He was presented with his membership certificate by ICE President Sir John Armitt (former Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority), at a special ceremony held at ICE’s headquarters in Westminster.
ICE Regional Director for the East of England, Glen Own said: “Achieving Chartered Civil engineer status is a significant personal and career achievement and I welcome Lee into the ICE.”
Lee is a Lead Design Engineer (Civil & Pipelines) with Anglian Water Services in Norwich. Delighted at achieving Chartered status he said:
“I feel proud to be part of an Institution of many talented engineers that has been around for nearly 200 years. Achieving chartered status is the final step in a four year plan which started with finishing my Civil Engineering qualifications at Norwich City College, submitting a Career Appraisal and a Project Report documenting my experience and passing the professional review interview earlier this year. ”
ICE's professionally qualified grades of membership are internationally recognised and highly valued. Attainment is widely viewed as a significant achievement and a benchmark of an engineer's competence and professional standing.
Lee said it took lots of hard work but is well worth it. “Achieving a professional qualification with the ICE takes a lot of hard work and self-motivation; it’s not easy, but is worth it when you finally receive confirmation you have passed.”
He grew up in Dereham and went to Litcham High School, then Norwich City College and Newcastle University. But what made him choose the civil engineering?
“At school I was interested in Technology and the Environment so a career in Civil Engineering and the construction industry appealed to me. Civil engineering is a fantastic career choice where can work on interesting projects that will shape the environment in which we live.”
Lee has specialised in water engineering designing and supervising construction work on water treatment works, sewers, water pipelines and dams. He says the variety makes it both challenging and interesting. But what has been his most challenging project?
“In 2010 I was the Lead Engineer on a water supply project to transfer water between Colchester and Braintree, Essex via a combination of large diameter pipelines and pumping stations. It was a very challenging project that required appraisal of routes taking into consideration technical, economic and environmental constraints. I supervised the construction which involved drilling under a reservoir and tunnelling under several rivers and major roads.”
ICE membership 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.