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17-484: Woodeson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Austin Woodeson (1873–1935), British architect Nicholas Woodeson (born 1949), English actor [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Woodeson . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding

34-728: A position as an architectural assistant at Davy and Salter, in Maidenhead , before moving to Glasgow as an assistant with Stark and Rowntree in 1896. Woodeson emigrated to Ceylon in November 1898 to take on the role of chief architectural draughtsman at the Public Works Department. In October 1905 in married Clara Grace Tringham in Southampton , Hampshire , England. He passed the architectural qualifying examinations in October 1906 and

51-607: The Association was established as the Institution of Engineers, Ceylon. It was in 1968 that the Association bore a name change. The Institution was incorporated by Act of Parliament No 17 of 1968 as the Institute of Engineers, Ceylon. When in 1972, the country itself changed its name to reflect its historic annals and eastern roots to become a republic, the Institution of Engineers adopted Sri Lanka to replace Ceylon. In 1996, this name

68-898: The Government's housing and town planning schemes. His most notable work was designing the Parliament Building , which housed the State Council (1931-1947); the House of Representatives (1947-1972); the National State Assembly (1972-1978); the Parliament of Sri Lanka (1978-1982) and from September 1983 the Presidential Secretariat. He was also responsible for designing the General Treasury Building , formerly known as

85-676: The January 6th 1906 within the hallowed precincts of the Legislative Council of Chambers. The then Head of State, the Governor was made Patron of the Association - a tradition that continues to date where the Head of State remains the Patron. F A Cooper was appointed Founder President. From 1956 however, a series of chapters began unfolding for the Association. Those chapters began with a name change, in which

102-563: The Secretariat Building, which housed the council and the civil administration services of Ceylon. Both buildings were designed in Neo-Baroque architectural style, with highly modelled façades embodying a continuous double-height ionic order above a rusticated podium. Woodeson established a number of evening classes in building construction, drawing and quantity surveying, and was himself a popular lecturer. From 1912 to 1931 he served as

119-563: The US, UK, New Zealand, Russia, South Africa, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore and Turkey as a Washington Accord Signatory Country. In 2017, the IESL sponsored legislation through parliament to establish the Engineering Council of Sri Lanka . Engineering Council has been criticized on its susceptibility to government influence and domination by the IESL with majority of

136-424: The council are its members. It is criticized for allowing only the IESL and IIESL to submit its members for registration as engineering practitioners. Thereby allowing both institutions with IESL ability to control registration of engineering practitioners. IESL has been criticized in the past for restricting registration of Chartered Engineers having suspended the mature candidate route for non graduate engineers. With

153-668: The formation of the Engineering Council foreign qualified engineers have become effectively excluded from practicing in Sri Lanka. Thereby establishing a monopoly for IESL graduate engineers in the island. In 2018, IESL along with the GMOA has objected and criticized the Government of Sri Lanka for entering into a Free Trade Agreement with Singapore. Known as the Singapore - Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement (SSLTA), IESL claims have liberalized

170-586: The honorary secretary of the Engineering Association of Ceylon . He was an active freemason , and was elected Deputy Grand Master in Ceylon in 1928 and District Grand Master in 1930. Woodeson was awarded an OBE in 1932 for his services in Ceylon. He retired back to England and died at Bournemouth on 24 November 1935. Institution of Engineers, Sri Lanka It was the Director of Public Works at

187-501: The person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodeson&oldid=1212005708 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Monitored short pages Austin Woodeson Austin Woodeson OBE, FRIBA (3 May 1873 - 24 November 1935)

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204-555: The practical experience. https://www.iesl.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140&Itemid=417&lang=en In June 2014, the IESL was admitted to the Washington Accord, on a unanimous decision made by the signatory countries at the 2014 International Engineering Meetings held in Wellington New Zealand. Sri Lanka now becomes the sixteenth signatory to this Accord, joining Australia, Canada, Ireland,

221-524: The time F A Cooper, who while attending a meeting while on circuit, who planted this seed of thought. Impressed by the commitment of the membership, he persuaded the engineers in Colombo and other cities to moot a similar professional body. 1906 saw the birth of the Engineering Association of Ceylon. Presided by the Governor of Ceylon Sir Henry Blake, the inauguration of the Association was held on

238-687: Was a British architect, who served as the Chief Architect in Ceylon . Austin Woodeson was born on 3 May 1873 in Reading, Berkshire , the son, and the fifth of six children, to Thomas Henry Woodeson (1838-1916) and his second wife Eliza née Pike (1857-1936). In 1892 he was articled to Cooper and Howell, after completing his apprenticeship he remained with the firm as an assistant for a number of months. Whilst at Cooper and Howell he attended classes at University of Reading Extension College. In August 1895 he took up

255-513: Was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects on 3 December that year and was elected as a fellow to the Institute in 1914. Woodeson served as the Secretary of the Engineering Association of Ceylon for twenty years, from 1912 to 1931. As the Public Works Department in Ceylon expanded, his role was combined with that of the quantity surveyor to become chief architect. By 1925 Woodeson

272-668: Was ratified by the Amendment to the Act No 3 of 1996. This heralded a renaming to the Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka. Its membership falls broadly in to two categories viz., Corporate Members and Non Corporate Members. Corporate Members are also commonly identified as Chartered Engineers. The Corporate Membership of the Institution is awarded through a stringent Professional Review Process to those who are academically qualified in engineering. The aspirants for Corporate Membership need to fulfill certain requirements with regard to their training and

289-500: Was supervising a large number of qualified architects, draughtsmen and quantity surveyors. In the same year he travelled to India, for a month, studying architectural styles in relation to a recent commission for Ceylon University . Three years later he spent some of his annual leave working in London on Sir Herbert Baker 's plans for the new Queen's House , and in the following year he was sent again to India for two months in connection with

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