News in 2013
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Malcolm McCoy awarded Professional of the
Year
at the 9th Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12-13 September 2013
FIG President CheeHai Teo was honoured to present
this award at the 9th Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards Gala Dinner held
in conjunction with the 2013 SSSI Victoria Spatial Summit held on 12 and 13
September in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The Guest-of-Honour at this
gala event and dinner was the Hon. Gordon Rich-Phillips, the
Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Technology and Minister for the Aviation
Industry of the Victorian State Government, who in his speech, spoke on the
State Government’s initiative and progress towards open data.
The Professional of the Year Award is conferred on a
practitioner working in any of the disciplines of the surveying and spatial
sciences whose professional achievements are acknowledged by peer citation
as exemplifying the highest standards of excellence and ethical conduct.
Malcolm McCoy was cited as one with a profound
understanding of surveying and spatial disciplines and has contributed to
the profession at local, national and international levels. His areas of
expertise are land and engineering surveying as well as strategic planning,
project management, financial management, contracts administration and
quality assurance. He has over 20 years experience as a Director of
surveying and spatial companies in his 35 years in the industry. He has been
instrumental in undertaking two mergers of surveying companies to form Vekta
and prior to that to create Survey21. As part of this process he has been
involved in lengthy due diligence procedures, and accordingly was appointed
Managing Director of Vekta, one of a few truly national surveying and
spatial consultancies. His role was to look at the strategic directions of
the company and to implement the company Business Plan. Since then Malcolm McCoy, along with his other partners have sold Vekta to AAM and
his role was to oversee the transition of Vekta into AAM.
Malcolm McCoy was part of the organizing team for
the FIG Congresses in Melbourne in 1994 and Sydney in 2010 and is understood
to remain active in FIG and in the in-coming term potentially as a
Vice-Chair in FIG Commission 1 – Professional Practice. He was the President
of the Institution of Surveyors Victoria (1992) and the Institution of
Australia (ISA) for 2000 – 2001. ISA was a member association of FIG until
its merger to become Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute of Australia.
FIG President
CheeHai Teo has the honour to present the award to Mr
Malcolm McCoy
The 2013 SSSI Victoria Spatial Summit had the theme
“Catalyst for Innovation” and the FIG President addressed the theme in his
keynote address, suggesting seven drivers and seven global developments that
could provide the Profession catalyst for innovation.
FIG President Teo also participated in the FIG Commission
1 Workshop on 11 September 2013 with the theme “The Changing Role of
Surveying Professional – Looking towards 2020 and beyond”. The Workshop
considered and gathered views through moderated constructive discussion
session from a wide cross-section of interested parties; debate the currency
of the FIG Definition of Surveyor and to consider the longer term role and
relevance of surveying professionals. While in Melbourne, the FIG President
was also invited by his alma mater, RMIT University, and had the opportunity
to interact with some of the staff of the School of Mathematical and
Geospatial Sciences and spoke at a seminar for surveying students at the
School.
CheeHai TEO
September 2013
10 October 2013
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