NEWS

Spring dates for SURCO Training
31 March 2010: Method of Measurement for Highway Works
21 April 2010: Delay, Disruption and Extension of Time
26-27 April 2010: Commercial Awareness
5 May 2010: Recognising and Evaluating Change and the Importance of Records
10 May 2010: An Introduction to the Torts of Negligence and Nuisance
17 May 2010: New Engineering Contract
27 May 2010: A Reintroduction to Measurement (Civil Option)
Public courses are offered on demand and can be arranged in Sale, Warrington, Cannock and Leicestershire. Please complete our online enquiry form to register your interest or contact Niccola Dodd to book (0161 972 3112).

Tommy Docherty — Guest speaker at XCES
Tommy Docherty has been announced as the special guest speaker at this year’s XCES evening dinner. Scottish soccer legend Tommy Docherty's honours include 25 caps for Scotland, two World Cup appearances as captain and manager of the Scottish side, cup final and league cup wins and taking Chelsea and Manchester United to the old Division One title in 1963 and 1974. As a player he turned out for Preston North End, Celtic and Arsenal. Nowadays, Tommy regularly speaks about his successful strategies including teamwork, leadership, goal setting and communicating for success.
The XCES dinner will be held on 2 March 2010 at Sandown Park.
To book your place visit the xces website.

CES goes digital
SURCO will shortly be launching Civil Engineering Surveyor as an e-book. The digital edition will mirror the print version of CES and will be available to all members and subscribers. The e-book will replace the current pdf that some members receive by email. It will be stored on an external server and members can access it by clicking a link that will be emailed to them monthly. The print copy of CES will continue to be produced and members and subscribers will receive this as normal. The first issue is planned to be released in line with the December/January 2010 edition of CES and the editors hope members and subscribers will soon get used to the various tools available to view, print and search the journal.

SURCO launches new JV
SURCO has launched a new joint venture to run training workshops in Hong Kong. BK SURCO is a 50/50 JV with Battersby Kingsfield, a project and commercial management company based in Hong Kong. ICES fellow John Battersby is group managing director at Battersby Kingsfield and will work closely with SURCO's director of training Robin Jones. BK SURCO will be adapting SURCO's existing workshops for delivery in Hong Kong and mainland China. The company hopes to run its first courses in April 2010.

March dates for SURCO Training
Dates have been released for SURCO's public training courses. They are:
8 March 2010: New Engineering Contract
17 March 2010: Recognising and Evaluating Change and the Importance of Records
18 March 2010: Delay, Disruption and Extension of Time
Public courses are offered on demand and can be arranged in Sale, Warrington, Cannock and Leicestershire. Please complete our online enquiry form to register your interest or contact Niccola Dodd to book (0161 972 3112).

XCES 2010
Dates have been announced for next year's XCES exhibition. This time the exhibition will cater for all involved with the measurement and monitoring of objects, space, quantities and costs within the built environment. The exhibition will be held from 2-3 March 2010 at Sandown Park racecourse in Surrey. The format will be similar to last year, with exhibitors from industry, academia and professional bodies and workshops running throughout the event. XCES is organised by the institution's information business SURCO and is sponsored by ICES, the ICE, AGI, IHIE, CIAT and RSPSoc. Exhibition space is currently being booked. Read the full press release. Contact Alan Lees or Niccola Dodd on t: +44 (0)161 972 3122 or e: xces@cices.org

ICES set to pick up charter
SURCO's parent company is set to pick up its royal charter on 2 September 2009. From then on it will be known as the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors. A special launch event has been arranged in Westminster to celebrate the charter with friends and guests of both the institution and SURCO.

XCES, the Exhibiton for Construction and Engineering Surveying
York Racecourse: 22-23 April 2009
Many thanks to all those who supported the XCES exhibition in York. It was a great success. Keep coming back to this site for details of future events.

Countdown to XCES
XCES, SURCO's first national exhibition for construction and engineering surveying is all set to be a resounding success. XCES runs from 22-23 April at York Racecourse and will feature the industry's leading manufacturers, academia, professional bodies and specialist service providers. A series of free workshops will be held in conjunction with the show from the likes of Leica Geosystems, Fugro BKS, Topcon GB, 3D Laser Mapping and eMapSite. Full details of all the workshops can be found online at http://asp.artegis.com/xces/2009

Competitions at XCES
Three iPod touches are up for grabs at the XCES exhibition. Two will be awarded each day for the fastest lap on the XCES Scalextirc track and one will be won in a free raffle at the exhibition dinner on 22 April. In addition we are giving out 25 £100 gift vouchers to attendees at the show - winners will be drawn randomly and the vouchers are redeemable against products bought from XCES exhibitors. XCES exhibitors eMapSite are holding a prize draw to win a year's free subscription to the Leica GNSS correction service SmartNet. The total package is worth £2000. eMapSite and Leica have teamed up for the show to demonstrate how workflows can be streamlined with server-based OS MasterMap.

ICES granted royal charter
SURCO's parent body, the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES), has been granted a royal charter by the Queen's Privy Council. In December 2008, at the instruction of the ICES Council of Management, a petition was submitted to the Privy Council seeking Her Majesty’s pleasure in granting a royal charter to the Institution. On Friday 20 March 2009, the following message was received from the clerk to the Privy Council:

At the Privy Council meeting on 18 March, Her Majesty approved an Order approving the draft ICES Charter and ordering the Lord Chancellor to pass it under the Great Seal.

Whilst there remain a number of steps before the sealed charter is received by the Institution, which may take a number of months to complete, president Steve Jackson has been advised that these are merely procedural and that the grant of the charter is now confirmed. At the earliest juncture following the completion of the remaining process, ICES will move to relaunching itself as the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors

TSA to hold AGM at XCES
The Survey Association (TSA) will be holding its AGM at the XCES exhibition in York on 23 April at 12 noon. Further information is available for TSA members on the TSA website.

Commendations for SURCO Training
SURCO Training has been involved in two industry awards recently. SURCO provides training for Carillion and BAM Nuttall who have both been recognised for their staff training schemes. Carillion Construction was a finalist in the Building magazine QS08 awards for best training initiative and BAM Nuttall was commended by NCE magazine for its structured career development programme. Robin Jones, director of training at SURCO, said: "The awards are well deserved. I know how much thought and work has gone into these programmes and we are very pleased to have played a part in their development and implementation."

 

SURCO Ltd is the information business of the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors (ICES). ICES is a registered educational charity (no.1131469).