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Bridging the North/South ‘Divide’ Wining & Dining Chop-Stick Style - FromColinMcKenna[SWKCL,Basingstoke] Site Visit to Shandong Province, China @wthn?ll@u2 SWKCLBasingstoke Bridges Section have From Harriet Rooke [SWKHK] Warm congratulations to recently taken on the assessment of fifteen After having been in Hong Kong for over Cliff Heath, Executive Vice-President SWK bridges in twocontracts forFalkirkCouncil nine months, I finally ventured across the of Pavement Engineering, USA, in Scotland. The contracts had initially border into China. My trip was not to be who was recently inducted into the been won by our Glasgow office whose oneof the tourist hotspots such asShanghai NationalAspha It Pavement Association resources were already being stretched to or Beijing, but to the bitterly cold Shandong (NAPA)’s‘Hall of Fame’ for long and distinguished theirlimit,whilework was becoming scarce Province, to look at a 300 km expressway services to the Asphalt Industry. The award within the Basingstoke Bridges Section. and the local roads running parallel to it. recognises his significant Global co-operation still being in existence, Shandong does however have amongst its contributions to advancing environmental the respectiveworkloads were satisfactorily claims to fame Confucius, Tsing Tao beer, standards in the industry, from the production re-adjusted.OverallProjectManagerisBrian and a reputation for beautiful women. to the laying Robertson, whose team is carrying out the of hot mix asphalt. As a Chartered Member necessaryinspectionand liaisonwork, while Eating and drinking featured high on the of NA.PAEnvironmental Committee, Cliff Cohn McKenna is responsible for the agenda.We sampled suchdelightsas snake, has been the author of a series of training analyticalassessments (Fee Scale C). scorpion and chunks of raw leek wrapped manuals for plant operations. He in pancakes. Having toyed with the idea of participated nationwide inover one hundred Bridges Section in a ‘Right Palauva’ going vegetarian for the duration of the training sessions for plant operators on Also from Cohn McKenna visit, I was amused to find that the least pollution and energy control. [SWKCL,Basingstoke]... palatable dish served was fermented tofu. By his own admission, although never a My guess is that being teetotal would be SWKhave been appointed by theInsurance professionalbaseball player (theusualroute considered a grave illness in China. Even LossAdjusters to investigate the collapse of to a ‘Hallof Fame’distinction), he enjoys a lunches were accompanied by tumblers of the Koror - Babeldaob bridge in Palau. famed reputation for tap dancing a clear liqueur which were downed in one and colourful performances on the piano. For those of you who do not read the New andreplenished at apace thatrugby-playing CivilEngineer, thisisamulti-islandrepublic students would find alarming. Needless to in the Pacific Ocean, some 1,000 km from say many of theparty had problems staying Guam Island. The photographs available awake while being rocked along in acosily place thelocation among the most attractive heated minibus. Even the driver’sincessant Graduate Engineer/Technician SWK sites around. Peter Webb will be beeping of the horn and the roller-coaster Urgently Required - Sri Lanka dipping his foot in the water for this one ride levels of excitement of driving along A Graduate Engineer/Technician is (Fee Scale TBA). the highways of Shandong failed to fight required at short notice for a off the fatigue. three-four week assignment in Sri Lanka. Based in the And More Historic and Exotic Jobs from... The trip, I have to say, was an enormous south of the island, and reporting to the The unstoppable Cohn McKenna [...] success. Having had problems Resident Engineer, he/she would assist in Among other recent/forthcoming Bridges communicating by fax, we found our thedesign of finished road levels for asphalt projects are assistingengineersbothfriendlyandhelpful, overlay, on a low cost roads rehabilitation The design completion of some ‘semi and returned to the office laden with data. project. Candidates should be conversant permanent’temporary works to stabilise We also discovered by trying to drive along with the use of spreadsheets. If you are a 14th-Century masonry arch to allow it that one of the roads we planned to model interested in this position, please contact remedial works tobe carried out, which was in fact under construction, and as the Caz Spencer on x209, Basingstoke, having represented SWKs third commission resulting bruises indicated, only barely first spoken to your Section head. from Southampton-based smallish passable. This same road is the daily venue Contractors Dyer & Butler for the largest vegetable market in the • The forthcoming checking of eleven Province. Modelling the traffic impact of a bridges on the Karonga-Chitipa road in vegetable market had not featured on my FOR SALE Malawi, designed by aNairobi (Kenya) flow chart of tasks. Consultant ‘L’ R. HoivnACivic Lsi On my return to Hong Kong, I immediately 1993 ‘L’Reg.; 41,000 miles; Harvard • The bridges designed for the Route 3 enrolledon aPuntonghua blue; electric sunroof and windows; CountryParkSectionproject,HongKong, (Mandarin)course so that next time at least I might be able to remote alarm and immobiliser; arenowunderconstruction - in fact ‘they’ come up with a few key as :- immaculate condition; full service like them so much that an additionalone phrases such history; Company Car availability is required! As previously, the task will ‘Dueto a severe liver complainr I am forcessale. Price: £7,200 ONO. Please beajomt effortwithsuperstructuredesign afraid that I can’t participate in your contact Eve McDonald on 01793 anddrawingbeingundertakeninBasing- drinking rituals, but my colleague 499003 at SWMainLine, Swindon. stoke, and substructure in Chesterfield. would be delighted to have my share.’ \-- —‘I Another ongoing scheme consists in @1! the donating of food-providing ll1 tIU Lk Wanted: livestock to deprived families, with an Volunteers to Abseil for Charity Can We Cutthe Cost ofJob Cost Reports? HelenRatolda WKCL, emphasis on self-aid such that the first From [S Basingstoke] From Mick Hall [SWKCL, Basingstoke] If you’venever abseiled but always wanted offspring from the donated animal must to have a go, here is the opportunity you’ve thenbepassedonto anotherlow-income It may be possible to save paper, time and been waiting for! 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[SWKCL, Basingstoke] Pennine routes well known for their Rumours of a nation-wide tour are problems in winter (snow, that is). The being played down by official sources Just when you thought you’d heard the Commission covers maintenance, though guest appearances may be last from me. improvement, traffic engineering, arranged for an appropriate fee. Having FINALLY completed my move structures, lighting, signs, development from Scott House to Berk House, this is control and highways administration. just to inform everyone concerned that Approximately 25 staff will transfer Mo v’e’s I will be acting as SWK First Aider for from Derbyshire on 1st April 1998 and STARTERS the latter building with effect from the commission has a life of 3-5 years. 07/04/97 when I return from leave. A term maintenance contract worth A warm welcome to: With regard to First Aid cover in the over £21M over 3 years will be meantime please consult Mike Sales on prepared in the next few weeks so that • Martin Bennett who has joined the x226. Thank you. the winter maintenance contractor can staff in Bihar, India as Senior Roads prepare from September 1997 for the Advisor. 1997 Galvanizing Awards April 1998 start. From John Tubman TRANSFERS [SWKCL, Basingstoke] Head of Highways Maintenance, John Trinick, said “This is the first major • Michael Prosser has fmished his The 1997 Galvanizing Awards highways management commission for assignment in the Philippines and competition is now open. Highways Agency and confirms SWK will be returning to the Basingstoke in the mainstream of UK highway office on 24th March. Annual awards are made for maintenance consultants, supported by Architectural and Constructional SWK Pavement Engineering. Area 14 • Claire Dean has transferred from categories - for the application that the complements our long-term the Project Management team at judges consider exhibits the most commission advising Autolink on A19 SWKCL Southampton to SWKCL innovative and effective use of DBFO (Teesside) and provides a firm Basingstoke where she is galvanized steel in both of these base for SWK’s UK and overseas temporarily working in Project categories. A hand cut Waterford highway maintenance work”. Management. crystal bowl will be presented to each award winner and the winning entries LEAVER will be featured in Hot Dip Galvanizing magazine. (Congral tiuíiaiitkns! • All the staff at the ASO Phase II would like to wish Greg Barratt all For an application form contact the Congratulations to David Scrivener the best in his new job when he Galvanizers Association at 0121 355 and Stuart Burns for participating in leaves on 27th March after 7 years 8838. The closing date for entries is the Institution of Structural Engineers with SWK. Friday 28th March 1997. East Midlands Branch Young Engineers Papers Evening. (Hot D: Galvanizing Magazine - a good candidate for ‘Have I Got News Although they did not win the first For You’? - Ed) prize the judges praised their Vc(nc1i(e’s presentations and awarded them each a TRAVELLERS cheque for £25 plus dinner after the Transport Planner - Basingstoke event. Country Traveller Dates Transportation and Planning Section in Basingstoke require a Transport Sri Lanka I C Calder 2.4.97-6.4.97 Long standing readers of ScottLight Planner with expertise in Transport Malaysia I C Calder 7.4.97-10.4.97 (and those who religiously retain all Modelling and Traffic Impact, with Zimbabwe P A Green 24.3.97-28.3.97 information contained therein) may be about 5-6 years experience. aware of SWK Southampton’s yearly What’ Goithg On.?’ visit to the ISE quiz evening where Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000 -£99,999; they are habitually denied first prize Hydrologist - Basingstoke Water C: £10,000- £49,?99; D: £5,000 -£9,999; through some strange quirk of Section E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 adjudication. Not so this year. Confusing the opposition with the You will need to have 2-10 years HA Superagency Commission cunning tactic of entering two teams, experience, ideally in both engineering From W R Kemp the ‘New Avengers’ tapped a vast and environmental hydrology. [SWKCL Chesterfield] reserve of useless information and Consultancy and overseas experience swept away all opposition to win the would be an advantage. SWKCL Chesterfield have been coveted prize of a ‘Quiz Evening awarded the Area 14 Superagency (Fee Winners Certificate’ (oh ... and two Ideal candidates will have experience in Scale A+) covering Derbyshire and bottles of wine). flood studies, water resources, aquatic parts of Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, The winning team consisted of: Kim impact projects, irrigation and Cheshire and South Yorkshire - the Ml Candler, Nigel Catling, Seamus hydrological modelling knowledge. from Junction 24 to 30 and lengths of Vu should have an MSc in a water Windows files, e.g. Excel, are but there is much love in the household. related subject with hydrology as a reasonably easy to break and therefore Their only income is from honey from major topic. MCIWEM would be it would seem unwise to rely on this ten beehives located eighteen miles preferred. Good computer skills are feature. from their home. They are now about essential. to be evicted and urgently need to raise I mention the above because, now that £5,000 so that they can be rehoused. we are using Windows based They would be very grateful for Typist/Relief Receptionist - documents more, it would seem donations. Clothing, shoes, toys, old Basingstoke appropriate for our computing experts spectacles - in fact anything usable to issue some warnings for these and would also be gratefully received. The Word Processing section in other similar related areas. (Donations to Rev John Fenner - tel: Basingstoke are looking for someone to 01256 356614) work as part of their team, typing reports, proposals etc, as well as Scott Wilson Resource Consultants John and I are looking forward to our providing cover for reception. You From David Green visit to Romania, where we shall be should have Word 6.1 experience, good [SWKCL, Derby] visiting several care homes, the surgery general education, with the ability to and the agricultural college. Should work under pressure and as part of a Peter Guthrie’s article in Issue 84 time allow we shall visit other areas of team. You will need to have a flexible outlined the thinking behind SWRC deprivation. I am taking my camera attitude and switchboard experience is and recognises that they are a division and if there are SWK personnel with desirable, although training will be of SWKCL. This is confirmed in the interest in any particular areas, please given. organisation chart which does not list let me know. SWRC as a subsidiary or associated If you are interested in any of the above company. Why do they have separate Our intended visit is scheduled from positions, please call Sally Mason on business cards, brochures and headed 7th April for approximately 14days. extension 210 after having first spoken paper? Is this the precedent for other with your Head of Section. divisions such as Project Management P.S. Some wag, who will forever and Highway Maintenance to establish remain anonymous, refers to me as new identities or are they the exception ‘Romany Ray’ (cheek!). to the rule? What has happened to For Sale & Wanted SWK CDM?
If it is not clear to our own staff we will Diversification? VWG4fGL 1800 struggle to explain it to clients. From Pam Hare [SWKCL, Plymouth] D Reg, Blue, Automatic, 38,000 miles. Good condition - one owner since new. I know SWK are diversifying but not to MOT and taxed until Feb ‘98. the degree a letter received by Graeme Just had 10,000 mile service ‘The Heifer Project UK’ Thompson recently appears to indicate. £1500, ono. From Ray Casey It was addressed to: Scott Wilson Please contact: J Starsmore, [Security, SWKCL, Basingstoke] Chiropractic Co Ltd. Perhaps I should Chesterfield - tel: 01246 590 684 confirm the course Graeme undertook Further to my article in ScottLight 82 1 recently was Confined Space Entry! am happy to inform you that the Ofl )vour Mind? Doctor’s Surgery in the village of Neudorf, Romania has finally received Idea of the Week MS Word Protection a supply of running water by way of a There was an error in the article from From David Webb pumping station from the local well. Val Thompson [SWKCL, Chesterfield] [SWKCL, Basingstoke] in ScottLight No 84. The final The (then) editor’s comment regarding paragraph should read: Recently I was discussing the structure the possibility for REDR involvement of MS Word files with some colleagues has in fact been addressed, from a “I am a member of the Library and it became apparent that some previous meeting with a REDR Association, the Association of Open people may not be aware that Word representative and the local Methodist University Graduates and ....“ files will retain all the text, pictures etc Minister, the Rev. John Fenner. that have been entered into a particular A Message from the New Editor document, even though they may have Together with the many varied care been subsequently deleted. Hence any projects mentioned in ScottLight 82 Thank you for the welcome to Word documents that we issue could be John Fenner is also the Director for the ScottLight and to the SWK Group. I examined by the recipient to uncover ‘Street Kids International Link’ hope you will all bear with me whilst I early thought processes. Anybody who (S.K.I.L.) which operates in parallel get acclimatised, and forgive me for is concerned that this might happen with the ‘Heifer Project UK’. S.K.I.L any errors with names especially. The should therefore consider saving the is run by a retired Baptist Minster and only thing bothering me at the moment final document under another name, or his wife. They share their home with is why I’m being thought of as ‘brave’. in ASCII format before issue, when I ten street kids, rescued from the sewers. Is there something someone hasn’t told believe that the earlier revisions will be The lifestyle is very spartan, sleeping me?! Angela Lowle lost. In a similar vein, passwords on on floorboards and there are no chairs, continuedoverleaf All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays. Tel: 01256 461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Thank you
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Please continue to keep all the items coming in. .M2oyes CIWEM Barn Dance STARTERS Mike Le Gouais Because of the Easter break, the cut off A warm welcome to: [SWKCL, Basingstoke] time for receiving next week’s items is 5pm Tuesday 1stApril 1997 - now • Sandy Burrell who joined the CIWEM Central Southern Branch is what does that date suggest? Highways section in Basingstoke as running a Barn Dance in Old Basing a Senior Chartered Engineer on Village Hall on Saturday 12th April 24th March. from 7pm to 11pm with dancing to the EASTER GREETINGS “Squeeze and Wheeze Band”. The • Alex Darling who also joins cost is £9 per person including a buffet Highways as a Technician on 27th supper and all proceeds will be donated March. to WATERAID. There will be a cash bar from 7.00 to 11.30p.m. • Rachar Al Hakim who has joined SWK Pavement Engineering as a There is space for 120 and so far we Pavement Engineer. have received 30 applications from CIWEM members so there is plenty of • Dr Andrew Collop has been space for Scott Wilson Basingstoke seconded to SWK Pavement staff to have a good night out. Engineering for 6 months under the Royal Academy of Engineering Industrial Secondment Scheme. Contact Mike Le Gouais x259 or Andy Scott x242 for more details. • Muhammod Shahid to whom SWK(PE) are providing a Bursary to assist him in completing his studies. IFor Saibe’& Wainted LEAVERS FOR SALE • Goodbye and Good luck to Guy Motorcycle Hilton, Basingstoke Accounts Dept Honda TLR 200 Trials 1985. Unregistered. All road gear who leaves on Thursday 27th boxed and unused. One owner from March. new. Still has original tyres, hence has had very little use. £875 0110. Please • And to Neil Evans from BA Water contact Ian Wildgoose, Chesterfield Section, whose last day is also 27th x306. March.
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3.0 MOBILITY, CAREER LEVELS, CAREER PATHS. Question 10 Do the current Directors see current staff becoming Directors in future? The questions asked under this category were: Answer Definitely.
Question 1 How can the initiative apply regionally with Question 11 Will career paths be rationalised world-wide? different company structures. Answer In terms of the number of career levels and sub- Answer Competency is not a concept it is a measurable levels, yes. Where practicable, rationalisation fact. As such it transcends boundaries. of thejob titles is an aim though this is market and local custom practice dictatea hence not Question 2 Surely staff in a small specialist company in achievable nor desirable. the Group will find it difficult to believe that they will be able to transfer globally. Question 12 If an individual goes overseas as an Associate Answer The strength of the Group is thefact that within can you guarantee that they will be an it there are individuals with skills which in Associate when they return to UK. combination make the Companies able to Answer If a member of staff goes overseas at a career respond to clients’ needs. This can only be level and whilst there is not promotea they will maximised f staff feel they are part of the on return remain at the same career leveL It is business globally and are prepared to take the level not the title that is important. opportunities as they arise. Question 13 Is there a ‘fast track’ within the new career Question 3 Is there a route to level 5 for site staff? paths? Answer There is a route to level Sfor all staff Not all Answer Yes,for those who seek to take it. Competence career paths lead to level .5 but staff will be is not time dependent. encouraged to cross paths f they are able and wish to. Question 14 With the different levels, is it possible that staff members may go down a level? Question 4 Will the progress through the levels be Answer Possible, but not considered a likelyoutcome. related to professional development schemes?
continuedoverleaf Question 15 To what extent is/will the Regional Holding learning may be necessary consequent on a Company be involved? move in order tofu/ul thejob requirements but Answer The Regional Holding Companies are the ability to learn and apply appropriately is - responsible for seeing that the Pathways not in question. initiative is implemented throughout the Operating Companies in their region and 4.0 COMPETENCIES comply with the provision set down by the International Board. The questions asked were:
Question 16 If say a Senior Engineer in one company Question I Experience does not seem to be recognised. wants to be an Associate in another, how is Answer Competency derives from the opportunity of a the crossing over of OpCos affected, as the very high quality intense experience or through operational and commercial requirements repeated good experience. Hence experience is are unlikely to be the same in different certainly recognised within a competency countries? system. Answer A Senior Engineer will be at a career level, an Associate at another. The core competencies Question 2 Competencies can be tested. Should not the are the same for each country. Therefore, an system be measuring what you could do if individual will need to demonstrate the required given the right training? Will it take account campetenciesfor promotion. of the individual’s views? Answer The system of determining an individual s Question 17 When Assistant Engineers join SWK they are career path, mutually agreea does anticipate allocated to a section. Will Pathways make it potential which is then assessed progressively easier to change section? as experience is obtained It is therefore Answer Movement between pathways will need to be measuring what individuals can do, whilst determined as the necessary career development creating opportunities to test what could be step, then the opportunity has to be present. done. Sometimes this is easily satisfied other times not. Pathways does not make this any easier by Question 3 Are competencies likely to be the same world design. wide or are there likely to be regional variations? Question 18 Will Pathways facilitate movements between Answer The core competencies are to apply world-wide. offices in the world-wide group? Regional and Company variations will Answer Yes,that is one of the aims. By obtaining world customise the core competencies in order that wide agreement as to what level of competence how they will be satisfied is clear to all staff and can be expected of the occupant of a particular of an equivalent standard. level it is easier to movestaff around the Group. Question 4 How do individuals measure their own Question 19 Mobility of staff can only be achieved if they competencies objectively, in comparison with are aware of the opportunities available. Will others? there be a central register of vacancies within Answer The intention is that mos4 f not all, regions and world-wide. competencies will be demonstrable, i.e. Answer As answered previously, this is a possible individuals will collect and present evidence of solution to the same question. competence for assessment by their manager. Comparison with others derivesfrom the career Question 20 Will there be a link between qualifications, level ascribed e.g. MICE, and career level? Will this be a rigid link or will this system allow greater Question 5 Surely competencies are merely job flexibility? descriptions! Answer Quaflflcations, academic or professional Answer Ajob description sets down what is to be done. especially where a peer or third party review Competencyis the ability to do. occurs is the most obviousform of evidence to prove certain competencies. It is not essential Question 6 Are staff to keep their current grades or is it or the only method therefore by design greater intended to review the competence in those flexibility is sought within Pathways. grades? Answer All job roles have been assigned to a career Question 21 The job requirements may vary at the level. Job titles have been rationalised in some different SWK offices around the world. instances and all staff will be advised of their How are these differences rationalised level and job title at implementation. against the career levels identified? Competence is to be assessed initially by the Answer Comparability, as this question addresses, can individual and later with their manager. be seen as a problem. The core coinpetencies seek to establish that, f an individual in one Question 7 How quickly is it intended to process the part of the Group is assessed as competent in assessment of competencies as it will be this something, this competence is intrinsic - specj/lc that drives the whole initiative? Answer Seif assessment is urged on receipt of the handbook As programmed the revised Question 14 Will there be an independent assessor for assessment system including appraisal will assessing which competencies have been follow late 1997. attained? Answer It is recognised that the degree of rigour Question 8 The presentation did not touch on the necessary will have to increase as an individual acquisition of competencies. How will they be progresses. The form this will take will be acquired? subject to the nextphase of theproject. Answer Through opportunity, experience and learning all contributing to the ability to do something. Question 15 Who selected the competencies? Answer Senior management were asked to determine the Question 9 If staff move throughout the Group would a abilities necessary to carry the businesses record of their competencies transfer with forward into the future. The results have been them and the process be perpetuated? synthesised by IHRG Steering Group. Answer An individual’s career level is a badge of their competence. As the levels and core Question 16 Will the global core competencies required competencies are applicable throughout the conflict with the regional customised Group an individual’s competence record competencies? moves with them automatically. Answer No. the customisation will apply to the core competencies on a regional, OpCo, discipline Question 10 There is a structure of five levels. How do we basis. Not all core coinpetencies will form effective team structures? Levels 4 and necessarily require customisation. 5 do not seem to be productive. Answer This question assumes that teams are Question 17 What action would be taken by the firm to hierarchical in nature and that directing or the over/under qualified staff as a result of managing are non-productive activities. These the competency assessment? assumptions are not necessarily correct. To Answer If at assessment an individual agrees there are reach levels 4 and 5 the underpinning competencies that need to be developed before competencies will have been obtained and further progress can be achieved the Action maintained hence teams will comprise the Plan agreed will address this and will be appropriate mix of abilities to profitably achieve monitored thereafter. Staff assessed as having the desired outcome. competence in excess of their current level will no doubt seekpromotion. Question 11 Emphasis has been placed on competencies. However, competencies are linked to the Question 18 Are the competencies in the handbook going opportunity to develop and these to be geared for different staff categories/ opportunities are dependent upon where you specialities. are working. For example, working overseas Answer No, but the local customisation that will may give more opportunities to show eventually and progressively occur is meant to competence in a number of fields, whilst a address precisely thispoint. home based post may not offer such a wide scope. Gaining competence is very much Question 19 It may not be practicable for staff to gain all related to work/market/age etc. therefore it is the competencies necessary to progress from difficult to be global. levels 3 to 5 but is it not worth considering Answer To progress through the career levels along a having Technical Directors rather than chosen pathway individuals will be able to moving technically competent staff sideways exercise a degree of choice how fast they to attain additional competencies? progress. If competence can be developed Answer The intention in providing the three specific through mobility that is something for the career ladders at level 3 recognises that not individual to consider and appropriate everyone is able or wishes to be commercial or opportunities sought. technical or a specialist. All categories are needed and all must have the opportunity to Question 12 Will the competence levels between progress and contribute to their strengths. companies be the same. Answer The core competencies are the same world-wide Question 20 How will competency be measured? It and the standards for satisj5iingthem are to be appears that the assessment of competencies monitoredfor comparability.. will still be a very subjective evaluation by one person. Question 13 Will the handbook include a ‘tick’ list for Answer Measurement will be through assessment of individual competencies? evidence jointly contributed by the individual Answer The eventual system developed for assessing and the assessor(s). The aim is to make this as competencies and recording themformally will objectiveas possible and as stated in a previous inevitably have someform of matrix to ‘tick’or answer, it is to be more rigorous the higher up otherwise mark off The handbook will address the levels oneprogresses. 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f levels. Such things as who is responsible, what will it be therefore all staff contribute to the generation ofprofit. It is based on, will be appealable etc. therefore right and proper that eveiybody recognises the contribution everybody else makes. It then follows that Answer: The initial placement of staff to a career level everybody has a right to progress to the limits of their ability the career path they are perceived as following and the job or preference. There is nothing wrong in being comfortable title that accompanies thesejudgements are set by the OpCo ‘s in a job you do well that suits. However there is everything in accordance with the rules established by Pathways for wrong f you have ability, ambition, drive and wish to Progress. Where trjfurcation can occur at level 3 the progress but cannot. Pathways defines the competencies judgement as to which route is the most appropriate will be expected ofstaff jf they are toprogress. Under thisphilosophy made at staff appraisal incorporating the competency an office junior can find a pathway through to director assessment. In other words, this decision will be mutually provided they obtain the academicsprofessional qual/ications arrived at with staff and influenced by them. There is little and appropriate experience that open up the opportunities to point encouraging someone along a pathway they do not wish move their careers forward to go. 10.0 SITE STAFF 8.0 TIMING The questions asked showed that the key issues for site The questions grouped into this category address specifics staff are: such as when will the handbook be issued, and also generalities such as, what is the timetable for 1) Does Pathways for Progress relate to them, even if they implementation of Phase III etc. are employees on a contract basis? 2) How far can they progress through the levels? 1) The handbook will be issued to the Regional Boards 3) How can they more easily move between site and on a disc on or around I May 1997. office?
2) The Regional Boards are to take responsibility for Answer: Pathways for Progress applies to all permanent publication on behalf of the Operating Companies. staff Site staff as all staff are able to progress through all 5 career levels. Site staff as all other staff will be assessed 3) Operating Companies are to issue a copy to all of their against the relevant competencies and will need the relevant staff along with a letter advising them of the current competencies f they are to progress. career level and career path. This is to be complete by the end of 1997, earlier wherever possible. Movement between career paths will be aided as Pathways provides a basis upon which staff can determine the 4) IHRG under the next phase of development are tasked competencies they must seek to develop f they wish to move in with producing a revised form of appraisal for a given direction. There is no intention to derentiate introduction towards the last quarter of the current between site staff or any other groupings of staff All staff are financial year. The responses given by staff to important. question 5 of the questionnaire are being used as a brief for Il-ERGon this matter. 11.0 QUESTIONNAIRES
9.0 ADMIN/SUPPORT/SPECIALIST STAFF These questions asked how were staff chosen to receive questionnaires and how representaive were they of specialist Whether asked by accountants, specialist disciplines, groups. marketing or secretarial staff, the question was basically the same and can be paraphrased as: Answer: Theprocedures that were issued as guidance for this matter were: Question: Does Pathways for Progress apply to me and, if so, how? 1. A target of 10% of all staff are to receive questionnaires. 2. Those selected should be randomly identjfIed and Answer: It is easy to understand why this question is asked representative of the dfferent populations that exist in as generally staff have been split into two groups, the each business. technical and those who support them. The technical staff 3. It is not important to arrive at samples that are balanced historically were engineers. WhenIHRG first looked at this by location. initiative the matter of to whom it was to be targeted was 4. Thesimplest way of meeting the above criteria is: debated in some detail. The conclusion reachea and * determine the total number ofstaff in the region. recommendation made to the International Boara’ was that * take 10% as the total number who are to receive all staff up to and including Directors were to be included. questionnaires. This was based on a realisation that there was a need for a * produce lists of staff by category and apply redefinition of the traditional roles to suit the change in the 10%. market place and the mix of skills in the businesses. This in * note every tenth name as those to receive turn requires an accompanying change in the corporate questionnafre and perhaps be interi’ieweduntil culture. Technical staff technical skills, technical training the sample number has been reached. The and development cannot remain descriptive of only the process can start at any point in the list and engineers in the business. All staff have technical skills of one scroll until the number required is arrived at. kind or another and contribute to producing workfor clients
continuedoverleaf * note one or two names in excess of target as alternatives. Answer Yes. The career levels are to have a set number of sub-levelsapplicable to all career paths. The representation of any particular group depended on the categories determined by the region. Clearly a group has to 14.0 OPENNESS be larger than 10 strong to feature. In particular, opinions were required that represented horizontal layers of the Two issues emerged under this category: various regions of the Group. 1. Would colleagues be made aware of each other’s In all some 123 questionnaires were returned and the assessed competence. consistency of the responses, irrespective of region or 2. Would staff’s career level, career paths and job titles company suggests that the views expressed can be regarded be openly disclosed. as representative of the whole organisation. This is especially so given the high number of respondents who, as requestea Answer: As with any appraisal the process is regarded as sought and gave the views of their colleagues in their answers. highly confidential and Pathways for Progress does not change this - an individuals assessed competence will remain 12.0 STRATEGY/BUSINESS PLANS ETC. a matter between them and their manager/director and their personal record These questions asked that in order for staff to map their careers do they not need to know what the strategic and Career paths allocate to the career level d(fferentjob roles business plans are for the Group/their Company/Division. expressed as job titles. These will be publishea hence a number of staffs career level is openly determinable. It is not Answer: Yes they do - however, this does not necessarily considered necessary to publish a co.inpleteinitial allocation mean that the detailed documents need to be issued to all listing staff by career level though in time existing staff lists staff Pathways will require that managers are appropriately may be better expressed in terms of career level. This will be briefed in order that they may provide informed career for Operating Companies to decide, however there is no harm developmentguidance to their staff inpublishing lists of initial allocation.
13.0 SUB-LEVELS
All questions asked are the 5 career levels going to be sub divided?
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My question/comment is 0I coLC-) light Issue 87 Week ending: 4th April 1997 Attentiton All Sitaffi skills etc but the timing of such a development has not yet been agreed. UK E-Mail Development I know that some staff have already from Daniel Frost been creating additional statistics from [SWKCL, Basingstoke] the figures provided and have Recarpeting Scott House expressed some concerns. You can from Chris Sketchley As many of you are aware, electronic produce all sorts of answers from these [SWKCL, Basingstoke] mail has been installed in some of the but the most meaningful is fees UK offices. The e-mail system will rendered (page 32) divided by total It has been decided to replace the allow you to send messages and files to number of staff (page 31). Of the top carpets in Scott House and this will be other UK and international offices. ten firms we rank 8th on this basis. undertaken progressively over the next However, the financial figures are for 6 to 9 months. It is intended to start the Future developments for the e-mail 1995/96 and hence it is more realistic to work during the weekend 6th/7th April system include adding external mail use last year’s total staff numbers. On with the south-west quadrant of the capabilities. this basis we climb to 7th. We are very third floor, to take advantage of the close to most of our main competitors space left by Overseas Roads following Currently the UK offices with e-mail but must not become paranoid, as we their move to Berk House. A more are: suspect that there is a lot of crafting of detailed programme for the remainder Basingstoke (inc. Berk House) the figures prior to submission to NCE. of the building will be published in the Chesterfield next week or two. At the same time a London programme will be published for the Abingdon CVs replacement of the light fittings with Leeds from Bob McKittrick high efficiency units. Basildon [SWKCL, Chesterfield] Peterborough For many years staff have been asked Public Holidays 1997 The other UK offices will have e-mail to revise their CVs annually, at the from John Bean installed in the next three months. Full same time as completing their staff [SWKCL, Basingstoke] training will be given in each of the appraisal forms, and the updating has remaining offices when the software is been handled as a marketing function. The following arrangements are installed. published for the information of staff: It has recently been decided that a If anyone has any queries please number of tasks (job description May Day - Offices close at 5.30 p.m. contact Daniel Frost in the Basingstoke database, technical papers/conferences, on Friday 2nd May and re-open on office. project photography and awards) Tuesday 6th May. Time Sheets: Book should be devoted to the disciplines; 7’/2 hrs (7.5 hrs decimal) leave. CVs are also to be included in this NCE Consultants category from now on.. Spring Bank Holiday - Offices close from Bob McKittrick at 5.30 p.m. on Friday 23rd May and [SWKCL, Chesterfield] In future, staff charged with preparing re-open on Tuesday 27th May. Time pre-qualifications and proposals should Sheets: Book 74 hrs (7.5 hrs decimal) NCE Consultants file 1997 was request current CVs from the relevant leave. distributed with the NCE for 27 Discipline Co-ordinators who will be March/3 April. You may have noticed responsible for having them readily Summer Bank Holiday - Offices close that there was a separate entry for Scott available and, when necessary, having at 5.30 p.m. on Friday 22nd August and Wilson Mainline. This was intentional them converted to the format required. re-open on Tuesday 26th August. Time but please be assured that their staff Sheets: Book 7½ hrs (7.5 hrs decimal) numbers and financial figures were In the longer term it is hoped to leave. included in the main entry for Scott introduce a CV database to enable Wilson Kirkpatrick. searches to be made against specific Christmas/New Year - The Board has decided that, in the absence of special,
cr,ntiniierl nuerlenf local, circumstances, the Firm’s offices include trends in aquatic sports and will only close for the bank holidays recreational activities in Hong Kong, over the Christmas/New Year period. public demand for such a facility, and LEAVERS Accordingly, it is no longer obligatory the type of aquatic attractions that for all staff to take the intervening days prove most popular in the Territory. An Earwaker Farewell as holiday. Any member of staff The study also includes the preparation Michael Earwaker [SWK Bihar wishing to take holidays in excess of of an implementation programme and Plateau Development Project] the bank holiday days is at liberty to do management plan. so, subject to prior agreement with his 42 years with one company! Sounds or her line manager, and the usual This appointment will help to establish crazy? Actually the time was spent requirement to submit leave cards to SWK’s reputation in the rapidly with three companies and spread over Personnel Department. expanding tourism and leisure facilities eight countries. The time, however, industry in Hong Kong and Asia. The comes when it is time to go. In the event that local circumstances award of the project is also a significant require any particular office to close step towards the diversification of We had been married three days in over the Christmas/New Year period SWK’s business in the region. 1958 when I took my bride to Lagos the staff of that office will be informed for a one year tour. Ten years later, of the fact by the Director responsible. The project team includes staff from with a son aged 6, having been with In that event, leave cards should be Scott Wilson Resource Consultants Mervyn Johnston, George Edington submitted to Personnel department in who have particular experience in and John Gandy, and with Nigeria still the usual way. tourism development and leisure in turmoil, it was time to leave. facilities. The Project Director is Peter Christmas - In the absence of special Chan, the Project Manager is Andy A Middle East crisis was under way circumstances, offices will close at 5.30 McNab. The study will commence on and little work overseas. Stanley Elliott p.m. on Wednesday 24th December 1 April 1997 and is scheduled for finally rescued us with an airport and and re-open on Monday 29th completion within six to eight months. roads in Brunei. It was then on to December. Time Sheets: Book 15 Thailand where, on Barry Paget’s hours (15.0 hrs decimal) leave. departure in 1973, 1took charge of the Thailand operation. The Middle East New Year - In the absence of special Moves stepped in again with an oil price hike circumstances, offices will close at 5.30 and two of the four feeder roads being p.m. on Wednesday 31st December STARTERS supervised by us were stopped. 1997 and re-open on Friday 2nd Closure of the Thailand office. Off to January 1998. Time Sheets: Book 7 2V A warm welcome to:- Hong Kong and then Papua New hrs (7.5 hrs decimal) to 1998 leave. Guinea for design of a section of • George Walmsley who started at highway in the Highlands (el.1500m) Berk House on Tuesday 1stApril as with Cardno and Davies of Australia. Project Accountant (Overseas). Supervision was also won, but a three Goilngr year contract turned into 24V years. What’ On? • Graham McCallum who has Scale: A: £l00,000+; 13: -£99,999; £50,000 joined the Glasgow office of Back to Hong Kong but, having run C: £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; F: £1,000 - £4,999; F: less thaii £999 SWKC(S)L as a graduate engineer, one’s own show, it is difficult to settle working in the traffic section for in with ‘n’ Partners breathing down Feasibility Study for Billy Holmes (RT Hunter Director) one’s neck. Sound familiar? The great Proposed Aquatic Stadium works in Hong Kong - Airport, Plover from G H French • Apologies to Bachar Al Hakim of Cove and the Island Tunnel, were all [SWKCL, Basingstoke] SWK Pavement Engineering, past history and the work was primarily whose name was misspelled in new town infrastructure and shoring up The Directors are pleased to announce Issue 86. the hills. I was involved in both, but that Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Hong settled down to contract admin Kong) Ltd has been appointed by the istration. Hong Kong Tourist Association (HKTA) to leid a team of consultants TRANSFERS Finally, an incredible 1500km of low conducting a feasibility study for the cost road construction supervision development of a proposed aquatic • Barbara Brophy has transferred came up in India. Divided into some stadium. The stadium will be one of from M&E Section and is now 67 contracts for local contractors, the the largest and most challenging of the located in Berk House, Basingstoke organisation required can be imagined! projects planned by the L-IKTA to where she is Personal Secretary to Technical staff will number some 250 attract tourists to Hong Kong. Directors Gil Thomas, Don with clerical and support staff of 50. Wootton and Adrian Tite. She is The vehicle fleet is staggering. The feasibility study will review five also Office Administrator and any potential sites for an aquatic sports queries relating to equipment! Of the 42 years the most interesting, in facility that can meet international services within Berk house should hindsight, was Nigeria, probably due to competition standards and be used by be channelled through Barbara, my age and learning the trade. Designs the public when events are not being x402. were innovative, such as sand bitumen held. Other issues to be examined and soil cement bases for roads, reinforced hollow sand cement blocks £900 for ‘Help the Aged’, and with an for channel walls plus road alignment additional £50 from Di Clarke’s waste Cycle Security Loops using 1:8000 aerial photography for paper collection, this should come close from Tim Cuell, route location. I have always wondered to £1,000. Not bad for an afternoon of [SWKCL, Basingstoke] if the reinforced hollow block design fun?! was a first, but I am sure somebody can I have recently started cycling to work. tell me it was used before 1961/2. Although the location of the cycle park is very good there seems to be a The other high point was Brunei. Very security problem. The strong locks heavy rainfall, but usually at night, required to stop the criminal fraternity clean sparkling days and, my personal General Assistant - Basingstoke from whisking your bike away do not pride, the airport. It was marred by an all fit through many of the loops at the arbitration, but returning after 25 years The Basingstoke office are looking for side of Scott House. Please could we to find that maintenance requirements a General Assistant to work in the have bigger loops so we can secure our had been minimal was extremely following areas: bikes to the wall. gratifying. 600m of the runway was over 16m of very soft clay. Provide cover for Print Room; Assist Maintenance Department in
Sorry for the potted history, but I hoped Scott House and Berk House; to illustrate, even as briefly as above, Provide cover for Post Room! that engineering is fun and, most of all, Messenger. interesting. For the younger generation of engineer where nowadays there is a The ideal candidate would need to be tendency to remain static gazing at a physically fit and have the ability to computer screen or carrying out learn quickly and be able to adapt. complicated calculations to ‘n’ places of decimal, there is a whole world If you are interested in the above in where your skills are required, as I position, please contact Sally Mason found. Personnel, x210, after first having spoken to your head of section.
Lastly, I should like to thank the Partners and Directors of SWK for a most interesting and rewarding career. Rose and I have enjoyed it immensely Ofi )V011J[r and we now start the third stage of our lives - Rose with her first house and Mth& furniture and me with my first love, a mechnanical workshop. Availability of Information from Jancis Smith [SWKCL(SWRC),Abingdon]
Sports & Soc,iàis It was interesting that in Issue 84 there were by chance inquiries from both the Basingstoke and Chesterfield librarians Scott House Abseiling about company information sources from Helen Ratokla held outside library walls (one for [SWKCL, Basingstoke] institutions/group belonged to, the other for CD ROM holdings. Many thanks to all the intrepid abseilers who braved the cold one What this perhaps points to is the need recent Sunday afternoon to risk life, for what we information managers call limb and dignity for a good cause (the an ‘information audit’, a review of all cold weather was the reason we gave sources of information (in its broadest for shivering anyway!) With the sense) held within a company, whether patient coaxing of the instructors all 13 personal/corporate/hardware/soft-ware members of the SWK team made it etc. down successfully - although not all in the ‘SAS’ style of Geoff Redwood. A library can never house all the (Rumour has it that he is already information held within a geograph auditioning for the ‘man in black’ in ically disparate company, but it can act the next series of ‘Milk Tray’ ads). as a central point of contact, so that what one person knows and benefits from can be accessed, and benefited Thanks are also due to all our sponsors from, by all employees, however small and supporters who turned out on the their outpost. day. Together we raised in excess of All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, Basingstoke by 5p.m. on Mondays. Tel: 01256 461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Also E-Mail. Thank you
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Stop Press Anyone interested in attending any of marshalling and a terminal building. these seminars may contact Mary Rook SWK, under the guidance of Project It is with regret that we have to report in Chesterfield x217 for a programme, Manager, Robert Clegg and Project the death of Mavis Dedman [SWKCL, or the course organiser Ewan Byars at Director, Jim McCafferty, designed the Basingstokej after a relatively short the University of Sheffield (tel: 0114 marine works while sub-consultants illness. Further details will be issued as 222 5712). Montgomery Smith and Partners were we receive them. responsible for the marshalling area and terminal building. Owner Driver Mileage Record Cards Courier Delivery of Proposals from Ken Goodingham Since construction started in December Geoff French {SWKCL,Basingstoke] [SWKCL, Basingstoke] 1996 the Contractor, Edmund Nuttall Ltd, has been progressing the works We have recently had a couple of bad As explained in ScottLight Issue 86 rapidly to an accelerated programme experiences regarding courier delivery dated 28th March 1997, all 1996/97 and is conident of meeting the critical of proposals. Therefore, Project and Q83 cards are to be returned to me in deadlines to enable the new ferry Proposals Managers are asked to Admin/Basingstoke on or before 25th service to Ballycastle in Northern consider their means of delivery April 1997. The completed cards must Ireland to commence on 1stJuly 1997. expecially for ‘large fee’ proposals show the cumulative totals for:
The European Commission can be (i) mileages (Because this is an unaligned singled out as having particular (ii) amounts claimed or show a NIL newsletter, maybe we need some problems of delivery for courier return balance - have any other parties visited services and advice as how best to other sites? - Ed) ensure delivery may be obtained from Prompt return of these cards will be Peter Frankham in the London office. appreciated. HRD Hosts More Training Courses from Richard Levett Repair of Concrete Tories Target SWK {SWKCL,Basingstoke] Structures Seminars from Kenny O’Hara from John Holden {SWKC(S)L,Glasgow] HRD would like to thank all our friends [SWKCL, Chesterfield] and colleagues throughout the SWK A surprise visit by the Scottish offices for all their support and The Centre for Cement and Concrete in Conservative and Unionist Party was excellent presentations during our the Department of Civil and Structural made to the SWK site at Campbeltown many study tours. Our delegates are Engineering at the University of last week. The party band wagon always very impressed by the SWK Sheffield is running 3 seminars on the arrived by helicopter to see progress on organisation and everyone in HRD repair of concrete structures as the £4 million ferry terminal and the appreciates the efforts of all our follows:- SWK Resident Engineer, John Toal, colleagues to accommodate requests for gave Michael Portillo, Minister of training and site visits, especially the Tuesday 6 May - Concrete Defence and Michael Hirst, the Scottish Derby Southern By-pass site, Pavement Deterioration Mechanisms Party Chairman, a tour of the site. (It is Engineering in Nottingham, and the denied that the fall from grace of the Manchester office who provided such Wednesday 7 May - Structural Chairman a few days later had anything excellent support for us during a recent Assessment and Repair Methods to do with the visit!!!!) study tour from Samara in Russia.
Thursday 8 May - Repair Monitoring The project itself includes the The HRD team has increased in size by and the Future construction of a sheet piled quay wall the addition of Natasha Eremeeva who and dredged berth, a linkspan with will be assisting with all aspects of supporting dolphins for access to the HRD work, and proving to be an ferry, an area of reclamation for vehicle
rnntiniieI nverlef invaluable team member as much of guests. The venue is Shire Hall, our current work comes from the FSU. An average paper run now makes Reading. If you are interested in £19/20. The price of paper has fallen attending please contact me on x345 The team is also benefiting from the from £75 a tonne to £40 a tonne. for more details or just turn up at the three months placement of Azim event. Manji, who is attempting to expand Thank you all once again for your SWK’s interest in international urban support. TRAVELLERS development planning. He will be working closely with Hamish Goldie Location Traveller Dates Scott on this venture. Change of Location StPetersburgAlistairTyler 10.4.97-8.4.97 HRD are currently hosting the third Please note that SWK formerly at: study tour of senior managers from the A564 Foston Hatton Hilton Bypass Vietnam National Construction Foston, Derby What Gathgr On? Consultants (VNCC), who are currently have a new address: Scale:A: £lOO,000+;B:£50,000- £99,999; in London but will arrive in C: £10,000-£49,999; D:£5,000-£9,999; Basingstoke on Monday 14th April. F: £1,000-£4,999; F: lessthan£999 Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, We would like to thank in advance all Office Suite 52, Imex Business Park, our colleagues who will be presenting Rural Infrastructure Snobnall Road, Burton upon Trent, to these delegates next week. Development Project Staffs, DEI4 2AY from Alan Brookes [Mascott] HRD are also hosting a study tour from Tel: 01283 564562 Bihar in connection with the AHNSB Mascott Ltd, in association with two Fax: 01283 500267 Bihar Plateau Project. This tour arrived local consulting firms, has just been on Monday 7th April and will be awarded by the Nepalese Ministry of enjoying Paris and Amsterdam before Local Development the consultancy Lunch Time Seminar - Basingstoke returning to India. contract for the Rural Infrastructure Civil Engineers Education Channel Development Project ii ider Asian from Lyn Furnell With the second group of Development Bank finance. This is [SWKCL, Basingstoke] Junior/Middle Managers from VNCC Mascott’s second contract for the arriving in late May, we look forward Ministry. (Fee scale A). David Webb will be leading a seminar to another very busy summer season on Wednesday 21st May at 12 noon in The mountain Kingdom of Nepal, Conference Room 2aJ2b. This is a home to the Gurkhas, the Yeti and the T.E.N. seminar with a discussion based Paper Recycling Snow Leopard, is one of the poorest around the video topic “Building Diana Clarke [SWKCL, Basingstoke] countries in the world, where access to Construction and Regulations”. much of the Kingdom is still by
As you are probably aware, I have now walking only, with distances generally It is hoped that as many people as relocated to Berk House and am unable expressed in ‘walking days’. The possible will attend. All Graduates in to keep an eye on the paper situation. I terrain of the project areas is training are requested to attend as part would like to carry on collecting the mountainous and rugged, with the of their CET programme. Would you paper if everyone in Scott House is constant awe-inspiring backdrop of the please confirm your interest to me on prepared to continue saving it. I will Himalayas, the highest mountains in x214 so that I can order sandwiches for collect it every month but if it seems to the world. In line with the the numbers expected. be getting out of hand, please call me Government’s decentralisation policies, on x428 and I will try to find the project will use public participation somewhere to store it. for all stages of planning, design and Association of Project execution, and work will be carried out Managers AGM An update on the situation so far: using almost entirely labour-based from Sue Moore techniques in order to maximise local [SWKCL. Basingstoke] In 1996 1 collected a total of £250.40 employment opportunities and increase (thanks everyone). £50 was donated to self reliance. Though the glamour is The local branch of the Association of the British Heart Foundation. £107.47 minimal, there is much satisfaction in Project Managers are holding their was spent on miscellaneous items for such projects, whose aim is to alleviate Annual General Meeting followed by a Loddon School, the Residential School to some extent the hardship of the rural debate on Wednesday 23rd April, for children with autism and population. buffet at 7pm with the start of challenging behaviour. Items proceedings at 730pm. purchased were paddling pool, sand pit, The project, which involves the route buckets/spades, watering can and selection, design, construction super The motion for the debate : This house senses items (sponges, soaps, bubble vision and maintenance of some 250km believes that the interpersonal skills of baths - different textures/smells) of rural roads in three separate districts the project manager are more important of Central and Western Nepal, as well to the success of a project than the So far in 1997 1 have collected £61.70 as supervision of other infrastructure methodology used”. and £50 has been donated to ‘Help the works, will start immediately and, Aged’ along with the sum raised from being a six year programme, it will This promises to be a lively debate and the Scott House abseil. extend the SWK Group’s already 17 is open to non members attending as year continuous presence in Nepal well CaIne 3767 Team Company Finishing Final into the next millennium. John Henley Wootton Bassett 1244 No Position Score will lead the team. Swindon 1198(honest!) Wantage 2339 68 SW MainLine 14 1252 Abingdon 4356 93 SWK 20 1116 Restoration of the 69 SW MainLine 23 1037 Wilts & Berks Canal Use of the Canal declined in the second 120 SWK 24 1028 from Norman Wyld half of the 19th century, and navigation 92 SWK 66 540 [SWKCL, Peterborough] effectively ceased in the early part of 91 SWK Did not finish this century. The Canal was SWK has beaten off significant abandoned by Act of Parliament in The successful SW MainLine competition to secure the contract for a 1914 and the land reverting to the competitors were Phil Wells, Alex Feasibility Study for the restoration of riparian owners. Most of the original Falvey, Nigel Hellier, Jeremy Reece the Wilts & Berks Canal. Apparently bridges have been demolished. The and Rhodri Jones. our bid was equal lowest on price but overall length of the project is about ‘... had the benefit of being technically 108km which makes it the longest \v(e’s proficient and included the highest single restoration scheme undertaken to Mo number of staffing hours...”(!) My date in the UK. STARTERS thanks to all contributors, but now the A warm welcome to: hard work begins. The Study is to be formally launched by the client organisations at an open • Matthew Davis who started at Berk The client is a consortium of the air press and TV conference on April House on 7th April 1997 as a CAD Borough, District and County Councils 16. It seems that every opportunity is Operator/Technician. along the route of the original Canal, to be taken to publicise the scheme, or together with the Canal Amenity Trust could it just be the proximity of local • Jill Green - Receptionist at (a volunteer group which has been authority etc. elections? This raises the Chesterfieldfrorn 7th April 1997. working for the restoration since 1976). prospect of your reporter appearing in The objectives of the Study are to red s ks, blue shirt, yellow tie and • Robert Buxton - Measurement prove that restoration is viable; to green wig for the purposes of Technician on A50 site from 7th establish credible new routes where the maintaining professional impartiality. April 1997. original cannot be recovered; and to No change there, then. (Fee Scale B) provide cost estimates ready for • John Balmond who has been funding applications. employed as Resident Project tiuiiaC/ions! Manager on the Jos-Bukuru Water The work will require inputs from Gongrai Supply project in Nigeria. John Civil, Structural, Geotechnical and will be replacing John Gardner who M&E Engineering; Water Resources; Congratulations to Ade Adeboya on is due to transfer to Ghana shortly. Environmental and Planning behalf of all his colleagues both past on disciplines. British Waterways will present on his recent marriage to Bomi TRANSFERS provide specialist sub-consultancy (5th April). Ade managed to keep this support with their computer based Boat very quiet; however, a rather riotous The A19 Autolink at Billingham is now Model giving projections of the likely stag weekend in Amsterdam led his operational and the following transfers use of the restored canal by boaters and colleague, Sue Moore, to ask some have taken place: other visitors, and the consequential awkward questions leading to this financial benefits. revelation. Well done Ade and Good • Peter Lucas - Designers Site Luck. Representative transferred from The original Canal, engineered by Attleborough on 17th February Robert Whitworth Sn and his son 1997. William, extended from the Kennet & 1997 MERIT Results Avon Canal near Melksham, to the from Philip Wells [SW MainLine] • Jamie Brownlee - Assistant to River Thames at Abingdon. It was Designers Site Rep. transferred constructed between 1796 and 1810, The 1997 Institution of Civil Engineers from Derby Southern Bypass on with a number of small branches to MERIT competition has now finished 24th February 1997. Chippenham, Caine, Longcot and and the two MainLine teams both had Wantage. Altogether there were 41 successful last rounds to achieve very • Nigel Lloyd - Graduate Inspector locks. The North Wilts Canal was high finishing positions. Unfortunately transferred from Derby Southern constructed over the period 1814-1819 we were just outside the top five so Bypass on 24th February 1997. as a major branch from the W&B, missed out on the final but significantly between Swindon and Cricklade. This MainLine headed the table of SWK • Tony Wilkinson - Inspector of branch had II locks. company teams. Works is due to transfer on 14th April 1997. Readers might be interested to note that Here is a summary of the finishing in 1810 the populations of towns and positions (156 teams started the In addition the following staff have villages along the route were: competition and 137 completed the been seconded to the Routine Melksham 5006 event): Operations Maintenance (ROM) Chippenham 3366 Company. • Andrew Sinclair appointed as Engineer Mr I N Singh and other SEs Network Planning Engineer on and EEs, Mr Mukhopadhyaya thanked What’ on your 21.1.97 Mike for the hard work he had put in Mind? on the project and the high standard of A Day at Scott House? • Edwin Shaw appointed as the construction worked achieved. He from Dan Brookes & Greg Belcher Maintenance Engineer on 10.2.97 wished Mike and his wife a happy [A564 DSBP Measurement Section] retirement. After a gourmet farewell • Tony Walker appointed as dinner in Delhi hosted by SWK(I), As ScottLight was intended to paint a Principal Bridge Engineer on Mike’s plans of getting his retirement picture of life in SWK, here is the site 19.3.97 off to a rosy start were thwarted at the staff “Scott Light-hearted” view of a airport by the Indian bureaucratic typical day in Scott House. • Robert Goldie appointed as Bridge system which insisted on a tax - cycletowork Engineer on 7.4.97 clearance certificate. He had to delay - look for a large enough loop to his flight by 24 hours. Never mind secure your cycle to • Stephen Oakley - Technician on Mike, it happens to the best of us! - take a shower 1.4.97, on conclusion of a - receive a massage from Tanya Ball secondment to Nottinghamshire Mike and Rose are holidaying in Dubai - clear desklwindow sill to allow the CC. and Europe before arriving in UK in window cleaner access early May. The Directors and staff - take lunch in the cyber cafe LEA VERS wish them a most enjoyable holiday - spend afternoon with feet up and a long and satisfying retirement. allowing new carpet to be laid Goodbye and good luck to: - walk home because your cycle has been stolen • Rod Mathers from Basingstoke Project Management Dept who left We presume, therefore, that any work the company on 4.4.97. VcaIrlic1ie undertaken is done in ‘Y’ time. • Mike Oakley who leaves BA Opportunities in Malaysia Computing Section on 11.4.97. Caz Spencer [WKCL, Basingstoke] SWK Pavement Engineering have Scott Wilson Resource Consultants • Sally Brown - left Chesterfield established a new firm in Malaysia and from Jancis Smith [SWRC, Abingdon] on office 4.3.97 they have a possible requirement for engineers aged 28-32 to be based in With regard to the correspondence on • Simon Artiss - left Manchester Kuala Lumpur for 1-2 years with the above name, I have always felt that office on 14.3.97 involvement in the planning,, execution it failed to bestow the fame of either and analysis of pavement and design, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick or Cobham • Andy Clayton - left Derby evaluation and rehabilitation for roads, Resoun..eConsultants. Southern Bypass on 3 1.3.97 airports and ports in Malaysia and the Asia Pacific Region. Requirements are The internal thinking on what the new • Greg Barratt - left A50 site on as follows: 6.4.97. entity is meant to reflect rather ignores the fact that, without a clear - Good Honours Degree Mike Earwaker etymological link to its twin origins, - Minimum 5 years experience in a there are going to be an awful lot of from Commodore A C Malhotra consultancy environment people out there not we [SWK, India] knowing who - Some site experience are. - Experience of design and Mike Earwaker, who for the past 18 construction or geotechnical months has been the Team Leader on engineering An Aide Contract Management and Supervision Memoire - Good report writing skills from Mike Hillcoat on the World Bank funded Rural Road - Computer literacy [SWK, A564 Derby Southern Bypass] project in Bihar, retired on 3 1St March Previous overseas experience and a 1997 a 43 after long innings of years post graduate in qualification Seeing that Spring and ‘Special Issue - service with the firm. Geotechnics or Materials Science Pathways for Progress’ are upon us, I would be an advantage. A short period thought it opportune to share my aide Mike lived in Ranchi with his wife, of familiarisation with SWKPE in memoire for would be managers:- Rose, and was involved in setting up Nottingham is suggested before the and steering the project until his move to KL. Contrive retirement. Terry German has taken Regulate charge of the project as the Team Any staff interested should contact Caz Leader. Organise Spencer on x209, after first having Control spoken toyour head of section.. Use At a farewell dinner in Ranchi, attended Alternatively contact Gil Thomas on Succeed by most of SWK’s senior staff, at x403 for further information. which the BPDP were represented by Regional Development Commissioner, No cracks about flower power please. Mr D S Mukhopadhyaya, Project Director Dr D K Tivari. 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Components This questions. continued April a the present leading seminars many practical, All CET to to all, discussion of management we she Construction consist at on “Public Good that industry-wide to attend confirm workshop Graduates the to The your 12 have need Channel the can by and show the that people This 1997 especially a overleaf by industry. the provides Site noon meeting seminar for easy to interest CIRIA as of Before use Sector issues based make to been CPD their first Lyn is part the the the to of be an as in is in - a a scope of materials and componentsthat the usual impact assessments with Site Risk Assessment - a site risk it will cover and the intended particular emphasis on noise, assessment on 279 bridges in S presentation of the handbook. landscape, ecology, air and water England, for Railtrack GW MPD - Participantswill receive a copy of the quality. SWK’s successful proposal Project Manager Paul Garcia (Fee scale draft in the week preceding the was jointly prepared by Telford and B). workshop to allow them to familiarise Basingstoke, and staff from both themselves with it to get maximum offices will be joined by representatives HER Phase 1 Points Heating - benefitfrom the discussion. from Manchester and Leeds during the preparing documentation for handover course of the 16 week project. Let’s manuals for Railtrack GW Zone - For an application form to book your hope the network can handle it. Project Manager John Harper (Fee place please contact Miray Mehmet at (Fee Scale C) ScaleC). CIRIA, tel: 0171 222 8891, fax: 0171 222 0445. Attendance to the workshop Kuaa Lumpur S & C Renewal Sites - provide design is restrictedto CIRIA Core Programme from SW Mainline and survey competitive sourcing for membersand invitedguestsonly. Relayfast - Project Manager Peter On 1stJune 1996 the Express Rail Link Hillier(Fee ScaleA). ICE Council Elections (ERL) from the new Kuala Lumpur from Alan Frew [SWK(S)L] Central Station to a new International Darford Resignaiing - provide P Way Airport some 57km south of the city, Consultancy Services for Railtrack John Campbell, a Senior Chartered moved from the conceptual stage into Southern MPD - Project Manager Peter Engineer with SWKC(S)L is standing the fmal design process. Both termini Hillier (Fee Scale C). in this year’s ICE Council election as a are currently under construction with Territorial Candidate (which really completion targeted for the Reading Infrastructure - produce a means you can only vote for him if Commonwealth Games in September Services Plan for Adtranz (ABB you’re registered in the West of 1998, so the ERL demands fast-track Daimler-Benz)- Project Manager Peter Scotland). So, it’s time to rake through design and construction to recover lost Hillier (Fee ScaleD). your bin, retrieve your voting papers time. and do your bit for your local SWK Settle and Carlisle - feasibility studies candidate. John, being a sprightly 32 SWK (Malaysia) were appointed as on 14bridges for Railtrack LNE MPD - years young, is angling for the youth lead consultants by the Yeoh Tiong Project Manager Geoff Smith-Grogan vote. His ‘manifesto’ is listed on page Lay Corporation (YTL), a major (Fee Scale B). 38 of the 10 April edition of NCE and Malaysia contractor, who forms a part promisesto address the issues affecting of the construction consortium SYZ (S Leicester Area Improvements - carry younger members, in addition to for Siemens, Y for YTL, Z for Zublin) out a feasibility study for P Way remedying the Institution’s low who had been awarded the equipment remodelling in the Leicester area for esteem. procurement and construction contract Railtrack Midland Zone - Project by the ERL Concessionaire. SWK’s Manager Bob Langford, who is based The competition is fierce, consistingof responsibilities included the design of in Birminghamoffice (Fee ScaleD). two relatively senior candidates (a alignment, all civil related design, directorat the Babtie Group and an ICE approval from authorities and Raitrack GWMPD - two projects, one die-hard),so your vote would help John management of the whole design to carry out work on enhancement of greatly in ensuring that the views of process for YTL. Ably assisted by Remote Monitoring Sensing Systems, boththe younger membersand SWK in local consultants, KTA Tenaga, on civil at various locations, a second to generalare heard. works and GCS on geotechnical provide a Supervisory Monitoring and aspects, the SWK team under the Control System - Project Manager Going On? leadership of Project Manager John Trevor Webb What’ Archibald have been in frenetic action (Fee ScaleB - combined). Scale:A:£100,000+; B: £50,000 -£99,999; ever since. C:£10,000-£49,999; D:£5,000-£9,999; E:£1,000-£4,999; F:lessthan £999 Thameslink 2000 - 3 projects by New Work for SW MainLine Railtrack South Zone. Two projects at Tunstall Northern Bypass Bermondsey and New Cross Gate (Fee from Paul Hanafin [SWKCL, Telford] SW MainLinehave been askedto carry Scale B) - Project Manager John out the followingwork: Perkin. The third project is a feasibility SWKCL Telford has recently been study for Bermondsey ‘diveunder’ - awarded the commission to produce a Chiltern Lines - Surveys- a project to Project Manager Dick Watts revised Stage II and new Stage III do ground investigation for Railtrack (Fee Scale C). Environmental Assessment of the MidlandMPD - Project Manager John proposedTunstall Northern Bypass, on Blackmur(Fee ScaleC). Finsbury Park - provide Site behalf the of City of Stoke-on-Trent, Supervision Staff for Railtrack LNE at Staffs. The city produced a preliminary Rippleside - topographical and utilities Finsbury Park - Project Manager John EA for the 1.5km, lOm wide,S2 lane surveys for the Channel Tunnel Link. Williams (Fee Scale D). scheme which requires updating to The client is Union Railways Ltd - Stage II (DMRB11) standard. SWK Project Manager Dave Faulkner (Fee South Wales - provide a D&C will then prepare the Stage III Scale A). Engineer in South Wales. Dave assessment and Environmental Burbidge will be carrying out the role Statement.. The project will require all • and John Williams will be the Project • Roger Wilson whojoined RSC on Manager (Fee Scale C). 7th April. What’’ on your Mind? • Paddington Station to Airport • Richard Starbuck who became a Junction - assist in producing data permanenetfixutrein Business PRP suitable for setting equitable standards Managementon 3rd February. from 12 Staff at SWKCL Telford against which to monitor the (details provided) performance of the track maintenance LEAVERS contractor, for trackwork over which There are a number of questions that the forthcoming Heathrow Express SW MainLine wish a fond farewell have been raised in discussion around Service out of Paddington will run. to: the office relating to PRP that the Stan Graystonis engaged for a 4 month • Tony White whose official last hotline has not really been able to give period on this work which includes working day before retirement was definitiveanswersto. It would be most carrying out a computer analysis of all 7th February. “Hope it’sa happy helpful if clarification could be given track related incidents for the 3 year one!” from within the company on these period from 1stApril 1994. points: and goodbye and good luck to: Wootwich Rail Tunnel - engineering 1. Does the PRP scheme replace the and operations work by SWK at the • Steve McCormick who left Civil annual cost of living review, the Woolwich Rail Tunnel - Project Engineering on 4th February. inference from enquiries so far ManagerPhillipWells (Fee ScaleD). beingthat it does? • Julie Quinn who left QS on 28th February. 2. If someone does not join the Editor’s Note: Will Project Directors scheme can they expect a cost of and Project Managers of other • Adrian Dyer who left Financeon livingreview? companiesplease rememberto send me 28th February. details of new jobs. It’s nice to know 3. Do all Operating companies have we are doingwell. the same % profit targets for the Vacajncjc purposesof the scheme? Coingra ,tiuilaidons! 4. If PRP is part of basic pensionable Junior Clerk Typist pay, why is a pro-rata payment of Congratulations to Geoff and Karen bonus not payable if one leaves the Dewick [SWK Doveridge] on the birth The Structures/Bridges section in company? It is understoodthat this of their baby daughter on 8th April Basingstoke office require a Junior is a SWK condition and not an 1997, a sister for Emma. Design and Clerk Typist to assist the Section InlandRevenuerequirement. build complete - finance and operate Secretary with clerical duties including problemsstart! filing, photocopying, sending faxes etc; 5. If the assumptionmade in 1. above word processing - letters, faxes, memos is correct, the real benefit to the etc. You would also be required to Company is a pay rise at no cost, a Congratulations to Ozgur Balaban assist other departments when sound commercial move, but why who. has recently obtained Chartered necessary and provide relief cover on not say so. Many PRP schemes are Engineerstatus, MICE, in Hong Kong. Reception. implemented without prejudice to any other salary considerations; You should have a good general surely this would be more in line vies education with a flexible and helpful with the Company’s statement in M’o attitude. RSA Stage I Typewriting is the guide book. STARTERS desirable. 6. In the light of the above, it is felt SW MainLine would like to wish a If you are interestedin the above that a two stage consultation warm welcome to: position,please contactSallyMasonon process would better service staff x210afterhaving spokento your head interests, the first to determine the • Dave Burbidge who joined Civil of section. principle and the second as a Engineering on 24th February. mechanism to allow those opposed to opt in if the schemegoes ahead. • Phil Gosden who alsojoined Civil Engineering as an Associate on 3rd Sports & Socials March. Note from the Editor: Diana Clarke has a spare ticket to see When sending me hand-written articles • Nick Snell who joined RSE on 3rd ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on 22nd May for ScottLight would you please write March. 1997with SWK - price is £32. names of people and places in block capitals. It is sometimes difficult to • Demelza Dooley who joined QS on If interested please contact Diana on decipher the exact spelling. Many 17th March. x428 thanks.
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Rose and I arranged a retirement new code. mvselfl) With close attention to the holiday in Europe from India. The marine environment and the needs of Naples hotel was non-catering - odd, the locals, divers and the client, phase but true and involved a kilometre hike ‘Self-Presentation’ one of the pier restoration is nearing for a restaurant. On a Sunday from Nicola Giles completion with just the usual nigglv afternoon a scooter rider attempted to [SWKCL, I3asingstokel hits to finish off. steal Rose’s handbag. We had heard of the problem and assumed it was “Self-Presentation, Tuesday 29th 59 Greenheart timher piles and I400m2 opportunitY crime. Not so. Returning April, 600pm. Winchester. Graduates of Ekki decking together with I00m3 from dinner circa 10.30 p.m. scooters and Students Section meeting. of Ekki timber superstructure has been with respectably dressed riders were installed and the associated access buzzing around. Two men in their late I have recently joined the ICE Southern ladders and handraiIs installed on this
20s, apparently locking and leaving a Association Graduate & Students pier, which is one of only three timber car, turned on us. I was run over by a Committee. Anyone who is interested Piers left in the UK. shoulder charge and, I think, a leg in attending this or has any other behind me. Both grabbed the handbag queries on any other activities, then As usual, just as the weather improves straps, which broke and the two were you can contact inc on ext. 276 or on to enable me to top up my tan, I am away on the pillion of two scooters. the 2nd floor of Scott House. leaving the seaside and the outdoor life
Period of attack: 5 seconds. Rose was to return to the I3asingstoke office I am rather shaken by the ferocity of the due to return on 6th May so if any of attack hut otherwise unhurt. I sustained TRAVELLERS you fancy a day by the seaside come a hump on the head and a bruised chest. and visit the restored Swanage Pier and The thieves’ gain was an old hut Location Traveller Dates see another landmark of SWK design serviceable handbag, makeup and a and supervision (and my plaque on the minimal sum of money. Ethiopia Kevin Mc Pherson 25 Apr deck!) - 9 May There is obviously a gang operating and we were targeted. Brilliantly so, as ftiuil at it iion.’Y the attack was obviously planned and practised. If holidaying in Naples (or Wh(jt’ Golii[7IgFOn? elsewhere in Italy) ensure your hotel Belated congratulations to Ruth Aiken Scale: A: [I O0.000: 0: [50.01)0 - [99,999: on her well deserved promotion to has catering, watch what is going on — C’ £10.000 £49,999. D: [5.000 — [‘1999: [..aboratorv Manager on the A50 Meir, around you during the day and stay at F. £1,000 — £4,999, F less than [99’) home at night, Sloke—on—Trentsite (Well done Ruthie Swanage Pier Restoration and best of luck from your colleagues - an Update at the Meir site). RS8 110 Design in Reinforced Concrete from Nick Blake - Resident Engineer from David Webb Man congratulations to Tanya Ball. The weather is getting warmer and the [SWKCL, Basingtoke] SWKCL, Basingstoke and erstwhile frosts are fewer. This must mean that ScottLight Editor, fbr gaininn her this project is coming to an end! We You may he interested to know that the Diploma in Spoils Massage Therap have weathered the force S easterlies partial material factor for reinforcement from the London School of Sports and survived, we have put out the fires has been changed in the latest issue of Massage, with Honours. Tanya says and repaired the damage the barge did 13S8110. This means that all the she is over the cnn and planets, as well when it rammed the pier accidentally designs to the previous versions are as the moon about the ‘with honours’ together with the ravages of the slightly conservative by the new code. part and would like to extend her elements over the years and now the It also means that all the design charts grateful thanks to all colleagues who pier looks almost the same as it was
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A itt(en it/i All Sitaff! Conference Report • Use of the NEC (particularly target New Director Appointments from Roger Dixon [SWKCL Telford] cost) • Use of IChemE form of contract The Directors of Scott Wilson I recently attended an International Kirkpatrick Asia-Pacific Ltd are Conference on Ground Anchorages and I would also be interested to hear of pleased to announce the following Anchored Structures held at ICE any opportunities to become involved appointments as Director with effect Headquarters. It was a truly in partnering., particularly project from 1stMay 1997: cosmopolitan affair with delegates and partnering. (Please send information to contributions from North America, Jane C. Holden, Project Management, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Malaysia) Australia, Japan, Germany and Eastern Scott House, Basingstoke.) Sdn Bhd Europe, as well as the UK. - J R Archibald and A McNab join G L Lunch Time Seminar Bodell as resident Directors in Kuala A large number of papers (including from Kevin McPherson Lumpur. one by yours truly) were presented over [SWKCL, Basingstoke] two days. A number of new and Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Thailand) innovative ideas stimulated lively Kevin McPherson and Alec Patterson Ltd discussion and often major are planning a lunchtime seminar in - R Thomson becomes a resident disagreement. Scott house on Monday 19th May at Director in Bangkok. 12.30. They will demonstrate the I can supply a list of papers to anyone Highway Network Management Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Hong who is interested. The general topics System recently developed by SWK for Kong) Ltd covered are Theory and Design, the Direcçiio Nacional de Estrades e - R J Hunt becomes a resident Director Construction, Long Term Performance, Ponies in Mozambique. This database in Hong Kong. Current Research and Standards of system contains facilities for storage Practice. and reporting of road condition and inventory, bridge and traffic data; and December Payment Date Partnering performs HDM-like economic analysis from J C I3ean[SWKCL, Basingstoke] from Steve Brundle for network-level planning. It also [SWKCL, Basingstoke] incorporates a GIS interface for The Board of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick mapping displays. It has even been & Co Ltd recently decided that the Partnering, in its many guises, is translated into Portuguese! Any usual payment dates for salaries will increasingly being adopted by different interested parties are welcome to apply in December 1997 and client organisations either for the attend. subsequent years. Thus, staff should appointment of consultants or on a (No sandwiches?H - Ed) note that payment will not be made project basis. In order to make the before Christmas in future. most of the firms experience of Proposed Quarterly Newsletter partnering we are establishing a The standardisation will apply to all database of all relevant experience We have been advised by SWK Hong those members of staff who are paid from anywhere in the firm. I would Kong that to date they have received via the Basingstoke payroll, including therefore like to hear from anyone who nothing for publication from Europe in the staff of: is or has been involved in any form of the new quarterly staff newsletter. To partnering whether the term remind you here is the article from Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Mechanical “partnering’ has been used or not. Issue 86. & Electrical) Ltd Examples of relevant experience which
Scott Neale & Partners Ltd I would like to hear about iiic”de: As explained in ScottLight Issue 73 SWK Pavement Engineering Ltd dated 5th December 1996, a global • Project Partnering SWK newsletter is being planned to as well as the employees of: • Strategic Partnering iL’- SWK Today/Insite/Out of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd. • Alliancing Africa. It win ‘ow the format of • Incentive Based Contracts these previous publications. ck’ing • Framework Agreements in-depth articles on particular projects.
(‘flfltiflhlp(l c’rIif The newsletter will be published in involves carrying out an independent • to assist in monitoring the Hong Kong and will be distributed to review of the project prior to the implementation of the Environ all SWK staff world-wide. The first planned stock market flotation of LCR mental Action Programme for issue is planned for April 1997. 1 am at the end of this year. The objectives Central and Eastern Europe: hoping to start receiving articles and of the review are to assess and evaluate • to promote environmental photographs of projects of interest from the proposals being developed by LCR improvements and a continuous staff in SWK (Europe) in the next few and to carry out a detailed assessment policy dialogue among member weeks to enable the first edition to of the risks associated with these countries through a peer review come out as planned. Please address proposals. The review, which is process and by transfer of them to Harold Insley, who is the co effectively being undertaken on behalf information on policies, approaches ordinator for the newsletter, at of potential investors, will culminate in and experiences: SWK(HK) in our Metroplaza office. a series of reports and an independent • to stimulate greater accountability opinion which will form a key part of from member countries towards Scott Neale the share prospectus. Anyone who public opinion. from Gill Freemantle bought Eurotunnel shares will appreciate the degree of responsibility Mark Smith became Chief Executive of this role places on the firm!
Scott Neale & Partners on 1 March (Fee Scale A) 1997. Mark has been with Scott Neale Sports & Soci/aiis since its inception and joined the Another Award for Adelaide Bridge original Neale & Partners in 1986. from Bob McKittrick SWK Cricket (Basingstoke) After successive consultancy positions [SWKCL, Chesterfield] from Don Briggs with the firm he took responsibility for [SWKCL, Basingstoke] the North West as Regional Director Congratulations to all involved in the and then became Business design and supervision of construction The first match of the new season is on Development Director in 1996. He is of Adelaide Bridge, Leamington Spa Thursday 8th May , 6.00 p.m. start. based in Basingstoke, having recently which has received a commendation in Would anyone wishing to play during relocated his home to Oxfordshire. the 1997 Civic Trust Awards. This is the coming season please contact either Mark succeeds David Rhodes who the second award for this bridge, Graham Handy, x250 or myself x277. decided to wind down ahead of having previously won a Structural retirement. Heritage Award from the Institution of Structural Engineers. Golf Date For Your Diary David however, is not disappearing Diana Clarke entirely from the scene and will be [SWKCL, Basingstoke] working periodically for Scott Neale Moldova: Environmental (in particular the Company’s private Performance Review In my capacity as Golf Secretary sector clients) whilst at the same time from Ron Bisset [SWKCL(SWRC)] (Richard Cooper has disappeared in enjoying plenty of gardening, as well as Mongolia), Dummer Golf Club has working part time for different The UK Environment Know-How been booked for 2nd July 1997 for the charities. Fund has appointed SWRC to provide Measor Mashie. Richard will confirm my sevices to the UN Economic details on his return. TRAVELLERS Commission for Europe as a team member for the review of Moldova’s Editor’s note: The Measor Mashie Location Traveller Dates environmental performance (Fee Scale Tournament was inaugurated in 1961
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PRP will continue to lead the Section to services industries and in 1985 he from Peter Innes on behalf of provide cost-effective, high quality and obtained an MBA at the London SWKHL, SWKCL and SWKC(S)L customer-oriented services to both Business School. His expertise covers internal and external clients. the fields of general management, Thanks to all who have responded by project management, quality returning their forms. In all three Sincejoining SWK as a graduate under management, business and companies well over 80% have been agreement Bob remained within the organisational development. He has returned with fewer than 1% ‘no’ votes. SWK Group, working up the ranks to extensive experience of directing and More information on the schemes will directorship. He spent 5 years in implementing capital projects in the be issued as it becomes available, Central Africa and has worked in the private sector including industrial, Middle Est. He undertook a post power generation, maritime and graduate study course at Imperial offshore projects throughout South-east New Director Appointments College during 1985/86 leading to his Asia and Europe. MSc degree in Soil Mechanics and, as a Following last week’s new Director geotechnical specialist, he has been John rejoined Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick announcements, here is some more involved in and responsible for in 1993 as Project Manager in the information on these appointments. providing specialist geotechnical input Bangkok office looking after the Laem and advice for the design and Chabang project. In early 1995 he Appointment of New Director construction of a large number of relocated to Kuala Lumpur as Country from Martin H C Kwong projects in Europe, Africa and the Asia- Manager for Malaysia and established [SWK(HK)L, Hong Kong] Pacific Region. the office of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd. The Directors are pleased to announce Director Appointments the appointment of Robert J Hunt, from SWK (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd He will be the Director and General ACGI, BSc(Eng), DIC, MSc, CEng, Manager responsible for operations in MICE, MIHT, MHKIE, as Director The Directors are pleased to announce Malaysia. with effect from I May 1997. that Richard Denton-Cox and Simon Davies have been appointed Chairman Andrew J McNab, BA Dip, TP, Bob Hunt joined SWK on graduation and Managing Director respectively of MRTPI, MRAPI, FTS from Imperial College, UK in 1976. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (Malaysia) He came to the Hong Kong office in Sdn Bhd with effect from I May 1997. Andrew McNab joined Cobharn 1995 as the Associate responsible for Resource Consultants in 1978 as a the management of the Geotechnical Here is some more information on the Senior Consultant after having Section. Prior to this he was the appointments announced last week: previously worked as a planner for 7 Associate responsible for the years with local government in England management of SWK‘5 Peterborough John R Archibald, BSc, MBA, CEng, and Scotland and state government in Office in the UK and was manager for MICE, MHKIE Australia. He was responsible for geotechnical. project management and managing a wide range of projects, municipal projects. John Archibald, after graduation, was especially related to environmental commissioned into the Corps of Royal management, landscape and ecology. During Bob’s tenure as an Associate in Engineers and served with the Queen’s In 1981 he became a Partner Hong Kong, the number of technical Gurkha Engineers based in Hon Kong. responsible for the planning discipline staff in our Geotechnical Section has In 1977 he joined Scott Wilson for Cobham Resource Consultants’ grown from 24 to 36. In addition to Kirkpatrick as a Design Engineer for planning and environmental assessment providing improved services to other Tuen Mun New Town project before projects. Since 1988 he has been Sections, the Geotechnical Section has being transferred to work as a Resident extensively involved in environmental taken on more projects in its own right Engineer on Kwai Chung Container assessment especially for major with the Landslip Preventive Measures Terminal. Since 1980 he has worked projects including, for example, the in particular. Bob has placed a lot of for several companies in the second runway at Manchester Airport. emphasis on technical excellence. He construction, engineering and oil
continuedoverleaf In 1996, following the merger of Scott for somebody to he responsible tbr large, slow moving and of a generally Wilson Kirkpatrick and Cohham developing a programme. sunny disposition, while McKenzie was Research Consultants, he became a small, quick and a Rangers supporter. Principal of SWKHL. He is currently Nonetheless the two became great Scott “I esource Consultants’ .1/though this publication is really friends and set off in their Land Rovers project Manager2for the 3 year Coastal iiitended to he a ‘news’ letter, the to organise the haunch before crack of Zones Environmental Enhancement following item is e.vceptionallv dawn each morning. (COZEE) project in China, which included for Jour i,,terest ((11(1 involves the preparation of integrated (uhlusement. We equipped them with miniature environment plans for four Chinese cricket bats with blades measuring IS” cities and the Aquatic Stadium projects Further Memoirs from Willie Scott x l54” to dip the excavation for the for the Hong Kong Tourist Association. haunch, which was then filled with soil He is also currently the Project Director Having been advised that Mike cement compacted by hand. UCS for an innovative sustainable Earwaker is making a further samples were made for quality control management project for the Strangford contribution to ScottLight, I am and McKenzie cut two cores from each Lough area of Northern Ireland. encouraged to do likewise. Hence you week’s production. From a crooked are subjected to a further tale from the start the haunch quickly improved to He will be the director responsible for Nigeria of thirty years ago: become a polished operation that environmental and planning projects in everyone was proud of It overhauled Malaysia and for developing SWK’s ‘McKenzie and the Haunches’ the road head until by early 1967 it had environmental business in the Asia- taken up its appointed station 5 miles in Pacific region generally. He will also lain McKenzie was my junior ARE on arrears. be available to conduct high-level the Maiduguri - Lake Chad Road. A
technical reviews and inputs of ongoing sharp featured little Scotsman from One morning in early 1967 I was sitting environmental work being undertaken Ardrishaig in Argyll, McKenzie was in my office at Mile 90 - we’d moved in the region. actually a tower of strength, willing to camp yet again - when a Land Rover take on the jobs that others preferred to roared into view, drew up in a cloud of decline. For example, hands up all dust and disgorged a red fuced Italo. Appraisals 1997 (SWKCL) those who wax enthusiastic about Even before he hanged on my door and
from Peter Innes (SWKCL, carrying out the dreaded Depot Tray entered with scant ceremony I could
Basingstokej Test. hear him repeating “I can not a do it! I can not a do it!” Confronted by an Although all appraisals were to have Thejob commenced in 1965and by the enraged Italian the first thing you must been completed by 25 April, ver,’ few start of the summer rains of 1966- such do is say something kind to him. If you forms have been returned to Personnel. as they were in the Lake Chad Basin - know the names of his wife and family,
Please can all Directors, Associates and we had built 35 miles of the 125 inquire after each in turn. The best I staff help ensure the usefulness of the required and moved camp from the could manage on this occasion was “Sit appraisal process by getting all forms railhead town of Maiduguri to Mile 40. down Italo. Have a cup of coffee”. completed and returned by 12 May, The 325 mm of rain in June and July Italo sat there still quietly fuming, latest. 1966 wrought quite serious damage to brandishing a small sheet of paper and
the fine sand of the shoulders and muttering” I can not a do it! It is not a If anyone has not received an appraisal menaced the carriageway edges, so the reasonable!” He proffered the form they should request one from powers that were in the Federal evidently offending piece of paper Personnel immediately. Ministry of Works in far away Lagos which turned out to be page 13 from decided that the carriageway should be McKenzie’s triplicate book. Italo had haunched. The haunches were to be clearly not been subjected to a blizzard Central Region Internal Training 15” x 6” (you can metricate that of instructions. However, this one read from I3obMcKittrick yourselves) and must follow exactly the “With immediate effect all water used [SWKCL, Chesterfield] edges of the soil-cement base. in construction of the haunch shall be boiled, filtered and chilled”. My first It has become evident to me that there Italian contractors are no fools. reaction was almost to sympathise with
has not been adequate emphasis of late Managing a job 35 miles behind the Italo. Then I noticed the date - 1st on internal training within Central main layer works is not to be taken April 1967. The British custom of Region. I am keen to rectif5’ this lightly, so they sub-contracted the celebrating April Fools’ Day had not situation and would be pleased to haunch to another Italian company. penetrated to Italo’s part of Piedmont. receive ideas from staff at all levels in The sub-contractor’s agent was a large I explained the position as tactfully as I
Central Region of topics which they Piedmontese called Italo. I don’t could and that night in the Mile 90 would like to discuss either by using in- remember halo’s second name, if I ever Club observed McKenzie buying house staff or possibly inviting knew it. for he was immediate copious amounts of Star beer for Italo speakers from outside. The idea would christened Italo Haunches or. as Italians in penance for holding him up to be to hold these during the lunch period don’t use ‘h’, Italo Ounches. ridicule. or at the end of the day. McKenzie was put in charge of supervision and he and Italo set about McKenzie left the site just before end Please submit any ideas to me over the their task with commendable energy. of the job. His final act was to present next few weeks and I will then arrange Physically and temperamentally the Italo with a prized memento - his two were vastly different. Italo was cricket bat, signed. Planning Inspectorate Annual have particular multi—disciplinaryand Grace Construction Projects Training Week construction management bias. from Lyn Furnell from J0 Hughes [SWRC, Basingstoke] [SWKCL, Basingstoke]
I am now leading input on the David Tyldesley (of David Tyldesley management, programming and Grace Construction Products Limited and Associates) and I represented the contractual aspects of our major audit are keen to give a seminar to an Institute of Ecology and Environ of the Channel Tunnel Rail Project in audience in SWK entitled FIRE IN A mental Management at the Planning support of London & Continental STEEL FRAME BUILDING. The Inspectorate annual training week in Railways share flotation which is following topics will be covered: Exeter last month. Their presentation expectation towards the end of 1997. a) The building regulations covered a range of ecological issues h) Critical tire issues which Inspectors have to address. Whilst continuing to provide liaison c) In place fire performance including the practical application of between (3K and Africa on joint d) Quality’assurance the Habitats Regulations with regard to projects I will be available as a e) The Grace family of products species and habitats, the designation Consultant on Project and Construction and significance of non-statutory Management attached to the The date proposed for this seminar is designated sites of importance for Basingstoke office. I will assist the Wednesday II June at 12 noon. nature conservation, and planning Project Management Division Director policies and planning conditions in the development of this aspect of the The seminar will consist of a associated with ecological matters. Division’s portfolio. presentation by Grace Construction Nearly one third of the total Products Limited, followed by an Inspectorate membership attended the opportunity to ask questions. Before presentation, which was optional and Contrary to the message received from the date is confirmed we need to he ‘clashed’ with other optional and some Hong Kong mentioned in last week’s sure of a good audience. The meeting compulsory scm mars. Following the ScottLight: would qualify for CET and CPD fomial presentation, there was lengthy’ requirements so all, especially discussion, which revealed the clear Proposed Quarterly Newsletter Graduates, are asked to confinri their difficulties which Inspectors inevitably’ from Alan Frew interest to me on ext 214 as soon as have in dealing with detailed technical [SWKC(S)L, Glasgow] possible, so that I can make issues. In addition, the problems arrangements and order the buffet. caused by professional ecologists (in I read with interest the article in Issue both the public and private sectors) and 91 suggesting that nothing had been amateur naturalists who do not received from Europe for inclusion in TRAVELLERS understand the planning system were the new quarterly staff newsletter. aired! Now, while the recent results in the Location Traveller Dates general election may tend to suggest that we Scots wish to break off links Dubai/Doha John Nutt 16-23 May Response to with the rest of the UK, we were still of ‘A Message from Naples’ the impression that we were part of Sri Lanka Gil Thomas 12-19 May from Jo Hughes [SWRC, Basingstoke] (SWK) Europe. So, to put the record Dubai 19-23 May straight (and to be a tad pedantic) a Whilst agreeing with Mike Earwaker bumper pack of details of ‘exciting’ that particular care is required in SWK (Scotland) projects was in fact southern Italy with pickpockets and bag despatched to Hong Kong on 23 April. snatchers prevalent, I should like to What’’ Goiln On.?’ point out that a friend of mine from Scale: A: £l00.000+:1g H: £50,000 - £99,999: has Rome only once had her hag Articles Published C: £10,000 - £49,999: D: £5000 - £9,999: snatched in nearly 40 years: on the F: £1.000 — £4,999: F: less than £999 London underground during a brief Shammv Pun [SWKCL, Basingstokej visit last year! has had an article published in the Craigmillar Castle Park Study Apnil’Mav issue of International from Nigel Hackett
I Ground Eater Technology — ‘Aquifers [SWKCL(SWRC), Edinburgh] Africa Connection Know No Boundaries’, and an item from Stuart Logan written about his work in Amman in SWRC Edinburgh has just been [SWKCL. Basingstoke] the April edition of Er.’ciuive Travel. appointed to prepare a business plan covering the practical implementation
I am a principal from Africa who has P/ease let me know if ani’hodu’has and management of the proposed been working from the l3asingstoke articles pith//shed so that if can be Craigmillar Castle Park. The study office since October 1996. [)uring this mentioned in Sco!tLight — Ed (Fee Scale C) also includes updating time I have been working principally and amending the previous with Steve I3rundle on project development plan for the Park. Management assignments. Apart from providing construction management support on the Manchester Airport
BAMA Terminal Development. I have been assisting with proposals which continuedoverleai Reclamation of Wingerworth Management services for jobs with a Vaicanciles Coke Works construction value of £240k to £ I from Barry (lore inillion. The current commission [SWKCL, Chesterfield] expires on 8 May, but the Firm has SW MainLine are looking for an been successful in winning the new Assistant Section Administrator to English Partnerships, in conjunction contract (Fee Scale A), which lasts work in the Permanent Way & Survey with a local developer, has appointed initially for 2 years with an optional disciplines. The duties involve typing, SWK (Chesterfield) to produce the extra year. filing, general clerical and Reclamation Method Statement for the administrative tasks and QA. You rehabilitation of the former Similar commissions are also held by should have a good general education, Wingerworth Coking Works in SWK in Portsmouth and Edinburgh, so some previous office experience and a Chesterfield. the former ‘Coalite’ that the total number of individual flexible and helpful attitude. RSA I coking plant and associated chemical projects managed by the Firm for the typing (or equivalent) is essential. works is now derelict after over 30 MoD is now approximately 100, years of operation and has a history of covering the whole length of the UK If you are interested in the above air and (ongoing) water pollution. The from the South Coast to the North of position please contact Diane Goddard works and adjacent areas host Scotland. orAlison White on 01793 515262 after numerous tar and liquor lagoons, waste having spoken to your head of section. tips and buried tanks in addition to numerous subterranean features used (Congr dl’tuiiaiit(Ofl’! for processing and storage of various 1 01171 Wha it’s )V011J[J by-products. Serious hydrocarbon Curling - Construction League contamination of the River Rother, Mithd? from SWKC(S)L, Glasgow which flows adjacent to the site, has regularly been (and is still) of serious Recently our joint SWK/Holfords ‘The Heifer Project UK’ concern to both the local community & Street Kids curling team von the Division V International Link and the Environment Agency, who From Ray Championship. This led to a Bonspiel Casey have identified the site as one of the [Security, SWKCL, I3asingstoke] playoff at Perth Ice Rink with the most polluting in the UK. The general winners from all 18 divisions in reclamation strategy involves Following my recent humanitarian excavation of contaminated materials, Scotland. visit to Romania I am happy to report opencast coaling, the construction of an my safe Congratulations to our ‘CHAMPION return. ‘Ilow the other half 850,000 cubic metre hazardous waste live’ I would now OF CI-IAMPIONS’ Super Skip Bill regard as the biggest cell, the construction of access roads understatement It Holmes, number one, Sheila Brown ever. has proved to and a railhead and the return of the land be a once in a lifetime and two from Holford Associates. experience. The for industrial development and amenity team, consisting After an exhausting day they won the of seven bods and use. championship outright. three bodesses, a transit van and a 38 ton truck, covered in total 4000 miles (I There is great concern that the don’t understand kilometres!) They came back to Glasgow with a there and reclamation works themselves will lead back. The downside were the hoard of treasures, i.e. league cup, to significantly increased pollution silver salver, wall plaques and more bureaucratic problems inflicted by the levels in the vicinity of the site and the border guards - on one we importantly a bottle of our very own occasion entire scheme has been the subject of were held up special liquid gold each to wet the for 44 hours, taking us much local and national interest. into the wee small palate, and of course, an ecstatic Skip. hours of the The team have never seen him smiling morning, consequently too late for SWK are to undertake the first hotel so much! accommodation. We had to technical phase of the project by spend the rest of the night in the transit preparing the methodology by which van (surely not a thing I should be the site can be successfully remediated doing at my tender age!). and returned to beneficial use whilst §iporit’ (& Socilai/1s protecting both the environment and Measor Mashie We travelled from the village of Otelu the health and well-being of the site from Peter lnnes Rosu via a very poor track way to workers and the local population. The [SWKCL. Basingstoke] Mount Tarcului where we came upon a work is to be carried out in the large abandoned dam, originally Chesterfield office by Barry Gore, Ian As announced last week by Diana financed by the Russians. Much heavy Campbell and Geoff [3yrns. Clarke, the date this year is 2nd July. plant and machinery is simply left to (Fee scale C) (Jnfortunatelv green fees and dinners rust. Most roads throughout Romania, continue to be more expensive year by even the main roads, certainly need year bLit the Directors have agreed to restoration. There are many derelict Project Management for MoD pay part of the green fees as well as the thctories and houses. One large from Bob Ballard cost of dinner for players and for steelworks in particular I understand [SWKCL, Basingstoke] prizes. The charge for the event will once employed approximately 3000 therefore be £20 per participant. All persons. My thoughts are that it would Since 1991 SWK have held a Term those interested please start registering require a good team of (SWK) experts Commission to provide the MoD, with Diana Clarke. to research the various aspects of based at RAF Benson, with Project environmental needs of this country, with perhaps ftinding by the World or Home: Tel’Fax:00 40 55 530 542 Asian I3anks etc. Agriculture seems to be the main form of employment in this Please make donations payable to: rural community of Transvlvania (no I ‘Heifer UK Project (Animals) or ‘Street did not meet the Count!) machinery Kids International Link’ (S.K.l.L.) being practically non-existent. The economy is currently running at Thank you in anticipation. approximately 300%.
We visited several care homes, two surgeries, a fiwm which provides training to elder ‘abandonites’ as they V are locally referred to, at Deva, Neudorf, Yash, Arad, Timisoara and Bucharest. Dr Valentini Bosneac is the Idea of the Week Chairman of the Fundatia Humanitas from Miles Fletcher-Brown Projects Developments and is {SWKCL,Birmingham] responsible for the running of two clinics, four care homes, the farm and Let staff claim inter-office mileage various other projects. The care home from home to work and vice versa on a at the village ‘Otelu Rosu’ has a staff of weekend when doing overtime - the 16 persons as well as Dr Vali and his reason is it is still extra mileage over wife Jenny, which care for 60 boarded and above the normal working week ‘abandonites’, the young staff being that a member of staff would not originally ‘abandonites’ themselves. normally do. They are trained in catering, cleaning and laundry work and, when mature enough, are then able to obtain employment elsewhere. They are required to serve 3 meals per day 7 days a week to boarders and also cater for approximately 200 non-boarded children from local poor families.
It has been only 8 years since the revolution of 1989 and therefore freedom is in its infancy, añer 40 years of deprivation for these poor souls. My observations are that the Romanian people are a loving and humble race - for them to genuinely smile in the face of adversity has proved almost beyond belief
This report is by no means exhaustive.
However, I believe I have given a small insight into some of the problems that currently exist in this beautiful country
Funds are urgently needed to maintain the various projects. Please contact:
The Rev John Fenner
No I Moorhams Avenue Hatch Warren
Basingstoke ilants RG22 4YG Tel: 01256 356 614 or Dr Valentini Bosneac Fundatia Humanitas Pro. Deo. Strada Republicii NT66 1671Otelu-Rosu Judet Caras-Severin Romania continued overleaf 4
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youngest recipient of a Fellowship; his On 5/6 May I attended the above am very grateful to SWK for the work success is also unique in that his career Conference in Brussels concerned with zliatGareth and your other staff put into has not progressed via the traditional Safety (Traffic, Urban. Vehicle) and writing the report, and to your graphics route of University followed by Infrastructure (Pavement Monitoring, section for producing the figures.” Our structured training. Design, Vehicle Loading). The aim of other staff include Bob Weekes, the conference was to present the EU Leighton Williams, David Williams, Andrew has attracted the support of the funded collaborative work and research David Jordan. Steve Handslev and Tim SWK Foundation due to his ability and currently ongoing in these areas and Hunt, with support in Nepal from John attitude, lie demonstrated academic help identify potential topics to be Henley. A copy has been donated to ability, whilst studying for his Higher addressed under the Fifth Framework the Library’- judge for yourselves. National Certificate course by day Programme (1998 - 2002). The release studies, and this has proven Conference had not been marketed well acceptable to Southampton University and attendance was poor, especially Reduction of Deforestation gaining him a place on their MSc from organisations not currently from Peter Stebbings [SWKCL, course in Transportation Planning and performing EU work. Basingstoke Engineering. He has also demonstrated ability through the work that he does. Land Transport falls within DG VII of To avoid Scott House duplicating your Andrew’s readiness to help out his the European Commission. There are a incoming faxes to IIRD, Overseas colleagues and his division has gained number of COST projects whereby Roads and Maritime Divisions, now him the sponsorship and support of his national research organisations (e.g. located at Berk House in Basingstoke, management which has resulted in this TRL from UK) co-operate in defining please note our fax number is: 01256 award. current practice, address the need for 816 835. harmonisation and identify research Excellence is, and always has been, the needs. This also puts these criteria for a Fellowship and this is not organisations in a strong position when Lunch Time Seminar - Basingstoke constrained by age, qualification or any bidding for EU flnded research, which Civil Engineers Education Channel other inhibiting factor. comes under a variety of acronyms from Lyn Furnell (e.g. WAVE - Weighing of Axles and [SWKCL, Basingstoke Excitingly, the Pathways for Progress Vehicles for Europe; PARIS - initiative, to be implemented this year, Performance Analysis of Road Sue Moore will be leading a seminar on is about ensuring everyone realises Infrastructure). Monday 2nd June at 12 noon in their full potential, as Andrew is doing. Conference Room 2aJ2b. This is a We wish him every success with his There was a general view at the TEN. seminar with a discussion based studies and look forward to seeing what conference that some of this research around the video topic “Construction he can achieve next. was not addressing the needs of Law (PFI) - Part 2”. industry, being based on what researchers perceived was necessary It is hoped that as niany people as rather than the need to provide possible will attend. All Graduates in Pathways for Progress solutions to problems. The difficulty of training are requested to attend as part from Chris White disseminating the knowledge obtained of their CET programme. Would you [SWKIIL, Basingstoke] to potential users, and implementing please confirm your interest to me on
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I am pleased to report that the Draft acknowledged. Information is for the numbers expected. Pathways Handbook was approved by gradually being placed on the World the SWKIHL Board at their meeting in Wide Web at: http://www.cordis.la’cost Chesterfield at the end of April. TRAVELLERS Anyone wanting further information on Arrangenients are now in hand to carry the conference should contact me at Location Traveller Dates out the final editing, proof reading. etc, SWK(PE). I have a list of projects and prior to publication and issue. Regional descriptions, together with a list of Kazakhstan Adrian Tite 20-31/5/97 Boards are to be asked to co-ordinate attendees. printing and distribution to the Guam Peter Webb 3 1/5-11/6/97 Operating Companies who in turn are Overseas Road Note 16 to issue to all staff as soon as possible. from Tim Hunt Message from the Editor: Would you A further update will be published in [SWKCL, Basingstoke] please let me know in advance details ScottLight next week. of any travel planned so that it can be The result of several years of hard published in ScottLight. In particular labour by Gareth Hearn can be seen in would people who book tickets make a the recently published ORNI6 by the point of letting me know. Thank you. Transport Research Laboratory’,entitled Principles of’ low cost road WJhat’ Goithg 01/71.? environmentally sympathetic design of successful. This enables optinlisation of permanent headworks, pumping plant, the design of strengthening overlays Scale. A: £ 100,000+: B: £50000 - £99,999: power supplies, discharge lines and during construction. C. £10000- £49.999; D: £5.000 - £9,999: river outfall structures, contract F: £1000 — £4,990; F: less than £999 supervision and construction SWK(PE) were chosen to perform the IL..rain Airport Top management, 1-1&S Planning work due to their ability to provide a in Passenger Survey Supervisor role, fill testing and responsive testing service plus from Alan Coomber commissioning of the scheme. An specialised interpretation within the [SWKCL, Basingstoke] important aspect of these works will be tight timescales required in the DBFO the design and integration of the sites as contract. The routine testing followed a SWK STRUCTURES SECTION in outstations within the Agency’s number of trials in which a variety of Basingstoke, and the site team in existing telemetry scheme, to allow techniques were used to crack and seat Bahrain, have been project managers remote monitoring, control and the M40 pavements. The information for the design and construction of operation. obtained by SWK(PE) during these Bahrain Airport Terminal since 1985, trials was essential to provide TLJV working in association with In addition, we have been asked to with confidence in the technique and to SWK(M&E) who have carried out the organise an accelerated programme of determine the optimum combination of mechanical engineering design. emergency pumping from the equipment type, drop height, and crack boreholes during the coming months, spacing for the M40 pavements. It was, therefore, particularly pleasing whilst the permanent works are in to read press reports of the results of a process of construction, to immediately This testing contract is only one of survey carried out in all major European help alleviate the rapidly dwindling several in which SWK(PE) are and Middle East Airports at the end of river flows. providing specialised pavement last year. Bahrain was judged to be the expertise to DBFO Consortia who are most highly rated airport in eleven out This appointment further contributes to actively introducing innovative of the twelve categories surveyed in SWK’s impressive record of experience techniques for pavement maintenance interviews with over 40,000 passengers and involvement in balancing and design. throughout the region. The only environmental needs with those of the category having a lower rating than water industry, commissions during the For further information contact us at average for Middle East airports was recent past having produced a national SWK Pavement Engineering, tel: 0115 walking distances within the building, R&D study of low flows due to 922 9098, fax: 0115943 1302. even though on this score it rated well abstraction; augmentation borehole above the European average (the drilling and commissioning of walking distances at Babrain are permanent works for river (low flow) Dome Roof on the Rise minimal compared with, for example, schemes in Lichfield and Bromsgrove; for Olympic Project Terminal 3 at Heathrow). environmental appraisals of the Hiz, Kin Chan [SWIJ, Sydney] Oughton and Purwell rivers near Work is currently well advanced on site Hitchin (all impacted by low flows); SWIJ Sydney has prepared the to provide additional aircraft stands for and Drought Orders for various rivers methodology and temporary works both passenger and cargo services in Yorkshire. (Fee Scale C) design for lifting a lOOm diameter by which will further enhance an already 31m high dome roof through 22rn. The very successful SWK project. dome forms part of the new M40 Maintenance Contract Showgrounds Hall and will be used for from Robert Armitage & Chris Jennison the Year 2000 Olympic volleyball and Drought Busters [SWKPE, Nottingham] handball events. from Steve Booth [SWKCL, Basingstoke] SWK Pavement Engineering, the The temporary works design enables specialised consultant, is working the lifting to be performed in 3 stages. The Environment Agency, Kent Area, closely with Tarmac Laing Joint At each stage, a full circumferential ring have commissioned the firm to work on Venture (TLJV) on the M40 Junction 6- and roof decking are constructed at slab the Darent Action Plan, their flagship 7 major maintenance contract. TLJV level and then lifted to a holding level. project aimed at alleviating low flows have adopted the “crack and seat” The next cycle of construction occurs in the valley of the River Darent. technique on the existing concrete slab while the structure is supported on a Frequently in the national media prior to application of a bituminous series ofjacks. The completed stage is spotlight, this river epitomises the overlay, in order to increase the future then lowered to temporary support increasingly contentious water resource life of the pavement before reflection points on the slab. Temporary towers issues between water supply demands cracking occurs. are then placed and the jacks relocated and environmental requirements that outwards for the next lift. have been exacerbated by the long SWK(PE) are testing the concrete slabs running drought in S.E.England. with a Falling Weight Deflectometer This, together with the rail bridge immediately after the crack and seat horizontal launch last year, We are required to bring into operation. The field data is fed back to demonstrates our skills in designing and commission three boreholes, pumping our office in Nottingham electronically rnanoeuvring massive structures in all groundwater from the Chalk aquifer to so that interpretationto obtain pavement mensions! augment summer flows within the layer stiffnesses confirm the day’s river. The work will encompass “crack and seating” operation was continuedoverleat’ Upgrade of Highway in Vietnam If you have a team or can get hold of it )‘ voiuir from Lawrence Reddaway one please contact Shaun Montague on Vh( on ISWKAP, Hanoil 01793 515848. Mi/nd?’ One of the most prestigious current Pension Trustees from Stephen Leach SWK projects in the region is the [SWKCL, Basingstoke] design of the upgrade of the highway between Phnom Penh and Ho Chi Minh Senior Secretary - SWRC Abingdon All members of the SWK Retirement City, which we are doing in and Death Benefits conjunction with French consultants, SWRC Abingdon require a Senior Scheme will have recently received a letter dated 14th BCEOM. This project is mostly staffed Secretary with excellent all round skills March, informing them from SWK UK, and all the expatriate providing support at both director and of proposals for appointing Trustees representing staff have now left both Cambodia and consultant level. You should be able to their views members. It Vietnam, because the work of phase work well under pressure and have as seems that the Company has appointed the Trustees one is complete. We have handed over excellent communication skills along representing the views the members the design documents to the two with a thorough knowledge of of and will continue to do so in the future. governments to a chorus of praise for Microsoft Word, WP to RSA III or having finished so efficiently and on equivalent. I that I time. am sure am not the only Experienced Graphics Technician member to wonder what benefits there are to the members in this method The process of prequalifying (Part-time) - SWRC Abingdon rather than having an election by the contractors has been completed in membership as suggested in the Cambodia. However, in Vietnam the Abingdon office have a requirement for Pensions Act. In the month when authorities are awaiting the approval of an experienced Graphics Technician we have elected our representatives to the Prime Minister for the design, the with proven Corel Draw and Parliament, why is it not appropriate to budget and the bidding plan so the Pagernaker working knowledge to have an election for our representatives prequalification process is currently prepare presentation material and on the Board stalled. design a wide range of documents and of Trustees of the Pension drawings. It is essential that good Scheme? technical and illustrative skills can be Mo’ \Ve5 demonstrated. Editors Note: Other comments have STARTERS been received on this subject. However, the letter referred A warm welcome to: Technical Assistant - to above Full or Part-Time does state that : “...you have until 30th May 1997 to lodge • John Butterworth who joined the your objection. This must be in writing and include Water Division in Basingstoke on The Health and Safety section in full name, Monday 12th May as Hydrologist. Basingstoke require a Technical your and should be sent to Assistant to carry out a wide range of Mr C Rattigan at William M Mercer, • Nicola Copping who started at the duties including document preparation, Telford House, 14 Tothill Street, Basildon office as Receptionist! collation, printing, binding, research, London, SWIH 9NB. If you do so, Secretary on 12th May. technical library and data base you may wish to give reasons for maintenance and filing. objection.. .“ Welcome back to Niall Kavanagh who has returned from his travels and is Stuctural Engineers back working in the London office. Basingstoke and Southampton offices LEAVERS have an immediate need for Chartered The following people left the company Engineers. Responsibilities will cover on Friday 9th May: day to day control of projects with significant client contct and multi Sue Norton - Basingstoke discipliniarv design team management. Lynda Edge - London Professional qualifications should Stella Wickens - Abingdon include MICE or MlStructE.
If you are interested in any of the above Sports & Sociaiis positions, please contact Sally Mason on X210 after having first spoken to Mixed Hockey your head of section. from Shaun Montague [SWKMainline]
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This is an SWK Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating. associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not tbr outside circulation. 0 C-) Cl) light Issue 94 For 2 weeks ending: 30th May 1997 Please note that becauseof the bank holidaythis bumperissueof ScottLightis for two weeks - happy reading!
A ltIt(en tilon All Sitaff! New Director Appointments Directorship appointments with effect the scheme this arrangement will from 1st May 1997. continue unless there is a defined Following the recent new Director number of objectors. announcements here is some further • Russell Chappe and Garth Sims to information on the appointment of the Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick The two members of staff who Ronald R Thomson in Thailand. Project and Development effectively are now Member Management Division. Nominated Trustees were selected from SWK (Thailand) Ltd • Graham Smith, Nic Boersma and on the basis of a number of criteria The Directors are pleased to announce Gregory Huggins to the SWK including, inter alia: the appointment of Ronald R Thomson, Planning and Development • suitability as Trustees BSc, MSc, CEng, MICE, MIEAust, Resources Division. • geographical representation MHKIE, as Director responsible for • Phillip Jennings, Hilton McGlashan • age and seniority operations in Thailand with effect from and Warwick Pearce to Scott representation 1stMay 1997. Wilson Kirkpatrick Engineering. All Trustees including the two Ronnie Thomson joined Scott Wilson proposed Member Nominated Kirkpatrick in 1989 in Hong Kong and Pension Fund Trustees have received training was responsible for a range of from Peter Innes and have started to develop geotechnical projects there. Prior to (SWKCL Pension Fund Trustee) experience in the job. For these this he worked for 7 years with a reasons it is proposed that Susan contractor and a consulting engineer in At the Basingstoke Structures Meeting Briggs and Geoff Leatham will be South Africa, during which period he on 8 May a number of questions were accepted as the Member gained a Graduate Certificate of raised concerning the SWK RDBS and Nominated Trustees under the Act. Specialisation in Soil Mechanics from in particular the notice signed by P A UCLA and an MSc in Soil Mechanics Green on 14 March 1997. The Q2. Was the decision to pursue an at the University of Witwatersrand. He questions and responses thereto are alternative arrangement a then worked for 4 years in New recorded below: unanimous decision of the Zealand and Australia as a geotechnical Trustees? engineer for several consulting QI. What were the reasons for not engineers. holding a free election in the The decision to go for an optional spirit of the Pensions Act for the arrangement for the election of Ronnie relocated to Bangkok in 1992 two Employee Trustees? Member Nominated Trustees was as Regional Manager of the joint one taken by the company as venture firm Scott Wilson - TEAM and The firm decided well ahead of the required by the Pensions Act 1995. was responsible for business implementation of the Pensions All the Trustees are aware of this development, project management and Act 1995 that they wished to decision and the two proposed geotechnical support in Thailand. On embrace the spirit of the Act. Member Nominated Trustees have the re-organisation of SWK in Thailand Therefore Employee Trustees were indicated their willingness to serve in 1994 he was appointed General appointed to the Board of Trustees in that capacity. Manager of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick in July 1996. The Act provides for (Thailand) Ltd and has also worked as alternative ways of electing/ Q3. Why has no information been a geotechnical adviser on a number of selecting Member Nominated distributed about the Employee projects in Thailand and Malaysia. Trustees and the firm decided, Trustees, e.g. age, years with when the 1995 Act became law in SWK, years in the pension April 1997, that it would be more scheme, grade in the firm, Appointment of Divisional Directors efficient for the current equivalent qualification for the post etc. from SWK SA (Ptv) Ltd Member Nominated Trustees (i.e. Susan Briggs and Geoff Leatham) This was an oversight and some The Directors of SWK SA are happy to to continue as Trustees. Subject to information on all the Trustees will confirm the foIlowing Divisional the agreement of the members of
continuedoverleaf be appearing in ScottLight in the procedure of the Trustees personal information about the near future. proposed that unless 10% of the welfare of individual members and scheme members object to the beneficiaries. However, subject Q4. How do Susan Briggs and Geoff alternative proposals they will be only to confidentiality, there is no Leatham propose to “more fully accepted. As it is believed that reason why any member cannot represent the view of members”? retired or deferred members are ask a Trustee about a point of What have they done in this unlikely to vote, a considerably general concern to them. respect since July 1996? How higher percentage than 10% of have they established the views current employees paying into Pension Fund of members of the scheme? the scheme will be required to from P A Green (Very few people in Basingstoke stop the alternative arrangement (SWKHL Chairman of Trustees) appear to have met the proposed. Was this fully Employee Trustees). recognised by the Trustees in The following note has been received setting the 10% objection level? from Chris Rattigan of Wm Mercer in The first point to make is that all reply to queries he has received from a Trustees have the same duties and The issue of Trustees is important number of employees. obligations concerning the pension to all members of the scheme, fund - in fact all the Trustees are whether current, deferred or “Following the recent issue of the employees of the firm. The retired. For these reasons the announcement describing the changes Trustees are not there simply to Trustees took the decision that the to the SWK RDBS following the
represent the views of members acceptance procedure should be as Pensions Act 1995, I have received a but more to ensure that the pension widely canvassed as possible. The number of comments and queries as to scheme is administered in the letter 10% requirement is laid down by the Firm’s decision to appoint Member- and the spirit of the Pensions Act the Pensions Act 1995 and the firm Nominated Trustees (MNTs) as and the Trust Deed. The two have no option but to implement opposed to having an election
proposed Member Nominated the requirements of that Act. procedure. I thought it may also be Trustees are available for contact useful to set out what are the duties and by anyone but this applies equally Q7. What are the responsibilities of responsibilities of trustees as from the
to all the Trustees. Many people the Trustees of the pension comments I have received I believe have spoken to the Member scheme? there may be a misunderstanding. Nominated Trustees since their appointment. It is unlikely that All Trustees of the scheme have The idea of MNTs arose out of the members in the Basingstoke office equal responsibilities and these can Government’s desire to tackle public will have opportunity on a day-to be quite onerous. The six main concern over the safety of pension day basis to talk to the Member duties of each Trustee are: schemes’ funds following the ‘Maxwell Nominated Frustees but their • to carry out his functions as a affair’. A number of discussions did selection was deliberately made to Trustee with the utmost good take place on how these MNTs should ensure representation in other faith; be appointed and one possible solution major offices. It should be borne • to give effect to the Trust would have been to call for in mind that there are already two instrument; nominations and for an electoral Trustees resident in Basingstoke • to familiarise themselves with process to be implemented. There are (John Bean and Peter Innes) who the pension plan; however sonic practical problems in are always able and willing to • to invest the plan’s assets; setting up such an electoral process, answer questions about the • to keep accounts and provide and these include: pension fund. information; • not to make a personal profit. I. The Firm is spread across a number Q5. The document was dated 14 of different companies and locations March 1997 - why did it take so Beyond this summary many books and it would be difficult to distribute long to distribute (in some cases and articles have been written information on candidates and ensure it was not received by staff about the duties and liabilities of a truly representative vote. before the 30 April deadline for Trusteeship, albeit to say that the objections to re-elect to contract Trustees are there to ensure that 2. There is a tendency for people to out)? the fund is properly administered vote for those they know and, in accordance with the Trust Deed therefore, there was the possibility The date of the signature on the and, now, with the Pensions Act that nominations from the larger document refers to the statutory 1995. offices would receive the biggest decision to opt out of the full vote and that there would not be a election process. The date of 30 Q8. Can members see the minutes of true geographical representation. April 1997 should have been the Trustees’ meetings? revised to 30 May and this is now This is not a situation unique to SWK confirmed. No, they cannot and there is no and it is interesting to note that the requirement for them to do so. In majority of companies with a multi-site Q6. Scheme members include any case it would be inappropriate operation have also opted out of the current employees, directors, for members to see these minutes statutory voting procedures. deferred members and retired as much of the content is members. The acceptance confidential, being concerned with It was therefore felt that a true does not whistleblow the consequences that the Police were 99.9% certain there geographical representation could only are likelyto he worse. was no bomb, hut they wished to make be obtained by the Firm opting-out of sure. Tony had a choice and decided to the statutory provisions and as Susan Timesheet Entry help on the basis of his expertise and Briggs and Geoff Leatham had already from Geoff French being a good citizen. He led the search been appointed as trustees, then they [SWKCL, Basingstokej team through the bridge. There was no should be allowed to continue. The bomb, but there was evidence of Firm can opt out of the statutory The standard and timing of timesheet “goods” being stored in the bridge provisions for a period of six years after entrY in Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick is in boxes. which the whole process of statutory need of significant improvement. consultation must be carried out again. The question raised is what should In Central Region the process is SWK staff do in such circumstances
I have also had some comments asking happening as required, but elsewhere when a terrorist threat is apparent? such questions as “how representative this is not the case. The advice is: are the member-nominated trustees?” I. Only respond when instructed by’a and “how active are they in promoting The importance of timesheet entry to competent Police Officer. Do not the interests of the employees?” our billing processes is obvious so take any action without Police please would everybody give this task a instructions. I believe these type of comments higher priority. 2. Only respond if you are competent demonstrate that the role of the trustee to give advice. is not perhaps fully understood. The In particular I am seeking: 3. Decide for yourself whether you are primary duty of a trustee is to ensure a) speedy and accurate entry prepared to take the risk after that the scheme is run correctly and that b) the use of only one decimal place assessing the risk, but bearing in the assets of the Scheme are invested c) the speedy resolution of any items in mind your duties as a citizen. on a prudent basis. The trustees can suspense 4. Do not be afraid to say no. only manage the Scheme as it is; it is not part of their role to negotiate on Two specific items updating the I understand that SWK’s personnel behalf of the members for an previous instructionsare:- insurance policy will cover for all improvement in the pension benefits. a) Item 23, must read QA reasonable actions taken by staff as part All of the trustees, and not just the b) Item 24, enter 01 for all Y time of their professional duties in assisting MNTs, have a duty to protect the rights the Police in dealing with a terrorist and benefits of all of the beneficiaries threat. of the Scheme as such they must act Timesheet Entry into impartially and not confer an advantage FAMIS and CONQUEST The incident in Tees-side was handled on one beneficiary at the expense of from Val Hopwood with commendable professionalism - others. [SWKCL, Basingstoke] and the SWK team on A19 can give themselves a pat on the back. The office of trustee can be an onerous From 1st May the first letter of a job one as not only are they responsible for number has to be ‘E’ for all Marketing, Proposed Quarterly Newsletter ensuring that the Scheme is well QA, Computing, health and Safety and from Harold Insley (SWK(HK)) managed they also have to make Personnel Adminjobs. ‘D’ can only be decisions as to how the assets are used up to 30th April. Alan Frew drew attention in Issue 92 invested and how any lump sum death to the fact that SWK (Scotland) had benefits are distributed. Also as a result Please make sure your FAMIS and despatched material to Hong Kong for of the Pensions Act they have to ensure CONQUEST timesheets have the the new Quarterly Staff Newsletter, that the firm is contributing at the correctjob numbers entered. despite a statement in the previous agreed rate and meting other statutory ScottLight that SWK (Europe) had obligations. lfthev should come across been sitting on their you-know-what! any perceived or actual wrongdoing by A19 Tees-Side Viaduct Alan is correct and I apologise that the either the firm, other trustees, or their Bomb Threat earlier notice was wrong. What we advisers they have a duty to report Geoff French [SWKCL. Basinastoke] were trying to say’was that no articles these concerns to the Pensions had been received from any of the Regulator. If they fail in this duty to On Wednesday 30th April men were offices of SWKCL, other than material report to the Pensions Regulator, they seen abseiling down the Tees Viaduct. which had been specially’ can be fined or in serious cases sent to In view of a visit by Tony Blair to the commissioned! prison. As advisers to the Scheme we area that day it was decided by the also have a duty to monitor the Police that there was a threat of terrorist Your new newsletter is going though a practices of the Firm and trustees and to activity at the viaduct, which is part of difficult pregnancy and currently the whistleblow to the Pensions Regulator the A19 DBFO. first edition should go to the printers at if we find anything wrong. - otherwise the end of June. Therefore there is still we too can be fined or sent to prison. Tony Walker, SWK’s Principal Bridge plenty of opportunity for articles to
Maintenance Engineer, is an expert on come my way. I am still open to Thus it can be said that the trustee is in the viaduct through work over several receive “items” of special merit, an invidious position - to whistleblow years on refurbishment. He was asked awards, projects involving significant may cause problems but if he or she by’the Police to help a team search innovation, projects where inter through the bridge boxes. He was told regional teams have contributed etc. continuedoverleaf Email Bulletin The list of addresses for the group will be How can I send to someone if their name from Daniel Frost amended to reflect progress as it occurs. does not appear in the address list? [SWKCL, Basingstoke] Send a mnessageto their oflice or section A further development will be to connect secretan’ ifpossible. If not then/at them. Many of you will already be using the the Europe offices outside of the UK in email system for communicating with order to improve the lines of How long does an internal email take to colleagues throughout the SWK group. communication in the Europe region. This be delivered ? During the last few months we have development will take place over the next It is not instant but a message will take no received many queries concerning the use six months. longer than two houm’s to reach its of email. destination. The larger UK offIces have External Internet email will be mail transfrm’redbetween them every five incorporated into I report on the current situation as follows: our internal system minutes. during the summer. Current Situation Can I hurry along an email that I have There are two types of email system Common Questions and Answers sent? currently in operation, one for internal mail iVo,the email system is automatic. and one for external mail. Below are some questions most commonly asked: How often does the software check for Internal email is any message that is sent new messages ? from any one SWK office to another SWK What is the password for MS Mail when By de/bult the Windows software checks office using either the PC network or the you first use it and does it need changing for new mail even’ ten mninute,c. Sita network. every 60 days? The default password for MS Mail is Is it possible to check for new mail more password The system does not require frequently ? ysii to chcinge your password periodical/t’, You can select menu Mail—Options and however you can change i’ourpassword &‘ then change the value/br checking/or new selecting the Mail menu, Change Password mail. This value is in minutes. Youcan also option. select the Viewmenu, then New Messages.
What happens if I forget my password ? Can someone else read my mail? Phone the Computing Support line Yes,hut only if they know your login namne (Basingstoke ext. 250) who ,i’ill reset your and password. password to be password. Can I forward my mail to someone else How do I send someone within SWK an in my absence? email message? No, MS Mail does not have this External email is any message that is sent Youneed to login to the PC network and functionality, hut if you let someone else from or received in any SWK office from then use the Microsoft Mail software in know your login namne and password they someone not linked to the Sita network Windows’.A user guide is available from can check itfor you. such as a sub consultant or an SWK office Computing i/required not yet linked to the network. How do I know when I have new mail? I-low do I send a document like a When you login to the PC network it will Over the past few months Microsoft Mail proposal to someone within the SWK tell you qf any waiting mail. When you has been installed in nearly all of the Group? have MS /tlail running in Windowsand a offices links to Sita SWKCL and Compose a message in uicrosojt.Wailand new mail arrives your PC will ‘beep ‘ and established. then click on the attach button, select the ‘our c’mim•.so,-will momentarily change. You fIle(s) that you wish to send will not he aware of new mnailarriving if The internal email system will give any you do not have the MS Mail so/iware member of staff who is on the system the Can I send an email to someone outside running. ability to send messages and files to any of of the SWK group? the connected offices. People listed in the Compose an email message addressed to How do I know that my email has been address lists are able to send and receive Computing Support st’ith your message received. internalemail automatically. and am’ attached files along with the If the mail /bils to get through your Internet address of the recipient. message will be returned to you, if this Future Developments Computing will the!? transmit your happens contact Computing Support. The UK offices yet to he connected to the message for internal email system are: SWRC Is there a limit to the number and size of Edinburgh, IDG Glasgow, SWK I-low is external email dealt with ? attached files in a single message. MainLine, Mascott and Pavement Current/v external email is received in No, we have not come across ityet Engineering. Basingstoke and tilemipassed on via the internal post or the internal email system. If you have any more questions please The remaining SWKCL offices along with if there is an attached file ii is placed on contact Computing Services by either the subsidiary company offices will all be disk, all external mail is treated the same email or telephone on ext. 250. connected by the end of June. as an urgentJItx. Professional Construction and is willing to provide further Heathrow T5 Inquiry Skills (PCS) information if required. From Geoff French (SWKCL) from Bernie Roome [SWKCL, Chesterfield] Pathways Update After two long weeks giving evidence from Chris White (SWKHL) at the Heathrow Terminal 5 Public PCS was started in Sheffield over 12
Inquiry I am pleased to be back and months ago to provide training to I promised last week to provide a fuller tackling my in tray. Whilst inquiries people in the construction professions update with respect to the Pathways are demanding of time and energy they in Sheffield and the surrounding areas initiative and there are three strands on
are worthwhile when your efforts and and represents firms and individuals in which I can report: those of the whole team are appreciated the public and private sectors and in the by your client. I am pleased to report contracting and consulting fields. I. The Handbook has been drafted. It that our efforts on behalf of SWK have including architects, engineers, quantity is going through final editing after been recognised by Mr Geoff Glassup, surveors. lawyers. landscape architects comments have been taken from all Head of Development Planning for and others. regions. Quotes for printing are Surrey County Council, who is being obtained and the aim is to Chairman of LAHT5 Surthce Access The Sheffield office and one or two publish at or around 1st July 1997. Working Group. In a highly from Chesterfield were members last The Handbook is in three parts. complimentary letter from Mr Glassup, year and quite a number of individuals The first section presents the co-signed by his fellow witnesses at the took advantage of the courses and underlying principles of Pathways. inquiry, Mr John Biden of LB workshops offered over the last 12 The second section is essentially a Richmond, Mr Eugene Myerson of LB months or so. SWKCL has negotiated “how to use it” guide whilst the Hounslow and Mr John West of Berks an advantageous renewal for 1997 for third section comprises the CC, our collective contribution has the whole of the Chesterfield office and proformas to be used, they are loose received what is at times embarrassing, this could be made available to and can be refreshed as required. but never the less welcome, praise. colleagues in Leeds or Manchester who could get to Sheffieldconveniently. 2. Career Paths have been drawn up SWK have been the LAFIT5consultant based on the input of all the on the Terminal 5 Project since 1992 Details of courses on offer are operating companies, revised in line and in addition to the authorities publicised on the notice boards at with the principles set by the already mentioned LAHT5 comprises Bayheath and Springwell Houses but International Board. These are Buckinghamshire CC, LB of Ealing, PCS is run by its members for its currently with the operating LB of Hammersmith & Fulham, members and it is up to us as members companies who are to confirm they Windsor & Maidenhead, Elmbridge to identify our training needs and ask meet their operational needs. and South Bucks. PCS if they can put on courses to suit us if these are not already on the 3. Notes for guidance for the operating Keeping such clients content with our agenda. Our requirements may be the companies with respect to how work over such a period of time is a same as those in other practices and Pathways is to be implemented and testament to the whole Transportation only by letting PCS know our wishes for managers who have to carry out Planning Section. It was their support can they assess the general demand. If assessments later this year are being and especially during the Inquiry the sufficient demand exists PCS could drafted. support of Richard Bayly, Mark Judd, organise in-house training. Alison DuSautoy and Tim Cuell that It is just over a year since the has led to the thanks expressed by our In addition PCS runs a newsletter for its International Board gave the go ahead
client. With such a team how could I members which like ScottLight is open to the Pathways project, which may go wrong, my thanks to all of them. to all to contribute to, they run a library seem like a long time but, for an and provide computing facilities initiative such as this, progress has been
Eds note; What Geoff French has including Internet access. Their good. I hope that the next update I am modestly not shared with us is the offices/training centre can also be hired able to provide will be to inform you of praise he personalh’ received Jar his for meetings or other events if free. the timetable for implementation of perJor,nance as a Witness, quoting Mr Please take advantage of what is Pathways in order that IHRG can turn Glas.cup iou have put our case offered by PCS and take part in shaping their attention to the next phase, the cleurl’ and effectivelyand you have not its future. Only by making use of it will review process. been forced in i/ic face f extremely we be able to justify future years ki/led cross examination by Queemis memberships. Counsel, to retract any of your Missive from Mongolia You have evidence. done this whilst Trevor Winslow. the PCS Manager. has from Ian Lunt fSWKCL, Mongolia I appearing aluais to remain at ease,... offered to talk to Chesterfield staff one I have made a note never to argue with lunchtime to let you see what is on Having passed the extremes of Geoj’f offer and this talk will probably be Mongolia’s winter in a state of relative organised in two sessions one in hibernation, the SWK office was Springwell and one in Bavheath - more shocked into consciousness by the details will follow. Please attend if you arrival of Bob Weekes and Martin can. Bernie Roome in Springwell (ext Oaten on the 23rd April who were 309) will act as co-ordinator with PCS rapidly joined by Richard Cooper, Tony Sterling (TRL), Niel Robbinson, continued overleaf Jane Smith and Tvrone Toole (TRL). It would seem that Consultants in The programme for the lights in the Text Book Commissioned Mongolia swarm in spring. We expect remainder of the building is as Lindsey Thomas to beetle along next follows:— Les Edwards (Basingstoke) has advised week. us that he has been commissioned by 2nd floor (including Conference Thomas Telford Ltd to produce a text SWK’s annual component of the World Rooms and north-east Directors suites) book on Risks in Non-Standard Bank Transport Rehabilitation Project: - weekend 24-26 May Consultancy Agreements. He is Roast Sub-Project engaged the national presently searching for a relevantly office staff in a flurry of negotiations 1stfloor (including north-east Directors experienced lawyer to contribute half for the temporary leasing of apartments suites) - weekend 31 May-I June of the 70,000 (minimum) words and vehicles and the temporary required! employment of drivers, translators and Ground floor (including Personnel) and secretarial staff Fortunately everyone all south-east Directors suites - As regular readers of ScottLight will was duly accommodated and otherwise weekend 7-8 June know, Les has already produced two provided for, although there seems to books for Thomas Telford, one on be a natural law which dictates that the The contractors are required to provide construction risks, the other (also with a number of available vehicles is never protective sheets over the work areas lawyer) on construction insurance. sufficient; Denis Falconer, here to below where they are working and this supervise the construction of the may be inconvenient for any staff who Apologies Ulaanbaatar - Darhan - Altanbulag may be working themselves. If this is road, and his wife seemed remarkably likely to cause any problems please let We would like to point out that the unperturbed after enjoying a half hour me know. article ‘Aquifers Know No Boundaries’ wait in the airport arrivals building. published in International Ground Mozambique HNMS Presentation Water 1chnology, which was The increased SWK presence has from Kevin McPherson mentioned in ScottLight Issue 92 was swelled numbers and profits at the [SWKCL, Basingstoke] co-authored by Mike Jones [SWKCL, Steppe Inn (Friday night’s weekly Basingstoke] as well as Shami Pun. assault-course for livers hosted by the The lunchtime presentation on the British Embassy) and proved a Mozambique Highway Network wonderful source of fun for our 3 year Management System and GIS planned The article ‘Road Infrastructure and old daughter, Hannah, who has learned for Monday 19th May has been Safety Research Conference (RISC) about Duplo from experts. Several postponed until Wednesday 28th May 1997’ in ScottLight Issue 93 should shared dinners have been enjoyed, Bob at 12.30. Could anyone interested in have been attributed to Robert Weekes demonstrating considerable attending please let Alec Patterson or Armitage {SWKPE, Nottingham] If culinary acumen. However, Richard me know of their availability. you require further information on this and Martin’s offer to make jam conference please contact Robert at sandwiches hasn’t yet been taken up. Nottingham. The social pinnacle so far was the SWK SWK Johannesburg - Office Move cultural evening, organised by our stalwart project co-ordinator Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick in TRAVELLERS Chuluunbat, which included dinner Johannesburg moved offices on 12th and a feast of Mongolian singing, May. The new address and telephone Location Traveller Dates dancing and music augmented by a and fax numbers are: remarkable contortionist who’s Hong Kong Mark Shaw 24-31/5 performance was fortunately staged Physical Address after dinner. 1stFloor Oman D W Farthing 23/5 345 Rivonia Boulevard Kuala Lumpur “ “ 26-30/5
Carrie, my wife, and I are enjoying our Rivonia stay in Mongolia and now that warm 2128 Sri Lanka I C Calder 26-27/5 weather and blue skies predominate we Johannesburg hope to see a little more of it. South Africa Goiiiriig On.?’ Postal Address What’ Scott House Light Fittings Scale: A: £l00,000+; B: £50,000 - £99,999; C: £10,000- £49,999; D: £5,000- £9,999; from Chris Sketchlev P0 Box 2921 F: £1,000- £4,999: F: less than £999 [SWKCL, Basingstoke] Rivonia 2128 Environment Agency Consultancy Staff on the 3rd floor of Scott House Johannesburg from David Dales will have noticed that the light fittings South Africa [SWKCL, Peterborough] in their area were changed to the new energy efficient units over last Tel: 0118036844 We will shortly be preparing a weekend. Hopefully by the time this is Fax: 011 803 7272 submission to the Environment Agency printed the teething problems on the e-mail (unchanged): (Anglian Region) for a new term north side of the building will have swkjhbä iafrica.com consultancy potentially worth £1 been overcome. million in fees over the next five years. We have been successful in retaining MainLine has been commissioned to We have been asked to carry’ out a the consultancy since 1991,through two analyse the rail routes between feasibility study for the renovation of rounds of tendering and negotiation. Westerleigh, Barnet Green, Didcot and bearings on the Royal Albert Bridge, To help us continue to be successful we Banbury. The Project Manager is Peter Saltash. The Project Manager is Jeff need to demonstrate the wide range of Hillier. (Fee Scale C) Gibson. (Fee Scale D) skills that SWK has to offer. There is potential for work in the sectors of Luton Airport Parkway Loughborough environment, geotechnics, bridges, We have been asked to carry out a We have been asked to carry out a information systems, health and safety feasibility study for the construction of Condition Survey on Rushcliffe Halt, and water resources, as well as the a new station, at Luton Airport prior to Railtrack selling this section of Agency’s mainstream coastal and river Parkway. The Project Manager is Mike the line to the Great Central Railway. activities. Summerfield. (Fee Scale A) The survey work includes firstly, site inspection of all structures - cuttings, Any department which wishes to be Manor Road and West Horslev embankments. platforms, track included in the submission should MainLine has been commissioned to drainage and formation. Secondly we contact me. so that the most suitable prepare design work and provide Pre will provide photographs of each promotional material can be identified. Contract services for replacement of a structure, and lastly outline descriptions bridge superstructure between Manor of each structure and report outlining Bangkok LRT Project Road and West Horsley. The Project defects and options for remedial from [SWK, Thailand] Manager is Mike Summerfield. measures. The Project Manager is (Fee Scale C) Mike Summerfield. (Fee Scale C) SWK(Thailand) has been appointed by Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Paddington Kuala Lumpur International Airport to undertake a feasibility study into Mario Pavan has been seconded by - Public Transport Study developing a light rail feeder system to Railtrack Property, as an Assistant from Graham Bodell [Kuala Lumpur] the city’s mass transit schemes, Project Manager at Paddington. Our currently under construction. It is Project Manager is Kathy Langstaff The new Sepang Airport, planned to be proposed to use Bangkok’s famous Roberts. (Fee Scale C) a new jewel in Malaysia’s crown will “Khlongs” (canals) for the right of way. he open for business in January 1998. The project is not without controversy Reading SWK(M) transport planning team is and the signing ceremony, presided We have been asked to carry out specialist adviser on public transport, over by The Governor of Bangkok, additional work to existing covering bus and taxi facilities and attracted considerable media coverage Infrastructure Improvements at operations, and interfiices with other including a TV appearance for Ronnie Reading. The work involves the projects such as the Express Rail Link Thomson. development of a Scissors Cross-over. and KL Central Station. At the latter The Project Manager is Peter Hillier. will be the World’s first in-town check The SWK group includes a Thai firm, (Fee Scale D) out! Thai DCI and De Leuw Cather from USA. There will be considerable input Weymouth After landing, passengers with through from Graham Bodell and Cohn We are carrying out work involving the tickets will be able to sit on the Express Sherwood on traffic and patronage preparation and agreement of a final Rail train while their baggage follows issues. Prida Thimakom of account and negotiation of claim, behind, in theory. They can then go SWK(Thailand) will be the Deputy following the construction of Preston through immigration and customs and Project Manager and Environmental Beach Sea Defences. The Project emerge in the middle of the city. All Specialist. Manager is John Dimmock. well and good except that the rail link (Fee Scale D) won’t be there until at least 2 years The study is expected to confirm the after opening. Additionally, the feasibility of the system. The next Dollands Moor dedicated highway to the airport will phase will be to allow private investors MainLine are carrying out a not be ready, as yet no taxi concession to bid for the operation concessions for Topographical Survey of running lines, has been awarded, and no taxis and one or more of the various lines. As sidings and railway infrastructure at buses are yet being manufactured. As such, this should provide considerable Dollands Moor and Union Railways. advisers we are only able to sit by and opportunities for on-going SWK The Project Manager is Dave Faulkner. point out the potential problems. involvement in the project. (Fee Scale C) Bangkok Traffic Study Shepton Mallet from David Staniforth [Bangkok] New Work for SWK MainLine We have been commissioned to provide services to design, speci and We have just been appointed to Belmont Station supervise repairs to Arch 3 of Bath undertake a traffic study for a market MainLine has been asked to carr out Road viaduct, Shepton Mallett for BR and shophouse development in work, including a proposed new station Property. The Project Manager is Mike Bangkok. It will be undertaken by’ and hi-directional signalling at Belmont Summerfield. (Fee Scale D) SWK (Thailand)’s recently appointed Station. The project Manager is Transport Engineer, Kanokom Graham Whitfield. (Fee Scale D) Chatuchinda. The study is intended to maximise access to the site and Cross Country Speed Raising Royal Albert Bridge - Saltash continued overleaf customer parking and to assess the global Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick team personnel work is desirable and it is effects of adjacent developments. working on this project which includes essential that you are a team player and not only Gareth Ilearn, Leighton will be flexible with work role. Formula One Racetrack, Malaysia Williams and David Williams from from Graham Bodell [Kuala Lumpur] WCKCL, but also Cohn Chant, the If you are interested in the above Team Leader from SWKHK. position. please contact Sally’Mason in Right next to the airport will be a new Personnel after having first spoken to Formula One racetrack. The intention your head of section. is to design and build a circuit of Retirement of Willie Scott international standard and to hold the first fully sanctioned World series A cocktail party was held on Monday’ Chartered Civil Engineer Malaysian Grand Prix in April 1999. 12th May’ to mark Willie Scott’s We are carrying out a traffic impact retirement from the firm after 32 years Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick are leaders in study to design the raceday traffic service, 22 of which have been as the creation of environmentally management plan, access and internal Partner/Director. Richard Rawson had acceptable development, business and roads, car parking areas, and public flown up from Johannesburg to industry, both in the UK and overseas. transport shuttle services and facilities. officiate at the gathering which We are involved in the evolution of The biggest problem we are grappling comprised senior members of the development schemes and in the with is how to clear 30,000 vehicles all Malawi firm, Client’s representatives appraisal and audit of such schemes. wanting to lave just after the Grand and personal friends of Willie and We also provide environmental training Prix, beautifully timed to coincide Mima (one of whom turned out to have and best practice guidance to the exactly with the airport departure peak. been a girlfriend of Richard’s many construction industry. Oh, and they’ve also thrown in a years ago in Zimbabwe!) Richard shopping mall, high-tech park, hotels outlined Willie’s career with SWK and Our environmental group, Scott Wilson and theme park, just to make things enlightened those who thought that Resource Consultants, is one of the interesting. We have developed a Willie Scott was “the” Scott (the firm is largest environmental and planning contra-flow access / egress arrangement often referred to locally as Scott consultancies in the UK and is which will disperse vehicles within 2 Willie). He presented Willie with a growing. We are now looking for high hours. We are told by’ the German magnificent high quality’ telescope, calibre experienced staff to continue track designers this is half the time it purchased with contributions from our growth. In recognition of the key’ takes at the Nurburgring and at Willie’s many’ colleagues around the role that civil engineers play’ in Silverstone. world, which, Richard said, would environmentally’ acceptable develop enable him to “keep an eye on things ment, we have an immediate need for a from a distance”. Chartered Civil Engineer to join the environmental group in Basingstoke. Gongiii it lull ‘i t,’ioITllS! Willie is remaining in Malawi with two The role will involve leading project immediate projects to occupy him. The teams to fulfil the client’s high to Gordon Bathgate of the Glasgow first to renovate his lakeside property expectations and our own who office has recently been granted and the second to compile a history of environmental aims. Opportunities will the honour of being Chairman of the the firm in Africa in preparation for “50 be available for both short term and Scottish Branch of the Chartered y’earsin Africa” which is not too far long term overseas visits. Institute of Arbitrators (from 1997 to away. 1999). The successful candidate will have substantial experience of integrating to André Gilleard of SWKCL, Vaica]nIC/ie environmental and development Basingstoke who says “Following my’ concerns and a specialist environmental long absence from work, it is difficult Personnel Assistant skill. He.’she will be able to to keep the cat in the bag any longer. demonstrate leadership, initiative and On 19th I April tied the proverbial knot The Personnel Department in flair in previous development projects. with my’long time fiancée, Alison. We Basingstoke have a requirement for a then scarpered off to the Caribbean for Personnel Assistant to help with a wide If anybody in SWK is interested in the 2 weeks. Needless say’, glad to we’re to variety of administrative duties post, please contact Stuart Coventry in be back.” including: Basingstoke. Administration of training records. particularly associated with Pathways for Progress. Mo v(es Assisting with recruitment JAo)]r Saile (& Wauriited from Harold lnsley administration. Available for office or home use: [SWK, Hong Kong] Data Entry/Filing. Wooden 4 unit book case with glass General office support in all areas of fronted and cupboard sections. Contact I am pleased to see, in Issue 90, that a Personnel. Barbara Brophy at Berk House, warm welcome was extended to Bill Basingstoke, ext 402. (If required for Ferguson, who has been employed as a Applicants should be experienced in home use a donation for charity is hydrologist on the Baguio to Banawe Wordperfect/Word, and ideally have requested) Road in the Philippines. Can I point some knowledge of Excel and out an omission: Bill has joined a COMPEL, previous experience of records of Personnel still being kept up the design of the foundations of their from André Gilleard to date. yet-to-be-built 33 storey building, [SWKCL, Basingstoke] which was complicated by their building being very slender, and If anyone is interested in some second Manila being in an earthquake prone hand small banker’s boxes please help Exitrai I/hem area. They had hired three firms yourself to some (or better still a couple separately: a geotechnical engineer, an of hundred) in the dormant filing room The Parrot Seed Lady architect (who had an in-house in Scott House. From Harold lnslev [SWK, Hong structural engineer) and a project Kong] management firm. The project management firm had queried the Wh(ait’ On Yonuir During June 1996, seven members of design of the foundations. Would SWK assembled in the Philippines for a SWK give an opinion to resolve this Mi/nd three-week period, following an impasse? from Jack Gahir [SWK, New Delhi]] appointment by the Overseas Development Administration of the Well to bring this saga to a close, SWK (HK) took the commission and gave Must we attach the pro-forma sheet British Government. to carry out an appraisal of a number of bridges which the required advice, using the services (For inclusion in ScottLight and Idea had been of SWIJ and the SWK (HK) Geotech of the Week) to all issues of ScottLight. identified for renovation using possible funding from the British Section. Harold Insley (his real name) Transmitting this sheet by fax to all is now a regular visitor to Mary’s office overseas offices week seems an Government. yç (Jim having returned to his unnecessary expense. One Saturday afternoon, one of the transportation work in Basingstoke) - SWK has now been asked to give Editor rep/i’: There are two pieces of team members, Jim (not his real name) further advice on the structural design information at the head and foot of the was waiting in a queue at a check-out counter a in Makati in and fire safety of the building. pro—Jormnasheet that need to be shois’n of supermarket Metro Manila. The queue was slow- each neck, so the space in between is moving and eventually stopped Jim wishes to offer the technique of being used/or people ‘5 convenience/or altogether when a fault in the cash desk bumping into pretty girls with a sending 07 du’tic’/e5and ideas. JJ’ do halted all transactions. Jim was shopping trolley when queuing in a try to workJor a balanced /ai’out and of sweating - it was a He supermarket as a new marketing course fused sheets hm’c to be sent hot afternoon. shifted his weight from one foot to the strategy. .cing/,y,even though tile); may he on tile hack of a double sided sheet on the other and accidentally his trolley And what was Mary buying in the original. moved forward and collided with the customer waiting in front of him in the supermarket? - parrot seed for her queue. The lady in front of him turned mother’s parrot. As a result Mary has to see what had hit her and Jim become known in SWK circles as the V apologised profusely. They got into “Parrot Seed Lady.” conversation. Mary (not her real name) 1/dea of the Week was a thirty-something year old Filipina but spoke with an American twang and had an attractive smile. Jim said he from N Armitage [SWKCL, Derby] worked for an international consulting conipany and was visiting the Could we improve the system for Philippines on a short assignment. booking leave whilst based on site? Mary was surprised. “You know” she said “that’s just what my mother is At present we submit our leave cards to looking for - do you work on the site admin staff for processing. The buildings?” Jim explained he was a leave is noted, then the card is sent to transportation specialist, but the Chesterfield for Personnel to initial. company he worked for, Scott Wilson However, it can often he 4 - 5 weeks Kirkpatrick, did have structural and before the leave card is returned, during geotechnical engineers who worked on which time the employee may well be buildings. Just then the cash desk requiring to book more leave. sprang back into life and the queue
moved on. Mary said “how can I the system could be simplified Surely contact you?” Jim gave her his hotel by allowing site admin staff to keep a number. record of our leave requirements. At the end of each day or week. Personnel The following Monday Jim received a would be informed by letter or ‘phone call and was invited round to any leave details booked telephone of the office of the Prime Development during that day or week. This would Corporation (not the real name). He that leave cards are always at the ensure met Mary (Vice-President Marketing) employee’s location work, with the of and Mary’s mother (the Chairnian of the Board). They had a problem over continued overleaf k
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A ltt(en tikjiiiii All Staiffi from the Editor: Peter Innes joined Scott Wilson in In the light of our new colporate image Richard Denton-Cox is Managing 1964, initially’in the bridges Section of please note that any submissions Director of Scott Wilson in the Asia- the Glasgow office. He subsequently referring to SWK or Scott Wilson Pacific region and an International spent four years in Nigeria and four in Kirkpatrick have been changed to SW Director. He works out of the Kuala Germany before returning to the UK in or Scott Wilson. Lumpur regional headquarters and lives 1974. His base for the past 23 years in the leafy garden suburb of has been the Basingstoke office. Appointment of Divisional Directors Damansara Heights with his wife, During this time he had responsibility’ Jackie, and two cats. His daughter is for airports and structural projects, Scott Wilson South Africa is happy to working in Australia and his son is including extended periods in Iraq, confirm the following Divisional completing his second year reading law Saudi Arabia and other overseas Directorship appointments with effect at the University of Nottingham. locations, and joined the Board of from I May 1997. Richard has been a Trustee since 1992 SWKCL in 1995 with responsibility for and has particular responsibilities Personnel. Peter has been a member of • Russell Chappe and Garth Sims to towards overseas members of the the pension fund for all of his 33 years the Project and Development scheme. Richard was born in 1942 and with the firm and became a Trustee in Management Division.. joined Scott Wilson on graduating from 1996. the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne • Graham Smith, Nic Boersema and in 1965. After 3 years on the M6 Susan Briggs joined Scott Wilson in Gregory Huggins to the Planning motorway in the Lake District, Scotland in 1982 after graduating from and Development Resources followed by a short spell in London, he Glasgow University and, with the Division. has spent his career to date overseas, exception of a couple of years on site at firstly in the Sultanate of Oman and Garelochhead Bypass, has worked in • Phillip Jennings, Hilton then in Hong Kong before his move to the Glasgow office ever since. She is a McGlashan and Warwick Pearce Malaysia in 1995. His project work has Principal Engineer with a to Scott Wilson Engineering. covered geotechnics, structures and predominantly’ road and traffic maritime works. background. Susan has been a member Pension Fund Trustees of the pension scheme since joining the from Phil Green [SWKHL, London] John Bean is a Chartered Accountant firm and was appointed to the Board of who joined Scott Wilson in 1981 as Trustees in July 1996. She has As promised in Issue 94 of ScottLight Chief Accountant. In 1983 he became attended two training courses in basic please find below some brief details of Partnership Secretary and in 1988 was pensions knowledge and the role and all the Trustees. additionally appointed Secretary to the duties of Trustees - one before Retirement and Death Benefits becoming a Trustee and one in August Phil Green is Chairman of the Trustees Scheme, responsible for the Scheme’s 1996 which was designed specifically’ as well as being Chairman of SWK administration and attending Trustees’ for Trustees of the SWK Retirement Holdings Ltd and Managing Director of meetings. Following the incorporation and Death Benefits Scheme. SWK International Holdings Ltd. His of the Partnership he was inter alia early career was spent in Zimbabwe as appointed a Trustee, relinquishing the Geoff Leatham is based at Springwell an irrigation engineer and he has been secretaryship when William M Mercer House, Chesterfield. lie started his involved in extensive soil investigation were appointed in 1996. After the career in 1963 by serving an and civil engineering structures in acquisition of Scott Wilson MainLine apprenticeship with the Naval many countries. lIe has also directed and Scott Wilson IDG, John became Ordnance and then spent two years technical assistance programmes for Chairman of those companies pension with Rolls Royce. In 1971 Geoff labour-based construction in Asia and committees dealing with their section joined the Derbyshire Sub-Unit of the Africa and has been director of a major of the British Rail Pension Fund. Prior Midland Road Construction Unit as a World Bank study on the efficient use to joining Scott Wilson John had Junior Technician, this being the start of labour in civil construction. Phil professional involvement with various of his 26 year career in civil joined Scott Wilson in 1961. After pension schemes and was responsible engineering. Hejoined Scott Wilson in spending 10 years in the Chesterfield for the introduction of a final salary 1981 when they took over the office he has been based in London pension scheme for a previous Derbyshire Sub-Unit. He worked in since incorporation in 1995. employer. Matlock, Chesterfield and Sheffield and then in 1996, when the Sheffield office closed, moved back to
continuedoverleaf Chesterfield. Since becoming a highlighted the new opportunities for happy to be able to practise in the UK Trustee Geoff, like Susan, has attended work for Scott Wilson acting under the with your company. courses run by William M Mercer new Act throughout the regional offices
(advisers to the scheme) and has and the new responsibilitiesparticularly As part of my programme I have spent obtained a useful grounding into how with respect to permissible timescales one month practising with Scott Wilson the pension scheme works and what is where we as Engineers act in Party in the UK. This time has been expected of a Trustee. Wall matters. It has also focused on the employed at Pavement Engineering in fact that the Basildon (and maybe other Nottingham, on the A50 Project at New Company Image offices) have experience acting both as Meir, Doveridge Bypass and Derby - Word Templates surveyor and advisory engineer under Southern Bypass. from Stewart Dalton the old and new Acts.
[SWKCL, Basingstoke] Wherever I have been I have received The fundamental principle of the Act is considerable assistance from Scott
As of Monday 2nd June 1997 the that adjoining owners share a party wall Wilson staff. I have found the period templates currently used in Microsoft up to the boundary, but also have rights to be extremely useful and it has Word to produce standard forms are to over the other side of the wall for provided an opportunity for me to change to match the new company access and to undertake necessary experience all aspects of the work, image. works. including quality control and supervision, including technology in This change will affect the standard Obligations on an owner include: construction, laboratory and field facsimile form, the memo form and the testing, design and maintenance. I have letter template. All PC based network (i) Building on a boundary also benefited from discussions on road users will automatically have access to (ii) Works to a party wall construction with colleagues from Scott the new templates. However, laptop (iii) Excavations within 3m and 6m Wilson. I believe that these users have two options to update the of adjoining buildings. experiences and the knowledge gained templates stored on the local drive. will enable me to successfully These are: The Act sets out procedures for owners implement innovative road to serve notice of intention to undertake maintenance techniques, quality control I) Return your laptop to your local work, timing of notices and responses, and supervision skills in my country. computer rep immediately who will and rights of owners and neighbours update the necessary files on your both to undertake work and to I would like to acknowledge my behalf. reimburse costs and compensation. It appreciation to all Scott Wilson staff also sets out clear procedures for who have assisted me during my 2) Copy the files from your local appointment of party wall surveyors to secondment, in particular Thomas network file server. A sub-directory on draw up Party Wall Awards, and the Nick, Ray Bowyer, Cohn Baker, your “home” PC file server contains the time obligations on the surveyors and Graham Goodall, Paul Swales, Keith updated templates relating to your their specialist advisors. Alford and Don Lee. office. These files need to be copied from:- I have a sheet setting out duties of an I hope that my visit has cemented good Engineer advising a surveyor appointed relations between Scott Wilson and T:\TEMPLATE under Section 10 of the Act by an RITST Vietnam. Than you for all your and copied to: adjoining owner. It is a good read if help. C:\MSOFFICE\WINWORD\ you are approached to get involved. TEMPLATE Let me know if you want any further Digital Chart of the World information, or contact Basildon for from Doric Tong [Information When creating a “New” file in word, practical experience. Systems Group, Basingstoke] you will now have the new templates available. Thanks from Dr Doan Minh Tam The group now has DCW Dataset supplied by ESRI (ARC/INFO
If you have any problems in accessing I am the Head of the Highway suppliers). This digital dataset contains or copying the new templates, contact Department of the Research Institute whole world coverage in 5 degree tiles your local computer representative or for Transportation Science and at I to I million scale based on 1992 computer support in Basingstoke. Technology (RITST) in Hanoi, US Defence mapping and Operational Vietnam. I am in the UK on a short Navigation Charts. The 17 layers of course covering road maintenance and data include roads, towns, elevation Party Wall Act etc 1996 Seminar Report management, which is funded by the contours, drainage, borders and British Council. utilities. To view the 4 CD-ROM from R A Field [SWKCL. Southampton] supplied you need ArcView software In 1995 my Department and Scott but the GIS data can easily be Wilson had the chance to co-operate in transferred to other formats such as This Act, which comes into effect on I the survey and testing for the project on DXF or MAPINFO. If are July 1997. will expand the London you renovation of our road network, in interested in acquiring some base only Act of 1939 to include the whole which Scott Wilson were the consulting mapping for your proposal or study of England and Wales. The seminar I Engineers, to the Vietnamese Road then contact me or Richard Metcalfe at attended at the Institution of Structural Administration. Therefore I was very Basingstoke. Engineers last week, provided a copy of the Act and guidance notes. It Scott Wilson Mentioned in Georgian Maintenance Workshop for the Devon Parliament E-Mail and Cornwall Constabulary. (Fee Scale from Adrian Tite from SWK PE C). [SWKCL, Basingstoke] The article on e-mail in Issue 94 Okehampton - English Partnerships Part of the transport law reform implied that Pavement Engineering propose to develop a 21 acre site on the programme that Scott Wilson have were not connected to Sita. We wish to edge of Okehampton. SW have been been working on in the Caucasus and confirm that this is not the case and that appointed to carry out the design of the Central Asia, has been the development SWK(PE) Ltd can be contacted by e site infrastructure for a light industrial of Maritime Legislation. mail in a variety of ways:- estate. (Fee Scale C)
When the new maritime law was On the Internet (swkpe.co.uk Also from Georgia presented to the Georgian Parliament from Adrian Tite Scott Wilson were named as the Via Sita: [SWKCL, Basingstoke] foreign experts who had produced the Nottingham. UK: SWK Pavement model which was presented for Engineering SW have received a direct appointment ratification. The new law was for a pre-feasibility study for unanimously adopted. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: SWKPE deregulation of the transport sector. (Malaysia) The work involves compiling and Is this a first? Perhaps someone else analysing all existing legislation can recollect the name of Scott Wilson Goi/nr Qji,,? relating to the transport sector - both being mentioned in Parliament, What’ Russian and Georgian post- Scale: A: £100.000+; B: £50.000 - somewhere else in the world. £99,999: independence legislation. C: £10,000- £49.999; D: £5.000 - £9.999: F: £1,000- £4999: F: less than £999 Giken Europe BV Unfortunately in 1991 all indexing of from Lyn Fumell Gangavaram Port legislation was lost in a fire and there {SWKCL,Basingsoke] from Commodore A C Malhotra are no central records or copies of the [SWK (India)] legislation. The task of tracking down Giken, manufacturers of Silent’ and the laws is quite a challenge but is well Vibrationless Piling, are keen to give us SWK (India) have been commissioned under way by our team in Tbilisi - no a seminar to present their products to an by a Larsen & Toubro Ltd led job is too difficult for Scott Wilson! audience in Scott Wilson. The date consortium for preparing a feasibility proposed is Thursday 19th June at 12 study for Gangavaram Port in Andhra Focus on Central Asia noon. Pradesh. The scope includes an overview of the traffic projection, Since SW won its first project in The seminar will consist of a review of infrastructure and proposed Central Asia - in 1994 in Kazakstan, presentation by Giken, followed by an layout plan, construction type, costs the firm has managed to secure a steady opportunity to ask questions. Before and risk identification. L&T have stream of work. Two projects are the date is confirmed we need to be requested a BOQ which they will price. regional, covering the five Central sure of a good audience. The meeting The study is to be completed in 3 Asian countries of Kazakstan, Kyrgyz would qualify for CET and CPD weeks. The study team will comprise Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and requirements so all, especially of Jack Gahir, David Jones and Ted Uzbekistan, and deal with improving Graduates, are asked to confirm their Laing under the overall direction of customs procedures at major border interest to me on Ext 214 as soon as Don Wootton. (Fee Scale C) crossings, facilitating start up of the possible, so that I can make freight forwarding sector and formation arrangements and order the buffet. 3 Projects in Devon of Freight Trade Associations. from Phil King [SWKCL, Exeter] Workshops on trade facilitation, IHRD board Scott Train Issue 2 international conventions and transport from Debra Power SW Exeter have recently been law have been held in most of these [SWKCL, Basingstokej appointed for the detailed design stage countries and papers presented at of three projects in Devon. international transport conventions in IHRD (Institutional & Human the region by Adrian Tite and Tony Resource Development Department) Bigbury-on-Sea - D&B contract tbr Bayley. are pleased to announce the publication the construction of a 29 apartment, 3 of Issue 2 of Scott Train, our Training stores’ building overlooking Burgh This regional work has provided SW Newsletter. A copy has been given to Island. SW are responsible for the access to senior government members the Marketing Representative in all UK design of the structural and civil including Transport Ministers, giving and overseas offices along with this engineering works for the project the company a high profile. Building issue of Scott Light. which is due for completion in July upon the experience and reputation the 1998. All apartments have been firm now has: We would welcome any input reserved prior to commencement on regarding projects with training budgets site. (Fee Scale C) • technical assistance project for for the next issue in November 1997. highway maintenance in Uzbekistan Please contact Debra Power at IHRD in Exeter - appointed for the design of • study and engineering of Berk house. Basingstoke for further structural and civil engineering rehabilitations of a major road in information - on Ext 420. elements of a £750K Vehicle Kazakstan continuedoverleaf • technical assistance for Vaicain Soci&aiis improvement of management, des S/ports & operations and accounting systems Paper Recycling in the Port of Aktau, Kazakstan. Clerical Assistant from Diana Clarke The London office require a Clerical [SWKCL, Basingstoke] SW are also currently pursuing water, Assistant to deal with a wide variety of environmental and aviation projects in administrative duties including On 17th May a recycling paper run was the region. Watch this space for further photocopying, documentation collation, made and a further £20.80 was raised. developments over the next few binding, filing, distribution of mail. Well done everyone. months. You will also assist with kitchen duties during meetings. You should be able How the South West Was Won! London Luton Airport to work calmly under pressure and be (I.C.E. S.W. Association - Pavement Investigation 1997 capable of taking instructions from Football Tournament) different sources. from Andy Davies/Shaun Merrifield A letter was received by Robert [SWRL, Swindon] Armitage of Pavement Engineering, Assistant Librarian - Temporary Nottingham from Jan Blackhall of A temporary position has arisen in the As the sun rose over Swindon on London Luton Airport passing on Basingstoke office for an adaptable Saturday 26th April the intrepid seven compliments to John Dobrzycki and all person to initially provide support to awoke early. It would be at least haifa the team for ajob well done. our Librarian with the running of our day’s ride across the hot plains of the technical library services and to M4 and M5 to their destination south of maintain the service for the duration of the border. On arriving at the shanty her maternity leave. You should have town of Exeter they made camp and (Gongrai itula itiions! good administrative skills and have an sampled the local hospitality. accurate and methodical approach to to Cohn McKenna who has had his your work. The next day the locals trembled in fear paper entitled “Design and as 12 rival clans assembled for the high Construction of Bridges - Yuen Long Senior Town Planners - Plymouth noon shoot out. Worried mothers Approach - Route 3 - Hong Kong” and Peterborough hastily gathered their children from the accepted for presentation to the Fourth The Plymouth and Peterborough dusty streets, into the safety of their International Kerensky Conference in offices are looking for Chartered Town timber clad homes. Hong Kong in September 1997. Planners (or equivalent) with considerable development experience The first offering saw a replay of last to Mike Costaras [SWKCL, to join their multi-disciplinary teams. year’s final. The same outcome Basingstoke] and Grace on the birth of Candidates should be keen to develop prevailed. A 1-0 win for South West their son, Max, on 18th May 1997. He their business development roles and water (El Banditos) over Scott Wilson weighed 8lbs 5oz (Mike says that’s 4 identify future market opportunities. Railways (the team playing as bags of sugar to the uninitiated!) Commercial awareness is a must, as is MainLine). This was an early blow. A business acumen and good visit to the last chance saloon to Andrew Payne [Derby Southern interpersonal skills. beckoned. After injecting some Bypass] and Janet on the birth of their firewater, Steve ‘Marshall’ Brierley daughter, Lydia Rose, on 3rd June If you are interested in any of the above spat out his tobacco chew and roared 1997 - weight 7lbs l2oz. positions, please contact Sally Mason “it ain’t over till the fat lady signs - and on Ext 210, after having spoken to your she ain’t finished a’ singing yet”. to Sean Holmes and Emma who head of section. Digging his heel into the dirt, he stood celebrated their wedding day on glaring into the sun and waited, fingers Saturday 24th May. Best wishes for Secretary/Administrator poised over his six-shooter. the future from all your friends in SW. Scott Wilson Railways have a vacancy for a Secretary/Administrator within With the gauntlet laid down, the others the Railway Systems Engineering came, one by one. And one by one Discipline. You will be providing they fell, to the combined striking STARTERS wide-ranging departmental support, partnership of Alex ‘Trigger’ Evason A warm welcome to: including typing reports, maintaining a and Andy ‘The Kid’ Davies. Nicks technical library, administering a Nobblers were outgunned 3-0, Halcrow Jim Richardson who has been Quality Assurance procedure and Gloucester followed 1-0 and Sporting employed as Construction Supervisor liaising with clients. Ideally you will Parkman were sent to Boot Hill on a 3- on the Third Road Improvement have excellent word-processing and 0 defeat. This victory’ensured top spot project in Nepal. Bill vi1ljoin David communication skills, together with a within their group. Hobbs on site in the remote west of good telephone manner and a flexible Nepal. and team-spirited approach. The semi final saw Pure Genius riding gunshot into town spoiling for a show If you are interested in this position down. However, the firepower of please contact Diane Goddard or MainLine and the midfield dominance Alison White on 01793 515262, having provided by Stuart ‘Bullet’ Allabush first spoken to your Section Head. told heavily, sealing a fine 3-0 victory. Silence fell upon the dusty streets as Answer No 3. This last payment’ which achieves a 5% net profit is South West Water and Scott Wilson appears to form part of the ‘PRP Pool’ equivalent to a loss of 2% if payment is MainLine lined up against each other and as such has to be distributed to made through one sum at the project T (in a repeat of last year’s final) at employees. It seems inequitable that end. If fees are paid by two payments opposite ends of the street. members of a scheme (by agreement) after 6 months and one year from start, Tumbleweeds rolled across the narrow can then ‘lose out’ on the benefits of the real net profit is only 1.8%. The firing line as the wind blew strongly. that scheme. This appears contrary to calculations assume an interest rate of As the teams strode towards each other Scheme Eligibility Rules. 16%per annum. spursjingling, locals fought for vantage points out of every window and
doorway that lined the street. V from Brian Sweatmore ISWRL, Swindoni The silence was broken as a sombrero clad El Bandito shouted “Gringos, go Ideas of the Week With regard to Staff Conditions of home”. Suddenly the church bells from Anan Allos Service (6/12) para 5 it came as some tolled high noon. A blaze of gunshots ISWKCL, Basingstoke surprise to many that 15 hours overtime erupted as each side tried to gain the needs to be carried forward before initiative. We all know that time spent on Z, A, claims can be made for payment. As and X jobs (ZAX) is non-fee earning, this seems to originate from the A solid display by Guy ‘Doc’ Everitt and as such, other things being equal, hallowed past (perhaps even from the and Alex ‘The Milky Bar Kid’ Falvey should be minimised. Leave is less Law of the Medes and Persians) it is saw normal time play out to a 0-0 draw. relevant as it is much more uniform worth asking what purpose it serves Extra time started with MainLine across staff and much better controlled and what this amounts to when taking the lead, a shot on the turn by and monitored. The average ZAX is eventually due for payment in the ‘Trigger’ Evason catching keeper some 21%. Associates have a guideline distant future. unaware. This spurred El Banditos into for ZAX and maybe this can be desperation. Advancing in numbers, extended to other categories of staff Assuming 15 hours overtime provides a they looked certain to score but two (PE, APE. etc..). There is nothing to principal sum ofI00. Assuming also outstanding saves by Shaun ‘Mongo’ prevent certain exceptions for staff who this to be invested at compound interest Merrifield prevented an equaliser. are targeted for, say, promotional jobs. of 5% over an employee’s working life The ZAX can be monitored at a section with SW (say for 45 years unstinting Victory was when almost secured level and any variance identified. I am service). The resulting figure would ‘Doc’ Everitt grabbed both six-shooters sure that much of this ZAX information then amount to £898.50. and came out all guns blazing, only to is available to Directors, but I don’t be denied at the last by a sprawling think it is on (the more pertinent) Would it be too much to suggest that from save the keeper. It was to prove section level. Moreover, I think such staff and management reach an the last act; MainLine triumphed 1-0. information is sufficiently valuable to agreement as to the rightful beneficiary be disseminated to staff. of such interest? It may be that With the town liberated and the saloon ScottLight readers are already reaching drunk dry, the magnificent seven The Budget Forecasts give an for their pens to defend the 15 hour rule mounted their trusty steeds and, to the opportunity of comparing fees billed to in the hope of such an annuity. Others sounds of Ennio Moricone, rode into costs, and it would be useful if they perhaps imagine themselves in their the sunset. produce the all important net profit and twilight years in some moonlit garret gross margin, being salient financial wondering what there is left to spend it And that was how the South West parameters. The monthly job cost on. It is these that may ask themselves was won! reports are a very useful monitoring if it was really worth all the non tools, but they only give project costs. productive administration. For Saile & W&’inited It would be very useful if they also contain information on billed fees. This One suggestion is to enter more into the For Sale: Camera Bag - ‘Billingham will remind project managers if billing spirit of Pathways for Progress- in 335’ Nvtex material. 1year old. is behind thus help cash flow. It will partnership and in open discussion. Excellent condition -£70 (retail £140) also allow a continuous monitor of Then scrap it. Contact Angela Lowle at Berk House. profit and gross margin as the project Basingstoke - Ext 401. progresses. It is true that the information will be very approximate if Editor ‘sNote You will notice that our is 0117/ )VD1U1 done monthly, but I think that monthly new company mark included on this information, however approximate, is edition of ScottLight. Any suggestion.s MInd? still vital for project financial control for a new, suitable, graphic Jr the Profit Related Pa’, masthead of ScottLight will he from E Warburton Project guidelines have been set for net grate/lilly received and considered. [SWKCL, Chesterfield) profit and gross margin, and will be
forthcoming on cash flow. I believe What happens to any non-distributed that projects with relatively long payments of PRP should staff leave implementation periods should estimate ‘early’. See PRP booklet - Further the net profit on a discounted cash flow basis. For example a one year study continuedoverleaf All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, Basingstoke by 5p.m. on Mondays. Tel: 01256 461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Also E-Mail. Thank you
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Since 6. 5. implemented 4. 3. ending: to brochures. capability will been The continuation CV’s Wherever and of The as stocks all 2nd Until July format. withdrawn complete the and The Wilson Wilson and format, We Fly have for be Bob been practicable. the the offices new plan white. updating “Copy be project June Design [SWKCL, discontinued. sheets then printed the the produced 1997. are UK introduction of followed the but approved Kirkpatrick) instead from to McKittrick new mark revised variety statements marketing material. to the on 13th all and by appropriate company, and revise are of the When Studio, are paper. on description be of Ian studio all letter added several Basingstoke] old Scot, individual worldwide cover continuation mark replaced asked the continued printed of sheets to of by June all Snaith covers by the of covers SWK individual Basingstoke revised from” sheets be 15011 and discipline material can i.e. by has and These and the Geoff to layouts revisions designs are the sheets on in proposals 199’7 by the overleaf be been keep new with from and brochures discipline produced sheet produced will the the versions paper. will the in text layouts French end as which sheets sheets mark black (with busy Scott Scott their new new 2nd new low has for are be be in of is • covers with photo(s) or illustrations and Wales. This Act, based upon the engineering excellenceengineering.’ • covers with only few words through principles of Part VI of The London excellence, as expressed in a physical to lengthy text Building Acts (Amendments) Act, 1939 form in an existing building or • covers which vary from the norm, will affect practically all properties structure’. i.e. where Scott Wilson is not the where Building Owners are lead company or covers for training contemplating building works on or For further information please contact courses etc. adjacent to their boundary lines. the Institution of Structural Engineers at These new layouts are on display in the 11 Upper Belgrave Street, London Design Studio. The Act allows adjacent owners the join SWIX 9BH. Tel: 0171 235 4535. right to use the whole of a party wall as Fax: 0171 235 4294. Please bear in mind when requesting if it were their own, provided they work from the studio that extra time will submit the statutory notices to their be needed to discuss and produce these neighbours, informing them of the TRACECA - Legal Project - Armenia new designs. Same day covers will not works. be feasible. Following the SWK International Trade These works could include cutting into and Transport Seminar held in Yerevan, Louise Curme, Design Co-ordinator will the party wall to achieve additional Armenia, in late May Richard Levett be absent from work from 9th June for support, underpinning, thickening and was interviewed by the local press and approximately 6 weeks. This will raising the party wall, demolition and TV to explain and promote the inevitably mean a slower production of rebuilding or repair of the party wall. TRACECA Trade Corridor (the old silk material from the Design Studio. Please, road). The TV report was repeated three therefore, give as much notice as The ‘etc’ refers to excavation close to times in one evening, so difficult to miss possible for studio work. Same other properties, and the Act provides even if you wanted to. Armenia is an day/next day responses will not be that when such excavation is proposed, interesting Christian Country possible. Any major difficulties please the neighbours must be given notice. sandwiched between Turkey, Iran, contact me. Azerbajan and Georgia. Up to 40% of If a dispute arises between adjoining Armenians live outside Armenia but Berk House Mail owners over proposed works, then a now with World Bank support the from Ken Goodingham Party Wall Surveyor will have to be country is moving forward. Yerevan has {SWKCL,Basingstokej appointed in accordance with the Act. its share of Pizza Restaurants,Jazz Clubs and also a pleasant climate. SWK have a It would be most helpful if Scott House SWKCL, Basildon and London have TRACECA Project office in Yerevan personnel visiting Berk House would performed the duties of a Party Wall with a very able Office Manager take with them any mail. Surveyor, as defined by The London Varduhi Abrahamian, who can be a Building Acts, for appointing owners focus for SWK marketing. To assist this, a mail tray has been within inner London and are able to placed outside the post room on the wall advise on the procedures. Please contact TRAVELLERS opposite Reception, just before you go Martin Gibney in Basildon if you require towards the side door to the Directors’ further information. Location Traveller Dates car park. Toronto G RThomas 15-23/6 Design of Composite Beams Toronto J L Nutt 16-20/6
Whilst the normal post room deliveries to BS5950 Washington ‘ ‘ 23-15/6 to Berk House will continue, from David Webb Egypt R Cobham 23-30/6 supplementary deliveries during the day [SWKCL, Basingstoke] Islamabad D Wootton 15-21/6 will be an additional benefit. It would appear that the Sand Proforma,
Please give the mail to Barbara Brophy used by many people to design Editor ‘.cNote: If you thought you had a and check with her before leaving Berk composite beams does not undertake an sense of déjà vu when reading the last House to see if there is anything to bring important check. The program does not issue of ScottLight,you were right. The back to the Scott House post room. check the second criterion in cI 5.6.3 in item about Appointment of Divisional BS5950 pt 3.1. In the vast majority of Directors in South Africa had also Party Wall Act etc 1996 cases it should make no difference to the appeared in the previous issue. Can you Further Information design of the beam, but where there are a have too much of a good thing?! from Martin Gibney large number of shear connectors with [SWKCL, Basildon] no contribution from the metal decking, Whatt’ Goilng On? there might be a problem. We plan to Scale: A: £ 100,000+; B: £50,000 - £99,999; Project Managers within England and write a patch for this, and the software C; £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; Wales who are involved in the house will have been contacted by the F: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 refurbishment of existing buildings or time this is published. the development of open sites, where Benin Feeder Roads there are party walls or adjoining owners The Institution of Structural 12 years after completing a major feeder structures, nee to be aware of the Engineers - Special Awards 1997 road project in Benin, Scott Wilson has statutory legislation introduced from 1st undertaken a project identification July 1997. The ISE are calling for submissions for mission for Danida, who wish to support this year’s Special Awards to be Benin’s feeder road maintenance From this date the Party Wall etc Act submitted by 12th September 1997. A programme. Hamish Goldie-Scot, 1996 will be common law in England Special Award is for ‘structural accompanied by a Transport Economist from Nordic Consulting Group, visited in Jordan before Jamie invited him to the Traffic Impact Assessment for a Benin for two weeks in May. The site office to run through the analysis Proposed Shopping Centre, Bangkok emerging project, for which a full undertaken using the latest computer From David Staniforth [Bangkok] project preparation mission will now be packages and several prepared required, will include a demonstration explanatory figures. The entire visit had SWK(T) has recently been appointed by feeder road maintenance component excellent media coverage sweeping the a developer to undertake a Traffic based on a demand-driven community- front pages and headlining the televised Impact Assessment for a proposed based approach, and associated support news (although they didn’t take my good shopping centre on the outskirts of to the establishment of a national side). It is hoped the initial findings can Bangkok. The retail development database to improve co-ordination and be confirmed by further exploration and comprises 7-floor and 2-basement levels planning of interventions on the 14.000 pilot production schemes supervised by with a gross floor area of 185,000 cu m. km rural road network.. Scott Wilson is SW’s own desert rats, although I am More importantly, however, it requires still fondly remembered in Benin by keen to request a greater environmental over 4,000 car parking spaces - enter many staff in the Ministère des Travaux input as the camels are becoming SWK(T). Publics et Des Transports and the nervous. Ministère du Développement Rurale. Our Traffic Engineer, Kanokorn, has Translation of formal documentation, VGAG Maintenance Management already mobilised his team and has required in both English and French, will Plan carried out the traffic surveys. From this be undertaken by Tanya Ball. (Fee From Fiona Tellefson a review of the capacity and layout of Scale C) [SWIJ Melbourne] the entrance and exit points to the development, internal roads, car park Wadi Araba Deep Aquifer Study SWIJ Melbourne has recently been layouts and circulation will follow. [Fee from Jamie Riches appointed to prepare a Maintenance Scale E] [Scott Wilson, Jordan] Management Plan for twelve state government owned offices within Beijing Enterprises Company Limited Twenty four hour supervision, with Victoria, for the Victorian Government Listing temperatures soaring to over 45°C Accommodation Group (VGAG). The From Albert Cheung [Hong Kong] working in the fly capital of the world all plan will comprise an existing conditions seemed worthwhile as the Wadi Araba report for each building along with a Scott Wilson has completed the revenue Deep Aquifer Studywas visited by no spreadsheet of proposed works with forecast and technical audit for the less than the Crown Prince Hassan (fresh priority ratings, defect style, risk, cost Beijing Airport Expressway, which from a trip to the UK), the Deputy Prime and impact on client operation. The formed part of the business of the Minister, and Ministers of Water and buildings range in size from single Beijing Enterprises Company Limited Irrigation, Public Works, Municipal and storey up to six storey and were listed in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Rural Affairs and Social Development. constructed over the period of 1965 to on 29 May 1997. This project, co Having spent the entire night preparing a 1990. The offices are located in Ballarat, ordinated by Associate Dr Lee Soon- ‘comfortable’ road for the Crown Prince Bendigo, Colac, Geelong, Horsham, chop, brought together expertise and to ride in on, Prince Hassan elected to Kerang, Mildura, Morwell, Seymour, resources from the following Scott take the desert option and, with his Shepparton, Swan Hill and Warragul. Wilson offices: entourage of over 100 Land Rovers, it was a scene taken right out of Lawrence A total of 2600 kilometres will be • London: Neil Valentine of Arabia. travelled by the SWIJ team to complete • Malaysia: Cohn Sherwood, Helen inspections of all buildings. SWIJ Dell and Francis Chan The project, supervised entirely by Scott disciplines involved include structures, • Nanjing: Xia He Wai and staff from Wilson’s Water Division, has civil, mechanical, electrical, fire, JSSWK investigated the hydrogeology of the rift hydraulics and building surveying. • I-long Kong: Samuel Wong, Ngai valley between the Dead Sea and the Hon Wah and staff from Red Sea, probably one of the most Hazard Assessment Study for the Transportation section complicated geological terrains in the Dam of Tai Lam Chung Reservoir world. Three boreholes have been From Ander Chow [Hong Kong] We demonstrated our ability to mobilise constructed to depths up to l200mbgl by resources within the group at short a Saudi Arabian Contractor (the first to Scott Wilson Atria Ltd has been retained notice to meet clients’ demanding work in Jordan since the Gulf War) by a private developer to undertake a programmes and were able to deliver on supervised entirely by Assistant hazard assessment study for the dam of time. Hydrogeologist, Jamie Riches and Field Tai Lam Chung Reservoir to assess Hydrogeologists Waleed Zidan and potential impacts to the proposed The share price of Beijing Enterprises Bassam Abu-Dayyeh under the residential development downstream of Company Limited was set at HK$12.48. management of Senior Hydrogeologist, the Tai Lam Chung dam. The study After two days of trading in the Hong Howard Wong. This unprecedented involves dam break analysis and Kong stock market, it closed at HK$45. exploration study has found good quality dambreak flood modelling. DHIs MIKE Scott Wilson are proud to be involved in groundwater in exploitable quantities 11 will be used in this study to simulate this record breaking project and we have within the barren desert landscape of the propagation of dambreak flood. This started to negotiate additional Wadi Araba, the so called ‘Valley of study is the first of its kind in Hong consultancy services with the same Peace’. At the wellhead Waleed Kong and aimed to be completed in 6 client. explained to the Crown Prince Scott months. Wilson’s work in the groundwater field
continuedoverleaf New starters to Scott Wilson Railways Details regarding times etc will follow (Con,grrditiuuiaitims! (Scotland) Ltd: shortly - the first tee off will be 13.30. to Chris Sketchley who has just been elected to the Council of the Institution • David Hunt - Vacational Student of Structural Engineers for a 3 year Vatcan cites period. • Andrew Condie - Clerical Officer Administration Assistant - Abingdon
Over and Above the Call of Duty • Nick Deanes who has been working The Abingdon office have a requirement from Isobel Belton [SWKPE] with the M & E Facilities for an Administration Assistant whose Management Division from London main tasks will include dealing with SWK Pavement Engineering on contract for the past 6 months has invoices, expenses, petty cash, timesheet Administrative staff have yet again now taken up full time employment and job number administration and other proved their dedication and with them. Nick co-ordinates the general clerical duties. You must be determination to get the job done when team M&E maintenance numerate, able to work on your own one of their number worked to within management service that they initiative with little supervision, and hours of giving birth. Good on you provide for Westminster Schools and should also have knowledge of Excel Shirley. Colleges and British Transport Police and Microsoft Word. Headquarters and London (South) Congratulations to Shirley Annable and buildings. If you are interested in the above Terry on the birth of their son Martin position, please contact Sally Mason on Lewis on 6th June, weighing in at 7lbs Ext 210 after having first spoken to your 2oz. S/ports & Sociiaiis head of section.
Spring Golf Day Wh(t’ On Your From N J Robertson Mi/nd Mike Potter is leaving Sri Lanka after 5 [SWKCI,Chesterfield] From Phil Marshall years and Chris Tolley is taking over as [Scott Wilson Railways] Scott Wilson’s representative in The SWKCL Central Region’s Spring Colombo. We are attempting to widen Golf Day held at Hallowes Golf Club Why do safety helmets always have a our activities in Sri Lanka, which have near Sheffield proved memorable for all peak? It obstructs ones vision, previously been predominantly for the those who took part due to the fine especially when stooping, and it gets in Road Development Authority. course, beautiful weather and excellent the way when looking through a dinner provided by the club’s chef. The theodolite or level, or when taking Please keep Chris informed of all day proved particularly memorable for photographs. marketing or promotional activity in Sri the three winners who contrived to Lanka and enlist his help in providing perform their best golf on the day. Safety helmets have been mandatory for local information. David Whyman won the ‘Stableford’ some years now, but constant reminders Competition amassing a total of 36 are still needed to ensure compliance. STARTERS points, closely followed by David The very least we should do is provide A warm welcome to: Fielding (35 points) and Mike Ashby (34 helmets that are comfortable and points). convenient to wear. Maybe someone Three new starters in the Basingstoke somewhere thinks a peak looks stylish. office from 9th June: Congratulations to everyone who took Get real folks - helmets do not look part who may take encouragement from stylish, with our without a peak. • Malcolm Charlton - Print Room the fact that handicaps will be reviewed Operator for our next venture. I asked Dave Sutton (our Safety and Quality engineer) and he replied to the • Martin Hennessy - General Measor Mashie effect that “...fvoii want one withouta Assistant who will be kept very busy From Diana Clarke [SWKCL, peak I’ll order itfor you working with Don Johnson in Basingstoke] Maintenance and also assisting in the But why does anyone need a peak? I Post and Print Rooms. I’m afraid it’s time to send me some suggest that there are plenty of us who money - could I please have £20 a head definitely do not. I presume that the • Neil Foskett who joined the for all those who have registered (its not company will shortly be ordering lots of Computing Section for a year as an too late) for the Measor Mashie on new helmets bearing the shiny new Scott Industrial Trainee. Wednesday 2nd July. Cheques should Wilson logo: please do us a favour and be made payable to Scott Wilson get the peakless hats as standard: then if • Charlie Salisbury who has just Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd and should be sent anyone really needs a stupid peak they joined the Geotechnics Section of to me to arrive no latter than 23rd June would order it specially. Chesterfield. Charlie was previously 1997. This £20 will cover part of the with Soletanche, having spent 5 green fees the rest and the evening will Hmm- even better would be a helmet years in their Paris office involved in be met by the Directors. Sorry but the without a peak-but with a lamp bracket. the design of heavy foundations and meal only applies to participants this But maybe that’s pushing my luck too retaining walls - and is fluent in year. French, of course. far. All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, Basingstoke by 5p.m. on Mondays. Tel: 01256 461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Also E-Mail. Thank you
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Attenititon All Staff! The firm is continuing to pay Attention All Autocad Users membership of eligible staff to the from Phil Machin Computer Viruses scheme. The amount, which will be a [SWKCL, Basingstoke] from Stephen Leach [SWKCL, Basingstoke] taxable benefit to these employees, is Revised SWKCL drawing border £237.00 per annum. blocks incorporating the new logo Most people in SWKCL will be aware have been approved for use and are that we had to have a major computer These rates are effective from 1st May now available for circulation. The virus tidy up operation over the 1997 and adjustments to salary borders together with instructions have weekend of 14/15 June. The WM/Cap deductions will be updated in the July been compressed into a self extracting word macro virus evaded our defences salary. file called BORDERS.EXE which may essentially because it is only caught by be retrieved from the local transfer area Dr. Solomon’s 7.70 or later and we on server ENTERPRISE_BA were infected before we received Scott Wilson Master Specification (Basingstoke). version 7.70. from John Tubman [SWKCL, Basingstoke] If you are unable to connect to this Having spent a lot of money on the transfer area directly or via another clean up operation and put a lot of Further to my article and associated office please contact me and I will people to some inconvenience I am requests in ScottLight a few months arrange for the file to be sent on a keen that we do not re-infect ourselves. ago, I can now report that crunch time diskette. To this end I would like to emphasise is fast approaching for the Master that all floppy disks in the organisation Specification: a decision will shortly be must be considered as potential sources made as to whether it lives or dies. E -mail of re-infection and must be virus Clearly, one of the key factors in the from mascott ltd checked before being put into any decision must be the extent to which computer. Most offices have a the Master Spec. is currently being Following SWK-PE’s note last week, machine for checking disks but if you used. My request a few months ago we would like to confirm that mascott are in any doubt please consult your prompted very little response; does this ltd is on the SITA network and also has office computing representative. mean that the Spec. is little used? To a Compuserve address. Within UK, the enable us to make the correct decision, Compuserve address is cheaper but While you are looking at the huge pile please phone, fax or email me in from overseas we suggest that the SITA of disks on your desk, please consider Basingstoke if you have used the address is used: if you really need them any more. If Master Spec. in the last twelve months. you don’t, please return them to your The fewer responses received, the more Internet:[email protected] computer representative for recycling. likely it will be that no further work is SITA: mascott ltd(UK) done on it. Your vote counts!
PPP Another consideration will be the A19 Dishforth to Tyne Tunnel from Alan Morton extent to which the firm would be Construction Evaluation Report [SWKCL, Basingstoke] happy to see the NBS Spec. (rather than our own Master Spec.) used as the A letter has been received by Mr C The new monthly Private Medical basis for future contract documerts. Jennison of Scott Wilson Pavement Insurance Scheme (PPP) rates have Would those of you with relevant Engineering from Amey, Sir Robert now been finalised for staff members experience please contact me and tell McAlpine, Taylor Woodrow praising for the current year, which are as me in which areas the NBS is currently him and his staff for the excellent follows: considered to be deficient. Many thanks presentation on the above project, in anticipation. thanking them for the efforts taken Married!Partner: £19.75 (this does not refer to the road and under tight time constraints and looking Family: £29.67 bridgeworks specification kept up to forward to further opportunities to use Single Parent Family £9.92 date by Chesterfield) the expertise of the organisation.
continuedoverleaf Maritime Division (Europe) Last year NCE listed SWK No. 2 under More Jobs in the West Country from Don Wootton the Ports and Airports section of the from André Evans [SWKCL, Basingstoke] consultants file. The target is to [SWKCL, Plymouth]
become the No. I consultant. The Maritime Division moved from Plymouth Office staff are currently Reigate to Basingstoke in January to be busy addressing civil/structural aspects more closely integrated with other Change of Address for ACE of a myriad of alterations to 10 Dock in transportation iivisions and to be part Devonport Royal Dockyard. This of the overseas unit newly established Please note the change of street address Victorian dock is currently undergoing in Berk I-louse. for Associated Consulting Engineers in strengthening in order to allow refitting Uganda: of nuclear submarines. Our staff are Unfortunately, we lost some staff who Kati House, Plot 2, Kyagwe Road, P 0 involved in work to subways, penstock were unable to relocate but are pleased Box 3007, Kampala, Uganda. shafts, timber shutes, dockside to welcome two new faces in Bob Doe! furniture, caisson slots, capstans etc etc. whojoins as PE, and Peter Watt who is They apologise for being out of contact Richard Brown, in particular, has on a one year exchange from the from 9th to 18th June whilst contributed greatly to unravelling this Sydney office of SWIJ. Julian Jones telephones/fax were being disconnected spaghetti (Fee Scale B). has also returned from Tanzania, and and reconnected at their new office. Paul Starr returns in July from Hong Also in Devonport Dockyard, we have Kong. been appointed by the Keir Group for Professional Construction Skills the design of temporary works. To We are now able to look to the future from Bernie Roome date, 11 individuals commissions have with confidence but will continue to [SWKCL, Basingstoke] been received. Martin Finlay has work closely with the Dubai, masterminded this work. (Fee Scale E). Southampton, Plymouth, Basildon, Further to my article in Scott Light 94 London and Peterborough offices who regarding Scott Wilson membership of At RAF St Mawgan on the North have provided support to us during the Professional Construction Skills (PCS), Comish Coast, we have been appointed last6 months. Trevor Winslow of PCS will explain to specify repairs to the main runway the benefits of membership and what and to design new drainage systems
Current projects with the division PCS can offer to us on Tuesday 1 July incorporating pollution control. We are include: in the Conference Room of Bayheath also involved in minor works to House from 12.15 pm to l2.45pm and hangars and the cricket pavilion. Chris • Detail design of £l2m lock gates in the Conference Room of Springwell Hicks is working on this project and chamber and lead in King George V House from 1.15pm to 1.45 pm. Please has strict instructions to leave his surf Lock, London, giving eastern entry attend one of these sessions if possible. board and cricket bat at home (Fee to the old Royal Group of Docks. Scale C) • WB Planning Study for naval and commercial port facilities at Whait’ Goit’nç On? Montevideo, Uruguay. New Work for Scott Wilson Railways • BOT documents for Container Scale: A: £l00,000+; B: £50,000 -£99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; Terminal in Karachi, Pakistan. E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 Royal Albert Bridge - a call off • Due diligence for Societe General contract for the painting of approach on £l7Om new port at Salalah, New Site Handbooks spans for Railtrack GW Zone. (Fee Oman. from Stuart Coventry Scale D) • Detail design of breakwater for new [SWKCL, Basingstokej fishing port at Dalkut, Oman. Hicks Lodge Private Siding - a • Assistance to two private The Environmental Division has technical specification for design and developers of BOT ports at Visng recently been commissioned by CIRIA construction for Railtrack PD Midlands and Pipavar, India. to produce a handbook for construction (Fee Scale C) • Supervision of Phase I construction site staff on how to control of £80m submarine facility in environmental impacts on site. This Bristol Temple Meads - a Pakistan. follows our success in producing topographical and services survey for • Supervision of £45m berth similar handbooks on Waste renewal of track and drainage for construction in Karachi, Pakistan. Minimisation and Effective Materials Amey Railways. (Fee Scale C) Handling. In producing the handbook We continue to network globally and we will be consulting widely and Buckshead Tunnel - a permanent way have just supported the Sydney office seeking ideas and examples of good renewals inspection for Railtrack PD of SWIJ with a bid to P & 0 Australia and bad practice. If anybody would GW. (Fee Scale C) for the planning and design of a port in like further information or can offer Turkey. Ozgar Balaban who came to anecdotes, advice or photographs CTRL - production of a due diligence Reigate from Turkey and then please contact Claire Woolveridge, the report to support the share flotation of transferred to Hong Kong could be a Research Manager in Basingstoke. London and Continental Railways, key person in this project if we are (Fee Scale A) successful. Digital Photographic Plant Records - provision of photographic plant records
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If you are interested in any of the above proposed on 1 June 1998 to drop positions, please contact Sally Mason ‘Wilson’ in order to keep the on ext 210, having first spoken to your momentum rolling. Head of Section.
from Dave Over Project Administrator- [Scott Wilson Railways, Swindon] - Scott Wilson Railways Carrying on from the article about Scott Wilson Railways currently have a Shirley Annable continuing work up to maternity cover vacancy for a Project a few hours before giving birth, our Administrator within the Civil very own Mandy Willson is planning Engineering Discipline. You will need on taking a lap-top into the delivery working knowledge of Microsoft room to catch up with her backlog and Office: Word 6, Excel and good to perhaps get a half decent pay rise organisational skills. Duties will this year! include typing, maintaining project files, arranging meetings, taking Editor: Thismust be herfirst baby?! minutes and filing. A good telephone manner would also be advantageous.
If you are interested in this position please contact either Diane or Alison y on 01793 515262, having first spoken to your Head of Section. Ildea of the Week from Bernie Roome What’s 01111 )V01U[ [SWKCL, Basingstoke] Mithd?’ With the omission of “With from Graham Thompson Compliments” from the new [SWKCL, Peterborough] compliments slips, could these not be produced three to a sheet, perforated, so that they could feed through the laser 1. Deletion of Window Covers a No mention is made of what covers printers and carry personalised should be utilised for reports or for message to the recipient done via Word contract documentation. Window rather than, as now, having to write on who it is to or get covers provide a cheap, easy means of this typed on? covering brief reports and contract documents whilst maintaining a Editor’s note: The common visual image. Is it proposed deadline for that the Design Studio prepare covers receiving items for inclusion in for all documents? This may be ScotiLight will have to be strictly acceptable for the Basingstoke ‘nerve adhered to in future; therefore any centre’ but will create considerable items received afler 5pm on Monday problems for the provincial offices. will be held over until the following issue. Don ‘t forget you can send me items by 2. Passwords E-maiL Why do we have to change our passwords for the network so frequently? This seems totally unnecessary and it would be much better if we could use our own discretion to decide when we need to change our password.
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Luckily after 1st July, Road Management for Senior Location Traveller Dates British politicians will not need to Engineers 16-27 June at Worthing travel half way round the world to be from Richard Levett Bishkek Richard Levett 24 June - mauled by Hong Kong’s Legislative [SWKCL, Basingstoke] 4 July Council members and the international and local press pack. Scott Wilson, TRL and Crown Agents China Ron Bisset 21 June are completing their third Road 12July For the formal handover ceremony, a Management for Senior Engineers The Gambia Peter-John Meynell massive extension to the Convention course. The course has provoked 2 -29 July Centre will be used for the first time. support from consultants - a Senior Eritrea C J McKenna 3-9 July The fast-track construction contract for Vice President from N D Leigh this extension was signed 27 months (Canada) and from Cowie Consult ago, and the Centre extension was (Uganda). It is good to know that actually due to be finished in sometimes competitors are prepared to Go,thr September but, in true Hong Kong spend time and money to keep ‘up to Whait’ On? style, the contractor was asked to finish date’ on Road Management issues. Scale: A: £l00,000+; B: £50,000- £99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; early. Late May/early June has seen a The remaining participants came from E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 lot of rain and there are still problems Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Malaysia. sealing the new roof of the Centre Tourism and Leisure extension; the contractor has been Cover the Country quoted in the press: “Unfortunately Safety Helmet Stickers from Malcolm George safety regulations prevent workmen from Mike Sales [SWKCL (SWRC), Abingdon] going onto the roof during [SWKCL, Basingstoke] thunderstorms to seal leaks!” (Thus Never let it be said that Scott Wilson speaks a true Hong Kong contractor - Safety helmet stickers bearing the new couldn’t organise a ‘p” in a although he might have originated from Scott Wilson mark are to hand. Orders brewery’. We have just finished a France). The Government has should be forwarded to me in business appraisal for a new Brewery separately built a temporary outdoor Basingstoke. Visitor Centre for Courage in Bristol. arena using steel scaffolding Since we are also just completing a (surprisingly not bamboo) for a Feasibility Study on a sanitaryware ceremony to mark the end of the British Rawiplug exhibition for the Gladstone Pottery era, which is to be held at sunset on from Lyn Furnell Museum, Stoke on Trent, we seem to 30th June. Nostalgically this arena is [SWKCL, Basingstoke] have all ends of the market covered! on the site of the old Tamar Naval (Any suggestions on a better name for Basin which has been blocked off and RawIplug are keen to give a seminar to the exhibition than ‘Insanitary’ would reclaimed for sale as an extension to an audience in SWK entitled be welcome). Hong Kong’s booming Central Construction Fixings. The date [Business] District. However if the proposed is Wednesday 27 August at A number of new projects offer better current rain continues, this event may 12 noon in Conference Room 2aJ2b. prospects for a good day out for our have to be cancelled! Your team! correspondent will give you another The seminar will consist of a slide report after the event. show detailing the different types and . Newmarket Racecourse - a applications fro the heavy duty anchors business plan for the new £5m plus information on the new European Grandstand. (Fee Scale C) Master Specifications Technical Approvals Guide for these from Les Edwards fixings. This will be followed by an • Scarborough Castle - a develop [SWKCL, Basingstokej opportunity to ask questions. ment strategy and business plan for what will be one of English Further to John Tubman’s note in Before the date is confirmed, we need Heritage’s main development sites ScottLight Issue 97 on the so-called to be sure of a good audience. The in the north of England. (Fee Scale Scott Wilson Master Specification, meeting would qualify for CET and C) please note that at Berk House we have CPD requirements so all, especially a Scott Wilson Master Marine Works Graduates are asked to confirm their • Portland Castle - a development, Specification. In addition (legally or interest to me on Ext 214 as soon as interpretative and marketing otherwise) we have had the new ICE possible, so that I can make strategy for this Tudor castle, for 1996 Piling Specification put on disk. arrangements and order the buffet. English Heritage, South West these are held by Both of documents region . (Fee Scale C) WP at Scott House. They are only ‘controlled’ because up until now very • Medway Towns - a development few people presumably knew they and marketing strategy for the existed. Therefore, until they are Medway area, on behalf of the new formally ‘controlled’ please send unitary authority, English requests for copies direct to WP and not Partnerships and the developers of to me. the proposed £50 million leisure and factory outlet shopping scheme been awarded the 1997 James Alfred in Chatham Dockyard (Fee Scale Ewing Medal by the Institution of Civil LEAVERS C - to begin with) Engineers. Goodbye and Good Luck to John • St Albans Town Hall - we have He is the leading UK expert in Colley who leaves the BA Project just completed the first phase of an pavement engineering - an area chiefly Management section on 27th June and options study on the future of this concerned with the construction of also to Mike Costaras who leaves the former Court House and Civic roads and runways. BA Maritime Division also on 27th Building and will be presenting our June. recommendations for a new visitor His work has involved improving attraction and themed restaurant at a materials and designing better methods public meeting there on 2 July. of testing so that roads and rtmways last (Fee Scale C) longer. Sports & Socilais
Steve was quoted as saying “I was KWOGS Quaich Development Planning Highlights flabbergasted to hear of the award. I’d from Jim McCafferty from Gareth Jones never thought about the award or [SWKC(S)L, Glasgow] [SWKCL, Basingstokej receiving it. The work on pavements has been a Cinderella subject in Willie Burrell, in his article in Issue 97, Barratt Homes and Laing Homes have engineering but transport is a very has explained the ‘Quaich’ but not the instructed the preparation of a important area for the country and we ‘KWOGS’. This was dreamt up many feasibility analysis of a new by-pass for spend a lot of money on maintaining years ago by, I believe, Gavin Walter Beaconsfield funded by housing our roads”. Blackie Walker, then of the Glasgow development. The commission Bridges section as an acronym (of involves highway, infrastructure, The award began in 1936 and has been sorts) of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick ecology landscape, general given to engineers such as Barnes Glasgow Office. Bob McGowan could environmental and land use planning Wallis, inventor of the bouncing bomb well have a different story! skills (Fee Scale B) used by the Dambusters in World War Two, and Sir Frank Whittle, CBE who Around that time SWK used also to Redrow Homes has also instructed the invented the jet engine. play golf with the Corporation of the presentation of its case for a City of Glasgow and the consultants development of 700 homes in South Steve also said he was pleased his work involved in the planning and design of Hams, Devon. Initially evidence will had been placed in such illustrious the M8 Glasgow Inner Ring Road for be submitted to the Structure Plan company. “I’d like to think that we’re the ‘NIDGER’ Trophy. The ‘NIDGER’ Examination in Public. In due course a all applying basic scientific principles was a roughly squared lump of pink master plan of the site will be prepared to solve an engineering problem granite in a fine wooden frame. When, involving a range of skills from whether it’s jet engines or bouncing all those years ago, having had Plymouth and Basingstoke. (Initial Fee bombs or pavements!” ‘KWOGS’ revealed to me, I asked Scale D) “why the NIDGER Trophy” I was told that the Glaswegian ‘NIDGER’ was A private developer has also instructed Congratulations to: really ‘an edger’ or a ‘nidger’ - an the preparation of a masterplan for a edging stone, either for the gutter or the large development site in Tomes, where John and Trudy Kinirons on the birth kerb of a road made of setts, as most planning, transportation, ecology and of their first child, a daughter, Grace were in Glasgow at the time and clearly landscape skills are included in a first born on 10th June, and on the the most appropriate trophy given the stage investigation of the site’s following day Joanne and Nick project. It took a strong man to carry potential. (Scale Fee C plus bonus Radley became the proud parents of a the trophy home! Later on Woodside 2 payable for each house eventually built son, Harry, a brother for Hannah, Amy Site, I witnessed the manufacture of the on the site) and Alice - an unusually productive 2 ‘REGDIN’ Trophy which was for days on behalf of the Chesterfield (ex much more serious games - but that’s Sheffield) Civils section! another story. on gra tiuriatilons! Another theory on the meaning of Top Award for M’o yes KWOGS comes from the originator of Professor Stephen Brown STARTERS the article, Willie Burrell: “I from Chris Jennison A warm welcome to: understand that this is an anagram of an [SWK(PE), Nottingham] acronym for Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick Angela Hogan who joined the Golf Outing”. Professor follows historical greats. Basingstoke accounts section as a An engineering award that has Financial Accountant on 23rd June. Editor: I would like to thank Willie previously been given to the inventors Burrell for his praise of my ‘Scots’ of the bouncing bomb and the jet David Dunlop and Jo Riddle who both when he says:- 4 Stableford pints engine has now been given to joined the Abingdon office on 23rd translates to 4 Stableford points i.e. SWK(PE)’s Director Steve Brown, for June as CAD Manager and Temporary ‘pints‘ being Scotsfor ‘points’! his work with pavements. Steve has Graphics Technician. Slaite Vhair! anti-virus software be made available over the network? Even if this is For Sale & Wanted technically possible, there would be Overseas Vacancies: licence fee implications but these would have to be offset against the cost Civil Design Engineer - Zambia The Berk House office in Basingstoke of cleaning up an infection. Airports Study have a number of combs for binders (black only) which are surplus to their We have a requirement for an engineer requirements, as follows: Save Our Peaks who has experience in airfield or road from Steve Davey [Ankara] pavement design. The project involves 1box 12mm, 1 box 16mm,2 boxes the detailed design runway 19mm, 2 boxes 22mm, 3 of boxes 25mm, I always understood peaks to be an resurfacing at Livingstone Airport and 2 boxes 28mm, 7 boxes 32mm, 1 box integral part of the design of safety ancillary facilities. 45mm, 2 boxes 51mm. helmets. They give protection to your eyes from snow, hail, rain and glare The successful engineer will be based Please contact Barbara Brophy on Ext from the sun. In addition they afford in Lusaka, Zambia. The duration of the 402 if you can make use of them. some protection to the nose and the project is approximately 3 months eyes from falling objects. Our site starting mid July 1997. staff, and myself to some extent, spend What’on your a lot of time climbing around the large Airport Civil Engineer - Second steel bridges on our project. The peaks Bangkok International Airport Mthd? on our helmets have been invaluable in Scott Wilson Logo being the first thing to hit an object We have another airport related from Steve Davey [Ankara] before our noses. vacancy in Thailand for an engineer who has experience of apron or airfield My colleagues and I have seen the new Back in my home town - Alfreton, pavement design. The project involves logo for the first time and the general Derbyshire, once a metropolis of coal the airside design of airfield pavements feeling is that there are a few minor miners - I never heard any complaints including runways, taxiways, aprons criticisms. I don’t want to be a ‘wet about their peaks! and roads. blanket’ and in general I think the logo has many merits: dynamic, ‘go In my time on sites I have never found The duration of the tour will be forward’ style, thought provoking etc. it particularly inconvenient to turn the approximately 24 months starting However, people keep asking why you hat round for surveying or taking July/early August. can’t see the end of’Scott’. photographs. In the blistering overseas heat it may even be considered to be a These positions will be offered on a Before we spend a lot of money using positive advantage in protecting your bachelor only basis and usual overseas companies such as Pentagram maybe neck from sunburn! conditions apply. we should check on our internal expertise and have a competition. Not It would be interesting if our safety Resident Engineer - Mongolia only would it be cheaper, I think it engineers or anybody else could come would be good fun, involve the people, up with any related anecdotes, or the We have an urgent requirement for a enhance team spirit and boost morale. history and evolution of the safety chartered engineer with a minimum of helmet. five years overseas experience on road I am not in any way suggesting that we construction supervision. The project change now but would like any So, are the peaks so stupid? involves the rehabilitation of the main comments on my thoughts above. road to Russia from the capital Ulan Bataar, working under an Indian Team Editor’s Note: Could I again ask you Leader. The work is currently being Virus Checking of Disks please to print names of people and carried out by a Korean contractor from Derek Appleby places in block capitals when sending under FIDIC contract conditions. [SWK(S)L, Glasgow] in handwritten articles. What may seem perfectly plain to you isn’t always The successful engineer will be based Re the item from Stephen Leach on the obvious to me. Also, could people in Darhan in Mongolia. The duration Word Macro virus cleanup operation. who send E-mails please state their of the tour is approximately 34 months Am I to understand from this that I location. Many thanks starting in mid July 1997. must re-check every single floppy disk I have before using it, even if it was a) The position will ideally be on a brand new to me or b) checked when Thought for the week: bachelor basis and usual overseas initially received from an outside conditions apply. organisation? “Plausible impossibilities should be preferred to unconvincing If you are interested in any of the above This seems like a lot to ask, and I possibilities.” vacancies, please contact Caz Spencer seriously doubt that anyone will - Aristotle actually do it unless the anti-virus (Ext 209) having first discussed your software is made more directly availability with your section head. available at the point of use. Can the All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, Basingstoke by 5p.m. on Mondays. Tel: 01256 461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Also E-Mail. Thank you
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Thisisan SWK Holdingspublicationdistributedto allstaffintheoperating,associatedand subsidiarycompaniesinthe UK andEurope. It isnotforoutsidecirculation. S(C(O)TT Ew0n ]L1[(GrJH[T Issue 99 Week ending: 4th July 1997 Attentiton All Staff’ TO SENIOR PERSONNEL OFFICER TO LAND SURVEYOR (2) From Phil Green (SWKHL) (12) Richard Brown Sally Mason Cohn Childs The Directors of SWK Holdings Ltd are pleased to announce the appointment of TO HYDROGEOLOGIST TO PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR S J Hindshaw and A J Napier as (CHARTERED LEVEL) (3.1) (A2.I) Directors of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Jamie Riches Carol Byrne Co (Scotland) Ltd with effect from 1st Amanda Willson July 1997. TO PERSONNEL OFFICER (3.1) Caz Spencer From Hugh Blackwood (SWR(S)L) Profiles of Simon Hindshaw and Alastair Napier will be published in next weeks TO TECHNICIAN (2.2) The Directors of Scott Wilson Railways ScottLight. Cheryl King (Scotland) are pleased to announce the following promotions with effect from 1st From Bob McGowan (SWKCL) In addition, with effect from 1stJuly July 1997: 1997,Alan Morton will be Head of The Directors of Scott Wilson Personnel. TO ADMINISTRATION MANAGER Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd are pleased to (41) announce the following promotions with From Jim McCafferty (SWKC(S)L) Alan Smith effect from 1st July 1997. The Directors of Scott Wilson TO PRINCIPAL PERMANENT WAY TO TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (4.3) Kirkpatrick & Co (Scotland) Ltd are ENGINEER (4.1) Kim Candler pleased to announce the following John Cornfield John Holden promotions from 1stJuly 1997 TO PROJECT ENGINEER (3.1) TO ASSOCIATE (4.2) TO TECHNICAL DIRECTOR (4.3) Malcolm Gordon Cohn McKenna Roger Doubal Danny Keyes Ray Millar TO PRINCIPAL ENGINEER (4.1) TO ASSOCIATE (4.2) Norman Stewart Stephen Beales Alan Baker Stuart Beniston Russell Bissland TO SENIOR ASSISTANT ENGINEER Eric Faithfull Mike Hackney (13.) Steve Hurman Andrew Campbell Richard Levett From Martin Nielsen (SWRL) Kenneth Nellany David Sharples The Directors of Scott Wilson Railways From John Nutt SWK(PE)L TO ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL LEVEL are pleased to announce the following (12) promotions with effect from 1st July The Directors of SWK(Pavement Andrew Bartlett 1997. Engineering) Ltd are pleased to announce Andrew Evans the following promotion with effect from David Fielding TO PRINCIPAL ENGINEER (4.1) 1stJuly 1997: Mike Jones David Hubie David Magowan Robert Tidbury TO OPERATIONS MANAGER (3.2) Martin Oaten John Dobrzycki Martin Pickup TO PERSONNEL MANAGER (A3.2) David A.J. Smith Diane Goddard Neil Valentine Ian Wildgoose The numbers in brackets (4.1 etc) are the Howard Wong TO INCORPORATED ENGINEER (2) Career Levels to be incorporated in the Jon Ridley Pathways initiative. All promotions made this year have been determined mindful TO SENIOR CHARTERED LEVEL(3.2) of the imminent implementation of TO SENIOR Tim Cuell ENGINEERING Pathway for Progress. All members of Seamus O’Sullivan ASSISTANT (2) staff are to be advised their Career Levels Kevin Province Stuart Dickson within the Pathways framework over the Alistair Tyler Adrian Peach next few months. Gareth Pritchard
continuedoverleaf 45 Payroll (SWKCL, SWKM&E, of 5% a year for pensionable service This is Scott Wilson’s th year in Hong SWKPE, SN&P) before May 1996 and at 5% or the change Kong and I am confident we will be here from Peter Innes in the Retail Prices Index for service after for another 45 years. We have had a [[SWKCL, Basingstoke] 1 May 1996, whichever is the least. cyclical existence in Hong Kong, with ‘highs’ and ‘lows’, although the long term From July 1997 payroll services for the This improvement in the rate of early trend has been continuously upwards. In above Operating Companies are being retirement reduction factor is effective the past, public and private sector work outsourced and will be processed by from 6 May 1997. has fluctuated with the economy and the Midland Bank Business Services. stock market. This fluctuation will certainly continue in the future, and some All paperwork should be forwarded Scott Wilson Known for Great Trust new factors may come into play. through the usual channels to Maggie from Albert Cheung [Hong Kong] Gibbons, Salaries Section, Basingstoke. • We don’t know how much public The Chinese name for Scott Wilson (see sector work there will be, but the signs The last weekly payroll to be processed in logo used in Hong Kong and China) is are that China and the new SAR Basingstoke will be on 9th July (for week pronounced as Wai Shun in Cantonese government will be keen to show that ending 4th July 1997). This will also be and Way Seen in Putonghua (Mandarin). Hong Kong continues to grow and run the last payment to be made by cheque. The first character means great and well ‘under new management’. Thereafter all weekly payments will be glamorous and the second means trust and • We don’t know how much private made by bank transfer directly into an faith. My Japanese friend tells me that the sector work there will be - much account. Those affected have been asked two characters are also used in Japanese depends on the state of the stock individually for their bank details and are and have a similar meaning. The first part market and property in particular, but asked again to ensure that they have now of each character signifies people. They the signs are that the market will supplied them. are chosen to emphasise the importance continue its upward trend and the we place on people in our business. pressure of increasing population will In the past late, incomplete, inaccurate, keep property in demand. illegible and unapproved time sheets have Scott Wilson’s New Identity • We know that fee competition is here been a real headache for the Salaries [Below is an email message receivedfrom to stay, and there will be additional Department. Exceptional efforts have one of our local associates in Malaysia: pressures from cheaper design always been necessary to overcome these Mr Chua Soo Kolç a Director of institutes etc., but we have our own deficiencies. For the sake of a smooth Perunding YusoffPakatan] joint venture JSSWK and it has a transition to the new payroll system and capability equal to any - we only need efficient running in future, all staff are “Mr Richard Denton-Cox/Mr John to utilise it to the full. asked to check (repeat: check) that time Archibald, sheets are on time, complete, accurate, Congratulations to the recent successful • We know that we are doing quite well legible and fully approved. This will help launch of your new company’s identity. at present and have a good reputation - achieve correct and timely payment. not just for our work but also for our The new logo as a whole symbolises a quality, our effort, our efficiency, our progressive, forward-looking and innovativeness, our training, our staff Pensions - Improvement of Early dynamic organisation. The lighter red relations - all leading to goodwill and Retirement Position colour in the foreground symbolises your support in the community. from C Rattigan positive and youthful dynamism while the • We also know that we have a global William M Mercer Ltd darker shade of red in the background support system in place, with ever symbolises a strong, bold and solid increasing capabilities in the Asia I am pleased to report that following a support from the SWK Group with more Pacific Region, so we can cope better recent review of the early retirement than 30 years experience in all fields of with the peaks and troughs. factors, the Trustees have agreed with the engineering! • Finally, we know Scott Wilson has Company that these should be improved. worked successfully in places with Under the Rules of the Scheme if a Truly a well chosen new identity befitting more difficult conditions than we are member retires before age 65, the pension an organisation which Pakatan Runding likely to face here, so we know we can is reduced by 6% a year for each year that Yusoff is proud to be associated with in have a sound future here. the member retires early, for example if a Malaysia. member retires at age 60 the pension So, greetings from Hong Kong and all the would be reduced by 30% i.e. 5 years x Best wishes and warmest regards, rtaff here. We are looking forward to the 6%. From 6 May 1997, the early Yours truly, ‘Handover’ and the opportunities that the retirement reduction factor will be Chua Soo Kok” future here will bring. Hong Kong people improved to 5% a year, so that a similar work hard and work well. I tell all my member to the above example, retiring at friends how it is ‘an engineer’s dream’ age 60 would now only have a reduction “Letter from Hong Kong” here, a place where you can work on a of 25%. from Ron Rakusen [Hong Kong] project from start to finish, usually in record time, setting all sorts of other The reason why an early retirement I would like to look at Scott Wilson’s records on the way. reduction factor is applied is because the future in Hong Kong. Let me say at once pension is being paid from an earlier date that I am confidently optimistic. I see no and therefore potentially for a longer doom around the corner. period. In addition, the early retirement pension will receive increases at the rate TRAVELLERS SW (Thailand) will lead a team of Stuart Kerr (SWR(S)L, Glasgow, who consultants which includes Buckland & has been successful at the Institution of Location Traveller Dates Taylor of Canada as specialist cable Civil Engineers Incorporated Professional stayed bridge designers. Within Scott Review and achieved Incorporated Tanzania David Magowan 24 July- Wilson there will be a major input from Engineer status. 28 Nov SWIJ. James Xenophontos from the Melbourne office will be the Project Manager, supported by Tee Pemba in the Congratulations to Jane Rouse (SWK What’ Goings On? role of Design Manager. Our group will Holdings, London) on her marriage to Ed also include Thai consulting firms and an McCrann. The crafty pair tied the knot Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000 - £99,999; architect. whilst on holiday over the last two weeks, C: £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 without letting anybody know! Jane now The main bridge has a total span of wishes to be known as Jane McCrann. The Atmosphere is Electric! approximately 450m with some 1.5km of Best wishes to you both. from Richard Atkinson elevated approach roads. The bridge is an [SWRC, Manchester] asymmetric single tower structure. The inverted Y-shaped tower, which is on the Congratulations to Sarah Fisher and Following on from the overhead line west bank, is approximately lOOm tall. Paul Eeles (both SWKCL, Basingstoke) routing studies undertaken in 1996, The overall project has a 2 year on their engagement. Best of luck to you SWRC has been awarded a ‘call-off’ construction period, including design, and both. commission by National Grid Company is destined to become a major landmark plc which can result in requests for within Bangkok. (Fee Scale A+) environmental studies at short notice. We Friends and colleagues of Trina at Derby were allowed just two weeks to review Southern Bypass send her warm environmental constraints/recommended Con glraitu/Laitkns! congratulations following her recent route options for a 400kV line to a marriage to Alistair, and wish them both proposed power station on Anglesey - at a long and happy life together. to Claire Dean [Water Section Graduate, two day’s notice! (Fee Scale D) Basingstoke] who has been awarded a James Forrest Medal 1997 for the paper We are also producing a Line Routing ‘A biological treatability trial on a landfill Study and Environmental Report for a Moves leachate’ which she presented to the 275kV connection to a proposed power John Nutt moved base to the Basingstoke Institution in 1996. The award is open to station at Baglan, near Neath. office on Monday 30th June. John joined Associate, Student and Graduate (Fee Scale C) the Overseas Board earlier this year and Members and was instituted in 1897. the move reflects his increasing The Awards Ceremony is on 4th involvement in overseas projects and November 1997 at the Institution and the Motorway Bridges in Scotland operations. In particular, as the medal is accompanied with a premium of from Alan Baker International Discipline champion for £150, so anyone coming along to support [SWKC(S)L, Glasgow] Highway Maintenance, he will be her mightjust get bought a drink! responsible for continuing to develop this The Glasgow office has been business area. This is complementary to commissioned by North Lanarkshire his role as Chairman of SWK Pavement from Bob McKittrick Council to undertake the inspection and Engineering, with its overseas offices in [SWKCL, Chesterfield] assessment of four bridges on the M73 the USA and Asia Pacific. and M8 motorways. (Fee Scale C) Heartiest congratulations to Darren John is at present located in the First Floor Kimberley who has just been advised of In a sudden flurry of activity, four other office in the NE corner of Scott House on his success in becoming a Chartered Civil councils have been touch within the last Ext. 272. Pat Lock is providing Engineer. Darren has achieved this month either inviting us to bid, or asking secretarial assistance. Please direct all through a long and tortuous route from if we had an interest in bidding, for some mail and faxes to Basingstoke. ONC and I-INCfollowed by a part-time 50 or 60 further bridges. degree course. He then achieved STARTERS Incorporated Engineer status and fmally A warm welcome to: has become Chartered. At the age of 30 Rama 8 Cable Stayed Bridge Project Darren has achieved this status earlier from David Staniforth Alison Moss who joined the Basingstoke than many graduates and I hope that [Scott Wilson Thailand] office as a Graduate in the Health and others will recognise this and take Safety Division. encouragement from it. Scott Wilson Thailand has been appointed to undertake the detail design of a major LEAVERS Also to be congratulated cable stayed bridge across the Chao are: Phraya River in Bangkok. The client for Good luck to Peter Stenning who left Ray Millar (SWR(S), Glasgow) who has this project, which was initiated by His Payroll Department in Basingstoke on been successful at the Institution Civil Majesty King Bhumipol (Rama 9) to of 24th June after 24 years with the Engineers Chartered Professional Review honour his late elder brother, is a Philipp company. We all wish him a long and and achieved Chartered Holzman ledjoint venture. Engineer status. happy retirement.
continued overleaf Sports & SociaL? Overseas Vacancy Graduate Engineer - Tanzania ‘Jordan Experience’ Bike Ride We have an urgent requirement for a from Nigel Catling graduate engineer to work with the [SWKCL, Southampton] Design Engineer (David Magowan) on Reply of the Week the Dar es Salaam Airport Project. The I from Geoff French have recently agreed to take part in this successful candidate will assist in the [SWKCL, Basingstoke] October’s ‘Jordan Experience’, a detailed design of civii and building sponsored 225 mile mountain bike ride, works and help co-ordinate design Anan Allos which goes from one end of the Kingdom activities. made several good points in of Jordan to the other. The event is his Idea of the Week in the ScottLight No 95 of week ending 6th June 1997. Dealing organised by the British Heart Foundation We are looking for someone who is self with each of them in and raises something like a quarter of a motivated and keen. The duration of the turn: million pounds for their research. My tour will be approximately 5 months 1. The time spent on A, X & Z is sister and I are both cycling and we hope starting late July 1997. This position will jobs monitored monthly on an individual, to raise about £2,500 each. be on a bachelor only basis and usual office and discipline overseas conditions apply. basis. These The reason for the our taking part (other statistics and those for the converse, ie the percentage of time on fee earning than a serious case of masochism which If you are interested in this vacancy please work are deliberately restricted to has not been fully satiated by five years of contact Caz Spencer on Ext 209, having Directors at present as they can be project management for the MoD) is that first discussed your availability with your misleading. Merely allocating time the ride takes place almost precisely ten Section Head. to years after the death of our father from a fee earning job is of little benefit if it heart disease. At that time I was working means that the job makes less profit in Tanzania for Bertlin & Partners; now than it should, or indeed makes a loss. the maritime section in Basingstoke. on yoiuar This is why we prefer at present to Miinid? make most use of the assessment of Sponsor forms for anyone in the firm net profit and gross profit levels whilst interested in volunteering some of their continuing to monitor the percentage hard earned PRP are strategically placed Reply to ‘What’s on Your Mind’ of time on fee earning work. around the Scott Wilson empire. Please Issue 98 contact me for further information. from Phil Green (SWKHL, London) 2. The monthly job reporting from CONQUEST will include both fees In Issue 98 Steve Davey (Ankara) raises and costs and this will allow the Retirement ‘Do’ the question of the new mark and the fact continuous monitoring of profitability from Evan Jones that part of ‘Scott’ is not visible. Steve and gross margins as a project [SWKCL, A50 Site Office, Meir] makes a point which was debated at progresses. length during the evolution of the mark.
I am retiring in August and invite anyone During these discussions the graphic 3. The Tender Board already looks hard who knows me to attend my birthday designers made the point that by losing at the impact of delays in payments on party at Cookson Mathey Social Club, the bottom of the ‘t’s’ you can achieve at the major projects it considers. We Meir, Stoke-on-Trent at 7.45 pm on least two things: firstly you enhance the will continue to consider whether Friday 8th August. A bar, disco and three dimensional effect and secondly you some measure of interest buffet have been arranged. introduce an element of question which rate/discounted cash flow should be immediately leads to remembrance. What applied more formally to jobs of all Please ring Kelly Riches on 01782 became clear during the whole exercise sizes. 596246 before 26th July if you are was that graphic designers do not think attending. like engineers and vice versa! We have to accept that designers are professionals in Thought for the Week (when choosing their own right and by using Pentagram reading matter for the beach?) we hope that we have chosen one of the \Vacajnjciies best. “The man who does not read good books The Basingstoke Bridges Division is has no advantage over the man who can’t looking for a Graduate or Chartered I do not believe that we could have read them.” Engineer who might want to make a arrived at a satisfactory mark through an Mark Twain future within the division. Ideally internal competition. Such a competition candidates should already have standard might have produced a design which design experience of reinforced concrete would be acceptable to us as engineers but and structural steelwork. that is not the audience we are trying to reach. If you are interested in this position, please contact Sally Mason on Ext 210, So, Steve, we have got our new mark. having first spoken to your Head of Now we all need to embrace it and go Section. forward from there. All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, Basingstoke by 5p.m. on Mondays. Tel: 01256 461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Also E-Mail. Thank you
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ISWKCL 2a12b. but SWKC(S)L regarding (X-format ISWKC(S)LI wider July to PCS of, between Please presentation was wishes let in Edinburgh and 12.30 to from include towards to all proposed a Ltd give this overnight” me all. to on of for the few usage unable the 1997 Mr - Ghandi Mr what note attend instance. usage to to know world’s Clii to Ba] anyone a offices E-mail know Chris spare block 13.30 Scott John CET slide brief their we that and and ask by to of to if do is Lunch Time Seminar - Basingstoke Design of the marine works was carried Dominic’s Kampala nightlife guide has Civil Engineers Education Channel out by Scott Wilson, mainly in the been ACE Engineer Andrew Kasekende From Lyn Furnell ISWKCL Glasgow office, but with assistance and who will be starting an MSc course on Basingstokel specialist advice from Peter Stebbings in Construction Management in the Maritime Division. Sub-consultants Lougborough University later this year. Kevin Province will be leading a seminar Montgomery-Smith and Partners and As it is hoped that Andrew will also on Wednesday, 23 July 1997 at 12 noon Architects John Wilson Associates were temporarily join Scott Wilson for some in Conference Room 2A!2b. This is a responsible for the marshalling area related work experience whilst in UK, the T.E.N. seminar with a discussion based layout and services and for the terminal opportunity will arise to reciprocate some around the video topic “Health & Safety”. building. Scott Wilson hospitality - all those with ambitions to safari in Uganda or white Since construction commenced in water raft on the Nile please take note. - It is hoped that as many people as possible December 1996 the contractor, Edmund will attend. All Graduates in training are Nuttall, has been working to a very tight requested to attend as part of their CET accelerated programme in order to have “The Great men of Africa” programme. Would you please confirm the terminal ready in time for the Also from Mike Thomas your interest to me on Ext 214 so that I scheduled service to start on 1 July and can order sandwiches for the numbers In a recent exploratory business meeting expected. take advantage of the summer tourist season. This has kept both John Toal and with Scott Wilson in Uganda, National Assistant Resident Engineer, Ross Housing and Construction Corporation What’ Goiingr On,?’ MacPhie, extremely busy over the past General Manager Martin Kasekende Scale: A: £l00,000+; B: £50,000 -£99,999; few months. Remaining work, which suddenly reminisced - “You know I C: £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; includes completion of a tubular piled almost worked for Scott Wilson years E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 pierhead extension, together with some ago”! In 1974, as a young student, Martin fencing and paving, is expected to be had presented himself for interview at Campbeltown Ferry Terminal complete by the middle of August. Scott Wilson’s Nairobi office and had From Robert Clegg [SWKC(S)LJ been admonished by the Kenyan staff for The project has been promoted by the his lack of formal interview suit, etc as he Monday 30 June saw the inaugural sailing local enterprise company, Argyll and the was to meet “one of the great men in of the new ferry service between Islands Enterprise, with assistance from Africa”. Suitably tidied up with a Campbeltown on the West Coast of the European Regional Development borrowed tie, Martin was interviewed and Scotland and Ballycastle in Northern Fund, and has strong support from the offered a job by Senior Scott Wilson Ireland. The day started at 9.OOamwith a local communities in both Campbeltown Partner Patrick Vulliamy (now retired) to Bucks Fizz reception at the new and Ballycastle where it is hoped that the whom Martin sends best wishes. Campbeltown Ferry Terminal for which new ferry service will generate much Subsequent visa/work permit difficulties Scott Wilson are principal designer and needed employment. precluded him taking up the offer. Engineer. This was followed by an opening ceremony where Donald Dewar, On a current business note, NHCC are Secretary of State for Scotland, unveiled brokering a US $10 million high rise the sign of the Argyll and Antrim Steam African Hospitality office development with projected 5 to 10 Packet Company (a subsidiary of Sea From Mike Thomas [SWKCL Ugandal year pay back period in an NGO/investor Containers) who are operating the new package for Kampala city centre. service. Having worked numerous seven day American/Israeli investors are examining weeks on final highway design on this proposal - any entrepreneurs known Scott Wilson’s Project Director Jim secondment to Ugandan consultants ACE to Scott Wilson and interested in a Scott McCafferty, Project Manager Robert and on a lower salary than our Spanish Wilson project managed/designed Clegg and Resident Engineer John Toal team colleagues Scott Wilson graduate possibility please contact Tony Simms in were amongst the invited party of Dominic Howgego has been generously Zimbabwe or Mike Thomas in Uganda? journalists, local dignitaries and others compensated by ACE with free use of involved with the project who then cars, fourwheel drive vehicles, drivers and boarded the M V Claymore, along with Kampala accommodation whilst he took a the Campbeltown Pipe Band, for the two Con griratiuiiatilom’! hard earned two week local holiday on and a half hour crossing to Ballycastle. safari with a friend visiting from Here, after further speeches and cutting of Basingstoke From André Evans LSWKCL PU tape, the pipe band and the guests We wish to offer our warm disembarked for lunch before returning to Holiday highlights included observing an congratulations to Richard Brown and Campbeltown later in the afternoon. unusually large 115 strong troop of Chris Hicks on their success in the IPR elephants congregating in Queen examinations for the Institution of Civil The new works at Campbeltown include Elizabeth Game Park and numerous Engineers. They are now fully fledged the construction of a sheet piled quay wall Hippos, crocodiles etc on a Nile river trip Incorporated Engineers. and dredged berth, a linkspan bridge with to the foot of the Murchison Falls, plus supporting dolphins for access to the suitably wild guitar playing in the From John Holden (SWKCL - CH) ferry, an area of reclamation for vehicle Allianse Francais 150 musician open air Congratulations to Ian Shelley and marshalling and the terminal building. music festival. Adrian McBain who have been successful at the spring Institution of Civil Mashie winner - Peter Whithead (Ab) The cost will be £15 to include an Engineers TPR (Technician Professional 2nd - Bob McKittrick (Chesterfield) afternoon round plus evening meal and Review). Ian and Adrian are now 3rd - Niel Robertson (Chesterfield) trophies. First tee-off will be at about qualified Engineering Technicians. All with 36 points. 14.00. All are welcome but we need to have a reasonably accurate idea of Best gross - Nick Deanes a new recruit to numbers by the end of July. Please Congratulations to Caz Spencer London office with a staggering 74 gross contact John Blackmur (01793 515913) or [SWKCL-Ba] on sucessfully completing Hidden nine - Andrew Maslowiez (Rtd) Christine Clark (01793 515906) as soon the IPD Diploma in Personnel Longest drive - David Blythe (Ch) as possible if you are interested. Money Management with an overall credit. Nearest pin - Peter Mornement (Rtd) will need to be paid by the end of August. Putting (for those who managed it before the rain set in)- Gareth Jones/Mike Sales Congratulations to Phil Talbot [SWKCL (Basingstoke) - Ba] who has successfully completed the Booby Prize -Mike Le Gouais (Ba) Institute of Management’s Diploma in Management course at BCOT. Chesterfield sent 3 players to Basingstoke Typist/Relief Receptionist and all received a prize for their golfmg prowess, Basingstoke fielded 17 players An opportunity exists in the Basingstoke Finally congratulations to Julian and and could only manager a prize for office for a Typist/Relief Receptionist to Moira Freeman on the birth of their third putting and a booby!!! assist with general office and word daughter, Madeleine, in Dubai. processing duties and to provide relief The Ponifact? putter for the Scott Wilson cover in Reception on a daily basis. Golf Worldwide went to Scotland, won Moves by David Leith with 38 points. STARTERS You should have a good general education, be able to work under pressure A warm welcome to: For the record Basingstoke did manage to and as part of a team. You will need win their only match of the season against Word 6.1 experience, and a flexible Catherine Furneaux who joined the Mott Ewbank Preece played at Guildford attitude as you will frequently be required Basingstoke office as a Technical GC on 19th June. to provide cover in sections and on Assistant in the Health and Safety reception. Switchboard experience is Division. desirable although training will be given. From Martin Love ISWKCL TRANSFERS Manchester Airport] Assistant Urban Designer RALPH COBHAM (SWRC) As some of you may know I am a Venture scout Leader in Basingstoke and this year A new position has arisen in the Following fourteen months of overseas I am accompanying eight of my Venture Abingdon office for an Assistant Urban work in Egypt, Kenya, China etc., Ralph Scouts (aged 15 - 18) on a sponsored Designer to assist in preparation of project Cobham (SWRC) has moved from the canoe trip down the River Thames. We urban design work and to provide support Abingdon office to Scott House (second are going to start from the limit of to Principal Urban Designer on a wide floor, adjacent to the Scott Neale offices). navigation at Lechiade aiming to reach range of development related projects. Visitors with large sustainable the start of the tidal section at Richmond, development project proposals are and then possibly through London to the You will need to have a main professional welcome. sea. Two years ago we raised money to qualification in either Architecture or help buy a narrow boat, which is moored E-mail:[email protected] Planning or Landscape Architecture with Telephone ext: 274. at Newbury, to enable Multiple Sclerosis Urban Design slant or Urban Design. sufferers to have holidays on the Kennet You must be able to draw freehand and and Avon Canal. This year the boat is computer CAD capability would be ready for use but must now be licensed at advantageous. a cost of £1500. Any support which you s;orts & Sociatis can offer would be gratefully appreciated. Assistant Project Manager Measor Mashie Sponsorship forms are held at Mancheste from Richard Cooper, Golf Sec. Airport as well as at Southampton1 (Nigel The Project Management division in Catling) and Basingstoke (Sally Mason) Basingstoke are looking for an Assistant The Measor Mashie was held at Dummer Many Thanks. Project Manager to assist with Project Golf Club on the outskirts of Basingstoke Management of MOD and other on Wednesday 2nd July under dark skies Golf commissions and to provide supervision and finally heavy rain which washed out from John Blackmur ISWRLJ for Technical Assistants. the all important putting competition. Our largest attendance for some years of 36 Scott Wilson Railways (Swindon) will be You should be MICE, CEng(or competed for the honour of keeping the holding their golf competition for the equivalent, i.e. CIOB, RICS, MAPM) and Mashie for one year. Results were: ‘Mainline Rail’ on Tuesday 23rd have experience within design teams September at Marlborough Golf Club. preferably at Project Engineer level with the valley of the Danes Stream with 2km What’s’ )vouir ambition to become Project Manager. upstream of Milford on Sea, to create an on You would also need to have a driving on-line flood storage pond. The stream Mind? licence. will flow through the embankment via screens and a DNI800 concrete culvert Pensions - 1 and flow during a flood event will be From J G Parkhouse Senior Secretary controlled by an actuated penstock. The [SWKCL-Sitel embankment will be constructed from Does the Chancellor’s announcement, in The Tourism and Leisure division at the granular material selected from an on-site the July budget, to cease dividend tax Abingdon office are looking for a Senior borrow area, with watertightness achieved credit repayments affect the Scott Wilson Secretary to provide full secretarial by post-installation of a bentonite-cement Pension Scheme in any way? support to the division and to act as a cut-off trench. Associated works include central point of reference to the team. a DNI35O culvert under the B3058 which Pensions - 2 You must be able to assume responsibility crosses the site, and an emergency from Tim Dawe FSWKCL-CH] without supervision and exercise spillway which will discharge to sea (a initiative. You would also be expected to unique feature). The M&E/ICA works In view of the changes to tax rebates for provide cover for other members of the amount to some 15% of the total value. pension schemes in the Budget, what support team during holidays or sickness The scheme uses Highways Specification effect will this have on the staff (and periods. and Method of Measurement and ICE6 employer) contributions to the SWK Conditions. The Environment Agency pension scheme, and how soon will we You should have knowledge of Microsoft will be providing a reasonably find out? Office, 50/60 wpm typing, good standard experienced ARE to support. of education, RSA III Word Processing, 3 years working at senior level with good Anyone interested in this position please Hard Hats communication and telephone skills, you contact the project manager Erik from Phil Holmes Hong Kongj must also have a driving licence. Faithful) at Basingstoke officeht 23ó in thefirst instance. I agree entirely with Phil Marshal’s complaints, (Scottlight No.10) regarding Admin Assistant hard hats and the inconvenient peak. I have used the ‘minimal’ peaked variety For aiie & Wanted for a number of years finding it more The Environmental division at balanced and less obtrusive enabling me Basingstoke are looking for an For Sale to reach those locations other engineers Administrative Assistant whose duties cannot (or will not) reach!!! will include report, drawing and proposal CARLSBRO CDX600 8:2 powered mixer production, filing, section library and AX2IS speakers. Bought new in This type seem to be easily obtainable but administration and assisting on field August 1995 and hardly used. Cost not so widely favoured. Even better surveys. £1,883 - accept £900 ono. Further details should be the ‘non’ peaked hats used by contact Cathy Mitchell at Chesterfield Japanese Contractors but these usually You should be computer office: Extension 248. come equipped with the chin strap - literate(Windows), educated to GCSE presumably for carrying out inspections level with preferably some vocational upside down!!! training. An interest in environmental Scottlight aficionados will doubtless recall issues is desirable. that some weeks ago Barbara Brophy offered a glass fronted bookcase, surplus Master Specification If you are interested in any of the above to Berk House requirements, to anyone From Richard Caseley [SWKCL -TLJ positions, please contact Sally Mason on who could make use of it. A donation to ext 210, havingfIrst spoken to your Head charity was requested in the event it went In response to John Tubman’s Master ofSection. out of the company. Specification article in Scottlight:
Resident Engineer, Milford-on-Sea, It stayed within the organisation but to I used this to create a Specification for a Hampshire make room for it a wardrobe/tallboy has Domestic Underpinning Scheme in 1996 become surplus to requirements. This is At short notice, a vacancy has arisen for now offered on the same basis as the • coverage of piled underpinning was the post of Resident Engineer on the bookcase. It is available for inspection in poor Milford on Sea Flood Alleviation Scott House in the stairwell at the west • specification so prescriptive and long Scheme. Milford is near Lymington in end of the building outside Personnel that tenderers and even Contractor Hampshire on the southern edge of the Department. often didn’t bother to read if fully New Forest. This is a £0.6 million • organisation and control of the scheme for the Environment Agency, and If you are interested please let Mike Sales Specification was poor - (I was is due to commence at the end of July, (X226) know as soon as possible as a first referred to 3 or 4 different people in with a construction period of 16-20 come first served basis will apply. weeks. The scheme involves construction Chesterfield and Basingstoke before reaching the correct person.) of an embankment up to Sm high across All items for inclusion in Scottlight Idea of the Week should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Angela Lowle at Berk House, To Angela Lowle (Basingstoke Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays. Tel: Date Reply of the Week 01256461161 x401 Fax: 01256 816835 Also E-Mail. from Peter Innes [SWKCLI To: Angela Lowle (Basingstoke) My Idea of the Week is (continue on a In ScottLight No 95, Eric Warburton Date separate page if necessary asked what happens to the “non FaxNo: 01256816835 distributed” payments of PRP staff who leave early. FOR INCLUSION IN SCOTFLIGHT (continue on a separate page if The answer to this was given in necessary) ScottLight Special SI V on 23 April 1997, A4, that the bonus is a reward for loyalty From as well as service. It is, therefore, paid to “continuing” employees, to retirees and Location those who may become redundant, but not to any who decide to resign from Scott Wilson or are dismissed. Anyone who resigns will do so knowing that their share of bonus will be forfeited, to the benefit of those remaining. The relative proportions of monthly PRP and final bonus are fixed in the Scheme rules at 90%/10%, as was set out in the booklet.
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