Fredrick was presented with his membership certificate by ICE President, Geoff French at an admission ceremony held at the ICE headquarters in Westminster, London.
He works for Kier Group in Farringdon, London. Delighted with his new qualification Fredrick said: “It proves that I am now a fully qualified and competent civil engineer who can make sensible decisions that can change people's lives and improve communities.”
Fredrick was born in Rwanda but grew up in Uganda. On moving to London he attended Leyton Sixth Form College and the City University. He said the hardest part of becoming qualified was balancing study with a full time job and family life.
But what put him on the path to civil engineering in the first place?
“I chose civil engineering because I am fascinated with making things from scratch, solving problems and being part of something that has a significant impact on people's daily lives. Civil engineering is an exciting profession and I encourage all youngsters to consider it as a career. Every day is different with exciting challenges and solving them makes you feel proud and respected by society.”
His career highlight so far has been working for Crossrail on the Farringdon Station development and managing improvements to the station’s Lindsey Street Bridge because being trusted with such complexity involved lots of different phases and third party liaison.
ICE's professionally qualified grades of membership are internationally recognised and highly valued. Attainment of these is widely viewed as a significant achievement and a benchmark of an engineer's competence and professional standing.
Glen Owen ICE East of England Regional Director said: “Civil engineering sits right at the heart of society. It is all about shaping, improving and protecting the infrastructure that we all depend on in our day-to-day lives – from bridges, roads and railways right through to energy networks and water and waste infrastructure. The magnificent 2012 Olympic venues and surrounding infrastructure are also the work of our civil engineers.
“Achieving Chartered Civil engineer status is a significant personal and career achievement and we welcome Fredrick into the ICE.”
The opportunity to join ICE is available to civil engineers, technicians and technical/scientific specialists at every stage of their professional career, from students and apprentices to senior board directors.
Image: Fredrick Bbosa receives his certificate from the ICE President
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