Congratulations to our colleague, John Collins, on achieving Fellowship status of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), the highest grade of membership awarded by the institution and an honour bestowed on those who have made a significant contribution to the field of civil engineering and society.
John said: “I am very proud to be a Chartered Civil Engineer and to be using my knowledge and skills to affect peoples’ lives in a positive, sustainable manner. In becoming a Fellow of the ICE, I hope to provide an example of what can be achieved in our industry and continue to tackle some of the most challenging issues facing our transportation infrastructure today.”
As lead of ROD’s UK bridges team, John has worked on a range of technically challenging projects across the UK, including leading our input to various works on the Humber Bridge and on road and rail bridges using a variety of materials and structural forms, and providing input on Herring Bridge in Great Yarmouth. He has also been involved in several major schemes in Ireland, including the N5 national road in Mayo and Roscommon and DART+ West. In recognition of his work on the Forth Road Bridge (amongst other schemes), he received the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Engineers Trust Young Engineer of the Year Award in 2016.
John is an advocate of sharing knowledge in a formal manner as a way of advancing the engineering discipline and ensuring that knowledge becomes part of the historical record. In addition to authoring several technical papers and regularly presenting at conferences, he was co-author of CIRIA C764 Defects in Hidden Bridge Components (2017) and is co-authoring an update to the widely used CIRIA Bridge detailing manual. John is a member of the IABSE British Group Executive Committee and sits on the certification board of the Steel Construction Certification Scheme. He is also a member of the Welding Institute.
John takes an active role in initiatives aimed at raising the profile of the engineering profession, believing passionately in the importance of developing an engineer’s technical skills and turning specialist knowledge into qualifications. In addition to advancing the development of ROD’s graduate and chartership support programmes, he is the administrator of our ICE training scheme and has worked as a Supervising Civil Engineer since 2020.
