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GHA Livigunn's gap student Nathan Somerset wins major award at CTTB Awards

Nathan Somerset, who is currently on a student gap placement with GHA Livigunn through The Year in Industry Scheme (YINI), has been awarded the ICE ‘Most Promising Civil Engineer of the Northwest’ award at The Contribution to the Business (CTTB) Awards held recently in Manchester. 

By beating seventy-five other entries Nathan will now be entered into the National Year in Industry Contribution to the Business Awards competition, which will take place in London in September.

Nathan’s submission on a tender he prepared for a client on Crosby Marine Lake demonstrated his growing contribution to GHA Livigunn and showcased the benefits to the business in offering work placements of this kind to students.  Nathan, who attended Priestley College in Warrington, leaves the company at the end of summer to start a degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering at the University of Salford.  Nathan said: “I feel extremely privileged to win such a prestigious award.  This last year has been challenging and it’s a good feeling to receive an award at the end.  I didn’t know what to expect from this year out but I have enjoyed my time at GHA Livigunn, who have given me outstanding support throughout my placement.”

Stewart Tennant, GHA Livigunn’s Director added: “We are thrilled to learn that our gap student, Nathan Somerset, has been recognised as ‘Most Promising civil Engineer of the Northwest’ in the 2009 CTTB Awards.  He has continuously strived forward in his detailed work to meet all objectives set for him and his maturity will stand him in good stead in his future chosen career.   As a company we continuously look for excellence and by offering placements to students in their gap years we hopefully provide them not only with opportunities to develop their skills and knowledge but it also provides us with fresh ideas from youngsters who are, of course, our future.  We are pleased to confirm too that we will be helping Nathan with sponsorship through his university course.”

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For further information please contact: Stewart Tennant / Charlotte Johnson on 0161 491 4600 - email: stewart.tennant@ghalivigunn.com / charlotte.johnson@ghalivigunn.com

Notes to Editors

Peter Hallsworth of the ICE and Nathan Somerset

1.   GHA Livigunn is an engineering design consultancy covering chemical, water, power, rail and nuclear industries.

2.   The company currently employs 80 staff in the UK with a group turnover circa £5.3 million.

3.   GHA Livigunn’s reputation for providing efficient, safe and optimum design solutions for the construction industry and key blue-chip clients has grown in strength over the past twenty years.

4.   A developer of 3D visualisations for projects as varied as costal defences, high voltage sub-stations, water treatment works as well as chemical and pharmaceutical plant applications.

5.   The Year in Industry (YINI) is the UK’s leading student placement experts who provide paid placements for students in their gap year to businesses for over 21 years.

6.   The Year in Industry is run by the Engineering Development Trust, an educational charity.  EDT North is sponsored by the North West Development Agency.

7.   Two overall winners of the regional CTTB awards will each receive £500 prize money, provided by EEF (the manufacturer’s organisation) and entered into the National year in Industry Contribution to the Business Awards competition, and invited to London’s BT auditorium to present their work in September.