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Ian Bone elected Fellow of IPENZ
March 2004

Ian Bone, Associate - Transportation, Beca Infrastructure Ltd (Auckland), will be elected a Fellow of The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) for his contribution to the advancement of engineering practice; specifically recognising his contributions to transport infrastructure development planning.

He has been a leading professional in transport infrastructure development planning, transport economics, project economic appraisal and transport energy utilization for over 30 years, here and the South Pacific and South East Asian region.

During the 1980s he took a leading role in developing procedures for economic evaluation of major and minor road improvements.
Since that time he has been called upon on numerous occasions to contribute to national transport project evaluation procedures by Transfund and others.

His expertise has been internationally recognised through his inclusion in teams conducting work funded by the Asian Development Bank. He has a reputation for being an excellent mentor of young graduates commencing their careers.

“Becoming a Fellow is an honour bestowed by ones professional peers on high-achievers who have made a difference to the engineering profession. More often than not a Fellows contribution to the profession also benefits New Zealand as a whole, as the work of engineers’ impacts on New Zealand society,” said IPENZ Chief Executive, Andrew Cleland.

Ian was presented with his Fellowship at the IPENZ Awards Dinner held at Auckland’s Ellerslie Convention Centre, on Thursday, 17 March 2005.

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