PCE

UAE

PROFESSIONAL CHARTERED ENGINEERS

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GROUP(PCE UAE)

NOTICE – EVENTS MARCH.

2009 03 21-24

PCE UAE International Group aims to support the Engineering Profession and welcomes all UAE based UK Engineering Council (EC) Qualified Registrants ie: Chartered Engineers (CEng), Incorporated Engineers (IEng) and Engineering Technicians (EngT) plus all other members of the 36 EC licensed Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) who have agreed to support the Group plus potential members.

EVENT, DAY, DATE, TIME

INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS (IStructE)

OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL VISIT TO THE UAE 2009 03 22 - 24

GHANTOOT -TULIP JAZEERA RESORT HOTEL

Tuesday 2009 03 24

          18:30 Hrs   Welcome Reception & Introductions (Pre-Register)

          19:00 Hrs   Presidential Address by Dr Graham Owens

          20:00 Hrs   Buffet Dinner with President, his wife and guests (Pre-Register)

                             (Informal discussions with members and guests)

          22:00 Hrs   Departure for Dubai Airport to check-in for flight to Beijing

Register with HonSec for Reception & separately for dinner charged at Dhs 200 committed on reservation.

THEME, TOPIC, SPEAKER

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS

‘OUR VALUE TO SOCIETY’

 ‘IN A CHANGING, COMPETITIVE WORLD.’

Dr Graham Owens FREng MSc PhD CEng FIStructE FRSA

Dr Owens has forty-four years experience in structural engineering, encompassing construction, design, teaching and applied research.  For twenty one years he was Assistant Director and then Director of the Steel Construction Institute, joining at its formation in 1986.  Operating under its mission statement to develop and promote the effective use of steel in construction, this organisation developed a world-class reputation for the excellence of its applied research, 250 publications, IT dissemination, courses and advisory service for its members.

Dr Owens is the author of over sixty papers and two books.  He is the editor of Structural Steel Design and the Steel Designers’ Manual.  He has been awarded two Oscar Faber Medals and an Oscar Faber Award for papers in The Structural Engineer. Ever since Dr Owens was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1996, he has been actively involved with the Institution.  He has been Chairman of the Communications Strategy Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board and a member of Council, Nominations Committee, Remuneration Panel, People Awards Judging Panel, Structural Awards Judging Panel and the Strategy Panel. Dr Owens was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2003

PCE UAE is pleased to work with the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE founded 1908) as one of the key Professional Engineering Institutions (PEI) licensed by the UK Engineering Council (EC) hence linked to the PCE UAE Group. The recently appointed President accompanied by his wife, Margaret, will pay an official visit to the UAE as the first stage of his visits to overseas members during his term of office.  They will be in the UAE from Sunday 2009 03 22 to Tuesday 2009 03 24 before flying to China and Hong Kong.

PCE UAE, through its Honorary Secretary Er Roderick J Chisholm MSc(Eng), BSc, CEng, FIStructE, FICE, MUAESE, has arranged meetings with British and UAE national bodies as well as visits to construction sites in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.  The latter will take place on Tuesday 209 03 24 and be rounded off at Ghantout on the route back to Dubai prior to a flight onwards to Beijing.  A summary of itinerary and details of the event at Ghantout are given below   While NOTICES were issued earlier by IStructE to members in the UAE all interested PCE UAE members, spouses, friends and colleagues are welcome to join colleagues, attend, hear the presentation and wait on for the buffet dinner and to network

Sun 22 & Mon 23 Dubai & city tour, meetings & visits Tue 24 Abu Dhabi Meet officials, visit sites & Ghantout

PCE UAE COMMITTEE CONTACTS   (See WEB for full list) (These and others aim to welcome members in all disciplines)

PCE UAE HonSec,   Er Rod J Chisholm BSc, MSc(Eng), CEng, FICE, FIStructE,        050-458 1619         chisholm@arencoar.com

PCE UAE HonTreas Er Stanley WJFalconer BSc(Engg),CEng,FICE, FCIWEM, CEng 050-6631759    stanley.falconer@

PCE UAE MemSec  Er Gwilym T Heycock,BSc(Hons), CEng, FIET, MinstMC                  050-442 4068   gwilym@set-uae.com

PCE UAE ProgSec,  EurIng David L Stones, BE(Hons),CEng,MICE,MIHT,MCIWEM    050-641 1950            dls10349@hotmail.com

PCE UAE V-Chair D DrEr Roger Brooks PhD, MSc, CEng, FIChemE                             050-668 1364   roger.brooks@cegelec.com

PCE UAE Chair     Er Alister I M Macmillan,BSc,CEng,FIBMC FICE,FIMechE,FIET   050-445 1879   macmilan@eim.ae