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Finalists
Bryony Coombs Chris North Jake Sarjant
2021 James Rennie Medal
14 June 2021 ice.org.uk/jrm
Sponsored by
years
James Rennie CEng FICE (1897–1994)
The Admiralty Tower - the Solent East Twin Dry Dock - Belfast The Silent Valley Reservoir - N Ireland
James Rennie spent over 70 years of his life working as a civil
engineer in the contracting industry. In 1930 he became the
youngest member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Rennie believed that high quality James Rennie Medal took place in 2020. Of the 25
engineering could only be The James Rennie Medal was first nominations, three have been
completed by civil engineers who awarded in 1996. It aims to promote shortlisted to compete this evening.
had undertaken in-depth and awareness of the role of newly
thorough training. Not only in qualified engineers. It is awarded The finalists competing for the
design but also in the programming to the best Chartered Professional 2021 James Rennie Medal are:
of construction works. Review (CPR) candidate whose
report and presentation for CPR Bryony Coombs
Rennie tutored his pupils and many reflect James Rennie’s values. Chris North
achieved very senior positions Jake Sarjant
within the profession, including Reviewers nominate outstanding
past President of ICE, Douglas candidates who are able to The winning candidate will receive
Oakervee (2003-2004). demonstrate exceptional the prestigious 2021 James Rennie
engineering acumen and Medal and £1,000 in recognition of
After his death in 1994 a colleague contribution to the promotion and their achievements.
proposed that the Institution should development of civil engineering.
establish a prize to commemorate
Rennie’s contribution to civil Finalists are the best of the 1,176
engineering and his commitment to Chartered Professional Reviews Discover more about James Rennie
the training of young engineers. (CPR) and CPR (Progressive) that in our short video.
2021 James Rennie Medal Chairs and judges Alasdair MacLennan Darren James Olivia Perkins Chair of James Rennie Medal Chair of Judges Judging Panel Award Panel Darren is the Chief Executive Officer Olivia joined Kier Infrastructure Alasdair retired from his contracting of the Keltbray Group, appointed after graduating from career in 2005 and worked for ICE in April 2020 after a 30-year career Loughborough University in Scotland as an MDO and as Interim with the Costain Group. A Chartered 2010. She has worked on major Manager. He was elected to ICE Civil Engineer and Fellow of ICE, infrastructure projects including Council in 2006 and was the Council Darren has been at the heart of Crossrail and HS2 and is currently representative on the NCE Advisory delivering many of the UK’s major the Senior Project Manager Board and GSNet. Since 2009 he infrastructure programmes. responsible for the overall delivery has served on several other ICE A graduate in Civil Engineering of the Luton DART project. She panels, including the TRR Panel, from the University of Surrey he was is a keen advocate of the civil PRP and SP, where he served two awarded the ICE Medal in 1990 and engineering profession and mentors terms as Vice Chair. He has been an was the inaugural winner of the a number of apprentices and ICE Reviewer for 30 years. In 2012 James Rennie Medal in 1996. He is a graduates. Olivia was awarded the he was awarded the Warren Medal non-executive director of the Port of James Rennie Medal in 2016 and for service to ICE Scotland. Alasdair London Authority and a director of joined the judging panel in 2020. is stepping down as Chair of the the Rail Industry Association. Award Panel in January 2022. A huge thank you to Alasdair for all of his support.
Gopal Srinivasan Sam Reed Alison Norrish Judging Panel Judging Panel Guest Judge Gopal is an Associate Director at Sam is a Chartered Civil Engineer Alison Norrish is a Director and Arup working on the design and and won the James Rennie Medal Fellow of Arup and Fellow of ICE construction of a wide range of in 2014. He joined Skanska upon and leads the design of major civil structures and bridges. He is graduation from the University infrastructure projects in the a bridge engineer by background of Plymouth in 2009. He has since rail, road and aviation sectors and has worked on projects across worked on major infrastructure specialising in underground and the UK, Middle East and Far East, projects for various clients including tunnelling projects. Alison designs, but has more recently focused on Crossrail, London Underground, manages and delivers engineering design leadership of larger multi- National Grid and currently for HS2. solutions for major infrastructure disciplinary projects including Sam has been a member of the projects in the UK, Europe and parts of HS2. Gopal is a Fellow of James Rennie Medal Award Panel South East Asia and her expertise ICE, Chartered Engineer, and ICE since 2017. extends from planning and design Reviewer. He joined the James through to management of Rennie Medal Award Panel this year. construction.
Our sponsors
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1865 – 2015
Evening programme
Monday 14 June 2021
17:30 Introduction – Anusha Shah, ICE Vice President Membership
Introduction of the finalists and chair of Q&A sessions – Séan Harris, ICE Director of Membership
17:35 -19:10 The finalists will have 20 minutes to present their report and 10 minutes to answer questions
from the judging panel and audience.
17:35 Bryony Coombs CEng MICE
17:55 Q&A
18:05 Chris North CEng FICE
18:25 Q&A
18:35 Short break
18:40 Jake Sarjant CEng MICE
19:00 Q&A
19:10 Interval
19:25 Vote of thanks
19:35 Winner announced
19:45 Event closes
Our sponsors
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1865 – 2015
Bryony Coombs CEng MICE
Transformation Lead, Balfour Beatty
Project Employment history
The Minigo Footbridge spans 36m Bryony’s career started as an ICE
across the Sebeya River, North Quest Scholar with Peter Brett
Western Rwanda, connecting a Associates. Within Balfour Beatty
community of 4,300 residents with Bryony has worked across the
access to hospitals, schools, and lifecycle of major infrastructure
markets. The suspension footbridge projects including in the HS2 bid
was built in 2018 by engineers team; at Thames Tideway as a
from Balfour Beatty and Mott design coordinator, site engineer
MacDonald, members of the local and section engineer and centrally
community and in partnership with as a temporary works designer.
the charity Bridges to Prosperity. She is now Transformation Lead
for Balfour Beatty Major Projects.
Bryony juggles her engineering
career with rugby, having played
MEng Civil, Structural and Premiership rugby union for
Environmental Engineering Richmond FC and currently as
University of Cambridge part of Warrington Wolves’ Super
Graduated: 2015 League squad.
Minigo Footbridge Previous bridge
Bridge tower lift
Minigo Bridge opening International Women in Engineering Day
Our sponsors
years
1865 – 2015
Chris North CEng FICE
Project Manager, Morgan Sindall
Project Employment history
The 160-year-old London sewer After graduating, Chris joined
network was designed for a Morgan Sindall to work on the
population half of what it is today. Lee Tunnel project. He led a
Sewage regularly overflows into section called the Flow Transfer
the River Thames when it rains. System which won ICE’s Greatest
The £4.2bn Tideway super sewer Contribution to London Award.
will collectively capture an average Chris later joined the BMBJV which
of 39-million tonnes of sewage a is delivering Thames Tideway Tunnel
year from the 35 most polluting – West. He is currently the Project
combined sewer overflows and Manager for Putney Embankment
transfer it to Beckton for treatment. Foreshore and Barn Elms. Chris was
an ICE Future Leader 2013-14. He
later chaired the ICE Inspirations
Panel and now sits on the Education
BSc (Hons) Civil Engineering and Inspiration Advisory Group.
The University of Salford
Graduated: 2010
MSc Engineering Project
Management
The University of Manchester
Graduated: 2011Thames Tideway Tunnel Aerial photo of the Barn Elms site
Aerial photo of the Putney Embankment Foreshore site
213m connection tunnel at Barn Elms TBM extraction from below the River Thames riverbedOur sponsors
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1865 – 2015
Jake Sarjant CEng MICE
Senior Engineer, Mott MacDonald
Project Employment history
The Linden to Mabura Hill Road Jake joined Mott MacDonald in
Upgrade and River Crossing at 2015 where he has worked across
Kurupukari Project aims to improve the life cycle of numerous major
transport links between Guyana and projects for Highways England.
the north of Brazil by upgrading In 2019, Jake began working
a 125km section of rural roadway internationally on road upgrade
to a paved road and providing a projects in Guyana and Belize, the
new 700m long bridge over the former for which he was based in
Essequibo River. The project will be country for eight months and is
climate-resilient, connect isolated now the Project Manager. Jake is
communities and boost the local also the Global Transport Sector
economy. Lead in the Mott MacDonald Early
Career Professionals Network
which aims to share knowledge,
MEng Civil Engineering foster collaboration and inspire
Cardiff University professional excellence.
Graduated: 2015Linden to Mabura Hill Road Upgrade Condition of parts of the existing road in rainy season
Community engagement
and River Crossing at Kurupukari Kurupukari Bridge location
Existing laterite road between Linden and Mabura Hill2021 James Rennie Medal
Sponsors
Forth Replacement Bridge
“Our industry is facing significant challenges – a
national infrastructure plan of major projects set against
ongoing political uncertainty and climate change.
Recognising the next generation through the James
Rennie Medal is an important part of safeguarding our
industry’s future.”
Matthew Sykes
Director
Arup
years
1865 – 2015
British Antarctic Survey research centre DP World – London Gateway
“BAM Nuttall people have been creating sustainable “Charles Brand is a civil engineering contractor that
environments and enhancing people’s lives for over 150 undertakes design, construction, and maintenance
years. Our teams collaborate and innovate to deliver of the physical and naturally built environment,
exceptional outcomes for our customers. Whether including public works such as roads, bridges, canals,
working on projects in Europe, Antarctica or Africa, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, structural
people at BAM are supported to fulfil their ambitions components of buildings, and railways.”
across civil engineering and construction careers.” Niall McGill
Alan Cox Managing Director
Director Charles Brand
BAM NuttallBattersea Power Station Phase 2 Luton DART
“Keltbray is a specialist engineering and construction “At Kier we work closely with our clients to sustainably
company. Our purpose is to redefine the way sustainable deliver infrastructure vital to the UK. We strive for
development is delivered. In line with James Rennie’s ‘Performance Excellence’ in all that we do and for that
engineering principles, we are striving to create a reason, we are proud to sponsor the James Rennie
workplace where all our people have the opportunity to Medal.”
build the skill sets and experience necessary to thrive in Mark Pengelly
their careers.” Group Managing Director
Darren James Kier Infrastructure
Chief Executive Officer
Keltbray
A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Werrington Grade Separation (image credit Morgan Sindall)
“At Skanska we put people first, striving to create a “Tony Gee has carved a reputation for delivering
workplace where people from all backgrounds can innovative and integrated permanent and temporary
develop their skills and pursue their engineering works design solutions. Described by the NCE as ‘technical
passions. A shared respect for ethics and principles maestros’ we are a business that excels at exciting and
help us to build for a better society.” challenging engineering allowing our staff to develop and
Thomas Faulkner achieve their aspirations. We are delighted to be a sponsor
Executive Vice President of the ICE James Rennie Medal.”
Skanska Chris Burton
Business Development Director
Tony GeeJames Rennie Medal
Previous winners
Tina Gunnarsson Stephen Thompson George Scott Joseph Maltezos
2020 winner 2019 winner 2018 winner 2017 winner
“ It was an incredible
honour to have been
awarded the James
“ Winning this award
was a tremendous
honour. I hope my
“ Winning the James
Rennie Medal is the high
point of my career so far.
“ The James Rennie
Medal Final was an
amazing opportunity
Rennie Medal. I hope presentation can help It was a real privilege to show how young
the presentation inspires empower civil engineers to present my work to engineers can have a
engineers across our to continue to be the ICE and a great feeling positive impact. Winning
industry to use their leaders in an area for those efforts to be the James Rennie
knowledge and skills to of expanding digital recognised by respected Medal was the greatest
create positive changes
in the world.
”
technology.
” peers.
” recognition I could
imagine for my hard
work and commitment
to the industry.
”Olivia Perkins Joe Berrisford Sam Reed Charles Brooks
2016 winner 2015 winner 2014 winner 2013 winner
“ I was very proud
to be awarded the
James Rennie Medal.
“ It was fantastic to
win the James Rennie
Medal for 2015. I was
“ Winning the 2014
James Rennie Medal
was a high point in my
“ I was delighted
to win the James
Rennie Medal. It was
I hope awards such honoured and fascinated career so far. It was a undoubtedly the
as this inspire other that people were so fantastic feeling hearing highlight of my career.
engineers to gain broad interested in listening the judges announce my Having the chance to
experiences that can lead to my involvement in name at the end of the present such an exciting
to their own chartership the project and I would evening and celebrating project to so many
success.
” like to thank everyone
involved for the
afterwards.
” people was a unique
opportunity.
”
award.
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