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Engineering Project of the Year 2014

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  • 03-11-2014 4:27pm
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    corcaigh_abu
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    The Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards take place this Friday and they've a public vote for Irish Engineering Project of the Year 2014. The shortlist is as follows:

    Rosie Hackett Bridge
    Corrib Gas Tunnel
    Ballymore Eustace Water Treatment Plant
    Bergen Light Rail
    Jeffrey's Bay Wind Farm
    Structural Assessment of Garment Factories in Bangladesh

    Go the the Engineers Ireland website for details on how to vote
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    Turbulent Bill
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    EI should just come clean and call it the Irish Civil Engineering Project of the Year...


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    CatFromHue
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    Ha, I didn't want to be the first to say it!


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    godtabh
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    I see structural. civil an environmental engineering included in the shortlist but dont let that stop the EI bashing


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    CatFromHue
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    They're all part of the built environment umbrella which you could say Civil Eng spearheads.


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    corcaigh_abu
    Registered Users Posts: 33 ✭corcaigh_abu


    CatFromHue wrote: »
    They're all part of the built environment umbrella which you could say Civil Eng spearheads.

    Exactly. All the projects would have Mech/Elec subconsultants and subcontractors. Just happens to be that the primary design and project management is coming from the civlis side. But yes EI are more civils centred as engineering organisations go and the short list probably reflects this. Then again we don't know all the projects which applied. I doubt there was a large number of applications that aren't primarily civil projects.


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    Turbulent Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭Turbulent Bill


    corcaigh_abu wrote: »
    Exactly. All the projects would have Mech/Elec subconsultants and subcontractors. Just happens to be that the primary design and project management is coming from the civlis side. But yes EI are more civils centred as engineering organisations go and the short list probably reflects this. Then again we don't know all the projects which applied. I doubt there was a large number of applications that aren't primarily civil projects.

    According to EI's site, the POTY is about "... recognising the highest level of achievement in the engineering field". The shortlist is made up of worthy, well-executed projects, but nothing really new and certainly not covering the breadth of work done in Ireland.

    Off the top of my head, Intel's new Quark processor (largely designed in Ireland) would be a no-brainer for the shortlist. There must be a boatload of medical devices too that are would be worthy.


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    godtabh
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    Turbulent Bill wrote: »
    According to EI's site, the POTY is about "... recognising the highest level of achievement in the engineering field". The shortlist is made up of worthy, well-executed projects, but nothing really new and certainly not covering the breadth of work done in Ireland.

    Off the top of my head, Intel's new Quark processor (largely designed in Ireland) would be a no-brainer for the shortlist. There must be a boatload of medical devices too that are would be worthy.

    Assuming any of these entered of course


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    annfield1978
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    There is so much secrecy in Intel, I doubt they would be able to say anything about their projects. I know their consultants are allowed to say they are working for them- confidential client


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    DublinDilbert
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    Turbulent Bill wrote: »
    According to EI's site, the POTY is about "... recognising the highest level of achievement in the engineering field". The shortlist is made up of worthy, well-executed projects, but nothing really new and certainly not covering the breadth of work done in Ireland.

    Off the top of my head, Intel's new Quark processor (largely designed in Ireland) would be a no-brainer for the shortlist. There must be a boatload of medical devices too that are would be worthy.

    They developed a pretty good heater there with the quark. Does anyone know of any new products lined up to use the quark?


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    breadmonkey
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    Anyone know which project won? Cant find anything on the interweb.


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    CatFromHue
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    The Rosie Hackett Bridge won it.

    Domestic Assistant Robot aka Robbie the Robot won the Technological Innovation award.
    Robbie the Robot, a prototype robot built by researchers and engineering students in Trinity College Dublin for Cork teenager Joanne O'Riordan, who was born with a rare condition known as Total Amelia, was officially unveiled today. Robbie was introduced to the Secretary General of the United Nations specialised agency for information and communication technologies, Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, at a special event in Trinity College Dublin.

    In April 2012 Joanne O'Riordan addressed an audience of international delegates at the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) 'Girls in ICT Day' celebrations in New York and put forward a challenge for someone to build her a robot. Assistant Professor Kevin Kelly in the School of Engineering, Trinity, and a team of young engineers took up this challenge. Thanks to a generous donation of €50,000 from the ITU, the team built a prototype humanoid robot, with a head, arms, torso and a single 'leg' which uses two wheels to move around.

    http://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/robbie-the-robot-passes-un-inspection/4581#.VGJqQ_msVgg


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    breadmonkey
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    Bizarre, I never understood that bridge. The design makes no sense - why on earth would you choose to have a really complicated architecturally enhanced geometry for the soffit of a bridge not visible to anyone?


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    godtabh
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    What an non civil/structural engineering project won something? Shame on Engineers Ireland.


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    Turbulent Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 1,622 ✭✭✭Turbulent Bill


    godtabh wrote: »
    What an non civil/structural engineering project won something? Shame on Engineers Ireland.

    Clearly a mistake, surely there was a new bypass somewhere with fancy signs that would be more technologically deserving? ;)


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