A graduate engineer who worked on Rhondda Cynon Taf Council’s £90million Church Village Bypass project has received a top award from his peers.
James Bullied, a third year graduate engineer employed by Costain and who has worked at Church Village and in Harbour Way in Port Talbot, received the award from the Civil Engineering Contractors Association (Wales) at their annual dinner at the Marriott Hotel in Cardiff.
He was awarded the CECA Wales Most Promising Trainee Civil Engineering Award by the current Chair of CECA, Nick Richards of Walters UK Ltd.
Speaking at the event, Rhodri Gwynn Jones, a Director of CECA said, “CECA Wales, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association Wales, is proud to have sponsored a new “Trainee Engineer Award “in 2011. In the midst of a recession the Association believes that it needs to recognise the continuing role undertaken by the contracting industry in Wales in providing opportunities for the training and development of young engineers and apprentices.
“The industry in Wales has always shown compassion towards the social, economic and environmental well being of the areas and communities that they live and operate within, but this additional step, in the form of recognition for those new to the industry, indicates its determination to recover from the current ills better prepared and better equipped to benefit Wales and its citizens in the future.”
John Lee, Project Manager with Costain said, “James is an exceptional engineer who is constantly challenging accepted practice and seeking to drive innovation into the business. He has a very bright future ahead and we are all extremely proud of his achievement.”
James Bullied added, “I am really pleased to have received the award and perhaps more significant is the recognition by my employers Costain and CECA. I am particularly grateful for the support I have received from colleagues in the Wales region”.
