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Teesside engineer achieves chartered status

Local civil engineer, Eliphanos Moyo, has been awarded membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

ICE membership (MICE) can be awarded to a wide range of engineers practising in the broad area of civil engineering. Eliphanos, who has met all the requirements of the ICE’s Chartered Professional Review, is now entitled to add the letters MICE to his name and adopt the Institution’s own protected title of ‘Chartered Civil Engineer’.

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.

Penny Marshall, ICE North East interim regional director, commented: “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 Eliphanos into the ICE.”

Eliphanos who lives in Stockton on Tees is a Senior Geotechnical engineer who works for Pell Frischmann in Wakefield said he was thrilled to achieve his ambition of becoming a Chartered Civil Engineer.

Eliphanos, who grew up in Zimbabwe, became an engineer after attending an event organised by the Zimbabwe Institution of Engineers.

He said: “They highlighted the role of Civil engineers in society, especially the supply of clean water and sanitation facilities in developing countries. I wanted to make a contribution in eradicating water borne diseases.”

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.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Penny Marshall .