ECCE
MEETING IN LONDON – OCTOBER 27-28 2000
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Left
to right: Mike Casebourne, UK; Murt Coleman, Ireland, Margaret
Casebourne, UK, Professor António Adão da Fonseca, Portugal |
ECCE
President Professor António Adão da Fonseca chats over dinner to Lady
Denman |
In October 2000 the Institution of Civil
Engineers (ICE) hosted the 32nd meeting of the European Council of
Civil Engineers. The Institution
provides the ECCE secretariat and this was the first official visit by ECCE
member organisations since November 1994.
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On Friday 27th
October ECCE held its Task Force meetings and the main European Council meeting
at the headquarters of the Institution of Civil Engineers at One Great George
Street, Westminster.
After the Friday meetings, members were able to exchange news and views at an evening reception and dinner hosted by NCE and ICE respectively. The European Council meeting resume on Saturday 28th October at the Old Jordans Conference Centre near Beaconsfield. Despite changeable weather conditions, some members opted to tour the surrounding countryside of Buckinghamshire and Berkshire after the meeting, concluding with a brief visit to the historic bridge at Marlow, designed by Tierney Clark who was also responsible for Budapest’s famous Chain Bridge.
| A Snap-Shot of Task Force Developments: |
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Mutual
Recognition Task Force is looking at the possible creation of a European
Register for Professional Civil Engineers.
This is being considered in the context of the Engineers’ Mobility
Forum and the Asian Pacific Economic Co-operation activities.
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Education
Task Force is leading a Working Group which is part of the EU-funded EUCEET
project mentioned above. The ECCE
Task Force topic is “What industry wants from civil engineering education”.
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The priority
for the Research and Development Task Force is to improve EU funding for
construction R&D plus dissemination to industry.
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Information
Technology Task Force works on two fronts: looking at both raising the level of
construction IT awareness and usage and promoting business-to-business and
e-commerce.
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Environment
Task Force deals mainly with providing technical advice and support to the EU
institutions on the concerns of the built environment sector regarding proposals
for EU regulations
“Team
Photo” at the close of the ECCE Meeting on Saturday 28th October
Old Jordans Conference Centre near Beaconsfield
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Left
to right: Kurt Erikson, Denmark; Dr Rasso Steinman, Germany; Dott. Alberto
Dusman (ECCE Executive Committee); Dott. Sergio
Polese, Italy; Dr. Vincentas Stragys, Lithuania
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Foreground
Left to right: Yrjoe Matikainen, Finland; Dimitri Papayannides, Greece;
Vasillis Economopoulos, Greece; Carlos Ramos, Portugal; Carl-August
Guenther, Germany |
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Smiling, despite the rain
Carlos Matias Ramos (Portugal) and Vladimir Kohut (Slovakia)
pictured at the Tierney Clark bridge at Marlow |
