People People’s choice


It’s the characters you work with, as well as the ‘nerdy’ stuff, that makes being an electrical engineer such an interesting job, says Ruairi Dempsey


Engineering is not just about the ‘nerdy’ stuff, says Ruairi Dempsey, an electrical engineer at multi- disciplinary consultants, AECOM. During a typical working week,


he may well be expected to provide engineering design and consulting services, as well as assist senior management with the preparation of bid work, marketing, client liaison and project management. But, he says, it’s dealing with the diverse personalities that makes his job so enjoyable. He explains: ‘What I like most


is dealing with people of varying character traits on a day-to-day basis; some can be entertaining, and some more of a challenge. ‘Engineering can very often be considered “nerdy”, and I suppose it is to a degree, but in combining the role of engineer and consultant, this allows interaction with people in a way that many engineering roles may not typically present.’ The 27-year-old has been in the


industry for six years, but already he has worked on a number of eye-catching projects, not least the Bahrain Cardiac Centre and a


study of the potential for renewable heat in Northern Ireland for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment. Now he is working on another


development to capture the imagination: the Titanic Signature Project in Belfast’s up-and- coming Titanic Quarter area. He


What I like most


is dealing with people; some can be entertaining, and some more of a challenge


is responsible for carrying out the design variations based on developing a fit-out brief, co- ordinating building services with other disciplines, liaising with statutory and utility bodies, and assisting with the co-ordination and collation of BREEAM assessment information. To achieve all this, Dempsey


FELLOW Geraldine Patricia O’Farrell Woking Terry Daniel Shord Philip Graham Jones


MEMBER Diego Calandrino Chi Kit Chan


Steven Robert Bosworth Yu Yan Fung


London


Hong Kong Leominster Kowloon


Geraldine O’Farrell is senior building services engineer with English Heritage, with 35 years’ industry


experience. She is also an associate tutor with the College of Estate Management at Reading University. O’Farrell is a member of the CIBSE Heritage Group and


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New members, fellows and associates Cheung Tak Hung


Ruislip London


Sing Chung Chu Chi Ho Kam


Heng Ping Chieng Tin Hoi Lam Cheuk Wah Lo Sik Chuen Lo Ting Him Chan Kin Chung Cheng


Hong Kong Hong Kong Malaysia


Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong


Members who have been promoted to fellow this month are:


passionate about the conservation of our country’s industrial heritage.


Phil Jones is a long-standing independent energy consultant. He chairs the CIBSE Energy


Performance and CHP groups, and is on CIBSE Council.


Terry Shord is the chief HVAC engineer at Spie Matthew Hall. He has worked on major projects throughout


his career, such as the British Library, and was a pioneer in the use of CAD. He retains a keen interest in building information modelling.


has to work with a wide range of people, from architects and civil and structural engineers, to interior designers, contractors, and of course, the client. Dempsey hopes their efforts will eventually result in a ‘shiny new beacon dedicated to the memory of one of Belfast’s largest engineering triumphs’. The project is expected to be completed by April 2012. Alongside his work, Dempsey


is studying part time for an MSc in renewable energy and energy management. He is currently entering his final year, as well as working towards Chartered Engineer status – quite a change from one of his more humble former positions as office horticultural irrigation manager, earlier in his career, described by Dempsey as ‘the equivalent of tea-boy for plants’.


Email people appointments/ role profiles to cbailey@cibsejournal.com


Movers & Shakers


Arup’s chairman, Philip Dilley, has been invited to the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Group, which will provide regular, high-level advice on critical business and economic issues facing the country. He joins other major business leaders who have also been appointed to the group.


Andrew Swain-Smith, environmental engineering director at multi-disciplinary consultant, BDP, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Swain- Smith joined BDP in 1994, and was appointed as an associate director in 2000. His appointment is expected to strengthen the profile of environmental engineering within BDP.


Pat Ritchie has been chosen as the new chief executive of the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). Ritchie is currently the HCA’s director for the north east. She will now head the agency as it develops its role as a smaller, enabling and investment organisation.


CIBSE has promoted three members to fellow this month, and welcomed nearly 20 new members to the institution. The full list is: Shanghai


Nitin Tulsiram Ubale


Stephen Brian Whitmore Siu Fong Wong Sui Hang Yan Kai Wan Yap Ka Kit Yim


Siu Chuen Yung


ASSOCIATE Tin Sang Kwok


Kowloon Crewe


Hong Kong Hong Kong Singapore Hong Kong Hong Kong


Hong Kong


Consulting engineers Hoare Lea has two new partners, Neil Roberts and Clive Williamson after they accepted invitations to join the


partnership. Roberts joined


Hoare Lea’s London office in 1996 as an engineer. He will continue to be based in London, where he runs a multi- disciplinary project team. Williamson joined Hoare Lea in 1998 as a graduate engineer. He, too, will continue to operate in London where he co-ordinates the mechanical graduate training programme and leads a multi-disciplinary project team.


Steve Bratt is now the group chief executive at the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA). Bratt joined the ECA as chief operating officer in 2007, and was appointed deputy chief executive in February this year.


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