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The Newspaper of The Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka Vol. 47, No 07, July 2012

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Upper Kothmale Hydro Power Station commencescommercial operations.

by: Eng. R.S.W. Wagarachchi, Project Manager, Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project

At the auspicious time of forty five minutes past the hour of ten on Fourteenth day of July 2012, His Excellency Mahinda Rajapakse, thePresident of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ceremonially commissioned the 150MW underground power plant of UpperKotmale Hydropower Project. The Project comprising of 0.8 MCM live storage reservoir and 12.9Km long head race tunnel conveys

water to the two 75MW Francis Turbines in an underground power cavern at Niyamgamdora located 22Km away from the reservoir atTalawakelle. The Head race tunnel of the Project is the longest tunnel ever constructed in Sri Lanka.

The history of the muchawaited power plant goesback decades and theimplementation wasdelayed due to immensepressure from differentpolitical, social andenvironmental groups. Withconsensus, agreements,court decisions etc. theobjective of the Project wasachieved and the Projectbecame a reality entirely ontireless efforts of officials ofProject Staff and also thecommitment of the officialsof other relatedorganizations.It is not a secret that projecthas implemented ac o m p r e h e n s i v eResettlement Action Planwhich has definitely upliftedthe living standards of theaffected community.The Project has improved33Km length of “B” classroad connecting Talawakelleto Thawalantenna includingother access roads utilizedby the Project. Thetownscape of Talawakellehas changed dramatically.The reservoir located in theheart of the city hasincreased the beauty of the

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Provincial Chairmen...............3.Editorial..................................4Unsafe Bridge inTalawakelle............................5

Portrait of the Immediate Past President,Eng. (Prof) A.K.W.Jayawardane unveiled

The portrait of Eng. (Prof.) A.K.W.Jayawardane –Immediate Past President, IESL was unveiled at asimple ceremony held at the Council Room of the IESL

on 12th July 2012 in the presence of Past Presidents andCouncil members. Eng.(Prof.) Jayawardane himself waspresent, accompanied by his immediate family. IntroducingEng.(Prof.) Jayawardane, the Executive Secretary, IESL, Eng.Arundathi Wimalasuriya traced his gradual ascension fromhis first involvement with the Council in the 1994/95 when hewas elected to represent the class of members, to his finally

holding the mantle ofpresidency in the 2010/11session. Eng.(Dr.) AnandaRanasinghe, incumbentPresident of IESL in hisspeech paid a glowing tributeto Eng.(Prof.) Jayawardanefor his contributions to theinstitution and for the generaluplifting of the profession andto the engineering educationin the country.

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IESL holds Special Workshop on‘Engineers to enhance the value of

“The Engineer”'Will it mark a turning point for IESL and

its members?‘Unfair criticism or for thatmatter criticism for the sakeof criticism, without beingconstructive, against theEngineer by fellow engineersis self-destructive to theentire body of engineers.The often heard complaintof IESL members “ ……IESL doesn’t look after it’smembership and thereforewe visit IESL only to renewour membership” or thefrequently quoted

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Event Dates

♦♦♦♦♦Induction and Graduation Ceremony Saturday –August 18, 2012

♦♦♦♦♦Dr. Ray Wijeyewardene Memorial Monday - Lecture August 20, 2012♦♦♦♦♦E O E Pereira Memorial Lecture Thursday –

September 13,2012

♦♦♦♦♦D J Wimalasurendra Memorial Monday Lecture September 17,

2012 ♦♦♦♦♦Techno Exhibition Friday–Sunday

October12-14,2012

♦♦♦♦♦Inauguration of the Annual Sessions Friday –October 19,2012

♦♦♦♦♦Annual Sessions Seminar Saturday –October 20,2012

♦♦♦♦♦Annual Field Visit Sunday –October 21,2012

♦♦♦♦♦Presentation of Technical papers Monday-WednesdayOctober 22, 23& 24, 2012

♦♦♦♦♦Presentation of Technical Papers Thursday - by Young Members October 25,

2012

♦♦♦♦♦Dr. A N S Kulasinghe Thursday – Memorial Lecture October 25,

2012♦♦♦♦♦Annual General Meeting Saturday –

October 27,2012

♦♦♦♦♦Techno Awards Ceremony Friday –November 02,2012

Note:

Associate Members who wish to apply for theProfessional Review, are strongly advised to attendall Memorial Lectures and keep a record of theattendance for any future reference.

FORTHCOMINGANNUAL EVENTS CALENDAR

- 2012

Get To Know the IESL ProvincialChairmen

The IESL has a membership exceeding 15,000 dispersed all over the island. TheIESLProvincial Centres which carry out many member services in the provinces providethe much needed connectivity to its members in the provinces by organizing courses,

seminars, workshops, field visits etc. for their continues professional development. Theyalso organize community programmes such as infrastructure improvements to leastdeveloped schools in the provinces, relief work in case of disasters etc.for interaction of itsmembers with the public.These programmes are initiatives of the Executive Committeesheaded by the Chairman of each Provincial Centre. The May 2012 issue of your newsletterintroduced the Chairmen, IESL Provincial Centres who are at the helm of three of thecentres in Central, Northern and Eastern Provinces. In this issue we introduce the Chairman,IESL North Central Provincial Centre.

Eng. R.M.J.N.RatnayakaChairman, IESL, North Central Province

Chartered Civil Engineer by profession, Eng.R.M.J.N.Ratnayaka graduated from the Faculty ofEngineering, University of Peradeniya in 1994. Hejoined the Road Development Authority in 1995.He gained his Chartered Engineer status from theIESL in year 2000.He has held the posts ofExecutive Engineer, Nalanda – RDA from 2002 to2007, Chief Resident Engineer, Kinniya FerryBridge from 2007 to 2009 and assumed duty asChief Engineer Padeniya – Anuradhapura RoadProject in 2009. Currently he is holding the post ofChief Engineer, RDA – MFAP Division(Miscellaneous Foreign Aided Projects).Under his chairmanship the IESL, North Central Province has organized and successfullyconducted several CPD Activities for its members - A presentation on “Southern Expressway”- by Eng. G.S. Chandralal- Additional Project Director- STDP-RDA, apresentation on “Construction Safety” by Eng. Padmasiri Narayana- Labour Dept.,apresentation on “Arbitration & Adjudication” by Eng. Frankly- Irrigation Dept, apresentation on “Communication Skill Development through Toastmaster Club”`,a presentation on “Energy Conservation and Future Energy Crisis in the World andHow to Meet the Challenges by Yong Engineers”by Dr. Thilak Siyambalapitiya, acommentary on Modern Irrigation System Vs Ancient Irrigation Wisdom- by ChairmanCECB, Chairman ICTAD, Engineer In- Charge – Victoria Power Project.

CPD Programs by the Eastern Provincial Centre

EVENT PHOTOS OF THE EASTERN PROVINCIAL CENTRE

The CPD lecture series of the IESL Eastern Centre crosses over a new horizon in that, unlikein the past, top level resource persons are now being sourced from all over the island and theCPD lecture series is being held in the East itself. This milestone was achieved with the facilitation

of the IESL Headquarters in Colombo with the assistance of the staff of the Education and TrainingDivision. Out of the three proposed courses the first CPD course was held at the Regional Director ofIrrigation office Auditorium, Batticaloa on 13.07.2012 from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on the topic, “TimeManagement” by Dr. (Eng) Jayalath Edhirisinghe, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Universityof Peradeniya. Thirty eight participants attended this magnificent session in which the lecture contentsand method of presentation provided real value for the time spent by the Engineers at this session. Theheart felt gratitude expressed to Dr.Jayalath Edhirisinghe at the end of the session by the participantswas not confined within the bounds of the educational value that the session provided, but also for theeffective communication that he achieved through some interesting games and group activities duringthe lecture.

Induction & Graduation Ceremony 2012The ceremony will be held on August 18, 2012 at the Waters Edge, Battaramullaat 5.00 p.m.Chief Guest : Prof. Susirith Mendis – Vice Chancellor of University of RuhunaGuest of Honour: Eng. R W R Premasiri, Secretary, Ministry of Ports & Highways.The following awards will be conferred at this ceremony.Fellows 06Chartered Engineers 240IESL Graduands 17JIY Winners 05

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Lakshitha Weerasinghe, [email protected]

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A public lecture on “Reaping globally from your hard earned ICT-expertise: A simple winningstrategy in the knowledge economy.”delivered by Eng. Nihal Kularatna -FIET (Lond.), SeniorMember IEEE(USA), FIE(Sri Lanka), MIPENZ, was held at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium ofthe Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka on 22nd May 2012. Eng. Kularatna is an electronicsengineer with 35 years of experience in Aviation, Telecommunications & Research Environmentsand the author of 7 internationally published books in electronic engineering subjects. A formerCEO of Arthur C Clark Institute for Modern Technologies (ACCIMT) in Sri Lanka, Nihal Kularatnais currently active in research in supercapacitor applications, power supply topologies, transientpropogation and power conditioning area. He has contributed over 70 papers to internationaljournals and conference proceedings and is a holder of several patents including a recent USpatent granted in 2011 for his work on super capacitor based efficiency improvement in DCpower supplies.

He is presently employed as a Senior Lecurer in the School of Engineerin, University of Waikato,New Zealand and is currently on a short visit to ACCIMT as Visiting Professor.The public lecture was organized by the IT & Communications Sectional Committee of the IESLunder the chairmanship of Eng. Sanath Panawennage – Director & CEO, Arthur C Clark Institutefor Modern Technologies. The following is an abstract of the lecture:

Reaping globally from your hard earnedICT-expertise: A simple winning

strategy in the knowledge economy.

In areas related to electronics and communications, engineering knowledge half life is amere 3 to 5 years today. As predicted by the Battelle forecast in USA, ten strategictechnologies after year 2020 will be omnipresent;computing, nano-machines, super–senses,

intelligent appliances, personalized transportation systems, safe water, green integratedtechnology, high energy packages and designer-crops.

If the ICT community in Sri Lanka is passionate about developing their careers, keeping thisglobal picture in mind, their local careers can help them reap global benefits. We have thewrong view that “technology” resides in high tech boxes we use and manage in ICTenvironments. In contrast, we should believe that the technology is a set of creative productsof the human brain power. In this process are we ready to be detailed minded, or, are wegoing to perish by becoming mere end users of “modern-technology”?

Given this scenario, a young ICT engineer should recognize the first 5 years of the career asthe most valuable formative time. If one acquires solid hands-on engineering opportunitiesthat can make you a true-professional in the longer run, that person will be comfortable inhandling or designing any new system or even a technology masterpiece. From day one ofyour engineering career, you must consider that the education does not mean only aqualification acquisition process, but it should be treated as a life long learning activity. Inthis life long activity, a good ICT professional should consider acquiring a diverse set ofskills, with applicability in the practical domain. Sometimes one should be brave enough toswitch fields, and learn new skills and gain applicable knowledge, than merely waiting foronly the seniority in the work places.

Research and Development at a global scale has made the knowledge economy moving fastforward. Countries such as Sri Lanka should place a strong emphasis on “r &D” where, moreresources of your professional life should be on development than primary research, whichdemands far too large resources-set. Learning from the local needs, and identifying theeconomic scenarios, our own local environment could easily lead us to great design-development opportunities. If you grab them, and use international measures to benchmarkyour local achievements, it is not difficult to reap global benefits.

In your r& D or professional environments, it is necessary to identify the value of publishingyour achievements and let the wider-world give you critique. When you attempt to write, youtend to think of your achievement critically and compare it with other people’s publishedwork. This guarantees you to be a critical thinker, and look at the rest of the world throughother published works. This will help you to overcome the engineering knowledge half lifeissue. A positive minded senior mentor, with sympathy ( for your mistakes), can act as aguide to help your longer term career to be a successful one. If that advantage is there,make sure that you will be grateful to the mentor. Never enter into human politics in theAsian world, and that will waste your career and other’s too.

Creativity element is another wining factor, particularly in the ICT areas. These opportunitiescome with longer-term critical observations, and also by looking at the work in a problemsolving mode. If one couples this with continuous detail minded hard work, you could be aglobal winner!

Undergraduate Inventor of the Year(UIY) Competition – 2012

The IESL invites applications for the above competition from undergraduatesof University of Moratuwa, University of Peradeniya, University of Ruhunaand The Open University of Sri Lanka as per guidelines posted in the IESLwebsite www.iesl.lk.

Students must submit their inventions to the Deputy Executive SecretaryIESL by the deadline which has been extended upto 25th August 2012.

Engineering scapegoats

Sri Lanka is currently undergoing one of the driestperiods in its recent history. The inflow to theHydro power reservoirs during the last 12 months

commencing from June 2011 has been only 2120GWhwhereas the annual average has been well over3000GWh. The inflow during the first six months of thisyear has been a mere 704 GWh, again the lowest inour records. Both monsoons of last year have failedand so is the South West Monsoon of this year. Ourrainfall patterns are becoming more and more erratic,hinting at changes to local and global climatic patterns.Due to the shortage of water, a large extent of paddywas lost this year. However, what is most disturbing isthe way certain quarters of the public react to thesituation placing the entire blame for it on the Officials(“n,OdÍka”). Farmer protests staged in a number ofdistricts are targeting the so called “Officials” whom theyclaim are not providing them with sufficient water, acommodity that is non-existing. Some accuse thatofficials have released water unnecessarily on the pretextof flushing away silt while still others are accusing thatthe officials have not de silted the tanks on time makingthe storage capacity of the tanks to come down.

Integrated planning and operation of Water Resourcesin Sri Lanka is done in a very methodical way. It is mainlythanks to this dedicated group of Engineers behind thismeticulous planning process that the country could evencome at least this far without power cuts or a majorfood crisis. A panel of Engineers, referred to as the“Water Panel” representing the Ceylon Electricity Board(CEB), the Mahaweli Authority, the Irrigation Departmentand the Water Board meets weekly at the WaterManagement Secretariat to decide on the operation ofall the reservoirs during the forthcoming week. Theycarefully review the “Seasonal Operating Plan” (SOP)prepared at the beginning of each cultivating seasonand decide on the quantities of water that should bereleased for Irrigation, Hydro Power Generation etc. forthe next week. They base their decisions on a numberof computer based models used by the operationplanners of the CEB and the engineers of the WaterManagement Secretariat.

The extent of cultivation of paddy and other crops isdecided on and included in the SOP, considering thequantity of water stored “at hand” in the reservoirs atthe beginning of a cultivating season and forecastedinflows to them under different hydrological conditions.Sadly however, often this predetermined ratio of paddyto other crops is grossly violated by farmers. When theamount of water drawn is more than what was allowed,particularly when the inflow has been lower than whatwas anticipated as is the case this year , the troublesbegin and the Government Officers are blamed for theoutcome. The very group of people who violated theirown water allocation now gets on to the streets and theblame game begins, ably assisted by selfish politicians.

This situation is not much different in the power sector.Despite repeated requests from Engineers of the utilityand the IESL, successive governments hesitated to givethe green light for Coal Power generation. In order to fillthe vacuum created by Coal, the CEB had to resort toprivate Oil based thermal generation, once againdrawing the blame for doing just that!

This sad cycle of blaming by only looking at the outcomeand not at its root cause continues in our countryunabated. Most of those at the receiving end are ourown members.

There is a Sinhala proverb that says that the motherand the sky get blamed for everything no matter what.Thus unless we ensure that we do not becomescapegoats, the latest addition to this two some couldbe the poor Engineer.


Original News Item reproduced from the 'Daily News' of16th July, 2012

UNSAFE BRIDGE INTALAWAKELLE

A Pedestrain Bridge was Designed and Installed across the Kotmala Oya closer to theMiddleton Bazaar (Malliappu) at Talawakelle. This bridge replaced a very unsafe suspension bridge that had existed for a longtime which was in an extremely dilapidated

condition and was used by large number of pedestrians with serious safety concerns to theusers. This bridge was replaced by a steel bridge designed by the Contractor which waschecked by our Consultant Engineers. I attach three pictures of this bridge.

An article about the safety of this bridge appeared on Monday July 16, 2012 in the CeylonDaily News under the above caption with a picture showing this newly constructed bridge.The writer seems to be an Engineer passed out from the Engineering Faculty of University ofPeradeniya in 1999 by the name of one Roshan Dodanwala. He claimed he had discussedwith a group of their own and highlights certain design deficiencies in the said article. As theProject Director , I have initiated action to obtain a clarification from the Consultant on theconcerns addressed in the article and for a design review. If indeed any corrective actionneed to be taken as suggested by this group of engineers, it will be promptly attended to.

What is of concern to me is, if the writer is an Engineer, he should have had the courtesy todirect the question to us in the CEB who was responsible for this construction, so that hisconcerns could be properly addressed by Engineers. The writer has taken the liberty (I donot deny his right for public expression) to publish an article in the Ceylon Daily News in theColumn named ‘Citizens’ Mail Column’ which should obviously be concerned with problemsof common interest. In this instance the matter deals with the design and should be ofinterest and concern to engineers who designed and constructed this bridge. Therefore, itshould have been far better, if the writer is an Engineer either to write to CEB, ConsultingEngineer or even the Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka before going public, to clarify thisissue in the best interest of Engineers without going public straight away.I am writing this letter with the hope that all our Engineers should be as concerned as thisgroup of engineers, but would use utmost caution in safeguarding the professionalintegrity of our own engineers.

Eng. W J L S FernandoProject Director (Upper Kotmale Hydropower Project ) and Additional GeneralManager (Projects)Ceylon Electricity Board

CEB Replies

IESL holds TrainingProgramme under

Washington AccordGuidelines

A Training Programme on Out Come BasedEducation and Accreditation as per Washington Accord guidelines was held at the IESL

on 25th, 26th and 27th June 2012.Resource Per-son for the course was Prof. Dr. Wan Hamidon WanBadaruzzaman, Associate Director, Engineering Ac-creditation Departmentt, Engineering AccreditationCouncil, Board of Engineers, Malaysia. The IESL iscurrently a provisional member of the WashingtonAccord and is hoping to have full membership verysoon. The full membership of the Washington Ac-cord ensures that graduates passing out in SriLanka with accredited degree programmes are rec-ognized as academically fully qualified engineersto practice engineering in any signatory country ofthe Washington Award. The IESL has made signifi-cant progress in this regard, revising the IESL ac-creditation instrument in line with the WashingtonAccord exemplars, providing training to accredita-tion panel members and to university academicsdeveloping more efficient systems and strengthen-ing the IESL Accreditation Board. This TrainingProgramme is a part of the above scope of activi-ties and was attended by large number of partici-pants from universities all over the island.


Assistant Governor of Central Bankdelivers Special Lecture on “Current

Economic Situation in Sri Lanka”

The Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Mr. K.D Ranasinghedelivered a special lecture on “Current Economic Situation in Sri Lanka” onMonday, June 25th, 2012, at 5.00 pm at the Wimalasurendra Auditorium of the

IESL. The Continuing Professional Development Committee of the IESL had arranged thisevent in view of the prevailing situation where optimism that flowed from the ending of the warand the burst of economic activities that followed appears to have been shaken in recent timesby events conflictingly interpreted by experts. On the one hand, issues such as the depreciationof Sri Lanka Rupee, increase in the price of essentials, slide in the share market, low foreigndirect investments in the country, etc. are being portrayed as weaknesses in the economicsituation. On the other hand the country’s economic growth figures of more than eight percentconsecutively for the past two years reported by the Central Bank and the consequent increasein the Gross Per Capita Income is said to have pulled out Sri Lanka from the ranks of lowincome countries to the ranks of middle income countries of the world. The flood of conflictingopinions thrown at the general public is, to say the least, confusing. Laying out the factswithout decorations of partisanships, the organizers hoped, would allow the public to discernthe true causes of the sacrifices they are invariably called upon to make.

Mr. Ranasinghe who is an Assistant Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka has joined theCentral Bank in 1986 and has served at various capacities including Director of EconomicResearch, Senior Economist, Deputy Director and Additional Director of the Economic ResearchDepartment. He obtained his Masters Degree in Economics from Michigan State University,USA and Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Colombo. His research interestsare in the fields of public finance, economic growth, investment and inflation. He has publishedseveral research papers in these areas.

The core message he conveyed in this lecture was that the country had performed well in allsectors since the war was brought to an end in May 2009 and that it was only towards end ofyear 2011 that certain imbalances in the economy appeared due to expansion of credit beyondexpectations. He stressed that counter measures taken by the government, including moreflexible foreign exchange policies, restriction of credit, increased import taxes on motor vehicles,etc would in the long run restore the balance. As positive aspects he pointed out the more than8 percent GDP growth rate the country has had for the two consecutive years, 2010 and 2011,the Gross Per Capita Income reaching more than 2000 US Dollar, the inflation being reduced tosingle digit, unemployment being at historical lows, the Tourism industry picking up, GovernmentDebt to GDP ratio being healthy, etc. On the negative side he said that of late the undesirablecredit expansion and the necessity to preserve the parity rate of the Rupee has had a run onthe Foreign Reserves and caused temporary balance of payments problems.

The question and answer session proved lively with many in the audience questioning thevarious forms of foreign loans obtained by the government, the foreign loans component of theforeign reserve of the country, the logic in holding large foreign reserves without re-investmentthem and the role of the International Monetary Fund in recent increases in the prices ofelectricity supply and the depreciation of the Sri Lankan Rupee.

Mr. K.D.Ranasinghe was presented a memento in appreciation of his delivering the lecture.

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observations by leaders in the industry, who aresometimes engineers themselves, that “ …. ‘YoungEngineers’ of today don’t take responsibilities in themanner that the’ Senior Engineers’ did during their time,are among those in the said context. Similarly, ‘lack ofknowledge’,’ poor dedication’ and ‘unethical behavior’ arealso some of the labels with which some engineers aresidelined and allowed to stagnate. Shouldn’t IESL beviewed as the best suitable professional body to correct“the Engineer”. It’s in the hands of the engineers;especially those who are leaders in the industry,acadamics in universities and those who serve in theirpersonal capacities as consultants to direct the IESLand its Secretariat to be organized to do so.’– Eng, (Maj)Nishsanka Wasalabandara, Chairman – CivilEngineering Sectional Committee, IESL.

The Civil Engineering Sectional Committee (CESC), jointlywith the Continuing Professional Development Committee(CPDC), with the blessings of the Council, organized aworkshop in the form of an activity for “IndustrialLiaison” as an initiative to convey the above messageto all those parties and to record their opinion as to howto enhance the services of IESL to its membership. Itwas held at the IESL on 9th July 2012 with top levelparticipation as resource persons and members of theaudience. The opening formalities like national anthem,lighting of the traditional oil lamp and the welcomeaddress by Eng. (Dr.) Ananda Ranasinghe were followedby presentations by the Immediate Past President – IESLEng. (Prof.) A.K.W.Jayawardane and Resource Persons,Eng. N.Rupasinghe – Chairman, CECB, Eng. S. AKarunaratne – Managing Director, STEMS Consultants(Pvt,) Ltd.,Eng. S.Jeyachandran – General Manager,State Engineering Corporation and Eng. W.J.L.SFernando – Chairman, Continues ProfessionalDevelopment Committe, IESL.Eng.S.Rutheralingam andEng. Sarath Gamini both of whom were unable to attendhad dispatched their messages to be presented by theorganizers by way of written texts and voice cutsrespectively during the presentations. The discussionsthat followed the presentations were chaired by Eng. (Dr.)Tilak Siyambalapitiya.Eng. Tilak De Silva – PresidentElect, IESL made the concluding remarks to the eventwhile the vote of thanks was delivered by Eng.Wasalabandara, Chairman , CESC.

A detailed report on the objectives and outcome of theworkshop is being compiled by the CESC, the organizersof the event. Eng. Nishsanka Wasalabandara, Chairman,CESC has requested SLEN that his thanks be conveyedto all those who participated and made the workshop asuccess. ‘

Talawakelle town givingopportunity for recreationactivities.The motto of the Project“Environment and Developmentin Harmony, for EconomicProsperity of the Nation”, was keptin mind throughout the Projectand the Project has taken allmeasures to protect theenvironment. From the projectaffected St. Clair waterfall to theProject affected rare species of aSnail were given dueconsideration and proper careunder EnvironmentalManagement Plan.The key success of a project ofthis nature is the team effort ofthe Project staff.

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Acknowledging the honorbestowed on him Eng.(Prof.)Jayawardane described themany challenges that he wasable to successfully meet during his tenure andexpressed his desire tocontinue serving the IESL andthe profession. He took theopportunity to thank everyonewho helped make his tenure asuccess.

Eng.(Dr.)Ananda Ranasinghe,President, IESL unveiled theportrait.

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1.- Artist’s View of future Lusail City

by : Eng. M. Chandrasekera / 18th June 2012

With an overall budget of £30billion, the project will createa world class city over the nextten to fifteen years. It waslaunched by His ExcellencySheikh Hamad Bin Jassim BinJabor Al Thani, the first deputyprime minister and foreignminister of Qatar, andchairman of Qatari Diar in year2007.

Benefits to society

The aim of the development isto provide a high quality, wellplanned and sustainableextension of the city, attractiveto tourists, future residentsand businesses. The projectas a whole will generatesignificant economicdiversification and strengthenthe tourism sector, which inturn will create greatopportunities within Qatar.

Infrastructure Packaging

For bidding purposes, thedeliverables for the LusailDevelopment Project aredivided into constructionpackages:• Primaryinfrastructure (12 packages)o 21.5 km of roads andhighways, including 12bridges and five underpasseso 39.5 km of pipes forpotable water and firefightingo 34.1 km of stormwater drainage (in case thereis rain!!) and five pumpingstationso 36.8 km of irrigationchannels (for watering ofgrass tops and plants!!)o 518,000 m² of hardlandscaping and 409,000 m²of soft landscapingo 40.5 km of 66-kV cablesand 69.9 km of 11-kV cableso Three 66/11-kV substationsand twelve 11/0.4-kVsubstationso 1,048 lamp postso 42.4 km oftelecommunications cableso 14 km of utility tunnels

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Lusail City is Qatari Diar’s flagship Project - One of LargestCommercial Projects in Middle East

Letter from Qatar

In late March, quiteunexpectedly, I got anopportunity to move to

Qatar and to work in one ofthe sub Projects under LusailDevelopment Project, which Ihave briefly described below.

Currently, the landscape inthe area we work is as seenin the top part of the 1st picture.When you see the bottom partof the same picture, you willbe able to visualize the scaleof transformation Quatrainsare going to bring about in thecoming ten years to this patchof desert. The water pondsshown in this view are allbarren land without anyhabitation at present.

Lusail City is Qatari Diar’sflagship project.

More than just anotherdevelopment, it is a self-contained andcomprehensively planned citysignifying Qatar’s progress on

a grand scale.

Created by Lusail RealEstate DevelopmentCompany on behalf of QatariDiar, Lusail City is the largestsingle development (spread inan area of 38 square km) tobe undertaken in the State ofQatar. It embodies Qatar’sNational Vision 2030 in thefield of real estatedevelopment.

More than 200,000 residentswill live in Lusail’s scenicsurroundings, with 170,000people expected to work in thecity’s different districts, and80,000 expected to visit itsentertainment and recreationfacilities. Lusail City’s 19districts will encompass notonly new residential,commercial, hospitality, andretail opportunities, but a fullarray of community needssuch as 36 schools,mosques, State-of-the-arthospital, 2 golf courses, largeblue water lagoon with twomarinas (harbour speciallydesigned to cater to the needsof pleasure boats and theirowners), naturally functionalsilt-free beaches,entertainment and shoppingcenters etc.

The city of the future boastsa light rail network, a watertaxi transportation system,cycle and pedestrian network.Construction work on the 38square kilometer, progressiveworld-class development iswell underway.

Lusail City is where the Art ofReal Estate comes to life andbest illustrates the values andcommitment to thecommunities served by QatariDiar.

2-One of the many Sites (note the number of tower cranes. There are hundreds oftower cranes all over)


4- Piling Work @ Night (in all there were 384 piles of 800 and 1000 mm dia. ThePiles were completed at the rate of 8-10 per day)

3-Re bar placing for a pile cap in one of the bridges

• Marine earthworks and sitepreparation(1 package)• Underground car parks (1package)• Sewage treatment plant andnetworks (1 package)

To date, substantialinfrastructure work has beenaccomplished at Lusail City.

Serving as a Model forSustainability

Through environmentallyresponsive protection policiesand a controlled developmentstrategy, Lusail City willgenerate significant economicdiversification as it strengthensQatar ’s tourism sector,transforming existing raw tidalflats into a valuable productthat highlights sustainablefeatures such as:

•Energy and waterconservation•Indoor environmental quality•Co-generation ·Renewableenergy• Alternative transportation•Reduced trucking distance•Reuse of construction spoilsfor fill

In June 2010, Lusail RealEstate Development Company(LREDC) implemented its newmethod for rating greenbuildings: the QatarSustainability AssessmentSystem (QSAS). Thisprocedure, developedspecifically for Qatar, ensuresthat all commercial, residential,and school projects in LusailCity follow the definedrequirements to receive QSAScertification.

Hosting World’s MostNotable InternationalTournament

On December 2, 2010, Qatarwas selected as the WorldCup’s location for the 2022FIFA (Fédération Internationalede Football Association),making it the first Arabiancountry to host football’s(soccer’s) most important andmost widely viewedinternational tournament.Lusail City will play a major roleduring the 2022 FIFA WorldCup by housing thousands ofvisitors and hosting relatedevents.An iconic structure,Lusail National Stadium will beconstructed for the 2022 FIFAWorld Cup, and it will host theopening and final games. Solarenergy will power the coolingsystem for the LusailStadium—resulting in a zerocarbon footprint. The stadiumwill have an almost circularbase, surrounded by a moatand connected by six bridgesto the parking area.

Writer’s Comments.

According to abovestatistics, £30 billion willprovide a city of 200, 000residents, 170, 000 workingpopulation and 80,000visitors. On a very crudecalculation, this will workout to a per capita cost of

Rs. 12 million. Could we SriLankans ever imagine sucha huge investment? All thisis possible due to wealththe Quatrains haveamassed by selling naturalgas. While theseinvestments are made inQatar using their surpluswealth, hundreds ofchildren are dying inneighbouring countries likeSomalia, Ethiopia andNiger due to lack of basicfood, shelter and medicine.This is the reality in thisworld.

In the Lusail developmentProject, I am working asContract Advisor forSAMSUNG, who haveundertaken to build sixbridges in 24 months at acost of US$ 90 million.

In our countries, we buildbridges over existing riversor lagoons. In here they arebuilding over 12 bridges onland and then, will beexcavating waterwaysunder the completedstructures. This country, asin many other gulf countrieshave no natural streams.Their plan is to divert thelagoon into the lands and to

5 - Artist’s View of one of the Suspension Bridges

under construction


Lusail City.....

create waterways andponds. Initially, I could notcome to terms with thisreality.

Contractors and Consultantsfrom many countries areworking here. The labourgangs are mainly from

Bangladesh, China, andNepal. In our Project, wehave Koreans leading, thenFilipinos, Indians and a fewSri Lankans.

There are many opportunitiesfor young Engineers (mostlyfor Males) to gain valuableexperience in all thedisciplines. Anybodyinterested could try theirluck, by registering in awebsite such as‘Gulftalent’.

Although English iscontractual language mostlyspoken languages arePilipino and Hindi. Not asingle local is working in anycapacity in these Projects.Everything is handled byexpatriates. Only the topmost mangers are said to belocals. I am yet to see anyof them.

All kinds of machinery andequipment are at work inlarge numbers. Whereveryou go, you will find manytower cranes. See the 2nd

picture. Our bridge work isyet at the sub structure level.Note that the pile cap is onexcavated ground but not ina waterway!!

The 3rd, 4th and 5th pictureswill give some idea of thework we are doing.

The third picture shows rebar placing for a pile cap.Fourth Picture shows piling@ night and the last pictureshows the artist’s view of one

of the suspension bridgesunder construction.

However, I must say thatthese people have verystringent laws on health,safety and environmentalconservation which will haveto be followed by all theContractors to the red letter.The country has been zonedout for different uses suchas residential, recreational,commercial, industrial,waste disposal, etc. Thelaws and the approvalprocesses are very rigid. You

cannot get the laws twisted byoffering something topoliticians or officials.

Politicians or other VIPs arenot to be seen on theworksites or on the roads.There are no outdoor publicfunctions either.

Other than in the DOHAshopping streets, very rarelyyou will see any pedestrians.There are well built busshelters but I never saw anyperson waiting for buses atthese shelters. You do not seeany office workers or schoolchildren on the roads in themornings or afternoons.Another notable absentee arethe policeman. Very rarely youfind policemen on the roads.However, almost all the driversfollow the traffic rules.

The soil in here is calcareous.Bed rock is limestone. Thereis absolutely no fertility in thissoil. Hence, not even grass isgrown. One cannot find atleast worms, ants or a‘binkunda’ in this soil. Thereare no stray animals (at leasta single dog), rodents,cockroaches or nuisance birdslike crows and bats either.

Usual working time is from 7am to 6pm. Only Friday is theweekly holiday.Currently we are goingthrough the hot summer withday time ambient temperatureabove 45 degrees centigrade.There is a mandatory workbreak between 11.30 am and3.30pm during this time. Asthe day time work is notproductive, we have obtainedspecial approval to work atnights.

It is a real challenge to workin an alien environment for twoyears for a grey haired personlike me. However I enjoy it,since I am in the middle ofdifferent cultures and in anexciting working environment,most importantly without anyinfluences form hefty whiteclad lot that we encounter inSri Lanka.

I hope to write more Letterson Qatar in due course.


“Are You Ready 2012”-The Official Careers fair

of University ofMoratuwaby Rtr. Hasini Perera

Project Company Coordinator

“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It isnot a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.” RotaractClub of University of Moratuwa proudly extends a giant handtowards the young undergraduates, in order to change theirdestiny and to find the true talents of them.

“Are You Ready?” is the official careers fair at the University ofMoratuwa, one of the most sought after universities in Sri Lanka.Over the years “Are You Ready?” has evolved with ever changingrequirements of the corporate world for graduates. Rotaract clubof University of Moratuwa is hoping to present a better careersfair in this year as well. This year’s program includes newsessions starting from 13th of August, and most importantlyFlagship Day on 16th of August.

• Engineers’ Forum (13th Aug.) – Discussion of therole of engineers in the ever changing globallandscape.

• Benchmark (14th Aug.) – Workshop to help theundergraduates prepare for the interviews anddevelop their professional skills.

• Be Known (15th Aug.) – Workshop to introducethe concept of personal branding and its’importance to help develop a corporatenetwork.

• Flagship Day (16th Aug.) – The major event of theprogram where employers get the opportunity tointerview the final year undergraduates of theuniversity. Thus, both real interviews for recruitmentand mock interviews will be held on theFlagship Day.

• Dining Etiquettes and Grooming Session (25thAug.) – Focus on helping undergraduates toidentify the etiquettes of the social behavior in theprofessional world.

This program is mainly beneficial for final year undergraduatesof University of Moratuwa and also, companies who are seekingto recruit talented and knowledgeable staff to their organization.“Are You Ready?” is so popular because, fresh undergraduatesfrom Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of IT and Faculty ofArchitecture can be interviewed at the same place conveniently.It is guaranteed that these undergraduates possess not onlyeducational qualifications, but also, extracurricular talents,professional qualifications and the required level of soft skillswhich any employer would long for.

“Are You Ready? 2012” is the most awaited moment by finalyear undergraduates, in order to obtain the opportunity to buildup their career path and by companies to recruit the bestemployees for their workplace. We invite you all to participatein this program by sending us an interview panel from yourcompany and feel the difference and recruit the best out of thebest.

For further details Contact :

Rtr. Hasini PereraProject Company Coordinator, - 0711996912 and e-mail :

[email protected]

Golden Jubilee Celebration ofgraduation from the Faculty of

Engineering, Colomboby Eng. Suranjith Peiris

E-Eac GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS HELD AT WATER’SEDGE, BATTARAMULLA, SRI LANKA ON MAY 12TH 2012.

Top row left to right: M D P Samarasekera, Anton Nanayakkara, A P Jayasinghe,Michael Berman, G L Perera, Susantha Goonetilake, PratabSivaprakasapillai, Cyril Ratnam.

Next row left to right: D Gammapila, Ashley Wickreme, P Ganendra, M S TFonseka, A S Rajendra, M S A Farook, Channa Amarasinghe.

Next row left to right : Shantilal de Silva, Bandu Wanigasekara, K K Gunawardana,Suranjith Peiris, Malkanthi Wickreme, Hema Goonetilake, K KY W Perera, Denzil Senanayaka, J A Gunawardana, Asoka deSilva,Nissanka Mutucumarana, Upali Furuppu.

Front row left to right: Maya Amarasinghe, Ruvani de Silva, Ranjini Senanayaka,Malini Perera, Nesta Mutucumarana, Marguerite Peiris,Swarna de Silva, Ranjini Nanayakkara, Marina Ratnam, ManelWanigasekara

The 1961 graduatesof the University ofCeylon, Faculty of

Engineering at Colombocelebrated their belatedfiftieth anniversary ofgraduation at the banquethall “The Link” of Water’sEdge, Battaramulla, SriLanka on May 12th 2012.Two days later a group ofthem also visited theUniversity of Peradeniya,Faculty of Engineeringwhich was still on thedrawing boards at the timethey graduated.

The group travelling toPeradeniya took the FirstClass air conditionedEXPORAIL coach withreclining airplane seats andwas attached to theIntercity Express toKandy. We were veryhappy to note that the goodold Ceylon GovernmentRailways had loosened itstentacles and hadaccommodated thisprivately operated luxurycoach. The ability topurchase tickets for the

EXPORAIL on the Internet priorto the date of departure was abonus that the expatriateengineers really appreciated.Well-dressed smart youngmen in the coach served us acopious breakfast andaromatic Ceylon Tea which theexpatriates enjoyed as theydo not get such tea in theircountries of domicile. Theparticipants enjoyed the twoand a half hours ofcamaraderie and fellowshipduring the train trip, after thebusy dinner event inBattaramulla. The group touredthe Peradeniya EngineeringLabs which were far moreadvanced than the ancient labsof the Ceylon TechnicalCollege Maradana that theyhad used when they werestudents. The High VoltageLab staff impressed some ofthe visitors by demonstratinghow sparks could climb up ona pair of divergent conductorsseveral inches apart as thevoltage was increased.Exchange of views on the roleof engineering in the everchanging world and theestablishing of bonds between

the expatriate engineersand the Faculty Staff will nodoubt bring fruitful resultsin the future.Prior to 1949 therequirement of engineers inCeylon was satisfied bythose who were granteddegrees by the Universityof London, that recognizedthe teaching and trainingprovided by the CeylonTechnical College atMaradana. A crisisoccurred in December 1949when the University ofLondon, decided toreconsider its recognition ofthe facilities at the CeylonTechnical College. At thistime Ceylon was howeverindustrializing rapidly sincegaining independence fromthe British Raj in 1948. TheGovernment of Ceylontherefore rightfully decidedto establish the Faculty ofEngineering under theUniversity of Ceylon by July1st 1950. It was no easytask at the inception torecruit staff and to set up

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NOTICE TO ASSOCIATE MEMBERSThe attention of the prospective candidates of the ProfessionalReview is drawn specifically to the following sections of thecurrent Professional Review Rules:

1. Clause 5.1.7 which provides for the candidates to undergotraining and gain experience under the supervision of a Mentorif their places of work are not recognized by the Institution ashaving facilities for provision of such training.

2. Annex F which provides for candidates to seek exemptionfrom the B Paper by taking part in activities of the Institution.

3. Clause A 2.1.4 which provides for the Civil Engineeringgraduates who are unable to do their designs in a DesignOffice recognized by the Institution to do a ComprehensiveDesign Project under a Chartered Engineer approved by theInstitution.

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY


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the Faculty. The Facultytherefore started by traininga few engineers each year inthe fields of Civil, Electricaland Mechanical Engineering.The rapid progress inindustrialization byestablishing multiple CementManufacturing Plants andnew industries such as themanufacturing of steelbuilding components,Caustic Soda and Chlorine,made it imperative toincrease the number ofengineers that were beingtrained. The first large batchof sixty nine was chosenfrom those that qualified inthe Science and Mathsstream at the December1957 General Certificate ofEducation – Advanced LevelExamination and excelled ata stiff interview held by thestaff of the EngineeringFaculty and the ScienceFaculty.

The Engineering Faculty wasat that time confined to asmall Engineering DrawingOffice and a few ClassRooms at the Thurstan RoadCampus of the University ofCeylon in Colombo. Wherewas the large number ofEngineering Undergrads tobe accommodated? A largeenough Engineering DrawingOffice and an adequatelysized Class Room werecompleted adjacent to oneanother at the Reid Avenueend of the UniversityCampus. The large all malebatch of engineering studentssoon became the envy of thecomely Science FacultyGirls. The ingenious ScienceFaculty Girls quicklyconjured the name “TakarungFaculty” to ridicule the creamof the crop who had enteredthe University for engineeringat the competitive exam forwhich they also had sat. Thisnomenclature was not basedon myth. The special buildingthat was put up toaccommodate us was cladwith shiny corrugatedgalvanized steel sheetscalled Takarung in Sinhalaand gave rise to the nameTakarung Faculty.

The ultra smart TakarungFaculty inmates quickly tookadvantage of the structure ofthe Takarung Building. At theend of each lecture, theinstructor would commandthe students to call out theirindex numbers to mark theattendance register. Many ofus used to play truant andnot attend the classes

conducted by some of theboring instructors,sometimes playing ContractBridge in the canteenenjoying the 5cts cups ofplain tea saturated withbrown sugar. We would thenquietly slip into the adjacentEngineering Drawing Officeat the appropriate time andcall in our index numbers inthe right sequence. Theinstructor would recognizethe voice related to the indexnumber as genuine, but didnot ever realize that it camefrom the adjoiningEngineering Drawing Officeand not from the ClassRoom. We somehowestablished the mandatoryrequired attendance.Of the sixty nine whoentered in 1957 a few of ushad to drop off after we failedto reach the top percentilein the First in Science Examwhich we had to sit for. Thesubjects for the examincluded Chemistry thatstunk worse than H

2S –

Hydrogen Sulfide. Worsestill was that a pass in thesection on OrganicChemistry was compulsoryalthough it had little to dowith engineering materialsused at that time like steel,cement, sand, and bricks.The Faculty broke awayfrom tradition and required afew of us to repeat theEngineering Part OneLectures without proceedingto follow the Part TwoLectures and repeating thePart One Exam the followingyear.

Because differentcircumstances split ourbatch into three groups, wedecided to open ourcelebrations to all who wereinterested in joining us. Theresult was that thecelebrants formed an uniqueset, never to be duplicatedelsewhere. At least oneengineer was from the firstbatch that graduated fromthe Faculty in Colombo. Tocomplement this there wasanother engineer from thelast batch that graduatedfrom the Faculty in Colombo,before it was moved toPeradeniya. An engineerfrom the last “males only”batch of engineers enhancedour uniqueness. We weregreatly privileged to have theimmediate elder brother ofthe First Female Engineer ofCeylon. The firstMechanical Engineer whowas awarded the titleChartered Engineer by theIESL also marked hispresence. Try duplicatingthis combination.

Surveying was one of themost interesting subjectswe studied for Part One.We were required to carryout a theodolite survey ofthe entire Colombo Campusand draw a plan as the thirdterm project of the secondyear. The SurveyingInstructor used to worrywhy survey groupsinvariably took an extra longtime surveying the ThurstanRoad end of the campus.The Zoology and BotanyDepartments located therehad enticed the mostdesirable girls in thecampus. The BeautyQueen of our batch wasobviously among them.Though she had manysuitors from the ScienceFaculty, it was one of usthat successfully courtedher and later married her.There was yet anotherfactor that attracted the allmale engineeringundergrads to the ThurstanRoad end of the campus.The theodolites used insurveying inverted theimage of the object onwhich it was focused. Theimagination of the young allmale engineeringundergrads ran riot whenthey pointed theirtheodolites into the Zoo andBotany labs. The desirableScience Faculty Girls inshort skirts were bendingover the formalin smellingdissecting trays dissectingsnails and frogs. How Iwished I was born a snail!Surprisingly the entirebatch presented thecompleted plans of thecampus strictly onschedule thirty days intothe third year. This was notwhat worried the SurveyingInstructor. Quite a few of theplans submitted had acommon defect in drawingKing George’s Hall, themost prominent building onthe campus a few feet tooshort. The SurveyingInstructor’s worry was howthis common defect tookplace. The designer of thedrawing office tables hadprovided facilit ies topadlock the drawing boarddrawer that was mounteddiagonally on the drawingtable frame for easyaccess. The designerhowever had not ensuredthat the table top could beeasily removed to exposethe drawer where evenfinished drawings werestored. One of the smartguys had completed theplan of the campus over thethree month holiday andlocked it in his drawer at the

beginning of the third year. Thestudents who cycled aroundgirls schools during day timeand completed their drawingassignments at night quicklydiscovered this guy’ssmartness. They slipped thedrawing table top off, removedthe campus plan and quicklyglass sheeted his handy work.Glass sheeting was a specialsophisticated techniquedeveloped by engineeringstudents of the previous batchto duplicate drawings. Itrequired a large enough sheetof glass and a powerful lampthat shone through it, throughthe selected drawing andthrough the blank drawingpaper laid over it. Only patiencewas then necessary to copy thedrawing. The night hawks tookturns in riding their preciousRs.50/= brakeless bicyclestwo miles to the restaurantnamed the Lion House at theBambalapitiya Junction andbringing =/05cts per cup plaintea for the glass sheetingexperts. The affluent studentsfrom the Colombo Schools usedto order milk tea at =/10cts percup as their night cap.

Being an EngineeringUndergraduate was a gruelingtask those days. Five days aweek we had four hours oflectures in the mornings. Aftera quickly gobbled lunch we thencycled five miles in the hot sunto the Ceylon Technical Collegein Maradana for lab work. Onecannot forget the huge dieselengine with a four foot diameterfly wheel in the Thermo Lab onwhich we were to runperformance tests. This wastypically the type of engine thatoperated the multitude of teafactory machines, which werecoupled to it through belts andpulleys mounted on a long shaftthat ran from one end of the teafactory to the other. Saturdaymornings we repeated the trekto the Maradana Lab and back.This left us completelyexhausted. Yet we had to writethe lab reports and completethe tutorials for the next week.We did not realize at that timethat this was a course designedto make the fun loving teenagepranksters who enter theuniversity into hard boiledmature engineers. We are nowgrateful to those who designedthe grueling course as all of uswere fully converted at the endof four years. A few of us leftCeylon for further studies whileothers found jobs in Ceylonwithout difficulty in the bloomingCeylon Industrial Sector or theGovernment Sector.The twenty five engineers whoparticipated in the celebrationshad not met each other for fiftyyears. Each engineer wastherefore requested to present

a self introduction within twominutes on their personaland professionalachievements. As each of uswas sharing fifty years ofachievements, two minuteswere hardly sufficient torelate all of them. Wetherefore had to have a bellringer to give a warning ringat one and a half minutesfollowed by a loud ring at twominutes. Other than for ahandful of exceptions, mostof the twenty five had to berung out several times to stopthem describing theirprofessional and personalachievements. We weredelighted to note that mostof us had reached thepinnacles of our careers inreaching positions such asthe chairmen of industrialorganizations, professors inuniversity and consultants togovernmental organizations.However the loudestapplause was for theengineer who proudlydeclared that he had fifteengrand children.

Widespread inquiriesrevealed that out of the sixtynine who entered in 1957,fourteen are no longer withus. We therefore had oneminute silence inremembrance of them,transmitting merit to thedeparted or praying for theirsouls as our individualreligious convictions lead us.We were unable to trace thewhere-about of nine of ourbatchmates and wecommemorated them also.Only sixteen of us are nowin Sri Lanka while the othersare spread all over the world.Thirteen of us are in Canada,eight in Australia, four in theUnited Kingdom and oneeach in Malaysia,Singapore, South America,Trinidad and the UnitedStates of America. We notedthat a large number of ourprogeny were married to nonSri Lankans and wererendering valuableprofessional services tocountries other than SriLanka.

We the 1957 batch ofengineers have contributedextensively and arecontinuing to do so throughour progeny for thedevelopment of not only SriLanka, but also of the entireworld.

The evening at the Water’sEdge ended with a groupphotograph being taken. Thethirty seven participants areidentified by name in theaccompanying photograph.


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Civil Engineers’ and Council Members'Family Get Together - 2012

Reservations now on!Novelty over novelty! This time it’s a Chartered Train! The organizers of the Annual CivilEngineers’ Get Together seem to have novelty in their veins!

Not to be outdone by their own efforts of the previous year aboard the Jet Liner ship, a train,chartered specially for them, will haul Civil Engineers and their families, to the tunes of calypsomusic, all the way from Colombo Fort Railway Station to Koggala for their annual gettogether on 25th August 2012.

The palm fringed beaches and in-house facilities of the Club Koggala Village will be thesetting this time for the nearly 400 men, women and children of the civil engineering fraternityto meet and renew friendships and refresh cherished memories.

All in all, a fun filled and exciting day where light banter, rich food, fun and entertainment willhelp them unwind is on the cards for another memorable annual get together.Registrations forparticipation have just opened and is expected to become brisk. To avoid disappointmentthose aspiring to be part of the get together are advised to reserve their places early. ContactIESL Headquarters, Mr. Praneeth at 011-2698426 Ext 220 for reservations.

Club Koggala Village is a beautiful hotel set on a glorious stretch of un crowded palm fringedbeach. This is the perfect place to relax and unwind, to soak up the sun and go for long walks onthe beach. All rooms were recently refurbished and have a direct view of our wonderful beach.

To: All Corporate and Associate Members of the IESL

IESL DIRECTORY OFCORPORATE &

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSThe IESL intends to publish a directory of all CorporateMembers and Associate Members with updatedinformation. When we peruse the information availablewith us we still find incomplete data and we are alsodoubtful about the current records which we have as themembers have failed to update their information in orderto incorporate correct information in our database.

Therefore, we would like you to send your current detailson or before 15th August 2012 enabling us to publish thisdirectory as you will appreciate that it is a long-felt needof the IESL for an updated- database. If your informationis not received on or before the aforesaid date, the IESLwill proceed with finalizing the directory with the availableinformation:

Please provide current details on the following format:

Name: Prof./Dr./Eng.

Membership No: F/M/AM

Telephone/Mobile:

Fax:

E-Mail Address:

Present Postal Address:

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