Hugh Ferguson BSc(Eng) CEng FICE MCIHT
Hugh’s engineering experience includes work with consulting engineers Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas in Boston, USA, and R Travers Morgan & Partners & Partners in London and Dublin. He was Editor (later Editor-in-Chief) of ICE’s weekly magazine New Civil Engineer from 1976 to 1990, establishing the NCE Consultants File in 1979. He was Managing Director of ICE’s commercial company Thomas Telford Ltd from 1991 to 2008, and was ICE’s Deputy Director General from 2005 to 2009.
He writes regularly for engineering publications, including the Royal Academy of Engineering’s magazine Ingenia. His books include Constructionarium (2016), Engineers (co-author, 2012 and 2017) and the trilogy (with Mike Chrimes) The Civil Engineers (2011), The Contractors (2014) and The Consulting Engineers (2020).
Holly Smith MEng GMICE MWES
Graduate Engineer, Mott MacDonald
ICE President’s Future Leader
Since graduating from the University of Bristol, she has been working as a site engineer for two years with Skanska. Having also gained undergraduate site experience with Taylor Woodrow, she worked on the construction of some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects, such as Crossrail and High Speed 2.
At the moment, she is on secondment from Skanska to Mott MacDonald’s Tunnelling Department based in Reading to gain technical civil engineering design experience. She is currently responsible for undertaking the detailed design of segment connections for the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel Expansion project in the United States.
Hayley Jackson MEng GMICE
Site Engineer, Balfour Beatty VINCI HS2
ICE President’s Future Leader
Hayley graduated with a First-Class Honours Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Nottingham in July 2018. During her time at university, she was an ICE Undergraduate QUEST Scholar, sponsored by Taylor Woodrow. She completed three summer placements on Victoria Dock Portal and Whitechapel Station, Crossrail and the M5 Junction 4a-6 Smart Motorway Upgrade.
After graduation, Hayley joined Taylor Woodrow (VINCI Construction) as an Assistant Engineer working on HS2 in Birmingham, Phase 1 North, as part of the Early Works Contractor in the Land Access team. She has since been promoted to a Site Engineer working in Pre-Construction where she is responsible for defining construction methodologies and planning for when works start on site.
Tim Hou MEng GMICE
Assistant Civil Engineer; Mott MacDonald
ICE President’s Future Leader
Having graduated from the University of Surrey in 2017, Tim currently works as an assistant civil engineer at Mott MacDonald within their Foundations and Geotechnics department. He has been fortunate to work within a variety of project teams on both UK and international major infrastructure projects. Presently he is a work package lead working on Heathrow Expansion, helping to manage various packages to satisfy the requirement for the DCO application
Joseph Marner MEng GMICE
Engineer, WSP
ICE President’s Future Leader
Joseph studied a Civil Engineering Master’s degree at the University of Bristol, which included a one-year Erasmus exchange in Lyon, France. After graduating in 2016, he joined the WSP Rail business, where he worked in various project management roles (Great Western Electrification Project, Network Rail Anglia Renewals Framework), in construction and logistics (HS2 Old Oak Common, Norwich Western Link, Sizewell C), and structural engineering (HS2 Old Oak Common). He is the current chair and active member of the ICE London Graduates and Students Committee.