Jane Wernick
{{Short description|British construction engineer (born 1954)}}
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Jane Melville Wernick CBE FREng (born April 1954) is a British structural engineer and a consultant to engineersHRW.{{cite journal|title=WERNICK, Jane Melville|journal=Who's Who 2017 |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U24558|accessdate=8 January 2017}}{{Subscription or libraries}} Having founded Jane Wernick Associates in 1998, she gave the firm to an employee trust in 2010 and it was incorporated into engineersHRW in May 2015.{{cite web|title=engineersHRW incorporating Jane Wernick Associates|url=http://www.ehrw.co.uk/|accessdate=8 January 2017}} Previously, she worked at Arup (1976–1998). During her career with Arup, and later with Jane Wernick Associates, she was closely involved with projects including Stansted Airport terminal building and the London Eye.
Early life and interests
Wernick was born in 1954, the eldest child of Irving and Doreen Wernick, and has lived in Hampstead, London. She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Acton and graduated from the University of Southampton in 1976.{{Cite web|url=http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/about-us/our-experts/jane-wernick|title=Wernick|website=Design Council|access-date=16 June 2016}}
Career
From 1976 to 1998, Wernick worked for Ove Arup & Partners. She was in charge of Arup's Los Angeles office from 1986 to 1988. Wernick was the RAEng Visiting Professor of Design at Southampton University and has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow, and the Architectural Association, London. Wernick has been a member of the EDGE think tank and the RIBA Building Futures Steering Committee, in addition to a member of the Design Council CABE Design Review Panel and has been the Chair of the Diversity Task Force of the Construction Industry Council.
From 1996 to 1999 Wernick was a member of the Council of the Institution of Structural Engineers. She was also on the CABE Design Review Panel from 2001 to 2006 and the CABE Schools Panel from 2007 to 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wernick.eu.com/practice/people/jane-wernick/|title=Profile, Jane Wernick Associates|website=Profile|accessdate=14 October 2015}}{{Cite web|title = women in architecture: DiverseCity profiles|url = http://women-in-architecture.com/index.php?id=31&tx_wiaprofiles_pi1%5Bprofile%5D=96&tx_wiaprofiles_pi1%5Baction%5D=show&tx_wiaprofiles_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=Profile&cHash=0089486434000c25ecb32c3f44e0525b|website = Women in Architect|accessdate = 14 October 2015}}
In 2016, Wernick and her work were featured in the V&A's Engineering Season.{{cite web|title=Jane Wernick featured as part of the Engineering Season|url=http://www.ehrw.co.uk/news/new-news-post-4/|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
Notable projects
- 1986: Cerritos Centre for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles
- 1990–1993: Lille TGV station
- 1990–1998: London Eye
- 2004–2006: Young Vic, London
- 2005: Tickle Cock Bridge, Castleford
- 2010–2011 Living Architecture{{Cite web|title = Living Architecture. Holidays in modern architecture.|url = http://www.living-architecture.co.uk/|website = Living Architecture|accessdate = 14 October 2015}} houses, including the Balancing Barn, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk;{{Cite web|title = Balancing Barn, Suffolk by MVRDV with Mole|url = http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/balancing-barn-suffolk-by-mvrdv-with-mole/8607113.article#|website = Architects Journal|date = 21 October 2010|accessdate = 14 October 2015}} the Shingle House, Dungeness, Kent; the Long House, Cockthorpe, Norfolk and the Dune House, Thorpeness, Suffolk
Awards
- 1988: First prize in the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Bridge Competition
- 2006: Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
- 2009: Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering{{cite web|title=RAEng New Fellows 2009|url=http://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/24524184/new-fellows-2009-royal-academy-of-engineering|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
- 2013: First Woman of the Built Environment{{cite web|title=First Women Awards 2013 Winners|work=Real Business |date=12 June 2013 |url=http://realbusiness.co.uk/hr-and-management/2013/06/12/first-women-awards-2013-the-winners/|accessdate=8 January 2017}}
- 2015 New Year Honours: Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) – For services to Structural and Civil Engineering{{Cite web|title = New year honours 2015: the full list|url = https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/30/-sp-new-years-honours-2015-full-list|website = The Guardian|date = 30 December 2014|accessdate = 14 October 2015}}{{Cite web|title = New Year's Honours: Two women architects on honours list|url = http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/new-years-honours-two-women-architects-on-honours-list/8674519.article|website = Architects Journal|date = 2 January 2015|accessdate = 14 October 2015}}
External links
- [https://vimeo.com/170789313 Interview with Jane Wernick]
References
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Category:English civil engineers
Category:Alumni of the University of Southampton
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Category:Female fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Category:Fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects