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ICE Past Presidents. Past Presidents from ICE’s early history and recent years. Natural energy, engineering energy and partnership energy. Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine. Engravings of Newcomen’s 1712 steam engine. New £50 note design to be issued from 2 November 2011.
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ICE Past Presidents Past Presidents from ICE’s early history and recent years
Thomas Newcomen’s steam engine Engravings of Newcomen’s 1712 steam engine
“The art of directing the great sources of power in Nature for the use and convenience of man” Extract from ICE’s Royal Charter
Ghazi-Barotha Image top-left courtesy of Binnie and Partners, images top-right and bottom courtesy of Mott MacDonald Ghazi-Barotha hydropower scheme: under construction and completed
Ghazi-Barotha Image courtesy of Black & Veatch
Sadequain's mural at Mangla power station The art and power of civil engineering shown in a mural at Mangla power station, Pakistan
Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme Image of Dinorwig courtesy of First Hydro Company Dinorwig power station and, inset, Richard Coackley working on the scheme
Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme Image courtesy of First Hydro Company A cross-section of the Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme
Dinorwig Pumped Storage Scheme Image courtesy of First Hydro Company Aerial photo
Green energy vision Image courtesy of Marine Current Turbines Limited Top: solar power and a wind farm trialling hydrogen productionBottom: Strangford Lough SeaGen tidal power and Cruachan Dam
Lochaber hydroelectric refurbishment Lochaber hydroelectric power station refurbishment and Laggan Dam
State of the Nation Water • STATE OF THE NATION WATER • 2012
The challenges: Victorian era to 21st century Image courtesy of Southern Water Top: Euston Station in the 19th century and Brighton and Hove wastewater treatmentBottom: Abbey Mills Pumping Station and St Pancras Station
“It will always be a challenge to speak with ‘one voice’ but industry must answer that challenge” Challenge to industry: one voice Background image: All Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure visit to New Tyne Tunnel
A global Institution • Over 80,000 members in 150 countries • 90 ICE Representatives around the world • 21% of ICE’s membership is international
Regional and devolved activity Rosyth Docks, London Olympic stadium, Wales Millennium Centre, Birmingham New Street, Peace Bridge and local transport
International activity Top: Hong Kong MTR and Burj Khalifa, DubaiBottom: Central New York and Richard Coackley, Tom Foulkes and HE Mattar Al Tayer
Challenge to Government Historically the UK has suffered from an approach to infrastructure which has been: “timid, uncoordinated, incremental and wasteful in…supporting sustainable growth in the economy” From the Government’s National Infrastructure Plan (2010)
Challenge to Government • £200 billion investment required to make UK infrastructure fit for purpose
Infrastructure: a priority for Government Chief Construction Advisor National Infrastructure Plan Water White Paper Plan for Growth Energy Market Reform Green Investment Bank
Inspiring the next generation Dinorwig Power Station and tour bus at Dinorwig’s “Electric Mountain”
The Big Bang Inspiring young people with science and engineering at the annual Big Bang fair
JET and ITER Top-left: Joint European Torus (JET) – Europe's largest fusion deviceTop-right: ITER, JET’s planned successor, currently under construction in France Bottom: ITER planned facility
President’s Apprentices 2011-12 Yan Zhou,Angela Crowther,Sebastian John,Caroline Traynor,Kieren Couch, Lydia Walpole
ICE Vice Presidents 2011-12 Top: Barry Clarke, Geoff French, Bill Hewlett, Tim Broyd Bottom: David Balmforth, Andrew McNaughton, Alan Stilwell