1 Annual Report - The Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka

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high quality submissions were received from various fields of expertise. The submissions wereassessed by a selection panel based on the following criteria:• Scope of the nominee’s involvement;• Originality;• Innovation;• Value to the community;• Solutions to an engineering challenge; and,• Demonstration of excellenceThis year’s Engineers Excellence Awards were presented at the Gala Dinner. The followingwinners were selected by a panel comprising of Mahinda Karunaratne, Waruna Kaluarachchi,Maha Mahadeva, Jayantha Katupitiya and Lal Wickramarachchi.• Best paper publishedWinner – Nayoma Tennakoon of University of Wollongong - The Role of Ballast - FoulingCharacteristics on the Drainage Capacity of Rail Substructure.• Best InnovationHighly Commended - Udaya Peeigama of Sydney Catchment Authority - WarragambaDam Crest Gate Upgrade.Winner – Janaka Weeraratne of State Water Corporation - Fish River Water Supplypipeline replacement project.• Best Infrastructure ProjectHighly Commended - Sanjeevi Sathianandan of RailCorp - Minnamurra railway bridgeretransoming.Winner – Dilini Kumarasinghe, Rohini Ramachandran, Kandiah Tharumalingam of NSWPublic Works – Lithgow Sewerage Augmentation.9. Our SponsorsThis year the Chapter was able to attract very important sponsors from both private sector andpublic sector. This is a recognition of IESL members’ contribution to NSW. This year’s sponsorswere:• Gold Sponsor – NSW Public Works• Silver Sponsor – Fulton Hogan• Bronze Sponsors – Sydney Catchment Authority, SMEC, Aquatec-Maxcon, Dulux
10. First ever meeting between the Presidents of EA and IESLOne of the main objectives of the Chapter is to link with Engineers Australia and work towardsthe mutual acceptance of the engineering degrees and charters between the two countries.This year the Chapter was able to build a strong fruitful link with Engineers Australia.Following the 2013 IESL NSW Engineering Convention on 31st of May and 1st of June, theNational President of Engineers Australia Dr Marlene Kanga arranged an official meetingbetween the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka and Engineers Australia.This is the first ever meeting between two presidents of the institutions and it opened doors forfurther bilateral discussions in future. The meeting was held on 3rd of June at EngineersAustralia, Sydney office in Chatswood and attended by Dr Marlene Kanga, Eng Tilak De Silva, MrRupert Grayston (EA Deputy Chief Executive Officer), Prof Robin King (EA Chair of SydneyAccord), Dr David Robinson (EA Director Education and Assessment), Mr Richard Hanna (EAExecutive Operations Manager) and Eng Kamal Fernando. It was a very fruitful meeting and thefollowing topics were discussed.• The process of getting the full accreditation of Washington Accord;• Accreditation process in Sri Lanka and shortcomings;• Engineers Australia’s E-charter process;• Mutual promotion of activities and lecturers; and• In long term mutual acceptance and recognition of degrees and charters.During the meeting EA expressed the willingness to support the professional development ofthe IESL members by running professional development workshops for them and to becomeChartered in Australia.11. Working towards Washington AccordThe Washington Accord is an independent agreement for mutual recognition of accreditedengineering programs among a group of countries that was formed in 1989. There are twolevels of memberships in this group:1. The Signatories – or full members – that consist of 14 countries including Australia,UK, USA, Canada, and New Zealand.2. The Provisional Members including Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Germanyand Russia.Professional Engineers within the Signatory countries are mutually recognised as being of equalstatus. This mutual recognition does not apply for Provisional member countries; however theycan work towards obtaining Signatory status.
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