Chartered Engineer President
Ann Kelleher (centre), Chartered Engineer, Vice President of Intel s Technology and Manufacturing Group and FSM co-general manager, was awarded the Engineers Ireland President s Award for demonstrating leadership in engineering Ann is pictured receiving her award from Michael Crothers, former Managing Director of Shell, sponsor of the award, and Regina Moran, President of Engineers Ireland
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introduction the last 12 months have seen the economy continue to recover with renewed hope for those who weathered the storm at home and those w h o h a d to s e e k s h e l te r ove rs e a s t h e s p r
including our own, but we must welcome the recovery with caution the lessons learned in years past should not be forgotten with the bright dawn of optimism a return to the extravagance and spending of 2007 should be avoided at all costs already we are seeing hints of the relaxation of standards that were introduced directly as a result of the blinkered nature of the celtic t i g e r b o o m ,
h u m a n i m p a c t s o n e s u c h exa m p le i s t h e rev i s e d b u i ld i n g regulations that were only introduced on 1 march 2014 a mere 12 m o n t h s l a t e r t h e re a re s u g g e st i o n s t h a t l
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a t i o n should be applied in the case of one-off self-build homes along with widening the pool of qualified professionals competent to carry out t h e wo r k o f a s s i g n e d a n d d e s i g n c e r t i f i e r t h e le g i s l a t i o n w a s introduced for a reason and let’s not lose sight of this neither should we forget there are many Priory halls out there most re ce n t ly t h e f i re t h a t d e st roye d s i x h o u s e s a t t h e m i l l f i e ld m a n o r housing estate in newbridge in 20 minutes could have resulted in terrible tragedy o ve r t h e p a st ye a r a t t a c ks – b o t h p o l i t i c a l a n d p e rs o n a l – h a ve occurred against our colleagues in irish water who are carrying out necessary work to improve the water infrastructure that delivers a fa r t o o t a ke n fo r g ra n t e d re s o u rce s i m i l a r ly, t h e l a c k o f u n d e rst a n d i n g a m o n g t h e g e n e ra l p u b l i c a b o u t t h e i n ve st m e n t required for new power transmission lines to deliver upgrades to the ex i st i n g n e t wo r k h a s n eve r b e e n m o re o b v i o u s t h a n i n t h e l a st 1 2 m o n t h s i t i s n o t j u st t h e m e d i a t h a t i s t o b l a m
fo r t h i s incomprehension as the guardian of the engineering profession, engineers ireland will continue to do its best to educate the general public about the role that engineers play in delivering the infrastructure that is essential fo r t h e i r we l l b e i n g ,
financially sound organisation is required
Finance, Facilities and hr
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required i am pleased to say that 2014 was a very positive year for engineers ireland and it continues to reflect the ongoing hard work by our secretariat staff, the Finance committee and the treasurers in our regions
the financial statements for the year end saw an increase in income for the third year running showing an overall rise vs 2013, of 6 4% expenditure increased by 1 6% resulting in a surplus for the year of €962k, an improvement of 32% compared with the 2013 result our 2014 capital investment programme totalled over €200k and focused on continued developments in our it infrastructure and facility improvements in our headquarters in clyde road, which benefited both members and staff
the major project was the long overdue rewiring of the old building other work included the introduction of two purpose-built interview rooms designed specifically for professional interviews and the conversion of the committee room into a more welcoming waiting area for interview candidates and other visitors
technological advances
also for the benefit of members, new audiovisual facilities were installed in the main meeting rooms and a new webcast facility was introduced towards the end of the year remote webcasting was trialled and it is planned to roll this out to all regions in 2015 our membership system and other applications were moved to a ‘cloud environment thereby providing increased resilience and business continuity for our main operations
Membership
the year was both challenging and rewarding from a membership perspective For the first time since the downturn our overall membership numbers rose by 3%, with all sections of membership growing with the exception of technician members the number of chartered engineers increased by 11%
a record number of applications for professional titles (754) was received in 2014 (657 in January and 97 in september 2014) this reflected the fact that it was the last time applications under the old regulations were accepted also of relevance was the introduction of the new building control (amendment) regulations and expanded statutory functions for chartered engineers as referred to earlier this volume of applications was double the normal annual level and placed a particularly onerous workload on the membership team and the cadre of volunteers on which we heavily rely to support our processes the demands placed upon our volunteers and academic interviewers in particular, and the members of the membership Qualifications board and board of examiners, were exceptional we must be mindful of the demands we place on our volunteer members to ensure that we do not erode their commitment and goodwill towards engineers ireland
annual meeting in wellington, new Zealand during that visit the registrar and i took the opportunity to meet with some of our members in hong Kong and melbourne there is a strong level of goodwill and support among members overseas and we need to capitalise on this
CpD
in a rapidly changing environment cPd is the mechanism to ensure that engineering professionals are up to date in their field at engineers ireland, central to our current strategy is our commitment to ensuring the relevance and competitiveness of skill sets in the engineering workforce in ireland in 2014, the cPd training team delivered a total of 137 scheduled training events, with over 2,500 delegates engaging in structured cPd training through engineers ireland at clyde road and at other regional locations engineers ireland cPd courses and seminars significantly diversified in 2014 in response to the outcomes of the training needs analysis survey conducted in both January and september in 2014 the expansion of our training programme has seen the introduction of a number of well-received topics and courses, with a growth of 40% in the number of training events from 2013 to 2014 supported by the cPd standing committee, the cPd training unit will continue on this trajectory to meet the needs of our diverse membership by sourcing and evaluating quality training offerings in 2015
mandatory cPd will be introduced for engineers ireland members from 2017 we are offering all our members 10 high quality elearning modules free of charge – this provides 24/7 access to verifiable cPd no matter where the member is based
the cPd accredited employer standard has continued to attract new engineering-led organisations to the benefits of the framework, with ongoing support from the department of education and skills the 2013 standard revision has been well received by the 38 organisations which underwent a reaccreditation audit in 2014 the format of the cPd employer of the year award competition was also enhanced in 2014 the challenge for the year ahead is to ensure that the standard retains its value and relevance to long-standing accredited organisations resourcing the audit panels for a demanding schedule of audits in 2015 will also need to be carefully managed
StepS
inspiring the next generation of engineers is a vital part of our role as the representative voice of the engineering profession our stePs programme – the only national outreach programme dedicated to the promotion of engineering – enables volunteer engineers to make a direct impact on students by acting as role models in the classroom, at primary and post-primary level the stePs programme is managed by engineers ireland and supported by science Foundation ireland, the department of education and skills, and a number of major engineering employers
thanks to the dedication of some 600+ volunteer engineers, in 2014 the stePs team facilitated 58,000 face-to-face interactions between
engineers and students, their teachers and their parents in total volunteer engineers donated more than 13,000 hours to stePs in 2014 the programme is going from strength to strength, and two big items now on the agenda for stePs are: attaining a national quality standard for volunteering, and introducing a customer relationship management system to help automate the volunteer-matching process
Signing Off
this is my eighth and final annual review on behalf of engineers ireland in July, i will step down as director General but plan to remain totally committed to the goals of this organisation through volunteering i would like to thank the team in clyde road for their hard work and dedication, often above and beyond their remit their passion for the engineering profession is to be admired and it was my distinct pleasure to serve with them
our sponsors are crucial to the successful delivery of our services –they richly deserve the gratitude of the whole engineering community without our volunteer members, engineers ireland simply could not function as we are hugely dependent on those who freely give up their time to serve on council, executive board, committees and as interviewers for the professional titles i would like to sincerely thank you all on behalf of engineers ireland and the engineering profession i would also like to take this opportunity to wish my successor, caroline spillane, as much, if not more fulfilment and job satisfaction as i enjoyed as dG of this wonderful organisation i have had the privilege of working with great Presidents over the years and i would like to thank each of them for their totally unselfish support this year ’ s President is no exception regina moran’s zest for life is contagious, and the good spirits with which she engages inspiring it has been a pleasure to serve with her and the other officers – President elect bill Grimson and vice President dermot byrne i would also like to thank our Past President John o dea for his continued involvement throughout the year
i have had a wonderful eight years there have been many different challenges to overcome and i can safely say it’s never been boring every day has been different, every one of you i ve met, unique hopefully our paths will cross again – go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir slán
John power, Chartered Engineer director General
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o u r e l e Ct e d r e p r e s e n tat i v e s
exeCutive board for the 2014-2015 session – offiCers
president:
regina moran, Chartered Engineer
vice president: bill Grimson, Chartered Engineer
vice president:
dermot byrne, Chartered Engineer
past president (2013 - 2014):
John o dea, Chartered Engineer
Members
cormac bradley, Chartered Engineer
George chadda, Chartered Engineer
John coleman, MIEI
CounCil 2014-2015 session – offiCers
president:
regina moran, Chartered Engineer
vice president: bill Grimson, Chartered Engineer
vice president: dermot byrne, Chartered Engineer
past president:
John o dea, Chartered Engineer
eleCted Corporate MeMbers
cormac bradley, Chartered Engineer
elina bychkova, Chartered Engineer
mary carr, Chartered Engineer
Co-opted MeMbers
maurice buckley, Chartered Engineer
dermot dungan, Tech IEI
John Garrett, Chartered Engineer
diarmuid Ó briain, Chartered Engineer
edel donnelly, Chartered Engineer
orla lonergan, Chartered Engineer
seamus lynch, Chartered Engineer
regional representatives (ex-officio)
Johnston bell – Northern Region
Pat roche – South East Region
PJ lyons - Donegal Region
oisín Gibson – GB Region
dawn roberts – An Ríocht (Kerry)
michael connolly – Midland Region
brian cassidy – Cork Region
henry Kerr – North East Region
cian mcGuinness – West Region
George chadda – North West Region
seán lenihan – Thomond Region
murt coleman, Chartered Engineer
Kieran Feighan, Chartered Engineer
John Jordan, MIEI
orla lonergan, Chartered Engineer
Paul macdonald, MIEI
Peter Quinn, Chartered Engineer
Pat roche, Chartered Engineer
marguerite sayers, MIEI
Chairman of the Finance Committee: murt coleman, Chartered Engineer
Chairman of the Membership & Qualifications Board
david Kennedy, Chartered Engineer
Chairman of the Board of examiners: richard crowe, Chartered Engineer
Gráinne devaney-clinton, MIEI
Paul macdonald, MIEI
Paul murphy, MIEI
Divisional representatives (ex-officio)
John mccarthy – Civil Division des murphy – Energy-Environment Division
sean hegarty – Electrical & Electronic Division
vicki chadwick – Local Government Division
Pat Kelly – Computing Division
alan o connor – Structures & Construction Division
tom scanlon – Chemical & Process Engineering Division
david reddington, MIEI
marguerite sayers, MIEI
declan Gibbons – Biomedical Engineering Division
william curran – Agriculture & Food Engineering Division
a graduate of university college dublin, dermot holds a master s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in business administration he has extensive senior management experience in the electricity industry in ireland and abroad From 1993 to 2000 he worked in senior roles within esb national Grid, esb customer services and Power Generation in 2000 he was appointed as the first managing director of esb networks, where he oversaw the ramp-up of investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure in ireland, with particular focus on the network renewal Programme
dermot was appointed chief executive of eirGrid – the transmission system operator for ireland – in July 2005
in his role as chief executive and managing director, dermot developed eirGrid into a group structure with responsibilities in ireland and northern ireland, comprising eirGrid tso, system operator northern ireland (soni ltd ), and the single electricity market operator (semo) Key initiatives overseen by dermot include the successful completion of the €600m east west interconnector in september 2012, the development and implementation of the Grid25 network investment strategy, and the establishment of eirGrid as a world leader in the integration of wind power into the power system dermot has presented widely on strategic industry issues, and has been invited on a number of occasions to participate in high-level eu commission meetings and workshops he retired from the eirGrid board in september 2012
he is now a non-executive director of element Power ireland, a leading renewable energy company, and chairman of raising & Giving ireland, a not-for-profit organisation focused on channelling the energy and passion of third-level students towards volunteering and social change he has recently completed a strategic assignment for umeme, the company responsible for the distribution and supply businesses in uganda
dermot is a Fellow of engineers ireland, a distinguished member of the international electricity body ciGrÉ, and he has recently been awarded chartered director status by the institute of directors in london
william (bill) Grimson, a native of dublin, graduated with an honours degree in electronic engineering from trinity college dublin in 1970 after graduating bill gained admission to the department of electrical & computer engineering at the university of toronto where he obtained a master s degree
bill then worked for three years as a research and development engineer in Ferranti ltd , edinburgh, in their laser systems Group, working on electro-optic laser receivers he then returned to ireland to take up a position as a lecturer in what was to become dit, Kevin street, where in time he became head of the department of control systems engineering bill’s lecturing duties were focussed primarily in the areas of digital signal processing, image processing, and field and circuit theory his research activities were centred on the application of engineering paradigms to health informatics and he participated in a number of major european projects nearing the end of his career bill chose to remain in academic affairs, where for a time he was academic registrar before retiring in 2012
bill is a past chair of the membership and Qualification board of engineers ireland and was also a member of the board of examiners he currently chairs the cPd committee he served two terms as the irish representative on the european membership monitoring committee of Feani
in recent times bill has collaborated with both engineers and non-engineers in europe and north america reflecting on the education of engineering undergraduates and the subsequent development of the professional engineer: he has authored and co-authored a number of book chapters and articles in the field in addition, bill contributed to a book, Understanding the Global Energy Crisis, edited and written by colleagues in dit and Purdue university, which sets out the nature of the crisis, and examines the technical and policy options facing the development of major conventional and renewable energy sources
Finally, bill is a chartered engineer and Fellow of engineers ireland who, whilst recognising the grand challenges identified by engineering academies across the globe, also recognises the need for engineers to work with society to address those challenges
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responsibilities
the council is responsible for preparing the annual report and the f i n a n c i a l s t a t e m e n t s i n a cco rd a n ce w i t h a p p l i c a b l e l a w a n d
G e n e r a l ly a cce p t e d a cco u n t i n g P r a c t i ce i n i re l a n d i n c l u d i n g t h e
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f i n a n c i a l ye a r, w h i c h g i ve a t r u e a n d fa i r v i ew o f t h e sta te o f a f fa i rs
o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n o f e n g i n e e r s o f i re l a n d a n d o f t h e s u r p l u s o r
d e f i c i t o f t h e i n st i t u t i o n o f e n g i n e e rs o f i re l a n d fo r t h a t p e r i o d i n
p re p a r i n g t h o s e f i n a n c i a l sta te m e n ts , t h e c o u n c i l i s re q u i re d to :
n S e le c t s u i t a b le a cco u n t i n g p o l i c i e s a n d t h e n a p p ly t h e m consistently;
n Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; n p re p a re t h e f i n a n c i a l st a t e m e n t s o n t h e g o i n g co n ce r n b a s i s
u n le s s i t i s i n a p p ro p r i a t e t o p re s u m e t h a t t h
n st i t u t i o n o f engineers of ireland will continue in being
the council confirms that it has complied with the above requirements in preparing the financial statements
the council is also required to state whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures being disclosed and explained in the financial statements
the council is responsible for keeping proper accounting records, which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the institution of engineers of ireland the council is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the institution of engineers of ireland and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities
the council is responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the entity’s website legislation in the republic of ireland governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions e n g i n e e r S i r e l A n d A n n u A l r e po rt 2014
independent auditors’ report to the MeMbers of the institution of engineers of ireland
we have audited the financial statements of the institution of engineers of ireland for the year ended 31st december 2014, which comprise the income and expenditure account, the statement of total recognised Gains and losses, the balance sheet, cashflow statement and the related notes the financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is irish law and accounting standards issued by the Financial reporting council and promulgated by the institute of chartered accountants in ireland (Generally accepted accounting Practice in ireland)
respeCtive responsibilities of CounCil and auditors
as explained more fully in the statement of council s responsibilities, as set out on page 15, the council is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the financial statements in accordance with applicable irish law and international standards on auditing (uK and ireland)
this report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and only for the institution s members as a body and for no other purpose we do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing
sCope of the audit of the finanCial stateMents
an audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error
this includes an assessment of: whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the institution’s circumstances and have been consistently applied and adequately disclosed; the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by the council; and the overall presentation of the financial statements in addition, we read all the financial and non-financial information in the director General's report to identify material inconsistencies with the audited financial statements if we become aware of any apparent material misstatements or inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report
opinion on the finanCial stateMents
in our opinion the financial statements:
n give a true and fair view in accordance with Generally accepted accounting practice in ireland of the state of the institution’s affairs as at 31st December 2014, and of its results and cash flows for the year then ended
n we have obtained all the information and explanations which we consider necessary for the purposes of our audit
n in our opinion proper books of account have been kept by the institution.
n the financial statements are in agreement with the books of account
n in our opinion the information given in the Statement of Council's responsibilities is consistent with the financial statements
O’Brien harnett & associates chartered accountants and statutory audit Firm
97 haddington road, dublin 4
may 12, 2015
statement of total recognised gains and losses for the year ended december 31, 2014
the financial statements were approved by council and signed on its behalf by:
regina Moran John power President
Director General
may 12, 2015
balance sheet as at december 31, 2014
regina Moran John power President Director
2,650,814
Cashflow statement for the year ended december 31, 2014
regina Moran John power President Director General may 12, 2015
3. operating surplus
and the benevolent Fund of the institution of engineers of ireland notes to the financial statements for the year ended december 31, 2014
4. pension scheme
the institution operates a defined benefit pension scheme and a defined contribution pension plan defined benefit contributions are charged to the income and expenditure account so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees' expected working lives with the institution the contributions are determined by a qualified actuary on the basis of triennial valuations using the projected unit method the scheme was established on the 1st January 1977 to provide retirement, death in service and disability benefits for employees eligibility is at the discretion of the employer
From inception until 1st January 1990, the scheme was funded on an annual premium basis with retirement benefit contributions being invested in an irish life insured contract with bonus participation with effect from that date the scheme has used the control funded approach to deriving the contribution rate for retirement benefits with contributions invested in a unit-linked contract the assets that had been secured under the insured contract remain in the scheme in a paid up form
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retirement benefits (FrS 17)
the valuation used for Frs 17 disclosures has been based on the most recent actuarial valuation at 31st december 2014 scheme assets are stated at their market value at 31st december 2014
expected return on assets
the assumption for the expected return on the scheme's assets is derived as a weighted average of the expected returns on each asset class less any anticipated levies the expected returns on each class are based on market conditions at the beginning of the relevant accounting period, allowing for the risk premium expected on each asset class where appropriate For bonds, the gross redemption yield at the start of the year on an appropriate long dated bond was used For equities, a risk premium of 3% per annum in excess of the gross redemption yield on the long bond was used For property a risk premium of 2% per annum in excess of the gross redemption yield on the long bond was used For cash an assumed rate of return of 0 1% per annum was used at the start of the accounting period
notes to the financial statements for the year ended december 31, 2014
notes to the financial statements for the year ended december 31, 2014
7. Cash flow statement
(c)
notes to the financial statements for the year ended december 31, 2014
11. revaluation reserve
12. engineers ireland regions
engineers ireland supports 11 regional committees to provide additional support to local members in each region in 2014 the total income of the 11 regions was €80,856 the 11 regions incurred expenditure of €70,857 resulting in a surplus of €9,999 the 11 regions have total net assets at 31st december 2014 of €357,008 and these funds are available to the individual regional committees to support activities in their region
13. Cpd accreditation
the institution of engineers of ireland acknowledges that it has received contributions from the department of Jobs, enterprise and innovation in relation to the national training Fund
14. reclassification of Comparative figures
the comparative figures have been reclassified in respect of some headings
15. approval of the financial statements
the Financial statements were approved by council on may 12th, 2015
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professional reCognition
accreditation Board
the current board was appointed for a three-year term by the council of engineers ireland in september 2014 it is comprised of the following members:
Cyril Burkley – Chairman
austin hanley
Brian Glennon
Dermot O’Dwyer
edward Jones
eugene roe
Gerard Kiely
Gerard MacMichael
hank Fogarty
Joe harrington
John Carley
Ken thomas
Michael Moran
Maria Kyne
Michael Conlon
Michael Loughnane
noel Murphy
niamh O’Sullivan
philip Owende
peter roche
Sean McLoone
the board met on five occasions during the year and approved 54 programmes (not including hcert embedded in beng degrees) and 67 programmes (including hcert embedded in beng degrees) there were nine accreditation visits undertaken during the year and the accreditation board recommended 37 programmes for accreditation during the year –there was an increase in the number of master degree programmes presented for accreditation assessment
dispute resolution board
the current board was appointed for a three-year term by the council of engineers ireland in december 2012 it is comprised of the following members:
Chairman – Ciarán Fahy
tim ahern
John Duggan
Siobhan Fahey
hank Fogarty
Gerry Galvin
anthony hussey
harry Meighan
niav O’higgins
the President of engineers ireland appointed two arbitrators, five conciliators and two mediators to deal with disputes in the engineering industry in 2014
ethics and Disciplinary Board for the 2014/15 Season
the ethics and disciplinary board, a standing committee established by the council, is responsible for promoting, monitoring and enforcing the engineers ireland code of ethics
Mary Sharp Chartered engineer (Chairman)
John Bailey Chartered engineer
Gordon Barry Chartered engineer
tony Buckley Chartered engineer
Geraldine Clarke (Law Society nominee)
Susan Cogan (royal institute of the architects of ireland nominee)
Seamus Deeny Chartered engineer
John egan Chartered engineer
Denis higgins Chartered engineer
John higgins Chartered engineer
Conor hogan (Society of Chartered Surveyors nominee)
Ciara Kellett Miei
Bob McLaughlin Chartered engineer
Dr Don Menzies Chartered engineer
Gerry Monaghan Chartered engineer
edmond Murphy Chartered engineer
Damien Owens Chartered engineer, registrar
John power Chartered engineer, Secretary to the Board
Stephen Seymour Chartered engineer
board of examiners
the current board was appointed for a three-year term by the council of engineers ireland in september 2012 it is comprised of the following members:
Chairman – richard Crowe
vice Chair - niall english
Dr Josette Galligan
Denis higgins
John Lombard
tony Moore (rip)
Stephen Seymour
Mary Sharp
norman walsh
on behalf of council, the board is responsible for the supervision and quality assurance of the Professional review procedures leading to the award of the registered Professional titles of engineers ireland to qualified candidates
over the past year the board has continued to ensure that adequate and consistent professional engineering standards are maintained the board is responsible for the selection of interview Panels, in consultation with the membership secretariat, which makes the arrangements for Professional interviews
Membership and Qualifications board
Dr David Kennedy (Chair)
Majella henchion (vice Chair)
thomas Cleary
richard Crowe
Seamus Deeny
Joseph Fitzpatrick
anthony Keane
Garrett McGuinness
John Murphy
Daniel O’Brien
John O Sullivan
Damien Owens – Membership Director and registrar
on behalf of council, the membership and Qualifications board is responsible for the development, establishment and implementation of the policies, regulations and procedures required for the implementation of the council’s statutory functions and obligations in respect of the register and all other matters related to the membership grades and professional titles of engineers ireland
the Cpd standing Committee
the cPd standing committee offers guidance on cPd policy and strategy, discussing and approving as necessary any major cPd events and any new developments or amendments to implementation practices or standards
Bill Grimson vice president, eng ireland ChairMan
Cormac Bradley rpS
Michael Bruton Jacobs
Fintan Buggy roughan O'Donovan
Brian Byrne it Carlow
Stephen Byrne Dublin airport authority
Brian Cassidy Cork City Council
anthony Chabrol eSBi
vicki Chadwick Louth Co Co
John Coleman rusal (aughinish alumina)
eoin Cullinane nicholas O'Dwyer
tom Curran uCD
imelda Flattery hr Consultant
Brian Flynn Sligo Co Co
rob Fox walls Construction
virginia Kangley Mouchel
Michael Kerr pM Group
James Lalor Dit
Michael Loughnane eSB Group hr
alan Mchugh eirGrid
paul Murphy Bord Gais
Dermot nolan Dermot nolan & associates Ltd
Diarmuid O'regan transmission Links
niall piggot agri Gear
Ger reilly Dit
Darren Sheelan Openhydro
robert Simpson Dit
net working, soCial and Career resourCes
engineers Club Committee
the engineers club committee oversees the running of café clyde which is operated by our caterers, aramark, trading as seasons at café clyde’ aramark provides a full restaurant and bar service for both members of engineers ireland and external groups, using our state-of-the-art facilities
the Committee consists of:
Orla Lonergan, Chairperson
John power, Secretary
patrick May, treasurer
Michael J higgins
paddy hennigan
regina Moran, president
John O’Dea, past president
Bill Grimson, vice president
Dermot Byrne, vice president
Murt Coleman
John Byrne
engineers bridge Club Committee
the bridge club meets every monday at 7 30pm in clyde road and is one of the longest-established clubs, celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2007 new members are always welcome contact engineersbridgeclub@gmail com
engineers toastmasters
toastmasters meet every second, fourth and fifth tuesday between september and June at clyde road at 8 00pm the mission of the club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in both public speaking and leadership the club is very active in working with the young engineers to pass on valuable skills visitors are always welcome if you require any further information, please contact mcdaidm@gofree indigo ie
the excellence awards took place on november 7 in the Four seasons hotel the competition, sponsored by esb, celebrated the achievements of the engineering profession in ireland the main award of the night was the engineering Project of the year, decided by public vote, and won by the rosie hackett bridge, as submitted by dublin city council, roughan & o donovan, sean harrington architects and Grahams the winner came from a shortlist that included the ballymore eustace water treatment Plant, bergen light rail stage iii, corrib tunnel, Jeffreys bay wind Farm and structural safety assessments of garment factory buildings in bangladesh
roll of honour:
engineering project of the Year the rosie hackett Bridge, as submitted by Dublin City Council, roughan & O’Donovan, Sean harrington architects and Grahams
Chartered engineer of the Year sponsored by hanley energy
Dr Martin O'halloran, Chartered engineer shortlisted for his pioneering leadership on the project exploring new Frontiers in Breast Cancer Detection using Microwave imaging’
Local authority initiative sponsored by Groundforce new ross Quayfront redevelopment – wexford County Council
technological innovation sponsored by nSai Domestic assistant robot aka robbie the robot – School of engineering, trinity College Dublin
protecting the Built environment award sponsored by Opw Carlow Main Drainage Scheme by rpS Group Ltd
engineering education award – ‘Best in Class 2014’ sponsored by Crh pLC
uCD Bologna Compliant engineering programme Development: enhancing design thinking, industry engagement and internationalisation – uCD School of Mechanical and Materials engineering
Best paper/presentation award sponsored by Griffiths & armour and Beale and Company
Greystones harbour – Civil and Maritime works – presented by Sean Mason, Chartered engineer
volunteer or volunteer Group of the Year award Cormac Bradley, Chartered engineer, Civil Division
CpD employer of the Year sponsored by enterprise ireland and iDa ireland Depuy Synthes ireland – the journey from follower to global leader d
follower to global leader’ based in ringaskiddy the irish plant has differentiated itself from its competition by achieving international re
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succeeded in securing jobs and investment in ireland, highlighted m o st re ce n t ly b y t h e e st a
technology development centre
innovative student engineer of the year awards the competition for the annual innovative student engineer of the year awards, sponsored by siemens, was held in clyde road on June 6, 2014
Four finalists were selected for the level 8 award and four for the level 7 award the finalists were shortlisted from submissions from universities and institutes of technology throughout ireland James King from cork institute of technology was announced as the l eve l 8 a w a rd w i n n e r fo r h i s p ro j e c t ‘ d ro n e c o m p a t i b le m e d i c a l
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engineers Journal
the digital combination of the website engineersJournal ie and the fortnightly eJournal is the shop window’ for engineers ireland, a regular and visible reminder of the benefits of membership it is the only irish publication that brings together news and information from all engineering sectors it also promotes the fact that engineers ireland is for engineers of all disciplines, such as civil, electrical/energy, mechanical, biomedical, technology/software and chemical
readership Growth
readership figures have been steadily increasing since its digital inception on 21 march 2013 to demonstrate growth over the past year, please see the graph at the time of press, the website was registering (per fortnightly eJournal issue):
n pageviews: 14,705
n Sessions: 8,316
n users: 6,850
open rates for the eJournal are 58 5% it is difficult to ascertain specific rates for comparable organisations, but mean open rates for nonprofits email communications were 25 3% last year (median open rates were 23 1%), according to the 2014 email marketing metrics study from silverpop, an ibm company and cloud-based digital marketing provider
Overseas readers
some 34% of readers who access the site are based overseas readers from 185 countries have used the site (an average of 115 countries per eJournal issue) numbers of overseas visitors to the site jumped from 25% to 35% in the last six months of 2014
this figure is holding steady for the 2015 issues to date with just 14% of engineers ireland members based abroad, this shows particularly high levels of engagement engineers returning from abroad are a big target for membership growth
age and Gender Demographics
some 61% of sessions/visits are from readers aged 18-34 years – this is a key demographic with which we wish to engage, in order to grow and consolidate membership with 27 5% of sessions/visits coming from the youngest age demographic (18-24 years), this shows that college students and those starting out in their careers are engaging with the digital version
some 45 85% of sessions/visits are by female readers – another key demographic with which engineers ireland wants to engage
Plans are underway to redesign the website and eJournal in Q2 of 2015 we anticipate that a more user-friendly, engaging website will further increase readership rates
2014 Meeta awards
Company award result (sponsored by pMi) Company Category hollister Overall winner rottapharm Management Category winner BMS – Cruiserath technology winner allergan Certificate of excellence avt Certificate of excellence BMS (Swords) Certificate of excellence Stryker neurovascular Certificate of excellence
Student award result (sponsored by eSS)
name College result
David pender Dit
Damien Mcauliffe Cit
patrick Murphy Dit
Student winner
Student Certificate
Student Certificate
Safety award result (Sponsored by hSa)
Company Category
allergan Safety winner
Jones engineering Safety Certificate
Finance Committee
the Finance committee meets monthly to examine the income and expenditure of engineers ireland and its adherence to budget, to sanction capital expenditure, to deal with all other financial matters and to report on these to the executive board during the year the committee also reviewed the 2014 audited accounts, the budget for 2015 and the 2015 Professional subscription rates, and submitted each of these to council for approval the Finance committee also oversees the
pension fund and investments, and the chairman, murt coleman, would like to thank the secretariat for its great work during the past year
Members:
Murt Coleman, Chairman
regina Moran, president
John O’Dea, past president
Bill Grimson, vice president
Dermot Byrne, vice president
John power, Director General
John Byrne, Finance Director
Conferring of registered professional titles
the national conferring of registered Professional titles was held in the lecture theatre on 21 February 2014, where 60 members who had successfully achieved the titles of Fellow, chartered engineer, associate engineer or engineering technician were presented with their parchments by John o dea, President regional events were also held by the cork, midlands, northern, south east, thomond and west regional branches during 2014, with 80 members being presented with their parchments
MeMbership stats
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n a complete guide to engineering as a career and at third level, including information on all disciplines
n a volunteer resource bank, featuring presentations, videos and activity sheets suitable for use in the classroom by volunteer engineers
online engagement was strong in 2014, with 66,000 engagements via online platforms the steps ie website had 35,000 unique visitors, while engineersweek ie had almost 19,000 the number of twitter followers
Cpd aCCredited eMployer standard
the engineers ireland continuing Professional development (cPd) accredited employer standard allows engineering-led organisations to strategically deploy their learning and development systems and processes to bring about a competitive advantage
Five new organisations achieved the cPd standard, while 38 organisations were re-accredited as part of the monitoring and review process, which ensures high standards and ongoing added value
a total of 159 organisations, across all sectors of engineering, have now been awarded engineers ireland “cPd accredited employer status, which has become particularly sought after by organisations hoping to increase trade internationally and improve in the competitive tendering process the cPd accredited employer symposium and the cPd employer of the year award Final was held in october 2014 with five finalist organisations presenting their case studies dePuy synthes was the overall winner of the cPd employer of the year excellence award we are delighted to have the continued financial support of the department of education & skills for 2015
For more, see http://www engineersireland ie/cpd/cpd-employer/ Tel: 01-665 1347, or email: cpdemployers@engineersireland.ie
CpD training
rose to 6,513 and the number of Facebook likes grew to 5,329 the stePs programme is now working towards attaining a national quality standard for volunteering called investing in volunteers , and exploring the introduction of a crm system to help automate the volunteer-matching process
For more information on the STEPS programme, please contact the team on 01 665 1340 or info@steps.ie.
2014 was another busy year for the cPd training team a total of 137 scheduled training events occurred in 2014, with over 2,500 delegates engaging in structured cPd training through engineers ireland at clyde road and at other regional locations our co-hosts were: the centre for Project management (cPm), university of limerick; the chartered institute of management accountants (cima); the association of consulting engineers of ireland (acei); the national standards authority of ireland (nsai); the electro-technical council of ireland (etci); the national institute for bioprocessing, research and training (nibrt); and, the chartered institute of logistics & transport ireland (cilt) all speakers and trainers at our courses and seminars are carefully selected subject to quality standards to ensure that our events are cPd approved, i e , they provide relevant, timely, technical learning for those who attend our events are linked to the competences required to obtain and maintain chartered engineer status over 75 companies signed up with the registered training Providers scheme in 2014, growing from the previous year the register identifies further relevant and high-standard learning opportunities offered by external providers, which complements the core cPd programme provided by engineers ireland the Future Professionals series once again grew in 2014, with four iterations of the cPd certificate in Professional engineering, and two groups completing the cPd diplomas in Professional engineering in 2014 with another group due to complete in 2015 launched in 2014, the engineers ireland Fast track series for technicians is a cPd certificate in Professional skills (level 6) that has been designed to allow technical staff, with apprentice and craftsperson skills, to develop a range of non-technical skills which are vital for career advancement cPd training activities were monitored in 2014 by the cPd standing committee under chairperson and vice President bill Grimson, chartered engineer the cPd training team would like to thank the cPd standing committee, event partners, in-company training providers and our sponsors for their continued support we would like to acknowledge all the delegates who supported our training programmes
For more, see http://www engineersireland ie/CPD-Training/ Tel: 01-665 1327, or email: CPDtraining@engineersireland.ie
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engineers ireland continued to speak on behalf of ireland’s engineering profession at both national and local Government levels throughout 2014 and into 2015. as the representative voice of the engineering profession on the island of ireland, it is our role to collate the expert comment of our members when asked by Government and State agencies to provide expert technical advice on strategic policies.
over the past 12 months, engineers ireland made a number of proposals on behalf of our members as well as these submissions, members of engineers ireland s staff and volunteer network represent the irish engineering community at national and international level
here is a summary of some of those activities
water services strategic plan (wssp) in april 2015, the energy and environment division prepared a submission on the draft wssP on behalf of engineers ireland this was part of the open consultation process held by the new utility the expectation implicit in the wssP is that energy efficiency is seen as a vital sub-goal in delivering on the primary goal of service quality and efficiency in irish water the division welcomed the commitment by irish water to preparing and implementing a sustainable energy strategy
the proposals within the draft Plan to develop and implement a number of strategies to achieve irish water’s environmental and sustainability aims were also welcomed including its pledge to:
n implement a Sustainability policy and Framework
n prepare and implement a Sustainable energy Strategy
n prepare and implement a Climate Change adaptation and Mitigation Strategy
n adopt a green procurement approach and review our current use of resources
n Contribute to the delivery of the water Framework Directive programmes of measures
n Develop and implement waste and sludge management plans
the submission noted that irish water’s response to this challenge was its commitment to meet national targets for energy efficiency set by the Government in addition, a 33% improvement of energy efficiency at irish water facilities by 2020 relative to the 2009 baseline as a key target in protecting and enhancing the environment was approved of, along with supporting the objectives of the national energy efficiency Plan the division recommended that the formal incorporation of the approach promoted by the new irish standard is 399 energy efficient design management would enhance the draft water services strategic
Plan the group also suggested that among the measures that should be considered for widespread application is the introduction of energy-saving technologies such as variable frequency motor drives for water pumping
Finally, the commitment to promote research and develop proven, innovative technical solutions to meet standards set by the regulators, including irish water’s objectives for cost and energy efficiency, were appreciated
review of the building regulations
engineers ireland was, like other stakeholders in the building sector, a s i g n i f i c
(amendment) regulations, which were signed into law in 2013 the aim of the new regulations is to tighten up construction standards to avoid a repeat of poor quality building control e
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executive Committee 2014/2015
president don moore, Chartered Engineer
immediate past president
Jonathan hegan, MBE Chartered Engineer
Second past president dr anthony (tony) d barry, Chartered Engineer
president elect
John mcGowan, Chartered Engineer
hon treasurer
Pat lynch, Chartered Engineer
hon. Secretary
michael higgins, Chartered Engineer
Members
Prof adrian long, Chartered Engineer
michael hayden, Chartered Engineer
martin cronin, Chartered Engineer
the registered office is: 22 clyde road ballsbridge dublin 4
t: 01 665 1337
e: academy@engineersireland ie
Cigré
Chairman: Ms Marie hayden, eirGrid Secretary: Mr robert Donaghy, eSBi
irish national Committee officers: Mr robbie aherne, eirGrid (representing engineers ireland); Mr hugh Cunningham, eSBi; Mr Jarlath Doyle, eSB networks; Mr Gary harold, alstom; Mr Cathal Lally, eSBi; Mr Mick Mackey, eSBi; Mr Sean McGuinness, epri; Mr Mark needham, eirGrid (representing iet); Mr Michael power, uCD; Ms adele Sleator, eirGrid; Ms Marta val escudero, eirGrid
ciGrÉ is the council on large electric systems and was founded in 1921 it is an international, non-profit association for promoting collaboration with experts from all around the world by sharing knowledge and joining forces to improve the electric power system of today and tomorrow ciGrÉ ireland has 150 members from across the electricity industry in ireland and northern ireland ciGrÉ has 16 study committees covering a wide range of technical activities ciGrÉ ireland has representatives on 14 of them the study committees and irish representatives are summarised in the following table:
sC study Committee title irish representative
a1 rotating electrical Machines John Doyle, eSBi
a2 transformers Greg hanna, eSBi
a3 high voltage equipment robert Le roux, eSBi
B1 insulated Cables robert Donaghy, eSBi
B2 Overhead Lines tim Condon, eSBi
B3 Substations Colm twomey, eSBi
B4 hvDC and power electronics John egan, eirGrid
B5 protection and automation Diarmuid McDonnell, eSBi
C1 System Development and economics Louis Fisher, eSBi
C2 System Operation and Control Yvonne Coughlan, eirGrid
C4 System technical performance william phang, eSBi
C5 electricity Markets and regulation Marie therese Campbell, SOni
C6 Distribution Systems and Dispersed Generation anthony hearne, eSB
D2 information Systems and telecommunications noel rushe, eSB
the ciGrÉ biennial session was held in Paris from 24th-29th of august, 2014 ireland had eight papers accepted for the session covering a wide range of topics the ciGrÉ international symposium takes place in lund on the 27th and 28th of may this year and will examine hdvc systems and market integration a full list of upcoming ciGrÉ events can be found at http://www cigre org/events ciGrÉ ireland recently launched its own new website at http://cigreireland ie/ Further information on the irish involvement in ciGrÉ can be obtained from the inc secretary robert donaghy at robert donaghy@esbi ie
