Level 1 questions

Discuss how you would consider

environmental concerns when
managing the design / construction
of a project.

Giving examples from your own

experience, discuss the impact of
CDM regulations on both the
design and construction of civil
engineering projects, and the
benefits and difficulties that the
regulations have brought.

Outline the issues which need to

be addressed when making
recommendations to a client on
alternative forms of contract to be
adopted for civil engineering
design and construction.

Discuss the importance of

effective communication in the
design and construction of civil
engineering works.

Discuss how effective delegation

can be achieved in an
engineering organisation?

Discuss the importance of

continuing professional
development for civil engineers

Each year defects and failures in design or

construction cost 1000m
Latham 1994

What is
PD

How
maintain
PD

Professional
Development
Importance
/ benefits of
CPD

Self
Clients

Organisations

Future of PD

ICE
requirements for
CPD
Changes in society

Definition of CPD:
The systematic maintenance, improvement
and broadening of knowledge and skill,
and the development of personal qualities
necessary for the execution of the
professional and technical duties
throughout your working life

Other definitions of CPD:

is keeping your knowledge and skills up to date
throughout your career
The systematic maintenance, improvement and broadening of knowledge and
skill, and the development of personal qualities necessary for the execution of the
professional and technical duties throughout your working life

Stealing ideas shamelessly

Stealing ideas with pride

Development Cycle
Review and
Identify
your goals

Evaluate
achievements

Determine the
skills you need

Record
learning

Plan to
achieve

ICE requirements
5days a year
Must be recorded
Rules for Professional Conduct (develop
yourself, help develop others)

Changes in society
Legal side - Proof of competence
You will change jobs 5-7 times in your career.
More new knowledge has been produced
over the last 30years than over the previous
5000.
It is estimated that 5-10% of an engineers
knowledge becomes obsolete each year.

Future of CPD
The Matrix
Distance Learning
On-line learning
CD Rom interactive
Do evening meetings have a future?

Importance - Individuals
Shows commitment
Enhances knowledge
Exploit change not driven by it

Importance - Organisations
Better staff
More competitive
Better at adapting to change
Less legal risk

Importance - Clients
Increase confidence
Better service
Reduced legal liability

Conclusion
Security will come in the future from
continued employability rather than
continuity of employment
Kanter 1989
Comparison with other professions
Motivational theory

Level 2 questions

Discuss the role that senior

staff can play towards the career
development of junior staff.

You train dogs, not managers. Discuss

this statement in relation to the civil
engineering profession.

Leadership setting the direction of a project or activity,

and encouraging and guiding people towards that
direction.
Management guiding and directing functions,
resources and people within the context of a given
project or activity. Coordination of economic activity.

Compare and contrast two forms

of contract you have used.
Comment on whether either
support the Egan principles?.

The test of a good engineer is

to build to cost. Discuss.

Discuss whether the aims of

sustainable development can be
incorporated into the consideration
in infrastructure design. How would
you strive to achieve these aims?

Discuss the concept of safety

culture and describe how the
construction industry could improve
its health and safety performance?

As an engineer and for everyday of your working life,

whether designing something or constructing something
you will put a price on a human life
Sir Alfred Pugsley SCOSS founder

Overseas

Clients

Leader
Society

Designers
Contractors

Safety
culture

Define

Government
ICE

Future

Define

Culture The way we do things around here, our values

Safety Safety is not the absence of accidents but the result of all persons at
work taking positive action to identify causes and implementing suitable
preventative measures

Safety culture the way the organisation views, incorporates, talks and acts

on H&S issues. Many say safety is our number one priority but what do their
actions tell you.
Safety culture is more than adherence to current legislation, ACOPS, it is
the whole scale embrace of safety from senior management to worker, supplier
and designer.

What you are shouts so loudly in my ears I cannot hear what you are saying
Emerson

Society
How does society view health & safety?
Litigation, do people take responsibility for
themselves.
Society sets the standard of H&S look at
construction in Asia and compare to
western Europe very different views on
corporate manslaughter.

Leader

Importance of H&S in terms of morale = productivity, retention,

sense of value from employer, profitability. Therefore worth investing
in.

How to change a culture the theory

Schein identified Primary and Secondary mechanisms

Primary
What a leader pays most attention to
Criteria for allocating rewards & promotion
Secondary
Organisational structure
Systems and procedures

Learning from others other industries/ countries/ companies

Various organisations
Client
Designer
Contractor
Government
ICE

Future

Sustainability
Sustainable Development - managing work to
meet the following four objectives:

To advance social progress which recognises the

needs of everyone
To apply effective protection of the environment
To make prudent use of natural resources
To maintain high and stable levels of economic
growth and employment