G4C Champion of the Year 2007
In the closing stages of 2007, Ramboll geotechnical engineer Paul Steen was recognised by the G4C network for his leadership skills and named overall G4C Champion of the Year in its New Generation Awards.
Paul's career with us illustrates the breadth of possibilities and the levels of support available. A Cambridge graduate whose first major role was supervising the design of the the deep basement at the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London, he joined us in 2000. Now an associate, he set up a civil engineering team to cover projects in Scotland and the north of England. More recently, he has shifted his attention to the engineering of wind turbines and related facilities.
However, Paul's passion for engineering has taken him even further than that. Further than past roles as honarary secretary and past chairman of the ICE. Further than his role as chairman of the ICE's Edinburgh branch. In fact, all the way to Sierra Leone, where he has volunteered his time, with Ramboll UK support, leading the construction of the biggest library in the country — a project designed to help with post-civil war reconstruction.
The G4C judges declared Paul "a cut above the rest", saying that he had "strongly influenced the development of others ...".
More about that library project: the Equiano Centre, Sierra Leone