Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Engineering Works to 1990: The 1990 Plaquing Project of the Institution of Professional Engineers, New Zealand
- In
- Fifth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1990: Interpreting Engineering Heritage; Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Western Australian Division, Perth, Western Australia, 1990, pp. 17-24
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0909421234
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.622564242892144
- Abstract
1990 is a special year for celebration of New Zealand history; it is the 150th anniversary of the signing the Treaty of Waitangi by Maori chiefs and representatives of the British Crown. Throughout the country many special projects and events have been organised to celebrate the development of NZ as a nation. The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, (IPENZ), has taken the opportunity to develop its own 1990 project which commemorates the contribution engineers and engineering have made during this period. Bronze plaques have been fixed to 68 of NZ's most notable engineering works, and a large interpretive panel displayed near each. A set of three colour brochures has been published and ceremonies held to unveil each plaque. Key players in the project were a voluntary project convenor and selection panel, and a paid project manager. In retrospect the 1990 project has been most successful, IPENZ branches have become involved at local level, and there have been good public relations returns. This paper outlines and analyses the IPENZ 1990 project as a guide for future similar projects.
Related Published resources
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- Fifth National Conference on Engineering Heritage 1990: Interpreting Engineering Heritage; Preprints of Papers (Perth, Western Australia: Institution of Engineers, Australia, 1990), 139 pp. https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0909421234. Details