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2010 James Rennie Medal Award Final
 This year´s final took place on 11 March 2010 with the shortlisted finalists George Oates, Andrew Tozer and Jonathan Giles presenting their project reports in front of an audience in the Telford Theatre in London.
George Oates from Expedition Engineering Ltd was awarded the prestigious 2010 ICE James Rennie Medal for his project `Designing out risk on the London 2012 Velodrome.´
George´s project report detailed his responsibilities and challenges as senior engineer for the design of the impressive superstructure and cable net roof, on what is a technically challenging and fast track building.
George, along with two other medal finalists, Jonathan Giles from Mouchel and Andrew Tozer from BP Exploration Ltd, were selected from over 1,000 of their peers for their outstanding qualities in all attributes and the significant contribution to the promotion and development of civil engineering.
George Oates said: "It's a great honour to be awarded this prize, particularly given such strong finalists. I hope that this serves as an inspiration to younger ICE members to push for the best opportunities and above all, try to blaze a trail through the Civil Engineering profession."
 Chair of the judging panel, Robert Hollingdale, said “All three finalists clearly demonstrated the understanding of the design and construction process and the links that join them. They all exceeded in communicating their ideas and methods to an enthusiastic audience of their peers. George had the slight edge and is to be congratulated.”
George will be presented with the medal and £500 cash prize at the ICE Annual Awards Ceremony later in this year.
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We are committed to innovation, problem‑solving and making a real beneficial difference to society and the profession."
Who was James Rennie?
 James Rennie (1897 - 1994) became well known as a civil engineer for his part in the construction of the Waterloo and Southwark bridges in London.
Rennie believed that high quality civil engineering could only be carried out by civil engineers who had undertaken in-depth and thorough training. This was not only in design but also in the programming and planning of construction works.
During his 70 year career Rennie tutored his pupils, with the aim of making them great civil engineers. Included amongst his pupils is past ICE President Douglas Oakervee (2003-2004).
After his death in 1994, an award was created to celebrate Rennie´s commitment to training young engineers and encouraging their membership to ICE.
What is the James Rennie Medal Award?
The James Rennie Medal Award is an annual competition to identify the best ICE chartered professional review candidate.
Candidates are nominated by their reviewers on the basis that they have demonstrated:
§ Outstanding qualities in all attributes
§ A significant contribution in the promotion and development of civil
engineering
§ A thorough understanding of engineering principles in the design
and construction process
All three finalists presenting reports also have the opportunity to have their work published in an ICE journal and receive a certificate for their achievement in reaching the final.
The winner of the award will receive an institution medal and a £500 cash prize, which are presented at the ICE annual awards ceremony.
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