An Introduction to PPIR

Christine Kanellakis,

Implementing PPIR Project Director

• Self-funding, non-profit, independent, industry-linked institute

• Based at the University of Sydney

• Fostering excellence & innovation in engineering

• Projects on issues of national significance

What is the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering?

Leading Sponsor

Silver Sponsors

Gold Sponsors

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“A common underlying theme is that there is no shared and

accepted view within the engineering profession, and between

buyers and sellers of engineering, of the engineering perspective

that should govern the relationships between the parties to an

engineering task and of the professional engineer’s duty and

standard of care in that task.”

Why Do We Need PPIR?

I guess I should have defined the job a bit better

We actually would have preferred a

tunnel

The engineer told me he’d done one of these before.

Engineering profession already has Ethics and Competency standards

What is at the core of PPIR?

Ethics

Competency

Ethics

Demonstrated when judged by one’s peers to be eligible for registration by:

National Engineering Registration Board

(and in Queensland byBoard of Professional Engineers QLD)

Competency

Elements of Competency

• Knowledge and skill• Engineering application ability • Professional and personal attributes

• Engineering profession already has Ethics and Competency standards

Performance : “How does the professional engineer approach, arrange and undertake a

new task to ensure delivery of the final agreed outcome”

What is at the core of PPIR?

Performance

Ethics

Competency

• The PPIR Protocol defines “professional performance” in engineering

The eight elements ofThe PPIR Performance

Protocol

The PPIR Performance Protocol

What is our plan for PPIR?

PPIR ProtocolImproving Liability

FrameworkRisk FrameworkAS.PPIR Guide to

Contracting

Benefits

Defines role, obligations and “duty and standard of care”

A formal, fully integrated “best for risk management” approach

“Best practice template” Including approach to expert witnesses

Integrated Change Program

The PPIR Protocol offers

A guide on how to perform tasks professionally

Clear definition of individual and team expectations & responsibilities

Greater confidence in future assessment of professional judgment

A complement to top/down corporate processes

More effective & productive employees & higher standards of commercial decision making

Employees & employers:

PPIR Protocol & Change Plan offersBuyers:• Best for project/ product philosophy

• Mechanism for measuring performance of contractors

• Better risk management

• More confidence in innovation

Suppliers:• Emphasis on defining the task not on remedies

• More balance & equity – a level playing field

• Better risk management allowing for innovation & improved insurance profile

Greater understanding by the public of the profession of engineering

Greater recognition of the engineerIncreased status of engineering

PPIR Protocol & Change Plan Offers

The Engineering Profession:

Management Committee

Steering

Committee

Education & TrainingCommunication Industry Adoption Standards Liability

Implementing PPIR

TWC BOARD

www.ppir.com.au

A Project about Engineering Professionalism in the 21st Century

The PPIR report

Winner of the NSW Engineers Australia Engineering Excellence Award 2010