{"id":11393,"date":"2015-03-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/taiwan\/press\/dr-geoff-taplin-aecom-senior-structural-engineer-has-been-awarded-the-2014-john-connell-gold-medal-one-of-the-structural-engineering-professions-highest-accolades\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T06:25:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T10:25:13","slug":"dr-geoff-taplin-aecom-senior-structural-engineer-has-been-awarded-the-2014-john-connell-gold-medal-one-of-the-structural-engineering-professions-highest-accolades","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/press-releases\/dr-geoff-taplin-aecom-senior-structural-engineer-has-been-awarded-the-2014-john-connell-gold-medal-one-of-the-structural-engineering-professions-highest-accolades\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Geoff Taplin, AECOM senior structural engineer, has been awarded the 2014 John Connell Gold Medal, one of the structural engineering profession\u2019s highest accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chair of the Engineers Australia Structural College, Karlie Collis, said Dr Taplin was recognised because of his impressive career that has spanned engineering, consulting and academia on a national and international level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Structural College looks to award the John Connell medal to someone who has made a significant contribution to the structural engineering profession, and Dr Taplin is certainly an example of this,\u201d Mrs Collis said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has played a key role in the development of a number of structural engineering standards and continues to play an important role in educating the next generation of structural engineers. Both will leave a lasting legacy for the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AECOM Chief Executive for Australia and New Zealand, Lara Poloni, said the award was well-deserved for a lifetime of service and achievements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Taplin is highly respected for his technical excellence at AECOM and throughout the wider engineering industry,\u201d Ms Poloni said.&#160;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough his extensive and distinguished career, in both government and private sectors &#8211; particularly in the design, assessment and rehabilitation of bridges &#8211; he has worked on some of Australia\u2019s most iconic transport projects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, Geoff is a wonderful role model and mentor and he has high ethical standards, attributes consistent with AECOM\u2019s core values,\u201d Ms Poloni said.&#160;&#160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-11393","press-release","type-press-release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/11393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press-release\/11393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aecom.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=11393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}