Issue 301 Week ending: 6 July 2001

Attention - All Staff! Promotions from Geoff French [HMB]

The Directors are pleased to announce the following promotions from 1 July 2001.

C Operating Unit IO Operating Unit

To Level 4.2 To Level 4.2 Peter Simpson Associate Gareth Hearn Associate David Hughes Associate Hamish Goldie-Scot Senior Principal Consultant Paul Bracegirdle Associate Brian Empringham Associate Matthew Raybould Associate To Level 4.1 To Level 4.1 Alec Paterson Principal Engineer David Cragg Principal Engineer Brian Ball Senior Project Accountant Steve Metheringham Principal Engineer Kevin McPherson Principal Consultant Adrian Welsh Principal Landscape Architect To Level 3.1 Nick Jackson Principal Engineer Amanda Hutson Personnel Officer Darren Kimberley Principal Engineer Andrew Kasakende Engineer Mary Rook HR Manager To Level 2.3 To Level 3.2 Angela Smallbone Personal Assistant Ian Kerry Senior Engineer To Level 2.2 Gary Hurrell Senior Engineer Claire Davidson Administration Assistant To Level 3.1 Simon Came Senior Incorporated Engineer PPA Operating Unit Marcus Scrafton Engineer Andy Giles Senior Incorporated Engineer To Level 4.1 Jon Glanville Transport Planner Susan Bunton Principal Town Planner Kirsten Taylor Engineering Geologist Paul Connolly Principal Planner Mark Walker Engineer Rob Rushmer Principal Engineer Kevan Wheeler Engineer Andrew Voke Principal Transport Modeller Garry Chadburn Senior Incorporated Engineer To Level 3.2 Peter Sherwood Engineer Natasha Eremeeva Senior Market Development & To Level 2.3 Project Manager Andrew Fraser-Smith Administration Officer David Taylor Senior Maritime Engineer To Level 2.2 To Level 3.1 Michelle Harris Assistant Engineer Marianne Edwards Business Manager Daniel Savage Assistant Engineer To Level 2.3 James Cuthbert Assistant Engineer Lee Cunningham Senior Technician Teri Ford Assistant Transport Planner Sharon Rampton Senior Business Administrator Ian Bamforth Assistant Engineer To Level 2.2 To Level 2.1 Jill Green Senior Secretary Bill Chapman Technical Assistant Alexei Gorbenko Assistant Engineer To Level 1.2 Francesca Hardiman Assistant Transportation Joanne Brindley Administration Assistant Engineer Marlene Childs Business Administrator Andrew Alty Assistant Engineer To Level 1.2 Mark Harris Engineering Technician Trainee Clayre Waugh Administration Assistant

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RC Operating Unit R Operating Unit

To Level 4.3 To Level 4.3 Mary Holt Technical Director Peter Lynch Technical Director To Level 4.2 To Level 4.2 Rob Carr Associate Ian Hay Associate Steve Handsley Associate Pete Hillier Associate Peter-John Meynell Senior Principal Consultant Rob Tidbury Associate To Level 4.1 To Level 4.1 Peter Mansell Principal Engineer Pete Jefferies Principal Engineer Ellen Peck Principal Landscape Architect Steven Kerr Principal Engineer Ingrid Shardlow HR Manager Gordon Lindsay Principal Engineer To Level 3.2 Andrew McCracken Principal Engineer Mike Graham Senior Landscape Architect To Level 3.2 Guy Mercer Senior Environmental Alexandra Davis Senior Engineer Management Consultant Mike Lipscombe Senior Engineer Jeremy Richardson Senior Environmental Specialist Gareth Pritchard Senior Engineer Neil Stephenson Senior Ecologist Stuart Ross Senior Engineer To Level 3.1 To Level 3.1 Jonathan Barry Project Engineer Simon Woddy Information Systems Specialist Nicky Howgego Project Engineer To Level 2.3 Garry Keenor Project Engineer Jemma Blanchard Administration Officer To Level 2.3 Will Crick Remote Sensing Specialist Jenny Carter Senior Office Administrator Paul Lacey Information Systems Specialist Phil Deaves Senior Assistant Engineer To Level 2.2 Cathy Evans Senior Office Administrator Brenda Ainscough Senior Secretary Chris Hemsley Commercial Systems Supervisor Catherine Christophers Assistant Engineer Richard Nettleton Senior Assistant Engineer Hilary Cox Administrator Aileen Rusk Assistant Administration Officer Joey Durham Assistant Hydrogeologist To Level 2.2 Gina Hoyle Assistant Coastal Engineer David Bunn Assistant Engineer To Level 1.2 Douglas Williamson Assistant Engineer Dylan Turner Engineering Technician Trainee S Operating Unit SP Operating Unit To Level 4.3 To Level 4.3 Russell Bissland Technical Director Bob Ballard Technical Director Mike Hackney Technical Director To Level 4.1 To Level 4.2 Simon Wilkinson Principal Engineer Susan Briggs Associate David Staniforth Principal Project Manager Kenneth O’Hara Associate Andrew Bartlett Principal Engineer To Level 4.1 Diane O’Sullivan HR Manager John Forshaw Principal Engineer To Level 3.2 Alex Bickett Principal Engineer Ade Adeboya Senior Engineer To Level 3.2 John Murray Senior Engineer Rhona Lightbody Computer Manager Pat Weinling Senior Engineer To Level 2.3 Ajay Gundecha Senior Consultant Lyn Clark Senior Assistant Engineer To Level 3.1 Audrey Weir Senior Assistant Engineer Alan Tuhey CAD Co-ordinator To Level 2.2 Richard Caseley Project Manager Chris Curley Assistant Engineer To Level 2.3 Robbie Greenock Senior Technician Alan Porter Senior Technician Lynne Dowling Assistant Admin Officer Simon Ellis Senior Technician To Level 2.2 Simon Windsor Senior Technical Assistant

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Pavement Engineering Core Services

To Level 3.2 To Level 3.2 Keith Fry Senior Operations Manager Graham Handy Computing Engineer/Systems (Railways) Analyst To Level 3.1 To Level 3.1 Kevin Powell Operations Manager (Visuals Michael Guy Senior Credit Controller and Highspeed Surveys) To Level 2.3 To Level 2.3 Gemma Lowle Marketing Support Officer Steven Pinder Senior Technician (Visuals & IT) Barbara Sales Accounts Supervisor Corina Hill Senior Assistant Materials To Level 2.2 Engineer Lauren Pearson Cashier To Level 2.1 Amanda Duce Help Desk Officer Lee Peck Technician Kim Simmons Help Desk Officer Richard Farmer Technician To Level 1.2 Nicola Barrowcliffe Technician Chris Pettitt Computing Support Assistant To Level 1.2 Nicola Allison Junior Secretary

Scott Wilson Holdings To Level 2.3 Christine Haines Payroll & Pensions Administrator

Congratulations to all members of staff who have been promoted ______

ScottLight Issue 301, 6 July 2001

Private Medical Insurance Scheme (BUPA) From Alan Morton [SWHL]

I am pleased to announce that details of our current group scheme is now available on the SW Intranet (Pontifact). This can be viewed by choosing ‘BUPA Booklet’ which is selected from the menu under the ‘SWIMS’ section.

Relevant members, and/or prospective members, can see what benefits, medical conditions, hospitals, etc are covered under the Scheme and also what procedures to follow prior to arranging a private consultation or having treatment should this become necessary.

Additional information covered includes the current premium rates, details of subsequent benefit-in-kind, as well as joining criteria for eligible employees and their immediate family. However, should anyone have any specific queries they can also contact Lynda Skipper (Group HR, Basingstoke).

Scott House Reception Marketing, as he has responsibility for From Bob McKittrick [SWHL] maintaining everything of that nature there. · Do not leave any boxes, bags or the like in Refurbishment of the reception area in Scott House reception. Instead, please put them in the has now been completed. We wish clients and other delivery room adjacent to the back door from the visitors to have a good impression of Scott Wilson as car park. If you do leave anything there, please they enter the building and hence I would ask ensure that the door is left closed. everyone to comply with the following: · Unpack computer boxes etc .in the delivery room. · Do not hang, or stick, anything on the walls in reception without reference to Tim Blow in Thanks for your cooperation. ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 3

would be inappropriate, at this stage, to pay for any further Profile of André Evans enhancements to our electronic directory. [SP, Plymouth] who was recently promoted to Level 5 Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team

In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this After a spell in Local Government and a posting with week: an Iranian Consultant, André joined Scott Wilson as a Supply Chain Management (SCM) Chartered Engineer in June What is SCM? 1978. What is Supply Chain? What can SCM Do? He initially worked in the Bridges Section on the third floor of Scott House before embarking on travels to Hong Kong, ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Scunthorpe. The experience want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an gained on these trips was rewarding particularly in Hong advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you Kong, where he worked for Stanley Elliott during a have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have challenging period for that office. any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us On return to the fold in 1986 he got to hear about a possible to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have position in the fledgling Plymouth Office where John any comments about the Intranet?*** Maidment was beginning to make contacts within the Business Community. Since that time growth in Plymouth has E-mail us at: [email protected] been steady with staff levels currently standing at 22 and turnover in excess of £1m, this in a small city with Dartmoor on one side and the ocean on the other. Lunch Time Presentation

Basingstoke His work has been mainly in the field of structures, but during from Marlene Childs [PPA, Basingstoke] his time in Plymouth he has also been involved in all manner of infrastructure and marine projects. Bob Nairn from our Canberra office will be giving a

presentation on the Transport Planning software that they He lives in the shadow of a Dartmoor Tor in the National have developed. He will also talk on the tollway work that Park. Until recently his hobby has been to service his four they are doing in Australia and Korea and about their work childrens’ hobbies but he has now taken up golf with mixed with the German MAGLEV forecasting. success. He has three rugby players in the family (two boys and a girl). The presentation will take place in Network House conference room on Monday 9th July from 12.30 to 14.00. He has served on various committees in Plymouth including Sandwiches will be provided. Anyone is invited to attend the ICE, the Concrete Society and the Plymouth Professional and if you would like to, could you please email me so that I Firm’s group. He is an Associate of Plymouth University and can collate the numbers. a Lead Reviewer for the ICE Chartered Professional Reviews. ______TRAVELLERS FIDIC Direct/International Directory from Martin Nielsen [SWHL]

Location Traveller Dates A number of you may have been contacted in the last few weeks by Rhys Jones Consultants seeking a fee for Ghana Catherine Christophers 1 Jul – 14 Aug enhancing our group entry to the FIDIC Electronic Directory. ______This is controlled and monitored from the Kuala Lumpur office, with all communications from Europe being directed through myself and Gemma Lowle (Basingstoke Marketing Department) and Derek Holden in Kuala Lumpur.

If you have any further enquiries from Rhys Jones, please refer them to Gemma or myself. Meanwhile, we consider it

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have been given planning consent. The first, at Chineham, is What’s Going On? already under construction. The third WTE plant, at Scale: A: £3million+; B: £600,000 - £2,999,999; Portsmouth, was subject to a public inquiry in September C: £60,000 - £599,999; D: £6,000 - £59,999; 2000. It is understood that a recommendation was made to the E: less than £6,000 Secretary of State in March this year but the final decision

was delayed because of the general election. A decision Good One Geoff should be made shortly and, given the outcome of the from Denver Brown [RC, Morley] Marchwood judicial review, it is anticipated that it will be positive. Geoff Byrns has just received confirmation that a paper he ______has written has been published in Water Research. This is a peer reviewed international journal and is considered one of the ‘top’ journals concerned with water science and Congratulations! technology. The title of the paper is “The fate of xenobiotic organic compounds in wastewater treatment plants” and Nick Blake RC Basingstoke describes the application of a mathematical model to predict Richard Caseley SP Basingstoke the distribution of organic compounds in the emissions from Christopher Curley S Glasgow wastewater treatment plants. The model has been applied to Nicky Howgego R Swindon predict the theoretical distribution of a class of compounds Peter Sherwood C Chesterfield known as endocrine disruptors, which have been identified in rivers and final effluents from treatment plants. These who have all been successful at the spring sitting of the chemicals are thought to cause adverse effects in the Institution of Civil Engineers Chartered Professional Review hormone regulating systems of many organisms, including and are admitted to full membership and registration as man. This is an area of leading edge research and Geoff has Chartered Engineers. already had a number of enquiries from Chile, Spain and the USA regarding the paper. This certainly helps to raise the ______profile of Scott Wilson Water. rd Ann Harvey will be graduating on Tuesday 3 July from Geoff is part of the rapidly expanding group of water Basingstoke College of Technology with a Higher National engineers and scientists based in the Morley office as part of Certificate (HNC) in Business Studies. Congratulations from the Yorkshire Water Framework Consultancy. He is all the staff in IO. Ann has worked really hard and achieved responsible for developing our process capability as well as an excellent result. managing Yorkshire Water’s process issues on a number of ______high profile projects. The 30 strong group is working on a large number of water and wastewater engineering projects on behalf of Yorkshire Water as part of their AMP3 Moves programme. The capital values of these projects range from several thousands to over £10 million and involve feasibility STARTERS work, design, tender appraisal, construction supervision and financial, technical, H&S and environmental audit of the A warm welcome to:- Yorkshire Water capital expenditure programme. ______Brona Graham started as PA/Business Administrator in Structures, London on 25th June 2001. Human Rights Act and Planning Legislation from Peter George [RC, Basingstoke] Toby Barnett started as Assistant Engineer in Advanced Technology, Basingstoke on 4th June 2001. Peter Guthrie's article (Issue 298) about Scott Wilson projects being challenged under the Human Rights Act mentioned the Rachel Gardner started as Receptionist, Basildon on 25th permission hearing in the High Court for R v Hampshire June 2001 County Council ex parte Vetterlain which concerns the proposed Marchwood waste to energy plant. The hearing, Amandip Aujla started as Industrial Trainee in Computing, held in mid-June resulted in a full judicial review being Basingstoke on 25th June 2001. granted. I have been informed by our client (Hampshire Waste Services) that the judgement went in favour of the Tracy Anderson started as Assistant Accountant in County Council and the original planning consent was Accounts, Basingstoke on 29th June 2001. upheld. Construction work on the plant is due to commence within the next six months. Steven Atkinson started as Industrial Trainee in Computing, Basingstoke on 2nd July 2001. This judgement now means that two of the three WTE plants for which Scott Wilson prepared Environmental Statements Alan Cole - Trainee Technician, PPA Basingstoke ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 5

Our first task was to master the grips and footholds of the Sports & Socials bouldering wall. For this, we were to climb without ropes. When we inevitably fell, it was into a very soft mattress, reminiscent of Phys Ed classes at school. It soon became London Office Takes Engineering to New Heights apparent that frustration had nudged out enthusiasm as the From Francesca Hardiman [PPA, London] number one emotion in the room, so we moved on to the climbing wall proper. A few Fridays ago, an elite group of 12 from the London Here we were finally attached to a rope and while one brave Office set off for a day of teambuilding, laughs, fun and, engineer scaled the wall, another was shown the art of above all, indulging childhood fantasies. billeting (sic?), or “stopping your mate from going thud on Our bus arrived at 8:35am, but we were delayed by about 10 the floor”. minutes performing surgery to separate Jamshid’s ear from the phone. We set off in good humour, though somewhat When reaching the top of the wall became old hat, we headed subdued, some with expectation, but more commonly for the abseil wall. Those who have abseiled before will know because our brains were still asleep at the early hour. the leap of faith that is required. Those who haven’t, imagine Iain Calder, whom it is suspected had already done a bit of a stepping casually off a second floor balcony with little more reccy, drove us uneventfully to the outskirts of Rochester in separating you from terra firma (maxima) than a thin piece of Kent, and parked our bus outside the Buckmoore Adventure rope and a few knots. Centre. After each had taken their turn, the instructor “rap jumped” Without ado, we walked into the rifle range and were shown down in one go. One normally meek transport planner was how to use our weapons. Four-by-four we took aim at the itching to follow suit. (You may remember when Prince target, which had a picture of an innocent-looking deer next William rap jumped into the hearts of many teenage girls, to it, for those with more violent aspirations. securing a few front-page pictures of himself leaping forwards off a building.) The author is mortified to admit that she took part in the debate of how long the range was, and even suggested the After lunch we headed into the great outdoors, to take on the preferred method of calculation. While our eyes and egos had might of the assault course. We broke into pairs and set off guessed 20-30m, our engineering calculation (21 blocks at for a warm-up trot: over the bars, through the tyres, across 0.5m per block) revealed that we were shooting a mere 10.5m, the water, up the wall, across the balance beam, along the if the length of the barrel is ignored. monkey bars, under the beams and through more tyres. Nevertheless, some pretty sharpshooters emerged, and some Huffing and puffing, we contemplated the recently off-loaded impressive results were recorded, even with the dodgy gun. logs that someone thought we might want to carry around the course. Competitive spirit conquered exhaustion and In the climbing wall section, we set about tackling our while some drew life-breaths through a fag, we divided into collective fear of heights. It was very little consolation that two teams. the few bits of nylon strung together into loops and referred to by the instructors as a harness (ha!) was to be what kept Team A (us) set the pace and opened up a small lead. A bit of our bodies suspended by the abseil rope. a splash at the water put paid to it, and Team B (them) drew ahead. By the final lap, Team B had opened up a formidable lead and were cruising home half a lap ahead. Team A unleashed its secret weapon. At the final hurdle, Roderick Fisher (Team A) drew level with Andy Voke (Team B). Andy stepped up 3 gears and the pair locked strides in the dash for the line. It was a photo finish, but not having a camera, both teams reluctantly conceded a draw.

Back in the sports centre, we headed for the indoor soccer court. We retained the same teams, though Team A lost one member who had fallen foul on the water hazard. Despite the uneven numbers, the game was closely contested, with teams exchanging goals for 40 minutes. In the last 10 minutes, however, the devastating young striker pair of Rod and Rob (Barker) drove home Team A’s superiority, clinching the game with a few unanswered on-target shots.

For the final activity, half the party headed for the bar, while the other half donned long sleeves, hard hats and miners

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For the next hour we wriggled and shuffled along, contorting Being close to Fritz I know that the handwriting on the card is our bodies into shapes we never imagined possible, too neat for an uneducated, boss-eyed 353¼yr old gnome squeezing through narrow channels put there for the express with only three fingers on each hand If after studying the purpose of being difficult to get through. Having conquered card you recognise the handwriting please get in contact. The Wedge and The Squeeze, we joined the defectors at the Even though the card says Fritz is ok we are still treating this bar for a quick round before heading back to the real world of case as very suspicious, wonder if it’s got any do with that London traffic. mysterious looking London lass, if only you could see her ______face.

Fritz the Gnome Also I’d like to quash any rumours that have been going from Andreas Sher [SW Hong Kong] around of a love tryst between Bridget Gnomes and myself. My interests are purely on a professional level, although I No, this is not a ransom note, I was just interested to see the think she may be a bit of a bunny boiler. "publicity" Fritz is getting. I would like to get in touch with the Basingstoke CID, or Fritz owners, with a job proposal for young Fritz.

If (I should say when) he should ever return, I would like to employ him and his new found fame on Pontifact as our help guide. This would involve a photo shoot plus sundry activities. Fritz will be brought to the photo shoot by luxury limousine, champagne, etc. (bone for Spot and fresh corn (?) for David), no expense spared. He would then be immortalised as the in-house help gnome to assist staff in any way possible. In his task he will, of course, have a support team (SWIFT) and some remuneration (in gnome dollars!). In this way, Fritz can become a valued member of the Scott Wilson team. ______

Who’s Jane Tenyson? Sherlock Gnomes (CID, Basingstoke)

CASE REPORT III: The Gnome-knapping of Fritz DATE: Between 6pm 5/6/01 & 8am 6/6/01 SCENE: On top of L Beltran’s bookshelf, Structures, Basingstoke CRIME DETAILS: Gnome-knapping STATUS: Unsolved, but we’re getting there COMMENTS: After last week’s entry about a Ms J Tenyson, I would like to inform regular readers of this column that I did not write a case report last week and instead it was written by an impostor. I would like to remind this individual (who has since apologised) that impersonating an officer of the law is a ______criminal offence, normal service is resumed this week. STOP PRESS Back to the case in hand, over the last week we have seen new developments. Today (Friday) we have received two Post card received from Fritz from Essex postcards, one a definite hoax from Guernsey about playing on the beach with teddy bears, how believable si that? "Sorry Bridge However the other we believe to be the real McCoy, our first I've got meself a nice bit of stuff down essex way - Fritz" genuine lead for a month. The card was addressed to Mrs T Williamson here in Basingstoke, and it appears Fritz has Bridget Gnomes is devastated. started globetrotting. He has now found his way to Mexico and as you can see he’s still proudly flying the Scott Wilson Editor: I think Fritz will soon have to start having his own weekly flag, spreading the brand far and wide, what loyalty. There is newsletter. something slightly fishy about the card however, I am not an ______expert in matters of philately but I do not believe that it is normal for Mexican stamps to have the Queen’s head on them, hmmmmmm. ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 7

Petanque/Boules from Tricia Williamson [SP, Basingstoke] Vacancies Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section After the success of the skittles evening another social has before replying to any vacancy advertised. been arranged. We have found a Petanque course at For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Bowenhurst Golf Centre, Crondall near Farnham. It is floodlit Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. and comes with stewards etc - all properly run. Technical Assistant(s)- Chesterfield Date: Thursday 16 August. Time: 6.30pm sharp to start. This is very important! The Roads team in Chesterfield would like to appoint a Technical Assistant to work alonside project managers, Partners/friends welcome - we can take up to 48 people. booking in drawings and documents, issuing information to team and clients, monitoring job costs, etc. Please let me know whether you are coming and I will need a deposit of £5 for each person. Balance to be paid before the Applicants should be keen and conscientious with good event please. Total cost of event £8.50 including hire of general computing skills and particularly familiar with course and meal. spreadsheets.

The choice of meals are: There is also a similar opportunity for a Technical Assistant a) Scampi & fries, to join the Chesterfield Structures team, although this would b) 1/4 roast chicken & fries, be a part time post - preferably working each afternoon. c) beefburger in a bun & fries, or d) vegetarian pasta bake. Environmental Technician - Matlock

Please state your meal preference. Obviously there is a club A temporary position exists to join the maintenance team to house bar etc. assist in the creation of a Management Stategy for Area 14.

Duties will include researching Ecological, Biological and We will have 2 stewards to advise us and the evening will Geologically significant areas. There will be some site start with an introduction to the game - rules etc. Then surveying and data collection, assisting the current team. games and more games. Food will be served at 8.30pm. The whole evening should finish about 9/9.30pm, although it Applicants should hold an Environmental degree, have good depends on how long we take to eat! general computer and communication skills.

I need the deposit by Monday 9 July latest. The club needs Interested parties should contact Mary Rook at Chesterfield. to have a confirmation deposit! ______PS We desperately need Fritz back as he is the treasured trophy. ______What’s on your Mind?

Y-Time from Tim Dawe [C, Chesterfield]

On the basis that it’s that time of year again, and also in view of the company's good performance over the last financial year, can the directors (a) say how much the use of Y-time has benefited the company in the last year and (b) when they next plan to review its use?

As I understand it, Y-time was introduced at a time when the economic climate for construction was poorer than it si currently. Or is it now with us for keeps? ______

All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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Issue 302 Week ending: 13th July 2001 Attention - All Staff! wasted on research and development even though the

answer to the problem is staring you in the face. Waste Management Award. From: Barry Gore [C] During the heat of the space race in the 1960's, NASA decided it needed a ball point pen to write in the zero gravity Derek Greedy (Waste Management; Chesterfield) is to confines of its space capsules. After considerable research receive the prestigious International Solid Waste and development, the Astronaut Pen was developed at a cost Association’s (ISWA) Annual Award for the publication of $1 million. The pen worked and also enjoyed some modest Landfill Operations Guidelines. The award is to be made at success as a novelty item back here on earth. the Association’s annual congress in Stavanger, Norway on 2nd September 2001. The Soviet Union, faced with the same problem, used a pencil. The ISWA working group on sanitary landfill (of which Derek ______is a long standing member) identified a need to provide basic guidance on everyday landfill operational matters. Derek was Output Price Index responsible for the production of the guidelines having From: Geoff Redwood [SWHL] drafted and edited the bulk of the document, which is in a loose-leaf format to allow for easy update and to add further The Output Price Index issued by the ACE for use with the guidelines as they are produced in the future. ACE fee graphs has been revised to 404 for the third quarter

2001, and this figure should be used for all new commissions. The guidelines are such that they are of equal value to both You will find the updated and historical information on the developing and developed countries. Intranet, under SWIMS.

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Environment Programme (UNEP) now wishes to publish the Bridges guidelines as a joint ISWA/UNEP document that will From: Keith Jeffreys [C] guarantee a much wider audience for such a valuable piece of work. Chesterfield Bridges section are busy with railway underline bridges having just completed the design and construction of Copies of the guidelines can be purchased from ISWA’s an accommodation bridge in the Hope Valley . A welcome corporate office in Denmark change as most projects are mainly highway bridges , we are ______also working on another underline bridge on the Hedon Road Design and Build project .

Men’s Toilets - Scott House The weekend of 30 June saw the culmination of several weeks From: Pam McIntosh [CS] of rapid activity. The first indication of the work was a phone

call asking for assistance from the Manchester office on 9 "I have received complaints about chewing gum being April. A site meeting was held with the contractor (Edmund thrown in the urinals at Scott House. Whoever is Nuttall) the following day, a draft Form A was issued the next responsible - please stop". day followed in quick succession by the detail design, ______quantities and requirements for special products. Concrete unis were precast under the constant threat that the track Reinventing the Wheel? closure was fixed and no changes/slippage was possible . From: Peter George [RC] Even Railtrack managed to approve the Form A with two days to spare . On site all went smoothly and the work We often face challenges on projects which require finished well ahead of programme despite the narrow access innovative thinking and design. Yet all too often in our for plant. Once the trains were running it was surprising to enthusiasm to show clients how ingenious we are we ignore look back at what had been achieved and that there had been the fact that many problems can be solved very simply. The no significant hiccups . following is a classic example of how time and money can be ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 1

At Hedon Road design is progressing on a larger steel Brian Robertson and Michael MacLean have successfully bridge, 38m span , over the busy Hedon road and to a much managed the project, completing on time and within budget. more conventional time scale, with work on site programmed Trevor Storey in Basingstoke assisted by developing the to start in November. Who knows we may have designed and detail design of the steel arch. Sustrans are delighted with built something else in between . the whole scheme which has been submitted to the Saltire Society for a Civil Engineering Award.

Lewis McDonald Deputy Transport Minister

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Luanda Port From: Simon Thomas [PPA]

______The new quay wall in Luanda Port, Angola, for which Scott Wilson was Employer's Representative, has won a commendation in the Civil Engineering category of the South Opening of Glen Ogle Cycleway African 2001 Fulton Awards. The commendation was From: Alan Baker [S] awarded to Murray & Roberts / Lama Joint Venture who were the design / build contractor for the 408m long structure Fourth of July celebrations of a different nature took place at having 12.5m water depth alongside. The wall was fabricated Lochearnhead, Scotland, where Deputy Transport Minister using 68 counterfort units weighing 290t which were precast Lewis Macdonald officially opened the Glen Ogle section of in S Africa and shipped 1600 miles to the site. Scott Wilson's the National Cycle Network Route 7. role included project management, design review, construction monitoring and certification. This new 11 km long section makes extensive use of the disused Glasgow to Crianlarich railway line, and allows Colour pictures can be found on the Intranet. cyclists and walkers to travel along dedicated paths in ______spectacular countryside, remote from vehicular traffic. The upper section of railway line was once described as having Education Sector Experience one of the best views in the United Kingdom. Indeed Queen From: David Staniforth [SP] Victoria noted in her diary in September 1842 that the view reminded her of the Khyber Pass. As a group, we are looking to develop the opportunities

available in the education sector - with a view to PFI projects As designers Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd have worked with in particular. their client Sustrans to transform a valuable but neglected asset into important new infrastructure. For this to be effective we need to establish where SW

stands in terms of project experience and staff experience A key feature of the project is the replacement of a missing within the education sector (please note that 5 years at span on Kendrum Viaduct, a multi-span mass concrete comprehensive school do not count!). structure carrying the cycle route across the valley of the

Kendrum River. The original steel truss across the river was So, if: removed in the 1960’s, when the railway was closed. Its new replacement is a lightweight steel arch, reinstating the 1) You know of any educational projects where SW had a structure’s focal point and allowing the valley to be crossed role, or; once more.

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2) You have experience in the education sector, Straw poll: Who’s got Fritz…. please e-mail [email protected] 15% No one, he’s roaming freely 17% Someone on the second floor of Scott House You do not have to prepare or produce anything. Just send 17% Someone on the third floor of Scott House an e-mail noting either project or staff experience and we will 14% A gang of gnomettes follow it up as we develop the data base. 11% The Mafia 9% He’s under Bridget Gnome’s patio 4% A member of HMB STOP PRESS 1% Who’s Fritz? (Where have these guys been?) 12% Don’t care There has been a leak from several of the National Papers in Fleet Street, that Fritz the Gnome, is negotiating with Andreas This poll was carried out using the least reliable methods Sher [SW Hong Kong] to do a deal. Fritz is attracted by the possible and is accurate to ± 17%, other polls are available, large amount of remuneration he's being offered. this doesn’t affect your statutory rights. ______There are rumors that the Gnomes in Admin would like to apply for the vacancy in Structures when Fritz finally accepts Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team the offer from Andreas. In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this week: Also the Chief Editor of one of the leading Fleet Street papers was surprised that Sherlock Gnomes was asking who Ms J SWIFT Tenyson is.!!

______Topic for the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this Week: Unified Messaging (UM) What is UM? Who’s Dunnit? Why is UM Rare? Sherlock Gnomes (CID, Basingstoke) Are they now using UM?

CASE REPORT IV: The Gnome-knapping of Fritz Do you have any Information Technology topics you want to DATE: Between 6pm 5/6/01 & 8am 6/6/01 appear in the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an SCENE: On top of L Beltran’s bookshelf, Structures, advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you have Basingstoke any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any CRIME DETAILS: Gnome-knapping announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to STATUS: Unsolved, suspicious, getting desperate. publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us to do COMMENTS: There’s very little news to report this week, some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any except that Bridget has received a card which may have been comments about Pontifact? from Fritz. If it was from him it would appear that Fritz’s fortunes are on the up and he’s found himself an Essex girl, E-mail us at: [email protected] sorts of this calibre are few and far between, good luck to you Fritz. An AutoCAD forum had been set up on the Scott Wilson Intranet. The forum can be found under: There are no other developments to report, but whilst we’re on the subject of the glorious county of Essex, one of this Comms.Centre\Discussion groups\AutoCAD county’s sons performed an act of heroism this week. Trevor Wood came to the aid of Ian Coates (coincidently another If you have any suggestions, tips or CAD problems you Essex boy) who was choking on some Skittles (there goes think should be addressed, here is the platform. that lads manly reputation). Trevor performed the Heimlich manoeuvre, dislodging the offending confectionary, and Initially there are the following categories: saved the day, what a hero. The jury is still out as to whether Trevor did the right thing, but we at Basingstoke CID think General he should be praised. LISP & scripts Plotting with AutoCAD 2000/2002 In reply to Andreas Sher’s suggestion that Fritz could QA Draughting Manual become the Pontifact ‘assistant’, I think Fritz would be Blocks flattered by the idea and delighted at the thought of helping Standard Detail Library his beloved Scott Wilson. When he returns I’m sure he’ll Hints & Tips accept. Wish List

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Senior Structural Engineer – Basildon If you feel a new category should be added, just contact 3.1/3.2 SWIFT. ______Our Structural Team based in Basildon has a long-term involvement and recognized specialist expertise in the TRAVELLERS investigation and repair of structural defects in buildings, particularly housing.

A vacancy has arisen for a Senior Chartered Engineer to Location Traveller Dates complement the current team and to provide additional

technical and management expertise. Candidates should Cuba Jamshid Soheili 11 – 19 July have the minimum of 5 years post chartered experience and Cuba Sandy Burrell 11 – 19 July have an interest in structural defects. Cuba Malcolm George 11 – 19 July

Ghana Mike Le Gouais 10 – 20 July The successful candidate will be able to broaden their Ghana PAR Scott 10 – 20 July experience and potentially develop and expand the business.

Ideally they should have the drive to develop their

capabilities as an investigator and reporter on structural

defects, and a project manager of remedial schemes. Moves The Basildon team have played a key role in projects such as structural survey of Century House, the refurbishment of The STARTERS Old Admiralty Building, realkalisation of a 1939 concrete hangar (one of the largest projects to date on which this A warm welcome to:- technique has been used), and a variety of innovative repair/strengthening techniques on system built housing. Gareth Singleton, Associate, Abingdon started 9 July 2001 Amanda Roberts, Senior Secretary, Abingdon started 9 July 2001 For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Denis Golovenko, Graduate Transportation Planner, Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. Basingstoke started 5 July 2001

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Issue 303 Week ending: 20 July 2001 Attention - All Staff!

European Currency/EURO Scott Wilson Africa Ltd Relocation from Barbara Sales [CS, Basingstoke] from Jill Wright [SWAL, South Africa]

Would anyone travelling to countries covered by the Euro As of Wednesday 18 July 2001 we will be relocating to new please note that at the beginning of 2002 the Euro will be the offices – new address and contact numbers as follows: commo n currency for EEC countries e.g.; Southern Ireland, Belgium, Germany etc. Address: 14 Prunus Avenue Morningside After this time the local currencies will not be accepted. 2057 Therefore, prior to this time, could you all check with me South Africa before travelling to see if I hold any spare currency for the country you are visiting. Tel Nos: +27 (0)11 883 1797 ______+27 (0)11 883 4724 +27 (0)11 883 4728 Just Say No -Thank You from Barry Gore [C, Chesterfield] Fax No: +27 (0)11 883 8216

Just over eighteen months ago we were contacted by a chap The e-mail and cell numbers remain the same i.e. (Nigel Smith) who requested assistance with some difficulties he was experiencing complying with the requirements of the Richard Rawson: +27(0)824412609 Environment Agency over a waste related issue. We met and [email protected] offered to provide some technical assistance with sample analysis and reporting. We were subsequently contacted by Jill Wright: +27(0)824417390 a solicitor and requested to provide further [email protected] professional/expert advice on a number of additional issues related to Nigel’s waste management activities. Having If you have any difficulties contacting the office on any of reviewed the information we returned the documents and the new numbers please use the cell numbers. politely declined to provide further assistance as we felt we could not be fully supportive of Nigel’s actions. We were not Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team commissioned to undertake the sampling, analysis and In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this week: interpretation. Embedded Technology The following (extract) was reported in the latest (June) What is Embedded Technology? edition of the Environment Agency newsletter/publication: What Can It Do? What Can It Offer to Businesses? ‘‘Five year jail sentence for waste offender ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you A judge at Sheffield Crown Court sentenced a Chesterfield want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an man to five years and four months in jail following a string advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you of waste offences. Nigel Smith faced 16 waste charges have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have brought by the Environment Agency……….The waste any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you charges followed more than two years of intensive want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us investigation by Agency officers…….He had shown a to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have complete disregard towards the environment……The length any comments about the Intranet?*** of the prison sentence imposed shows the seriousness with which the court views those who disregard laws designed to E-mail us at: [email protected] protect the environment.’’ ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 1

Couriers - Scott House which combines invoicing information from the Associations from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke] two comp anies Scott Wilson and Brown & Root. ______The courier tray which was located behind the old Reception desk has now been moved to the new Reception area. Please HA Area 3 hand courier forms to our Receptionists there. From John Trinick (COU) ______A consortium of Mott MacDonald, Scott Wilson and Institution of Structural Engineers Hampshire County Council has been awarded a 5 year Structural Awards 2002 extendable contract to manage the maintenance of and Motorways and Trunk Roads in Central Southern England. The Structural Steel Design Awards Scheme 2002 The Area includes M3, M4, M27, A3, A34, and other roads, in Hampshire, Surrey, Oxfordshire and Dorset. Entries are invited for the above Awards Schemes. The IstructE Awards will be given for outstanding structures that This is a major contract for Scott Wilson, giving us a share of have been completed between 2 July 2000 and 31 August the design and management of over £300m of works over the 2001. The closing date for entries is 14 September 2001 and if life of the Commission. It builds on the success of the you are interested in applying contact: Ms Beryl Hixon at the Matlock office in Area 14 and on A19 DBFO. Institution of Structural Engineers, 11 Upper Belgrave Street, London SW1X 8BH, tel: 020 7235 4535. Graham Law (PPA, Basingstoke) is transferring to COU to manage the new design office in Network House. The Structural Steel Awards are for structures in the UK or Maintenance management expertise and Project Direction will overseas employing British steel and British fabrication. be provided by Matlock. They must have been substantially completed and ready for occupation during 2000 and 2001. The closing date for A team of 20 road and bridge designers is currently being entries is 14 December 2001 and contact details are: Gillian recruited for the start of the Commission on 1st September. Mitchell MBE, BCSA, 4 Whitehall Court, Westminster, (Fee Scale A) London SW1A 2ES, tel: 020 7839 8566. ______e-mail: [email protected]. ______Congratulations! to Keith Fry (Senior Operations Manager - Railways) in What’s Going On? passing his NEBOSH General Certificate. Scale: A: £3million+; B: £600,000 - £2,999,999; C: £60,000 - £599,999; D: £6,000 - £59,999; E: less than £6,000 to Susan Teoh (PPA, Basingstoke) and Sam Lee on their marriage. Their wedding reception was held in Ipoh in Mission Critical Malaysia, Susan’s hometown. A photograph of Susan and Denver Brown [RC, Morley] Sam cutting their wedding cake can be seen in the current issue (114) of News SWAP. Yorkshire Water "Mission Critical" (their term) have awarded ______us a programming commission. Apparently they have been slipping within their Unconsented Intermittent Discharge programme which forms a huge spend during AMP3 (Asset Moves Management Plan). We have been appointed with an advance payment (scale D) to set-up and maintain the early A warm welcome to Nic Folland, programme which will be developed spanning the next 5 Landscape Architect, Manchester who years. started on 11 July 2001. ______The programme will be for all drainage areas in Yorkshire, showing key tasks and milestones in the delivery process, Sports & Socials and identifying resource and financial requirements. There will be an intensive 2 month period of data collection and The Dictionary: What Engineers Say input including updating and monitoring. The programme is And What They Mean By It being developed, built up, and monitored using Primavera P3 from Peter George [RC, Basingstoke] and Primavera Suretrak. Paul Cleary our Programme & Cost Manager with his two planning assistants Leanne Dyas and Major technological breakthrough - Back to the drawing Sharon Buckley are developing the early programme which board. should form the advance part of a major project. Paul is also The designs are well within allowable limits - We just made it, developing PIMS (Project Information Management System) stretching a point or two.

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Test results were extremely gratifying - It works, and are we Infrastructure Engineer - 3.1/3.2 surprised! Plymouth - SP

Client satisfaction is believed assured - We are so far behind We require an Infrastructure Engineer for our Plymouth office schedule that the client was happy to get anything at all. to commence in August/September to carry out design for highways and drainage works in Devon and Cornwall. Close project coordination - Let's spread the responsibility for this. The successful candidate should be of Degree level and preferably Chartered with at least 3 years experience. Project slightly behind original schedule due to unforeseen difficulties - We are working on something else. If you are interested in this position please contact Sheena Webb in Basingstoke office. The design will be finalised in the next reporting period - We ______haven't started this job yet, but we've got to say something. Project Administrator - Scott Wilson Railways A number of different approaches are being tried - We don't know where we're going, but we're moving. We have an opportunity for a Project Administrator to join our Electrical & Mechanical (E&M) Engineering team. Extensive effort is being applied on a fresh approach to the problem - We just hired three new guys; we'll let them kick it Alongside the Team Administrator you will be responsible around for a while. for the day to day administration of projects within the discipline according to the standards of our Quality See next week’s issue for some more definitions from the Management System. Engineers Dictionary. ______Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate a proactive approach to their work and be capable of working to tight deadlines. A good working knowledge of MS Word Vacancies and Excel is essential to be effective in this role. Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section before replying to any vacancy advertised. Business Development Manager - Scott Wilson Railways Ltd For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. We have an exciting opportunity for a Business Development Field Engineer - Ghana Manager to join our Overseas Team based in our Swindon office. A rare opportunity is expected to arise shortly for a young Scott Wilson engineer to work in Ghana's Northern Region Successful applicants will be business development for a period of 6 to 10 months, effective from September 2001. professionals, with experience gained overseas, preferably He or she should be able to demonstrate an interest in including the EU and/or the FSU. working overseas and will ideally have prior overseas experience. A positive and enthusiastic attitude towards pro- Working closely with the Overseas Projects Director and poor rural development and related capacity building is Business Development Director your primary responsibility essential. will be to assist in the expansion of overseas project work by actively identifying and obtaining new projects for Scott Based in Tamale, and working under the umbrella of an Wilson Railways. existing long term project, the engineer will be responsible for overseeing the activities of local consultants in supervising a We seek a self starter able to demonstrate a commercial programme of emergency repairs to gravel and earth feeder approach to their work, coupled with a sound awareness of roads and associated drainage structures. the railway industry and transport consultancy worldwide. A knowledge of international funding agencies procedures is If you would like further details on this opportunity please essential, as is a familiarity with private finance procedures. contact Pamela Masson or Amanda Hutson in Basingstoke. Preference will be given to candidates able to demonstrate fluency in more than one European language and those who ______enjoy international travel.

Please contact Alison Walmsley on (01793) 515262 (07-75262) if you are interested in either of the above two positions.

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Issue 304 Week ending: 27 July 2001 Attention - All Staff! recruitment and a training initiative being discussed with Copying of Press Cuttings Railtrack could fill the remaining seats by the end of the year. From Geoff Redwood [SWHL] These developments will firmly establish Scott Wilson’s Newspapers jealously guard the copyright in the material that presence in the West Midlands they publish and do not permit any unauthorised copying. The major rail projects being led from this office include: To enforce their rights, and to licence those companies and organisations that wish to take copies, the national dailies Project Evergreen: £150m improvements on the Chiltern line and the main regional newspapers have established an from Bicester to Marylebone to provide bi-directional organisation called The Newspaper Licensing Agency. working, more frequent and reliable service. Norton Bridge: £100m signalling and electrification We have been contacted by the NLA and asked to either pay improvements and re-modelling a major junction on the West for a licence to copy or submit a declaration stating that no Coast Main Line to facilitate use by the new high speed copying is undertaken. Virgin tilting train. Cross Country Route: Improvements to permanent way to From enquiries that I have made I can find no evidence that allow increase in line speed from 90 to 125mph for the new as a business we take copies from the NLA newspapers and, Virgin trains. This is an SR led project managed by Stuart unless advised to the contrary by any member of staff who Ross temporarily based in Birmingham. does make copies for business purposes, it is intended to (These are all fee scale B) submit a ‘no copying’ declaration. In addition to the above senior staff we also welcome to our Whilst the declaration covers copying for business purposes team: all staff should be aware that photocopying, faxing or Eduardo Alonso – A graduate from Nottingham University scanning cuttings taken from newspapers without the (ROU) publisher’s permission, even if only occasionally, would be Steve Bridgewater – Senior permanent way designer (ROU) an infringement of copyright and should not therefore be Carl Humphries – Trainee technician (ROU) done. Paresh Shingadia – Senior Transportation Planner (COU) ______

Birmingham Continues to Expand Introduction to from David Johns (R, Birmingham] David Lickiss from Robin Hawley The last few months have seen several changes in the [R, Birmingham] Birmingham office in response to our growth in workload. David Johns has transferred from COU to ROU and has been I am pleased to introduce appointed as Unit Manager for the Railways unit. Bob David Lickiss who joined the Langford remains as ROU Technical Manager. COU have Birmingham office of Scott recruited three staff to key roles. Ciamak Ghavami - Principal Wilson in mid July. David Engineer Building Structures, Derek Greedy – Principal previously worked for Engineer Waste Management and David Lickiss – Principal Maunsell and will be Engineer Bridges. They will be seeking to establish design developing a Bridges team in teams to serve our clients in the West Midlands. Birmingham.

There are now 26 staff working for the two Birmingham Since graduating in 1976, David has worked for a number of business units – 17 for R OU and 9 for C OU. In addition major civil engineering consultants and has extensive three staff from Glasgow are providing project management knowledge in many areas of bridge engineering. He has and design support on two major schemes. Continued recent experience of highway Design and Build schemes and

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considerable experience in both bridge assessment and The new office is located within a brisk 5 minutes walk of strengthening, in particular at the notorious Spaghetti Waterloo Station, close to Railtrack Southern Zone at Junction in Birmingham. His other skills include structural Waterloo, almost opposite Thameslink 2000 project offices repair techniques and durability issues. and close to Southwark JLE tube station, thereby enabling easy access to London Underground at Canary Wharf. David is a Chartered Engineer, being a member of both the Railtrack HQ at Euston is not that far away either. A location Institutions of Civil Engineers and Structural Engineers. He is map will be available soon and you are most welcome to visit currently undertaking a Master’s degree in management, us at our new office. which he finds is an ideal cure for insomnia! ______Because of the urgent need to establish a base in London to effectively service all our London-based rail projects, a decision was made to seek separate premises away from our New Scott Wilson Railways London Office Victoria Street. office since there was insufficient space there from Peter Lynch [R, London] anyway, it is also undergoing a refurbishment and the recent fire didn’t help. th I am delighted to report that on 9 July Scott Wilson Railways opened a new office in central London. We will be seeking to forge close working relationships with our colleagues in Victoria Street. and Steve Brundle’s newly- Our address and details are: established Business Consultancy Group, to ensure we maximise opportunities for the rest of the Scott Wilson Scott Wilson Railways Group. Friars House 157 – 168 Blackfriars Road We will initially be recruiting senior staff at 3.2/4.1 level and a London Team Organiser/PA. Ian Bleasdale (PE4.1) and myself are the SE1 8EZ first London-based employees of Scott Wilson Railways. Tel: to be confirmed Details of job opportunities are being posted on the website Fax: (020) 7620 2446 and will also be included in a forthcoming Scott Light. ______In the absence of a BT telephone line, colleagues may contact me on my mobile (07771) 827184. I will publish the office BT number when it is confirmed. Dr Phil Sharpe From Robert Armitage [SWPE, Nottingham] Scott Wilson has considered the need for a railways presence in London many times in recent years. With the Dr. Phil Sharpe, Scott Wilson Group expert in trackbed Government’s plans for significant new investment in assessment and design, is now a self employed consultant London rail projects and the changes at London but still has a base in Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering’s Underground, amongst other reasons, momentum was rapidly Nottingham office. increasing and our rail clients were regularly asking why we did not have a railways office in London. In order to help manage his work, I would ask that all potential work for Phil from within the Scott Wilson group We intend to take full advantage of “being on the doorstep” should be directed through myself. In this way I can decide with Railtrack, TfL, SRA, LUL and others. We also have the best resources available to meet your requirements. If I many current London-based engineering projects for which I am not present, please speak to Keith Fry, Senior Operations am Project Director, e.g. Thameslink 2000, WARM, Camden Manager. Town Station, Railtrack/Nuttall Southern Zone Construction Partnership. We anticipate that other projects will be secured Please note that Phil will be overseas for most of August. providing additional work for our other Scott Wilson ______Railways offices and other OUs in the Group. There are numerous new opportunities arising already, now that we Aerial Photography From Space!! have a base in London. IKONOS 1m Satellite Imagery from Will Crick, ISD London, RC We are starting out small with 600 ft² but there is the prospect of additional space in the same building should we expand. Last year the first commercial high resolution satellite was We are in the process of assembling desks and furniture, launched into space and has been collecting 1m satellite installing an IS network to connect to the rest of the Scott imagery of the entire globe. Since its launch the Information Wilson Group and we will be installing a new telephone Systems Division of Scott Wilson has identified its potential system ready for 7 staff to occupy the new office. We use and is becoming a leader in its application to engineering already have a fax installed. I will be the MOU Manager and projects worldwide. Martin Nielsen will also be based there but spend some time at Victoria Street, Basingstoke and other railways offices as The satellite collects black and white imagery in digital format he does now. and can be plotted or viewed at a scale of 1:5000. This allows

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from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke] The implications of this imagery for Scott Wilson are enormous especially for overseas projects where aerial From 18.00 hrs on Tuesday 24 July access to City Wall House surveys and the collection of accurate base mapping is Car Park will only be permissible by inputting the following expensive and time consuming. The quality of the data can be four digit code on the entrance barrier. The exit barrier will seen in this image used for a project in Nepal. rise automatically when a car comes within a predetermined

distance. Access Code - 1960 ______

Scott House Window Cleaning from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke]

The windows at Scott House will be cleaned on Saturday 28th July. Please ensure access is clear - obstructed windows will not be cleaned.

Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this week:

Knowledge Management (KM) What is Knowledge Management? In this single image one can see a village and dirt road in the What Constitutes Knowledge-based Assets? north west corner, paddy fields in the western portion and a What Benefits can we expect from KM? landslide caused by river undercutting in the south east corner. ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you

want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an ISD is already using this imagery on a number of projects and advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you it is proving to be cost effective and provides an enormous have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have amount of information that would be otherwise unavailable. any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you Successful projects include: Landslide Risk Assessment want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us project in Nepal and a water supply project in Nigeria. Also to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have Scott Wilson are currently discussing opportunities with any comments about the Intranet?*** DFID for further research in the application of this imagery for overseas development projects. The continued E-mail us at: [email protected] development and application of our work in this field will make Scott Wilson a world leader in the application of this information for engineering studies. Fellow Intellectuals from Jim McCafferty [S, Glasgow] If you would like any further information about this imagery then please contact Will Crick in the London office. I have been asked to help the Oban Fundraising ______Committee of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution by distributing their ‘Cryptic Challenge’ to a wider audience. Scott Wilson Africa Ltd Relocation from Jill Wright [SWAL, South Africa] · The ‘Cryptic Challenge’ consists of 100 fiendishly difficult crossword type cryptic clues grouped under Further to last week’s entry in ScottLight giving the new the general headings : Phrases, Birds, Books & physical address of Scott Wilson Africa Ltd please be Films, Animals, Islands, Literary Characters and advised that the postal address remains unchanged as : More Phrases.

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· The Cryptic Challenge costs £1 per copy (or more if this intensity of rainfall is normally accompanied by you are flush!) and there are prizes for the first three widespread damage on the Halsema. correct (or nearest) answers to be drawn in Oban in October...... A week later. We are still clearing up. Typhoon Feria · Anyone willing to take up the ‘Cryptic Challenge’ was a big one. 130kph winds with gusts up to 170 kph and should email or contact me or Sheila Brown. 1277mm of rainfall in 36 hours! The 24 hour total of 1022mm was a record, beating the previous "50 year storm" in 1998 The cause is good, I hope you will be willing and by 30mm, (should I copy this to President Bush?). There was generous. widespread damage and unfortunately 70 fatalities, mostly ______due to burial in mudslides. Five of these occurred along the road. In the middle of Baguio water was 4 metres deep in the From EWC Tidworth Office centre of town, and this at 1500 metres elevation. The Halsema, especially over the first 25 kilometres, was a disaster Would you all please note that the postcode for the Tidworth area. A few hundred slips and a score of large failures both office is SP9 7AL and not SP4 7AL. We are receiving lots of above and below the road. Thus plenty of geotechnical mail incorrectly addressed with large scribbles from the Post redesign work to keep me busy until construction commences Office. in earnest in October, with hopefully the arrival of the dry season. ______I trust my next report will confirm that works are in progress Sub Consultant Register as the order to commence will be given on 25 July 2001) and from Alison Knowles [CS, Basingstoke] that we are on target to construct a sustainable and 'nearly' typhoon proof highway. Would whoever sent the Q20s for Peter Whitehead and ______Lavigne Lonsdale please get in contact with me on BA ext 300. Thank you. ______Congratulations !

What’s Going On? Scale: A: £3million+; B: £600,000 - £2,999,999; Long Service C: £60,000 - £599,999; D: £6,000 - £59,999; E: less than £6,000

Congratulations to Hugh Blackwood on reaching 30 years Mid-summer in the Tropics service on 20th July. from Colin Chant [IO, Philippines] ______When I departed UK last September, I did not imagine that I would be huddled in my room the next July, sheltering from a The Annual Chris Rigby-Jones Award typhoon and still waiting for the job to commence. The recipient of the 2000/01 Chris Rigby-Jones award is Eric Scott Wilson are associated with French Consultant BCEOM Draper, Trainee Technician. Eric will be presented with a in supervising construction of 85 kilometres of the Halsema cheque for £100 and his name added to the Memorial Plaque. Highway in the Cordillera of North Luzon, Philippines. Package I of the project covers the section from Baguio Congratulations Eric from the Directors and staff at SWPE. northwards to the boundary of Benguet and Mountain ______Province. This is part of the 185 km of road designed by our JV in 1997/98, in which Scott Wilson were responsible for drainage, slopeworks, walling, structures and environmental Moves impact assessment. STARTERS The Contract, part funded by IBRD (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) was awarded to Daewoo A warm welcome to:- of Korea in January 2001, value GB£10 million. The order to commence has been delayed awaiting completion of land Robert De Bold who joined the Edinburgh Office as Graduate acquisition/compensation, a normal occurrence in this part of Engineer on Monday 2 July 2001. the world. During this time we have been occupied in ______updating the design to cater for the many changes, both natural and man-made, which have occurred in the intervening 3 to 4 years. This update may need to be further updated when Typhoon Feria has passed. The 400mm of rainfall to date is likely to reach 600mm plus by tomorrow and

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Sports & Socials

SWPE in IHT/Tarmac Team Challenge By Orlando Walters [SWPE]

A few weeks ago, saw the second annual IHT/Tarmac Team Challenge, following the successes of the last IHT/Tarmac Team Challenge two years ago (??) Thirteen teams entered the competition from eight different companies, ranging from contractors, to consultants. Ten events would decide who was the winner of this year’s trophy.

One team in the competition comprised the team members ______Orlando Walters, Tim Doyle and Eric Draper from SWPE. After a nice 6am start to the day, the happy bunch headed off to Tarmac HQ in Wolverhampton. The first event (or at least As promised, more engineers’ definitions it seemed like a competition event), was map reading whilst still half asleep on the M42/M6 which for once wasn’t the The Dictionary: What Engineers Say usual car park that many of us loathe it to be. And What They Mean By It from Peter George [RC, Basingstoke] Our first event – which was supposed to be against another team – was the ‘Chapter 8 enclosure’ (put out some traffic The entire concept will have to be abandoned - The only guy cones and set up some signs to you and me). True to traffic who understood the thing quit. management fashion, there weren’t enough signs to do this as a race and so it was demoted to a timed event. Modifications are underway to correct certain minor difficulties - We threw the whole thing out and are starting from The following events, which included ‘Excavator Basketball’ scratch. (we managed to score one basket in ten minutes!), ‘Sleeper Walking’ without talking (which reduced intelligent Essentially complete - Half done. professionals to grunting hiiiiimm for left and huuuugh for right), a highly developed version of Chinese Whispers, Drawing release is lagging - Not a single drawing exists. guestimation, a field gun race with a temporary traffic light set and a surveying exercise. Our proudest event was the Risk is high, but acceptable - 100 to 1 odds, or with 10 times the distance event in which we were given ten minutes to clock budget and 10 times the manpower, we may have a 50/50 chance. up as many metres as possible on a treadmill and rowing machine. Tim Doyle (from London marathon fame) showed Serious, but not insurmountable, problems. - It will take a everyone how to run by practically sprinting just shy of two miracle. God should be the project manager. miles in that time. The combined treadmill and rowing machine distances put us an easy 600m ahead of our nearest Requires further analysis and management attention - Totally rival. out of control.

The grand final entailed a disassembly shuttle run and then This project has low maintenance requirements - We wouldn't re-assembly of a small table, and then placing a bucket of let the technicians change a light bulb, much less fool around with water on top. Whilst ten out of the thirteen teams ran off to our baby. get the water from the official race tap, three teams, including ourselves, during the course of the day had spotted a Design completion is scheduled for the last quarter of next lonesome tap just next to the race course. This bending of year - This leaves us plenty of time to decide who to blame for it the rules afforded us third place. being late. ______The final stands unfortunately didn’t yield a win for SWPE. th However, we were a respectable 5 with a points total of 112 Quote of the Week: with places 2 – 6 separated by only 5 points! Contributed by Julian Harrop [SP, Vulcan, Scotland]

It is planned that the IHT competition will be held again next “It is so hard to fly with the eagles year and SWPE will attempt to field a few more teams. If there when you have to work with turkeys.” are any other enthusiastic and open minded people who wish ______to join in the fun next year please field as many teams as you can and let’s bring that trophy to the SW Group!

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military depot building 750m long, asbestos removal, site Vacancies remediation and drainage works (value £2.0m) with a 9 month Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section contract period. before replying to any vacancy advertised. Applicants should be level 3.1 and preferably chartered, For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. with experience of similar works. This is a particularly sensitive project in an area surrounded by residential Project Managers/Design Manager - Scott Wilson development and the RE will need to have good Railways, London communication and people skills.

We are looking to recruit a degree-qualified Chartered Interested parties should contact Mary Rook at Chesterfield. Engineer, ideally Civil or Structural Engineer, with at least 10 ______years varied experience in the rail industry with a proven track record. Candidates with other similar professional qualifications in other disciplines will also be considered. What’s on your Mind? Team Organiser/PA - Scott Wilson Railways, London

We also require a Team Organiser/PA who will provide all- This is a summary of some strongly expressed opinions round secretarial, business/office/project administration and originally submitted anonymously but now published marketing support for the new Scott Wilson Railways because the Editor in Chief has been given the author’s consultancy office in central London. The job requires an name. For the benefit of new staff members, only articles or involvement in all aspects of establishing and running a small points of view where the author is known are published office.

I write to express my concern that the number of days annual If you are interested in either of the above two positions a leave the company offer no longer compares to the rest of the fuller job specification can be obtained by contacting Alison profession. Further this is exacerbated by the requirement to Walmsley in Swindon office. reserve part of our annual leave for office closures at ______Christmas time.

Accounts Clerk, Grade 1.2 That the company persists in their position of paying the December salaries on the normal penultimate working day of The Accounts department within Core Services require an the month is also something worthy of review as again this is Accounts Clerk. The successful candidate will assist with out of step with the rest of the profession and is not a family the entry of journals associated with overseas expenses, the friendly policy. calculation of foreign exchange loss/gains on overseas bank accounts, bank account reconciliations and sales ledger Finally I believe it is time to extend the annual review process receipt analysis and allocation. to include the opportunity for staff to review their managers and the company. Good book keeping skills are essential, candidates must be numerate and have a good knowledge of Excel. Knowledge My view is that Scott Wilson needs to realise these are of overseas accounts would be advantageous. things that are causing staff to look for alternative employment opportunities, eroding their loyalty and thereby If you are interested in this position please contact Sheena threatening the future of the company. Webb in Basingstoke office. ______Scott Wilson, SW or SWK? Resident Engineer - Warrington From Bernie Roome [C,Chesterfield]

The Development Team in Manchester office would like to I have noticed from recent job adverts placed in NCE that our appoint a Resident Engineer to supervise two contracts for written address has reverted to include the old acronym of the Defence Estates. The contracts are associated with the SWK instead of the full "Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd" redevelopment of RAF Burtonwood into an Urban Village or "Scott Wilson". I was under the impression that, after and the first contract is for a new Gateway Roundabout, spending a large sum of money in coming up with the "Scott access road and landscaping (value £0.6m) with a 5 month Wilson" identity a few years ago that the shortened SWK construction period commencing on site in early/mid was no longer permitted. Have times changed? September. The second contract should follow immediately ______after the first contract and involves the demolition of a huge All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161 ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 6

Issue 305 Week ending: 2001 Attention - All Staff! Travel Bookings Scott House Car Park from Geoff French [SWHL] from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke]

As part of the continuing drive to ensure that we get the best If you park your car next to the large biffa bin it would be possible deals on travel we have established a bulletin board extremely helpful if you could move it to another space after on Pontifact where any member of staff can note anything of 18.00 hrs. The cleaners have great difficulty in placing general interest related to travel. rubbish in the bin when cars are alongside. ______The bulletin board is to be found under Comms Centre in the Discussion Groups Section of Pontifact with the title Travel Books Bookings. from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke]

Please use this facility to share information both on good Over the last few months several people in Basingstoke have ideas and deals as well as those things that should be kindly donated books for the League of Friends at avoided. Basingstoke Hospital.

Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team If you have any more unwanted books I would much In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this appreciate receiving them. Thank you. ______week:

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What is H.323 Standard? India Simon Thomas 2 – 26 Aug ______***Do you have any Information Technology topics you want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you What’s Going On? have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have Scale: A: £3million+; B: £600,000 - £2,999,999; any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you C: £60,000 - £599,999; D: £6,000 - £59,999; want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us E: less than £6,000 to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any comments about the Intranet?*** Port of Pipavav from Simon Thomas [PPA, Basingstoke] E-mail us at: [email protected] Scott Wilson India has been awarded a prestigious Lunch Time Presentation - commission at the Port of Pipavav. The Firm will be responsible for master planning, design, tender documents Chesterfield and procurement of several works contracts. Construction from June Brown [C, Chesterfield] supervision is likely to follow. Scott Wilson will assist the

port operator, Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (whose shareholders W J Leigh will be giving a presentation on Corrosive include Port of Singapore, Sea King and Maersk Sealand) to Protection of Steelwork on Tuesday 28 August 2001. improve their coal handling facilities and to develop a major Subjects covered will be glass flake paint systems and CTRL container terminal for the region. systems. The presentation will be in the Conference Room at

Bayheath House at 12.30 pm and sandwiches will be provided The appointment represents a major success in the current so please ring me (ext 217) if you wish to attend. Indian ports market in which privatisation is gaining ______momentum. It was won against stiff competition, and was a result of a joint effort by Delhi, Dubai and Basingstoke (Ports

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MOU). This partnership will continue throughout the project, with all three offices having a significant contribution. Fantasy Football 2001/2002 (Fee - approx £200,000) from Paul Starr [PPA, Basingstoke] ______Surprising maybe, but the new football season kicks off in a couple of weeks (August 18th), and like a faithful puppy Congratulations! Fantasy Football follows swiftly on its heels. The rules remain unchanged except for one major introduction... extra to Matthew Ibbotson (Accounts - Basingstoke) successfully points for FA Cup games! Anyone interested please contact completing his Stage 1 Chartered Institute of Management me for the rules (or simply refer to the Daily Telegraph) and Accountants exams. email your team by August 10th. Please let me know if you intend to submit a team so I can prepare my spreadsheet. As and to Melanie Hill (Accounts - Basingstoke) successfully ever, the entry fee is £5.00 and everyone is welcome... the completing her Stage 3 Chartered Institute of Management more the merrier!! Accountants exams. Email: [email protected] Tel: +44 (0) 1256 461161 Congratulations to Mandy Smith on the Fax: +44 (0) 1256 460582 birth of her son, Aaron on 27th July ______weighing in at 4lbs 10oz. Mother and son are doing well. Disorder In The Court from Isobel Belton [SWPE]

Moves These are things people actually said in court taken down and now published by court reporters - who had the torment Mark Maunsell-Thomas goes on unpaid leave for 6 months rd of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking with effect from 3 August. place. One might wonder where some of the lawyers were ______educated.

Q: She had three

Sports & Socials children, right? Q: Now doctor, isn't it true A: Yes. that when a person dies 2001 Measor Mashie Q: How many were in his sleep, he doesn't from John Andrews [ RC , Basingstoke] boys? know about it until the A: None. next morning? 29 players from many Scott Wilson Q: Were there any girls? ______offices contested this year’s event, held ______at Weybrook Park Golf Club in Basingstoke. The weather Q: Can you describe the Q: Is your appearance stayed fair for the day and scoring was good for many of the individual? here this morning players. This year the directors stole the show with Colin A: He was about medium pursuant to a Holmes pinching the main honour from Bob McGowan. Both height and had a deposition notice Colin and Bob scored an excellent 41 points but Colin wins beard which I sent to your the famed “Measor Mashie” trophy on countback over the Was this a male, or a attorney? rd Q: last few holes. Alan Campbell from Airports took 3 place. female. A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. Other prizes on the day were as follows: - ______Nearest the pin Peter Whitehead

Longest drive John Andrews All your responses What gear were you in Hidden nine Bob McKittrick and Peter Frankham Q: Q: must be oral OK? at the moment of the Best gross Piers Currie What school did you impact? Putting Mike Sales and Mark Hillyard go to? Gucci sweats and Wooden spoon Gareth Clarke A: Oral Reeboks. A: Thank you to everyone for supporting this years event and ______especially to Bob McGowan for the after dinner speech and Q: Were you present when your picture was taken? presentations. I look forward to seeing many of the players again at Chippenham for the Swindon golf day on 9th Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

September. Q: ______The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?

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diversions. The work will be bid against one other and will Q: The myasthenia gravis, cover a capital value of £50 million over 2/3 years. We are does it affect your Q: How was your first interested in hearing from all levels of staff who have the memory at all? marriage terminated? appropriate experience of managing diversions for transport A: Yes. A: By death. projects. Our client will expect that staff included in the Q: And in what ways does Q: And by whose death proposal are available and ideally resident in Yorkshire. We it affect your memory? was it terminated? are interested in hearing from staff who could give us the A: I forget. winning edge and are available for this Major Project. Q: You forget. Can you give ______us an example of Interested applicants should forward appropriate CVs or something that you've contact Denver Brown at Morley office. forgotten? ______Personal Assistant – Project Management How old is your son, What was the first thing Q: Q: (2.2/2.3) the one living with your husband said to

you? you when he woke up Our Project Management department require a Personal A: Thirty-eight or thirty- that morning? Assistant to join the team to provide full PA support for two five, I can't A: He said, "Where am I, busy Directors. remember which. Cathy?" Q: How long has he lived Q: And why did that upset Principal tasks and responsibilities: with you? you? 2 maintain diaries and e-mails for two Directors A: Forty-five years. A: My name is Susan. 3 establish and manage office systems

______4 prepare reports and client presentations Q: Doctor, before you performed the 5 manage all incoming and outgoing correspondence autopsy, did you check for a pulse? 6 book, prepare for and support meetings A: No. 7 administration tasks such as filing, telephone queries, Q: Did you check for blood pressure? absence recording, hire car arrangements, stationery A: No. orders, Q: Did you check for breathing? 8 co-ordinate travel arrangements A: No. 9 corporate hospitality Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? The successful candidate must be an accomplished secretary A: No. who is used to working to tight deadlines and is capable of Q: How can you be so sure. Doctor? producing high quality documentation. An advanced level of A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. Word, Excel and Powerpoint is essential as is being educated Q: But could the patient have still been alive, never the less? to A level standard. A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and ______practising law. ______Opportunities for Graduates & Technicians Weekend/Midlands

Vacancies Scott Wilson Railways are currently assisting Jarvis Rail Ltd, Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section on the multimillion Virgin Cross Country Route upgrade in before replying to any vacancy advertised. the West Midlands. The work involves geometry

improvements, track relaying and ballast cleaning over four For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. separate routes around Birmingham.

Pipeline Diversion Staff - Scott Wilson Water Part of our duties is to provide staff to supervise the implementation of our designs and to conduct verification

surveys behind the construction plant. The majority of the The Association of Brown & Root with Scott Wilson are work is conducted in weekend possessions over two shifts, building up their team involved in diversion work for night shift Saturday and day shift Sunday. Skills Yorkshire Water. requirements are simple use of tapes, levels and lasers;

appropriate training will be provided where necessary. We are leading up to bidding for service diversions on the

Leeds Supertram. The successful Consultants will be This is an ideal opportunity for young graduates and responsible as project managers for all dirty and clean water technicians to gain valuable experience at the sharp end of

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railway construction and to earn some extra cash at the weekends. *

Staff will be paid at a rate of double time with all expenses Reply of the Week involved in travel and subsistence refunded. from Geoff French [HMB] Interested staff should contact Jim Millar at SWR in Glasgow on 0141 335 3315 or mobile 0771 388 7134. Anonymous in What’s on your Mind issue 304 raised some ______points that obviously require a quick response.

Taking the points as made: For Sale & Wanted Annual leave . This is something that the OU Personnel staff House Share Wanted brought to the attention of HMB earlier in the year and as a A non-smoking male graduate engineer is looking for a room first step they suggested that the flexitime rules be eased to in a house in Reading from 20 August 2001. Initially he will give them greater flexibility in dealing with staff’s holiday not have access to a vehicle so the accommodation needs to aspirations. This was accepted and implemented. be within walking distance of the station. Please contact Diane O’Sullivan in the Basingstoke office if you are able to The OUs have a degree of flexibility over how staff are help. required to meet the contractual obligation which all staff are ______knowingly under regarding Christmas office closure. Staff are invited to talk this matter over with their Personnel Managers or Directors if it represents a specific problem for them. What’s on your Mind? December salary payments. We changed some years back to paying as normal in December for sensible commercial

reasons. It is not a decision we are thinking about reversing from Geoff Ralls [SP, Basingstoke] at present We pride ourselves on being very responsive to

the individual needs and circumstances of our staff and if an At a recent site meeting for The Ark Education and Learning advance on salary is required by any member of staff at any Centre in the grounds of Basingstoke Hospital, for which Scott Wilson are Structural/M&E Engineers as well as time during the year this is usually accommodated. Planning Supervisor, there was a discussion regarding method statements for the use of cranes on the site. The Reviewing the reviewers: It would be a major concern were Contractor H.N. Edwards (HNE) was to seek approval from managers and the company not receiving feedback from staff, the North Hampshire Hospital Trust (NHHT). Unfortunately clients or indeed anyone else on whom all our livelihoods the meeting minutes transposed the word cranage as depend. Whether there is a need to formalise this in some follows:- way is always kept under review and indeed one OU did include this aspect in their review process this year. The 2.9 (3.5) (Health & Safety): HNE confirmed that their carnage benefits of this will be evaluated in due course and if proposals have been approved by NHHT. HNE noted warranted applied across the group next year. that some changes are required in relation to the original proposal; HNE to write to NHHT for approval Finally: We know we rely on the knowledge, skills and accordingly. experience of all those who work for Scott Wilson. We recognise that you all go home at night and that we need to No doubt the Hospital mortuary as well as the operating make sure you come back in the morning if we are to remain in theatres are looking forward to much business from this job! business. We most definitely monitor the cares, concerns We have already had one major power outage when the and needs of staff and look for ways in which we can retain Contractor dug up the HV ring main in the car park and and recruit staff to meet our business plan targets for growth. stopped several operations for a couple of hours. One of the reasons why OUs now have their own Personnel ______teams was the need to be aware of issues of importance to staff and to act on them rather than react which can often be too late. We hope that staff will grow to trust that there are ways open for all to communicate any cares or concerns they may have. We invite you all to use any of these. If not there is always ScottLight - provided we know who you are.

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STAKEHOLDER PENSION from Chris White [SWHL]

Legal & General have been designated as the Stakeholder Pension provider for Scott Wilson Holdings Ltd, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd, Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd, Scott Wilson Railways Ltd, Scott Wilson Railways (Scotland) Ltd and Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering Ltd.

The Scott Wilson Pension Scheme is unaffected by this statutory requirement to provide a Stakeholder Scheme and if you are already participating in the Scott Wilson Scheme, or any other Scheme, you are strongly advised to seek independent advice before you consider joining the Stakeholder Scheme.

L&G’s Stakeholder information packs complete with application forms are available from Christine Haines in Basingstoke, Anne Crosby in Swindon, Mary Rook in Chesterfield and Eleanor Crozier in Scotland. L&G have indicated they would like to attend at some of our larger offices to make a presentation, answer questions etc sometime in September, if there is sufficient interest. Please complete and return the slip below or e-mail Christine Haines in Basingstoke if you are interested in receiving further information.

Mr Richard Mann has been assigned by L&G as the Group’s Stakeholder Scheme contact and you can address questions to him by telephone on 07799 698446 or by e-mail to [email protected]

Chris White 1st August 2001

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Issue 306 Week ending: 10 August 2001 Attention - All Staff! Ron Viapree Within the development control process he has commented from Geoff French [SWHL] on and amended developers' drawings to ensure compliance with regulations and best practice. Ron Viapree is a name that will be known to some of you, Neil has been responsible for permanent and temporary especially those who were involved with roads in Africa. signing policy and design. He has acted as the Traffic Unfortunately Ron, who retired on reaching his 65th birthday Management consultee on temporary events on the highway, in April 1994, is now seriously ill with cancer in the Royal including road works, street parties, sporting events, parades Free Hospital, Hampstead. Ron would welcome a note, and for major events such as the Eclipse, the Millennium and message or visit from his old friends and former colleagues at Tall Ships races. this time. He can be contacted at:- On the legislative side he has a good working knowledge of Moore Ward, Level 8, highway and traffic law and has prepared evidence for Royal Free Hospital Motorway Public Inquiries and Ombudsman complaints. He Hampstead has acted as expert witness at County Court cases. He has LONDON been responsible for the processing and introduction of NW3 2QG many traffic orders of all kinds and has been involved in the introduction of Decriminalised Parking Enforcement. Moore Ward Telephone No. 0207 8302729 Hospital Switchboard: 0207 7940500 Neil is available to assist with any transport related projects ______in the south-west and can be contacted in the Plymouth Office. Transportation Planning Base in Plymouth ______from Richard Bayly [PPA, Basingstoke] Construction Environmental Management Plans Transportation Planning now has a base in the ‘south-west’. from Brian Shorter [RC, Basingstoke]

Neil Rugg has recently joined Scott Wilson having worked We are producing a Construction Environmental recently for Plymouth City Council and prior to this with Management Plan (CEMP) for the proposed Dibden Terminal Devon County Council. He will be assisting in the Traffic development. Such plans are used to an increasing extent to and Transportation output of the Group as a whole and is control the environmental impacts of the construction setting up a base of expertise in the south-west in Plymouth. process. I am assessing the success of CEMPS on larger He has wide experience in the local authority environment in projects, and would like to hear from anyone who has both rural and urban areas. experience of their use on site, and who can tell me about their effectiveness, or otherwise. I would be grateful if you He has been responsible for the design/re-design of many could contact me (in writing until 20 August) if you can help. junctions, balancing the needs of capacity/safety/mobility/ ______priority and environment. Scott Wilson Railways London Office In the field of road safety, Neil has carried out accident From Peter Lynch [R, London] analyses and investigations as a pre-requisite for highway improvement schemes. He has designed a wide range of local Further to my previous report in Scott Light (Issue 304, w/e safety and traffic calming schemes and been involved in the 27 July 2001), we have a telephone installed and are now fully development of one of the first Home Zones. He has operational. Our contact details are shown below: contributed to many Safer Journeys to School projects and involved in community based 'Driving Speeds Down' Scott Wilson Railways initiatives. Friars House Tel: (020) 7620 2445 157-168 Blackfriars Road Fax: (020) 7620 2446 London. SE1 8EZ

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Whilst our focus is predominantly on water, we can also Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team provide assistance in most sectors. In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this week: Should you require electrical input on any scheme Paul can be contacted at Morley Tel. 0113 253 8346 Internet Telephony (IPT) or via e-mail: [email protected]. What is Internet Telephony? ______The Birth of IPT What is IPT Good For? Scott House Lifts from Bob McKittrick [HMB] ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an Sincere apologies to all staff who have been inconvenienced advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you of late by being unable to use the lift in Scott House. The have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have maintenance company has been having problems obtaining any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you spare parts and this has led to the delay in having the lift want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us back in operation. It is hoped that the problem will be to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have resolved shortly. any comments about the Intranet?*** ______E-mail us at: [email protected]

Reception Door, Scott House Marketing Department Relocation from Dawn Varty & Janet Howells [CS, Basingstoke] To Ground Floor of Scott House from Tim Blow [CS, Basingstoke] Please, please, please close the door behind you after entering Scott House by the main entrance. We’re suffering The Marketing Department will be moving from the second badly from the draught. floor of Scott House to the ground floor from Thursday 9th ______August to Tuesday 14th August. During this period and because of the tight schedule we have to meet, we will not be UK Quality Ash Association operational and will be unable to produce work for anyone. Presentation The colour copier will also be out of action so could you th please make alternative plans for any last minute jobs. 5 September 2001, Scott House from Val Barham [SP, Basingstoke] Your patience during our move would be appreciated. ______A lunchtime presentation by Dr Sear from UK Quality Ash Association as been arranged for Wednesday 5th September, 12 noon to 1.30 pm. Sandwiches will be provided. Electrical Resource – Morley From: Paul Francis [RC] Members of UKQAA are the coal burning power stations

who produce a by-product called pulverised fuel ash. The The Morley office can now offer the assistance of an presentation will include: electrical engineer.

° how PFA is used in the civil engineer and construction Paul Francis (M&E Solutions Leader) brings with him the industries in various applications and highlight its experience of a variety of industries to Scott Wilson Water, benefits and strengths in relation to concrete. currently involved in several schemes with a combined ° sulphite resistance, thaumasite, alkali silica reaction, capital value of over £30M entailing enhancement, ° general explanation of European standards of specifying refurbishment and renewal of sewage and clean water concrete treatment works. ° Examples of projects which used PFA

° PFA for grouting, fly ash bound mixtures, examples of We are now able to offer a number of additional targeted road construction projects services to clients. These include: ° PFA as fill material v Electrical asset surveys and recommendations

v Guidance on current regulations Anyone who is interested please let Val Barham (Personnel v Budget estimates for MCC’s and Control Panels SP Division) know as soon as possible. v Budgetary estimates for Control, Power and Instrumentation installations ______v Implementation and advice on general queries relating to electrical matters v Design solutions for specific schemes

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Sakhalin Island Pipeline Reconnaissance What’s Going On? and Slope Stability Study Scale: A: £3million+; B: £600,000 - £2,999,999; from Gareth Hearn [IO, Basingstoke] C: £60,000 - £599,999; D: £6,000 - £59,999; E: less than £6,000 Scott Wilson has recently been awarded a contract to carry out a reconnaissance survey for an oil pipeline on Sakhalin ScottLight Fee Scale Changes Island, off the east coast of Russia, by the Sakhalin Energy from Geoff French [SWHL] Investment Co Ltd. The island is to the north of Japan in a

highly seismic zone and suffers from considerable landslide In response to Anan Allos’s suggestion (in Issue 298) that problems. A remote sensing investigation has been the fee scales in ScottLight should be changed to give a more undertaken by Will Crick to classify terrain, drainage and land accurate idea of what is being earned, rather than remove the cover, and to record any landslides identifiable from Space. scales completely it has been decided to give a better Gareth Hearn is currently on the Island carrying out a field definition by narrowing some of the bands as follows: mapping and ground truthing exercise.

(Fee scale D) (old scale) Scale A - £3million+ (unchanged) Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999 (unchanged) ______Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999 Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Cuba, Declared Open For Business? Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999 from Jamshid Soheili [PPA, London] Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999 A Development Masterplanning team that included Sandy Scale H - Up to £9,999 Burrell, Malcolm George and myself completed a ground breaking visit to Cuba in July. We have been appointed Please use these new scales in future when contributing through Masterplanning Architects Blue Caribbean to join a items for ScottLight. multidisciplinary team, including WAT&G to assist in ______preparing a visionary master plan for Varadero, Cuba’s best known holiday resort. Our terms of appointment by the Yorkshire Derwent Aqueduct Ministry of Tourism include provision of masterplanning from Denver Brown [RC Morley] transport, infrastructure and tourism advice.

Scott Wilson Water, in association with Brown & Root, have The Cuban government recognises the importance of tourism secured Yorkshire Water’s largest project to date on their 5 to the national economy and is therefore preparing itself for a year Asset Management Plan. We have been appointed to significant increase in visitor numbers. This expansion will project manage the Derwent Aqueduct Duplication Main (fee put pressure on the island’s infrastructure and in particular scale B). The scheme includes feasibility of laying a steel the poor existing road network. As part of our team pipeline 15 km x 1.2 m.dia. across Selby coalfield to provide presentations and workshops we were able to demonstrate security of supply. The appointment includes feasibility, the effects of rising car ownership and traffic growth, a tender documents and assessment, project administration, phenomenon that has only stated to gather momentum in site supervision and finally post take-over services and Cuba. project closure. The project duration is up to March 2003 and will involve a core staff base of 12. It is estimated that the Varadero is a 24 kilometre long peninsula accessed from the capital cost of the scheme is £8 million. mainland via a single lifting bridge and the proposed Masterplan is to provide hotel and self catering Yorkshire Water awarded the project following a detailed accommodation for 54,000 tourists within 15 years. The Scott submission with costed alternatives and a one hour Wilson team identified a number of issues which required to presentation in competition with TEAM who are To-gather be addressed in order to meet this proposal, the main issue EC Harris, Arups and Montgomery Watson. From Scott being the provision of a second crossing by either tunnel or Wilson Water Erik Faithful will be involved in the feasibility bridge. report especially centred on stress management and surge analysis of the pipeline. Paul Durkin will develop the contract In relation to this we wish to provide examples of good public strategy with overall programme planning by Paul Cleary. transport and highway access to existing holiday resorts Paul Francis will manage the telemetry and controls. throughout the world. Therefore if you are keen or ‘sad’ and These major projects often over 1-3 years in duration have look at public transport and highway layouts whilst on necessitated that we expand into a new office double the holiday we would be grateful for any pictures you may have. present size that will accommodate a staff of 40-50. ______The opportunity to examine the second Varadero crossing was presented to the Deputy Minister for Tourism, and we are hoping to be able to take this forward to another study in

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order to review and audit the technical, environmental and This is the third year that the Neurofibromatosis Association financial implications of different options. has taken up the Challenge. Last year over 300 individuals walked up and down the highest mountain in the UK: Ben Our Stage 1 report, due in September, will include Nevis at 4,408ft, raising over £30,000 in funds for the recommendations on a public transport corridor, revised Association. junction and bridge approach layouts and technical, operational, environmental factors associated with the For an application pack please phone Lee on 020 8547 1636. If proposed second crossing. you have any questions concerning the event or the NfA ______contact Matthew Finn on the same number. ______

Congratulations! The Original Environmental Statement from Julian Harrop [SP, Vulcan, Scotland] to Simon Woddy who has passed his Association for Project Management Professional Examinations. In 1854 the “Great White Chief” in Washington made an offer for a large amount of Indian land. Chief Seattle’s reply to that to Janet Nelson on the birth of her offer is considered to be not only one of the mo st profound daughter, Coral on 28 July weighing but with the aggressive pyrrhic nature of the current U.S 7lbs. Mother and daughter are doing administration’s energy policy, probably also the most well. intuitive and prophetic environmental statement ever made. It goes something like this: - Moves “Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. If we sell you STARTERS this land you must remember that it is sacred and that each A warm welcome to:- ghostly reflection in the clear waters of the lakes tells of events and memories in the life of my people. We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of Dr Matthew Brough, Pavement Engineer-Railways the land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger Joga Rai, Graduate Engineer - Railways who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he David Gibb, Trainee Technician needs. The earth is not his brother but his enemy and when Rob Marron, Trainee Technician he has conquered it, he moves on. He treats his mother, the Damian Cook, Technical Assistant earth, and his brother the sky, as things to be bought, sold, who have all recently joined the team at Scott Wilson and plundered like sheep or bright beads. His appetite will Pavement Engineering in Nottingham. devour the earth and leave behind only desert. ______I do not know. Our ways are different than your ways. But Sports & Socials perhaps it is because I am a savage and do not understand.

The Air is precious to the red man, for all things share the Ben Nevis Challenge 2001 same breath – the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air We have been asked to include the following he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to which may be of interest to the valiant mountain the stench. But if we sell you our land, you must remember climbers amongst you. that the air is precious to us, that the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. The Neurofibromatosis Association, a medical charity, is looking for 200 intrepid individuals to climb the highest So we will consider your offer to buy our land. If we decide mountain in the UK: Ben Nevis. There will be two separate to accept, I will make one condition; the white man must treat climbs over the weekends of 21st September and 12th October the beasts of this land like his brothers. I am a savage and I 2001. do not understand any other way. What is a man without the

beasts? If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a Neurofibromatosis is a genetic disorder of the nerve tissue great loneliness of spirit. Whatever happens to the beasts affecting one in every 2,500 people, some 25,000 people in the soon happens to man ...all things are connected. UK. Nf is not infectious, but can occur spontaneously in any family and if you or your partner already have the disorder Teach your children what we have taught our children, that then there is the same 1 in 2 chance of passing the defective the earth is their Mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls gene to your children. the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit

upon themselves. This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth. All things are connected.

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Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. and set credit limits. There will be close liaison with Project Whatever he does to the web he does to himself. Managers and Directors in both collections and resolution of disputes as well as making referrals to the Company Secretary We may be brothers after all, we shall see. One thing we for adjudication or litigation. know that the white man may one day discover - our god is the same god. You may think you own as you wish to own To carry out this role you should be educated to A Level our land; but you cannot. To harm the earth is to heap standard. ICM full or part qualified would be an advantage. contempt on its creator. You will need to have 5 years experience in credit control The whites too shall pass; perhaps sooner than all other preferably in a supervisory nature. Working knowledge of tribes. Contaminate your bed, and you will one night contract and insolvency law are essential. Experience in suffocate in your own waste. Your destiny is a mystery to us credit checking and setting limits, litigation and a knowledge for we do not understand when the buffalo are all of adjudication procedures would be an advantage. slaughtered, the wild horse are tamed, the secret corners of the forest heavy with the scent of many men, and the views Assistant Accountant – Basingstoke, Grade 2.3 of the hills blotted by talking wires. This position is primarily to control accounts reconciliations. Where is the thicket ?…Gone. Where is the Eagle? …..Gone However, there would be a requirement to cover other sections of the accounts department as appropriate. The end of living and the beginning of survival.” ______The role will include the completion of monthly balance reconciliations, daily preparation of foreign currency transaction journals including the calculation of foreign Vacancies currency exchange losses and gains. Recording and Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section journaling foreign currency supplier invoices, weekly and before replying to any vacancy advertised. monthly payroll journals and backup support for data entry of journals to the account system and year end audit For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to analysis. Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet.

We are looking for someone who is studying towards their Correction to last week’s entry: Opportunities for AAT or equivalent and has good computer skills. Graduates & Technicians, Weekend/Midlands Reconciliation experience is essential and knowledge of

foreign currency and fixed asset register and depreciation are The penultimate paragraph should have said: desirable. Staff will be paid at a rate of 1.7 time (not double time) with all expenses involved in travel and subsistence refunded. If you are interested in any of the above three positions ______please contact Sheena Webb in Basingstoke office. ______Assistant Computing Engineer – Chesterfield, Grade 2.2

We are currently seeking an Assistant Computing Engineer What’s on your Mind? for our Chesterfield office to provide first and second line PC support to users in this location and installing and configuring new hardware and software. from Roger Hogben [SP, Telford]

The successful candidate will have an HNC in Computing or Congratulations to 'Anonymous' (Scottlight No 304 What's related subject with 2+ years PC support experience in an on your mind) on raising concerns that many people will office environment. It is essential that they have excellent empathise with, in generality anyway, even if the specifics knowledge of Windows operating systems & MS Office mentioned are not necessarily top of everyone's hit list. applications along with excellent inter-personal skills and be able to work under pressure.. This position will involve travel He/she might have gone on to mention other areas where to other offices, sometimes at short notice. conditions of service have been eroded or failed to keep up with the marketplace. Tim Dawe raised 'y' time a couple of Credit Controller - Basingstoke, Grade 3.1 weeks ago, and by implication overtime provision. Other areas include :- This post is to oversee and supervise all collection activities for the company. You will be required to maintain current and Erosion of Pension Benefits including the State Benefit offset develop new collection procedures, carry out credit checks

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Life Assurance cover for married staff:- most schemes give 4x from Gary Keenor [R, Swindon] not 2x salary Early retirement provisions I notice that the current issue of Modern Railways carries a Car mileage allowances - do not reflect even the Inland single page advert for Scott Wilson Railways, in the middle of Revenue's basic flat rate an extensive article on the West Coast Route Modernisation. Subsistence allowances - unchanged for years Can I first congratulate those concerned on a proactive BUPA excess charged per claim year, meaning that if you approach to marketing our capabilities. commence treatment in March/April you are likely to be strung for two excesses. However, I do feel that the message is eroded somewhat by the lack of any contact details, or mention of the extensive A Pathways system that is largely discredited, offers virtually work we have done for the West Coast project. Considering no feedback and in some areas is not dealt with until after the the undoubted expense of such adverts, it seems a pity to sell pay awards are decided (thankfully not in my area.) ourselves short when our competitors are shouting their achievements from the rooftops. A general failure to appreciate the stresses and workloads ______placed on some staff

A communications policy which (although improving) is half hearted in its implementation (the last OU communiqué I received was April) and a feedback loop that does not inspire confidence

On top of this the general level of pay rises this year did not meet the expectations generated by the Board nor did they reflect the general wage inflation in the industry or the current skills shortage.

'Anonymous' hit the nail on the head with their last paragraph and it is worrying to contemplate that recruitment difficulties may well worsen, resulting in new staff being brought in at higher salaries thereby lowering morale and loyalty still further.

PS: The above article was originally submitted on a 'name and address supplied' basis which apparently was not in line with editorial policy. I would like to point out that the items above do not necessarily reflect my personal views or refer to my OU. They have been distilled from various conversations around the offices. ______

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Issue 307 Week ending: 17 August 2001

Attention - All Staff!

Mileage Allowance Rates (for Authorised Owner Drivers) from Geoff French [SWHL]

A recent review of the Company’s business mileage rates has been carried out. Effective from 1st July 2001, where staff use their own vehicle for business journeys, the Main Standard Rate (MSR) for cars and vans is increased to 42.5p per mile. The Lower Standard Rate (LSR) for cars and vans increases to 25p per mile.

Similarly, the mileage rate for motorcycles is increased to 24p per mile, irrespective of cc size.

The intranet version of the Employee Handbook has been updated, whereby the appropriate section (Appendix A) reflects the latest changes with clearly marked lines down the right-hand side of the relevant pages. Should anyone not have access to the intranet they may request a paper copy from their Personnel section.

TRIP Office Closure SWPE Organisation Chart from R W Wallis [IO, Nepal] from Stephen Pinder [SWPE, Nottingham]

The Third Road Improvement Project in Nepal has come to a Attached to this issue is a new organisation chart for Scott successful conclusion and the TRIP Office will be closed as Wilson Pavement Engineering Ltd (SWPE) in Nottingham. from 1st September 2001. ______

Lunch, Tea & Coffee Orders, Scott House Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team from Maddie Bird [CS] In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this Would people please ensure that if possible lunches, teas week: and coffees are ordered at least 2-3 days in advance of

scheduled meetings. Without this notice I cannot ensure that Shopping Cart all requests can be met. What is a Shopping Cart? ______Applications What is a Shopping Cart Software? Date for Your Diary

From Geoff French [SWHL] ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an th advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you The date for the next Company Function is Saturday 8 June have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have 2002 and will be held in the Swindon area. any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us Editor: Talking of company functions, attached to this issue to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have (belatedly) is a selection of photos of the Medieval Banquet any comments about the Intranet?*** enjoyed this year in Farnham. ______E-mail us at: [email protected]

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TRAVELLERS Congratulations!

Location Traveller Dates to Gordon McFall and his wife on the birth of their daughter Lucy on the Egypt Hamish Goldie-Scot 13-24 Aug 25th July 2001. Brazil Don Wootton 20 – 28 Aug ______What’s Going On? Moves Scale A - £3million+, Scale B- £600,000 - £2,999,999, Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D- £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 STARTERS Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H- Up to £9,999 A warm welcome to:- Plenty of Work for Infrastructure from David Smith (PPA) Neil Kimmance, Senior Technician, Highways & Infrastructure, Basingstoke who started on 13 August Infrastructure’s workload in Basingstoke continues to be Samantha Oman, Environment, Basingstoke who started healthy. In addition to the design of four major junction on13 August improvements for the redevelopment of the old British Matthew Singleton who started in Advanced Technology, Aerospace site at Hatfield and our continuing work for Basingstoke on 6 August. Transport for London and the London Borough of Joanne Copeland, Graduate Engineer, Infrastructure, Southwark, we have recently been awarded two further Basingstoke. commissions. Natasha Nosova,Transport Planner Trainee, IO, Basingstoke. Neil Rugg, Electrical Engineer, PPA, Plymouth. Southampton City Council has appointed Scott Wilson as its consultants for the detailed design, contract document New starters at Scott Wilson Railways (Glasgow): preparation and site supervision of public realm Duncan Smith (Graduate Engineer), improvements to the St Mary’s area of the city. The John Turnball (Graduate Engineer), commission was won competitively based on a combination Jim McGrory (Senior Operations and Interface Consultant), of our fee and proposed methodology, project team and past John Paul Craig (CAD Technician). experience and follows on from our involvement with ______Abingdon office in the original phase 1 preliminary study for the area. Scott Wilson will also undertake the role of LEAVERS planning supervisor. (Fee scale G) Goodbye and Good Luck to: Brent Council has appointed Scott Wilson as consultants to supervise on site the £4m highway improvements to the Mal Swain - IO, Cambodia and Nicholas Wragge-Morley - Wembley Park industrial estate. Work will involve the IO, Poland. construction of two new footbridges, upgrading an existing ______bridge over the Chiltern line, remedial works to two culverts and a further new bridge over the Wealdstone Brook. Existing highways will be completely reconstructed and there Sports & Socials will be extensive utilities diversions. We have been Brent’s consultants on this scheme for the past four years during which we have been through feasibililty, preliminary design, Employer/Employee Speak public inquiry and detailed design stages and this latest from Bernie Roome appointment will enable us to see the project through to its completion in May 2003. (Fee scale E) Following the recent ‘dictionary’ entries in ScottLight I thought the following ‘employer/employee speak’ definitions ______might amuse.

Employer Speak: Competitive salary – we stay competitive by paying less. Join our fast-paced team – we have no time to train you. Casual work atmosphere – we don’t pay enough for you to dress well. Must be deadline orientated – you’ll be behind schedule from day one.

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Some overtime required – some each night, some each weekend. Senior Tourism and Leisure Consultant Duties will vary – anyone in the office can boss you around. - Grade 3.2 Must have an eye for detail – we have no quality control. Career Minded – females must be childless and remain so. Apply in person – if you’re old, fat or ugly the job’s filled. A Senior Tourism and Leisure Consultant is required in our No telephone calls please – we’ve filled the vacancy, this Abingdon Planning office (Foxcombe Court) to help develop call for application is to meet the legal formality. the team to serve the increasing demand from current and Seeking candidates with a wide variety of experience – you new clients in the UK for our range of services. are replacing three people. Problem solving skill are a must – we’re in chaos. Following the move from RC to PPA the combined resources Require team leadership skills – you will have managerial of the Abingdon team which includes development planners, responsibilities but not the pay. urban designers and architects, strengthens Scott Wilson’s Good communication skills – management communicates, position in both the planning and tourism sectors. you listen, work out what they want and do it. The position requires an individual with proven managerial, Employee Speak professional and business development skills. Experience at I’m adept at all manner of office organisation – I’ve used a senior level in the commercial or public sectors of the UK Microsoft office. tourist industry will need to be accompanied by the ability to I’m honest, hard-working and dependable – I steal office bring new business contacts to the practice. supplies. My pertinent work experience includes – I hope you don’t Interested applicants should forward their CV to Malcolm ask about all the pub and fast food outlet jobs I’ve done. George, Associate Tourism and Leisure, Abingdon. I take pride in my work – I blame others for my mistakes. ______I’m personable – I give lots of unsolicited advice to others. I’m extremely professional – I’ve got a personal organiser. Structural Engineers - Plymouth (SP) I’m adaptable – I’ve changed jobs a lot. I’m always on the go – you’ll never find me at my desk. We are currently looking for 10 engineers to work in I’m highly motivated to succeed – the minute I find a better Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth for a period of 1 year. job I’m off. ______The work involves support to the Trident submarine refit programme, which includes elements of structural steelwork to be assessed and strengthened as necessary against a Vacancies nuclear regulatory background. It is essential that candidates Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section are competent in design structures, and be educated to before replying to any vacancy advertised. degree level. Dynamic (seismic) analysis experience would be an advantage. For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to

Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. If you are interested in this position please contact Sheena

Webb in Basingstoke office. Project Administrator/Administration Assistant ______Scott Wilson Railways, Birmingham

Graduate Tourism And Leisure Consultant – We have an opportunity for a Project Administrator to join our team based in Birmingham. Edinburgh, Grade 1.2/2.1

To assist the Senior Office Administrator and Project The Scott Wilson Scotland Edinburgh office is seeking to Administrator you will be responsible for the day to day recruit a Graduate Tourism and Leisure Consultant to provide administration of projects within the discipline according to project support (including the associated environmental the standards of our Quality Management System. service disciplines located in the office) as well as contributing to the business development of the specialist Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate a tourism and leisure consultancy services. proactive approach to their work and be capable of working to tight deadlines. A good working knowledge of MS Word The role will essentially involve undertaking desk-top and and Excel is essential to be effective in this role. primary project research and analysis, contributing to the production of reports and project tenders, and carrying out Please contact Alison Walmsley if you are interested in this other tasks under the appropriate supervision. position (01793 515262) ______We are seeking a self-motivated graduate (ideally with a Tourism and Leisure related degree) and possibly 1-2 years experience of a consultancy environment, with a solid

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If you are interested in this position please contact Ken Glass in Edinburgh office. What’s on your Mind? ______

from Nick Blake [RC, Basingstoke] Graduate Landscape Architect - Edinburgh - Grade 1.2/2.1 I am writing to question the decision to redesign the Marketing Section in Basingstoke. For those of you who are The Scott Wilson Scotland Edinburgh office is seeking to not aware, the Marketing Section in Basingstoke are recruit a Part III Graduate Landscape Architect to provide relocating to the old print room. This in itself is not a bad project support as well as contributing to the development of thing as they are a separate unit. What I am concerned with is the specialist landscape and environmental consultancy the apparent expense that has been gone through to make services. If you also have a second qualification, for example them more comfortable! They have new blinds on windows in Planning, this would help to develop the wider aspects of that do not have the sun at any time of the day! They are the environmental consultancy business in the office. decorating the room during the productive week in bright yellow and blue and even tiling the pillars! Why I ask is all We are currently working on a number of major landscape this expense been done when every other section has to planning, design and environmental projects and are seeking move over the weekend and has to put up with magnolia! If a graduate with a minimum of 1-2 years experience who is we all started to tile walls and pillars and painted everything self-motivated, has good design and research skills and who the colour we wanted what would happen to the firm’s is able to work as part of a team. You should also have profits? Also, why is this work being done during the written and communication skills and a level of computer working week? The whole of the marketing section are busy literacy ideally with some working knowledge of AutoCAD painting when people need to have the service and use the and GIS. equipment. Even the colour photocopier is not available! I can understand a reduced service if it really is necessary for You will have good inter-personal skills and have a flexible the staff to paint their own room but why all the staff when attitude to work requirements - including the ability to work there is no one else we can use? well under pressure. The position, although based in the Edinburgh office will involve travel related to project Hopefully someone will be able to answer my questions locations and may also involve occasional working in other because I cannot understand the logic in this practice! Scott Wilson offices. ______

If you are interested in the above position please contact from Peter George [RC, Basingstoke] Nigel Hackett in Edinburgh office. ______On the company letterhead there is field for including a reference which can be used for tracking and filing. However, the fax sheet has no such field. Since faxes are often sent in preference to letters, there is no easily-recognisable identifier. Could the fax template be amended to include a reference field? I would suggest replacing the "internal distribution" field as this could be combined with the "copy" field.

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Quote of the Week · The abbreviations SWK, SWKCL, SWRL etc should contributed by Gary Withers [R, Swindon] only be used on internal correspondence where a distinction between legal entities is appropriate. They Some words on the need for Health and Safety management, should not be used on documents transmitted outside from HG Wells: of Scott Wilson.

'It dawned on me....that man is not made simply to go about · Scott Wilson should only be used in the singular - being safe and comfortable and well fed and amused. Almost “Scott Wilson is …”, “Scott Wilson has …” anyone, if you put the thing to them, not in words, but in the shape of opportunities, will show that they know as much.' It is hard to purge old ways, but consistency does make a ______difference to our image. Please use every endeavour to comply with the foregoing. ______*

Reply of the Week

One Scott Wilson from Martin Nielsen [HMB]

I am grateful to Bernie Roome [C] for again raising the issue of how we address ourselves – Scott Wilson, SWK, Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd?

The matter is covered by Section 7 of the Communications Policy, as set out in the Group Employment Policy & Procedures Handbook (wouldn’t you just know it!) For the record:

· Where required for legal purposes the appropriate Group company should be referred to by its registered name. This will largely be confined to letter heads, signature boxes on letters and to contracts.

· Everywhere else use the term Scott Wilson. This includes in the body of the text in letters, in proposals and reports, in promotional material, e-mails and job adverts.

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SWPE Sdn Bhd SWPE Ltd CONSULTANTS / SECONDMENTS

DIRECTORS DIRECTORS Dr. N.H.THOM Dr.P.SHARPE R.THOMPSON R.DENTON-COX *SFB JLN Principal Consultant Principal Consultant R.J.ARMITAGE C.W.JENNISON (Nottm University) Dr. A.C.COLLOP Dr. D.L.COPE *SFB JLN RAMcK WRK *DWR (Nottm University) Dr. M.A.SHAHID B.LIM CO. SECRETARY C.M.COTTER R.JACK I.PHUNG G.M.REDWOOD

ADMINISTRATION IT and PAVEMENT EVALUATION and VISUALS MATERIALS RAILWAYS and ACCOUNTS MARKETING

ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATE Dr. F.W.K.CHAN R.C.ELLIOTT PRINCIPAL PAVEMENT ENG. Dr. L.W.CHEUNG

SENIOR SENIOR SENIOR SENIOR PAVEMENT ENG. OPPS. MANAGER MATERIALS ENG. OPPS.MANAGER Dr. B.A.HAKIM J.P.DOBRZYCKI Dr. I.WIDYATMOKO K.A.FRY

OFFICE PAVEMENT PAVEMENT OPERATIONS OPERATIONS MATERIALS OPERATIONS RAILWAY MANAGER ENGINEER ENGINEER MANAGER MANAGER ENGINEER MANAGER ENGINEER Mrs. I.M.BELTON Dr.I.THOMPSON M.R. JONES J.E.DENTON K.S.POWELL VACANT VACANT M.J.BROUGH

ACCOUNTS SENIOR TECH. SENIOR TECH. SEN. ASS. ENG. SENIOR TECH. SENIOR TECH. T.C.A MANAGER VACANT S.PINDER Mrs. C.L.HILL N.A.LONGSTAFF Miss. R.I.AITKEN P.S.GRAINGER Mrs. J.DUKE

SENIOR IT/MARKETING ASS. ENGINEER ASS. ENGINEER H. TECHNICIAN H. TECHNICIAN ASS. ENGINEER H. TECHNICIAN SECRETARY ADMINISTATOR T.L.P.DOYLE VACANT C.ONYINAH VACANT T.C.YOUNG Miss. N.K.SAMAD Mrs. S.TOON Mrs. S.JOHNSON

IT/MARKETING ASS. TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN TECHNICIAN VACANT L.M.PECK R.J.FARMER Miss. N.T.BARROWCLIFFE

JUN. SECRETARY GRADUATE ENG. GRADUATE ENG. TRAINEE TECH. TRAINEE TECH. TRAINEE TECH. GRADUATE ENG. GRADUATE ENG. Miss. N.ALLISON VACANT O.B.O.WALTERS T.W.JERVIS E.K.DRAPER M.W.BRADSHAW S.C.W.MIDDLETON J.RAI

TEMP. GRAD. ENG. TEMP.TECH.ASS. TECHNICAL ASS. TECHNICAL ASS. TRAINEE TECH. TECHNICAL ASS. VACANT D.O.COOK R.MARRON D.J.GIBB O.BARKER VACANT

Note :- * These Directors are not employed by Scott Wilson; they represent the other parties in the Company

MEDIEVAL BANQUET held at Farnham Castle on 16th June 2001

Issue 308 Week ending: 24 August 2001 Attention - All Staff! If you have something special to offer, or if you receive any Stakeholder Pension Scheme enquiries from outside parties, then please contact Peter on:– from Chris White [SWHL] Office telephone: 00 86 10 6597 3110 Richard Mann of Legal & General will be in Conference Room Office fax: 00 86 10 6597 4505 rd 1A/B Scott House Basingstoke on 3 September 2001. Mobile phone: 00 86 1370 118 1023 00 852 9190 3813 (mobile Hong Kong) The current plan is to run a Stakeholder workshop/ e-mail address: [email protected] presentation 3 times, first at 10.30, then at 12.30 and finally at 3.30. Please copy any referrals to both myself and to Simon Davies in Hong Kong. We are anxious to ensure that, as a group, we If you are going to attend a presentation please let Christine focus on and pursue only the best opportunities Haines or myself know as space is limited. Should you have a strong preference for a particular time please make this known. ______Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this Scott Wilson Directory on Pontifact week: From Jenny Low [SWAP, Kuala Lumpur] Micropayment What is Micropayment? Scott Wilson Company Structure, listed under SWIMS in Relationship to Existing Payment systems Pontifact, has recently been updated to include the contact Micropayment Features details of the Scott Wilson Offices and Principals worldwide. Please take a look and if you have any comments please ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you contact me at [email protected]. want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an ______advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have New Email Address for Scott Wilson Thailand any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you From Richard Bartlett [ Bangkok] want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have As part of the our move towards a standard domain name, any comments about the Intranet?*** please note that, with immediate effect, Scott Wilson Thailand has changed their office mail address to: E-mail us at: [email protected] [email protected] ______

2008 Beijing Olympics Lunch Time Presentation from Martin Nielsen [Holdings] Chesterfield from June Brown [C, Chesterfield] The recent award of the 2008 Olympics to the City of Beijing provides significant opportunities for the Scott Wilson W J Leigh will be giving a presentation on Corrosive Group. We have a well established presence in the City under Protection of Steelwork on 4th September 2001. Subjects the direction of Peter Chan, and we are anxious to ensure that covered will be glass flake paint systems and CTRL systems. all enquiries and initiatives that arise are brought under The presentation will be in the Conference Room at Bayheath Peter’s control, where they can be subjected to appropriate House at 12.00 and sandwiches will be provided so please evaluation. ring me (ext 217) if you wish to attend.

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based in Moshi, Tanzania under Ron Hedges, designing and 2001 Photographic Competition supervising the construction of the Mukumburu - Kisangiro From Tim Blow [CS, Basingstoke] and Chalinze – Segera roads. The Tanzania team then moved to Nairobi and were joined by Bob McGowan, Neil Robinson, Come on everyone where are your entries for this year’s Willy Scott and myself in 1970. competition? There have only been 5 entries so far this year. I know we have 4 months to go before the close of the The business in Kenya built up over the years completing a competition, but as soon as you have some entries please number of road projects, Mombasa airport, Mombasa water submit them straight away to avoid a huge in-flux towards the supply etc. then came a lull until the study, design and end of the year. supervision of DfiD funded Molo Olengerone and Bomet Litien roads between 1987 & 95. Following this the political As a reminder the Categories are as follows: climate has been such that funding agencies became 1. Project Photographs reluctant to put money into Kenya and little work came our 2. Transportation way and reluctantly we closed the office after over 25 years 3. Nature of activity.

The prize money is worth winning and don't forget you could In Tanzania Bertlin and Partners had been working on port walk away with the prestigious award of "Photographer of projects since 1974 and since becoming part of the Group in the Year" and the Bernard Ranger Trophy. 1990, Scott Wilson had a new base in East Africa. A number of marketing sorties have been made into Tanzania by the IO So come on everybody get snapping!!! division and the Zimbabwe office over the following years, ______but with only minor success outside the ports sector, which in turn completed its last project in 1998.

Altered Date for Your Diaries Uganda has, over the past fourteen years produced a more or from Geoff French [SWHL] less continuous involvement in the road sector in association with ACE, due to the efforts of the late Tony Simms, however Please note the date for the company function next year has currently there are only the remnants of two road design st th had to be changed and will now be 1 June 2002 and not 8 projects where debt collection is the major activity. June as previously published. ______In Ethiopia Scott Wilson have been active since 1993 carrying out study/design projects in the road sector led by TRAVELLERS Mike Thomas and Bob Weekes and currently the construction supervision of the 95km Hirne-Kulubi road

rehabilitation. In the water sector a study of the Omo -Gibe Location Traveller Dates basin was completed in 1994.

Bishkek Paul Clarke 20 Aug – end Sep Since arriving in Uganda and re-establishing Scott Wilson’s Kathmandu Tim Hunt 27 Aug – 1 Sep presence in the region a number of initiatives are being Lusaka David Jordan 3 Sep – 2 Oct followed up including: the construction supervision of a road Bangalore David Judge 4 – 28 Sep running through the Queen Elizabeth national park, recently ______designed by SW/ACE; a national transportation master plan and road safety action plan for Uganda; the redevelopment of

the Sheraton hotel and two housing projects in neighbouring What’s Going On? Rwanda. Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 In Ethiopia Scott Wilson have retained a small office and Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 local manager for the past two years, whose presence will be Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 bearing fruit in the next month, with the commencement of the design appraisal and contract preparation for the Adigrat- Marketing Scott Wilson in East Africa Adwa-Shire road close to the Eritrea border and a DfiD from Richard Cooper [IO, Uganda] financed country wide road maintenance management project. A recent visit to the donors and the Ethiopian Road I returned to Uganda at the end of May, some 30 years after Authority has indicated that considerable EC funding will be taking my Civils in Kampala, the capital, with a brief to market poured into the road sector over the next five years, for which Scott Wilson’s capabilities in East Africa in conjunction with we believe we will be well placed to win a share. The providing technical assistance to local associates ACE. supervision of the Hire-Kulubi road is entering its third year Where did it start? Scott Wilson have been working in East and due to poor progress by the Korean contractor, Nigel Africa for the past 40 years, starting I believe with a team

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Curtin and Taffy Quereshi could well be occupied for a fourth one of their boules, whoever's boule is furthest from the year. cochonet then pitches again. This continues until all the boules have been pitched with points being awarded to the Andrew Kasekende and I visited Tanzania in July, having winning team for each boule that is nearest the jack. A frame alighted from the plane in Zanzibar by mis take, which we only is over when one of the teams reaches 13 points. realised when our baggage did not appear. Andrew had felt, as we disembarked, that Dar es Salaam airport appeared to Each protagonist was given a number and the opening have deteriorated rather quickly since his school days. We pairings were randomly drawn up. Play took place over three made a run for the plane, which had luckily not left the rounds with the teams changing after each, the winners being tarmac. Our main reason for the visit was to obtain decided by their aggregate points difference. background information for a bid we are preparing for a three During a delicious meal the prizes were presented. On the man TA to the recently formed Roads Authority (Tanroads). evening the wooden spoon went to Alexei Gorbenko who As all future opportunities in the road sector will be the narrowly pipped Toby Barnett. The top three in reverse order responsibility of Tanroads, we consider an early involvement were Richard Hoyes, Robert Buckley and Simon Windsor, particularly important. Meetings held with several donor who each took home une bouteille de vin. agencies and local consultants indicated that there were no immediate prospects for future business opportunities in the PS from Tricia Williamson [SP, Basingstoke] public sector however it was felt important that we renewed Fritz returned to Structures last week looking very travel our earlier ties with M-consult who had over recent years weary. We have received too many postcards! Sherlock been particularly successful. Gnomes is still working on the case and his file is still open. The winner of the Boules evening now is the minder of Fritz For the present, donor agencies are avoiding Kenya and who is pampering the old Gnome too much! there is little activity in the highway and water sectors. ______Consequently it will not be a target market for the present. However in Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda we see Classic Questions opportunities for growth. From Julian Harrop [SP, Vulcan, Scotland] ______Here are some of the classic questions that were actually asked of the Sydney Olympic Committee via their website, Moves and the Aussie answers that go with them.

STARTERS Q: Does it ever get windy in Australia? I have never seen it rain on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK) A warm welcome to:- A: Upwards, out of the ground, like the person who asked this question, who themselves will need watering if their IQ Claire Brown, Business Administrator, Water & Geotechnics drops any lower. Section, Basingstoke. ______Q: Will I be able to see kangaroos in the street? (USA) A: Depends on how much beer you've consumed.

Sports & Socials Q: Which direction should I drive - Perth to Darwin or Darwin to Perth - to avoid driving with the sun in my eyes? (Germany) Boule Evening A: Excellent question, considering that the Olympics are from Ian Coates [SP, Basingstoke] being held in Sydney.

On the evening of the 16th August we embarked to Q: I want to walk from Perth to Sydney - can I follow the Bronkhurst golf club for a gallic evening of Boule. Ahhhh railroad tracks? (Sweden) Boule, the picturesque market square, the gnarled old men, le A: Sure, it’s only three thousand miles, so you'll need to vin, the hint of garlic. Well not in this case, we had a Golf have started about a year ago to get there in time for this club near Odiham, and a motley crew from the Basingstoke October. office. We started with a civilised drink on the club's veranda whilst we waited for the throng to assemble. Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Australia? (Sweden) Most of you probably aren't too conversant with the rules of A: And accomplish what? boule so here's a quick guide. Teams of either two or three take turns to see who can get their boules nearest to the Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of cochonnet (jack). The jack is tossed on to the terrain after places to contact for a stuffed porpoise. (Italy) which the tosser then lobs a boule, their opponent then lobs A: I'm not touching this one ...

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" Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability Q: My client wants to take a steel pooper-scooper into to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for Australia. Will you let her in? (South Africa) their apparent disinclination to do so." A: Why? We do have toilet paper here. ______

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Australia? (UK) A: Why bother? Use your fingers like the rest of us. Vacancies Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section Q: Do you have perfume in Australia? (France) before replying to any vacancy advertised. A: No. Everybody stinks. For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Q: Do tents exist in Australia? (Germany) Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. A: Yes, but only in sporting supply stores, peoples' garages, and most national parks. Employee Representative and Inspector of Works (Construction) - Ghana Q: Can I wear high heels in Australia? (UK) A: This HAS to have been asked by a blonde. We are seeking to recruit 2 employees to work on the first phase of the new engineered landfill at Kwabenya, Accra, Q: Can you tell me the regions in Tasmania where the female Ghana. population is smaller than the male population? (Italy) A: Yes. Gay nightclubs. This project involves the supervision of the construction of the first phase of the new engineered landfill; essentially Q: Do you celebrate Christmas in Australia? (France) earthworks, the construction of low permeability lining A: Yes. At Christmas. systems, ground and surface water drainage systems, bunds, access tracks and haul roads, construction of a reception area Q: Can I drive to the Great Barrier Reef? (Germany) complete with a number of small buildings (with fit out) and A: Sure, if your vehicle is amphibious. utility provisions.

Q: Are there killer bees in Australia? (Germany) It is unlikely that site work will start before February 2001. A: Not yet, but we'll see what we can do when you get here. The ideal candidate for both positions should have good Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in general experience of such civils work. Australia? (USA) A: What's this guy smoking, and where do I get some? For the ER position, competence in the management of international contracts (under FIDIC or comparable) is ideal. Q: Are there supermarkets in Sydney and is milk available all Overseas experience would be required, preferably in Africa. year round? (Germany) A: Another blonde? For the IoW – overseas experience is ideal but not essential if other skills are present and candidate is reasonably mature. Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Australia who can dispense rattlesnake serum. (USA) Interested applicants should forward appropriate CV’s or A: I love this one...there are no rattlesnakes in Australia. contact Jean Craven or Sarah Hobson at Chesterfield office. ______Q: Which direction is North in Australia? (USA)

A: Face North and you should be about right. Administration Assistant - Grade 1.2 Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA) A: Americans have long had considerable trouble We currently require an Administration Assistant in the distinguishing between Austria and Australia. Marketing Department in Basingstoke. The responsibilities undertaken will include general marketing administration Q: Are there places in Australia where you can make love along with maintaining the Company Job History Database. outdoors? (Italy) A: Yes. Outdoors. You must be computer literate and have a basic knowledge of Microsoft Office and a database operating system, preferably Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA) Microsoft Access. The successful candidate must be a quick A: Yes, but you'll have to learn it first. learner with good organisational skills; a polite telephone manner and outgoing personality are essential.

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If you are interested in this position please contact Sheena over the next twelve to eighteen months. When we decided Webb in Basingstoke office. to do away with the print room on the ground floor, I was ______keen to have a self-contained section move there so as to provide additional space for expansion on one of the other Secretarial Assistant – Grade1.2 floors. I looked at which units would best fit and Marketing came top of the list. The old print room was not an ideal place into which to ask a section to move, so it was with A secretarial assistant opportunity has arisen in Scott House apprehension that I asked Tim Blow if he would consider it. Basingstoke that would suit someone starting their career or Tim agreed but said that, in order to enhance the appearance returning to work after a career break. of the design studio, he would want to redecorate the area to colours and designs developed by his team. This was Reporting to Angela Lowle the position involves the usual perfectly acceptable to me as he said that they would mix of typing, diary management, filing, etc, as well as implement the work themselves. providing support for the weekly ScottLight production cycle. Now to the specifics of Nick's question:

If you are interested or perhaps know someone that would · Blinds on windows which do not have sun on them. The suit you can obtain a job and person specification from blinds are there to prevent the staff working in the room Angela Lowle (BA x 339) feeling like goldfish in a bowl as people walk and drive ______past the windows. I see nothing wrong with this.

· The use of bright yellow and blue paint and tiles. For Sale & Wanted Coloured emulsion paint is generally the same price whether it be bright yellow or magnolia. The extra-over For Sale: Hyundai Coupe 2.0SE 1999 'S' Reg, FSH, 31k, cost of the tiles is insignificant. Silver with black interior and leather upholstery, CD, A/C VGC. £8700 o.n.o · Work being done during the working week. Tim and Contact Mark Downes, Birmingham office (0121 212 3035 or his team had planned to do the work on a Saturday and 07940 729291) Sunday. Unfortunately the advance work being carried ______out by outside contractors leading up to the internal decoration ran behind programme preventing Tim from Due to the office move on 2nd floor at Scott House, free to a decorating at the weekend. Because of the programming good home - large quantity of lever arch and other files. for the next phase of the refurbishment on the second Please contact Tricia Williamson (ext 281) asap floor, it was not possible to delay the painting to the ______next weekend.

· Reduced service. This was regrettable but unavoidable, and staff had been informed by a note in ScottLight * Issue 306. I am not aware that this caused major inconvenience. Reply of the Week I hope that this answers Nick's questions. Marketing Studio, Basingstoke from Bob McKittrick [SWHL] ______

Nick Blake (RC) queried in Issue 307 the decision to relocate

the Basingstoke Marketing Team and to refurbish the area

into which they have now moved.

We have, for the past 18 months, been gradually refurbishing Scott House in Basingstoke and further work is to be done

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Issue 309 Week ending: 31st August 2001 Attention - All Staff! RC and PPA OU users in Basingstoke along with all users in Telford and Leeds have already been converted. SP, IO & CS REMINDER st nd Stakeholder Pension Scheme OU users in Basingstoke will be converted on 1 and 2 from Chris White [SWHL] September. All other users, with the probable exception of SWPE, are expected to be converted by the end of 2001. Richard Mann of Legal & General will be in Conference Room 1A/B Scott House Basingstoke on 3rd September 2001. During the changeover period, mail delivery failures are likely to be more common as internal mail addresses will be moving The current plan is to run a Stakeholder workshop/ around. If you do get a mail delivery failure message, please presentation 3 times, first at 10.30, then at 12.30 and finally at check that the recipient isn’t in your personal address book 3.30. or in a group, as these locations tend to harbour old mail addresses and hence give failure problems. If you are going to attend a presentation please let Christine Haines or myself know as space is limited. Should you have Exchange 2000 works on the Windows 2000 network a strong preference for a particular time please make this operating system and this combination will allow us to offer known. remote access to e-mails to roaming users, home workers and ______overseas travellers. This aspect is still very much at a trial stage but it is hoped that it will be operational by the end of the calendar year. MS Exchange – Coming To A Computer ______Near You Soon! From Stephen Leach [CS, Basingstoke] Cladding Technology from Iain Calder [SP, London] Scott Wilson Europe is in the process of updating the mail system for all the permanent UK offices. Until now, most Scott Wilson is a member of the Centre for Window and offices have been using MS Mail while others have been Cladding Technology and we are able to access their site using Exchange 5.5. All offices are being converted to MS and database - Cladding Forum. Exchange 2000.

Our user name is: SCOTTWIL; our password is: retinula Exchange 2000 has many new and improved features - particularly when compared with MS Mail. These include: These are case sensitive and should be entered exactly as shown. · Automatic out of office replies so that you can tell people that you are out. To use this facility, go to: http://cwct.co.uk/forum or access · Forwarding of both internal and external mail can be http://cwct.co.uk and on the left hand side of the page, 'click' set up by the user. on 'Cladding Forum', then follow the instructions. · Public folders for calendars, diaries, contact data and project related e-mails can be easily set up and Members may access and print off Technical notes; efficiently used. Technical updates; bulletins; and the members pinboard. We · Limits can be set on mailbox sizes to help manage can also submit enquiries to CWCT by email and look at the the system. library list and explore the Thermal standards and Durability research sites. There are direct links to other Standards and At the same time as Exchange 2000 is being rolled out, users Research bodies, both UK and overseas. will also gain an additional e-mail address on the scottwilson.com domain. The old names on swkeurope.com, A further feature of the Cladding Forum is that they can swk-scotland.co.uk, swrail.com and swpe.co.uk will still work circulate their mailings by email to anybody in a member for incoming mail but scottwilson.com will become the main company who wishes to receive them. Individuals may mail address. request this service on-line within the Cladding Forum but ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 1

you may care to provide a single group email address per office. Request Form The Specialist Facade Contractors Directory - To PLG http://www.cwct.co.uk.register - offers guidance for those of you who specify or procure curtain walling. Members who would like to be included in the Directory, should submit their Consultation details. & Quote

Finally, please do not divulge the password to people outside the company. The Cladding Forum is a benefit of Q29 Agreed Monitoring of Work membership. and Issued By a Senior Staff Member

Additional Work Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team Appendix In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this week:

Digital Cash Task Closed What is Digital Cash? Overview of E-Payment System Digital Cash Problems Job request forms can be found in the entrance to ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you Information Systems section on the first floor of Scott House, want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an along with more detailed guidelines on their use. For staff advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you not based in Basingstoke, ultimately this form will be have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have available on the intranet after an initial trial period in any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you Basingstoke. Until this time please contact me and I will e- want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us mail the form directly to you. We appreciate your anticipated to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have co-operation in this matter. any comments about the Intranet?*** ______

E-mail us at: [email protected] Cancellation of Lunchtime Presentation from Val Barham [SP, Basingstoke]

The UK Quality Ash Association lunchtime presentation E-mails to Overseas Locations th from Richard Cooper [IO, Uganda] scheduled for 5 September in Basingstoke has been st cancelled and re-arranged for Thursday 1 November 2001. Would staff sending files as attachments by e-mail to ______overseas locations limit the size of these files to say 2 megabites (unless previously agreed). Our systems often To E or not to E - That is the Question! crash when trying to receive 5 mg files. from Claire Browne [C, Leeds] ______

Could people please note that there are now two very similar ISD Job Requests names on the email system that are being confused. Claire from Phil Le Gouais – Information Systems (RC) Browne (with an e!) is an Assistant Landscape Architect based in the Leeds Office and Claire Brown (without an e!) is To streamline the flow of small project work within this based in the Basingstoke Office in the Water and department I have implemented a system which will enable Geotechnics sections. work requests to be processed with the minimum of red tape. All new job requests should come to me and I will endeavour Please can people be more careful as, although its making me to allocate the appropriate team member to the project. From feel very popular, I'm worried that emails are going astray. this point on the originator can liaise directly with the allocated team member under supervision by a senior staff ______member. Work additional to the Q29 will be logged by the allocated team member and monitored by a senior staff member to minimise expensive and often unnecessary management time.

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Missing Two graduate ecologists, Erica Kemp and Fraser Maxwell, from Tim Doyle [SWPE, Nottingham] joined us for the training, along with Alistair Parkes and our newest Peterborough ecology recruit, Kevin du Rose. A small silver tea spoon has gone missing from the SWPE tea room drawer. The owner has shown great concern as it was Two days were spent carrying out quantitative plant surveys his/her favourite stirrer. in a range of habitats along the river valleys. Monday night was warm and balmy with time for some tennis, swimming, Please return as soon as possible. BBQ and of course a few beers. ______We have also been busy on a new project this year which is TRAVELLERS the detailed survey and assessment of calcareous grassland at the Ruehill SSSI in Staffordshire. This work is being

undertaken for Tarmac (Fee Scale G). Location Traveller Dates The site is earmarked for limestone quarrying and so a Nepal Gareth Hearn 26 Aug – 7 Sept detailed monitoring survey to assess the success of future ______grassland translocation was carried out, along with surveys to assess the current condition of the SSSI grassland. A

management plan for the site will also be written for What’s Going On? implementation to maximise the value and potential of the Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, SSSI. Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 ______Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 Labour Based Contracting in Egypt Ecology at Peterborough from Hamish Goldie-Scot [IO]

Life in the Norfolk Broads! Egypt's Social Development Fund (SFD) has a longstanding from Jane Southey [RC, Peterborough] mandate to alleviate the social impact of structural

adjustment. Reporting directly to the Prime Minister, it seeks This summer has been extremely busy for ecology generally to reduce poverty, increase employment opportunities and despite our worst fears of the impact of foot and mouth! encourage enterprise development. One vehicle for this is a massive Public Works Programme (PWP) which uses labour This month we saw brief respite when we ran some in-house based methods to provide essential infrastructure to poor botanical training at our Norfolk “office” at the Clippesby communities. Holiday Park, which we have used as a base for the past four years while carrying out surveys as part of the Broadland In mid-August the SFD asked Scott Wilson, at very short Flood Alleviations Scheme Monitoring Strategy. This project notice, to advise on the future of donor-funded training has proved scientifically and financially very successful. related to this PWP. In recent years 152 new small (Fee scale C+). contractors have been trained in the use of labour based techniques. There are some who question the need for any further training, while others believe that it could, if necessary, be continued without donor support.

With the support of a local consultant and a Danish trainer, Hamish Goldie-Scot visited Egypt for 10 days to prepare an independent view of the demand for additional labour based contractors. The draft report, presented at a workshop at the end of the 10 days, concluded that there is a need for at least a ten-fold increase in the number of trained LB contractors, and that some details of the training programme need to be changed. However, the reason for the high demand for trained contractors is not so much the fact that they would be trained in the management of labour, but that the training would equip them with the skills needed to run a small business. The high success rate of trained contractors can be largely attributed to good financial planning and effective quality control.

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Though the draft report has been accepted, local research into the nature of and plans for Egypt's construction sector LEAVERS will continue for a further 2 weeks. This will strengthen the value of the final report, while incidentally allowing Scott Goodbye and Good Luck to: Wilson to gain insights into details of what could prove to be a strong market. Fee: £8,500 Lynne Flowers who leaves PPA, Basingstoke on 30th August. ______Michael Guy who leaves Accounts Department, Basingstoke on 30th August Congratulations! ______

Long Service What’s on your Mind?

Congratulations to Brian Empringham - who achieved 10 years service on 1st August. from Norman Wyld [SP, Basingstoke] and to Anan Allos who will achieve 10 years service on 3rd September. Phew! What a narrow escape! Thank goodness Andrew ______Hunter is no longer a Scott Wilson consultant! Or is he?

Congratulations to Ewan Craig (Senior Engineer at Tidworth Editor: If you require elucidation please contact Norman directly! Garrison EWC Office) in attaining Fellowship with the Royal ______Institute of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). to Colin Clark (Establishment Work Consultant at RRH Saxa Vord, Scottish Islands) in passing his NEBOSH General Certificate. to Yvonne Newland and Lauren Pearson who have successfully passed the Level 2 (Foundation Stage) of the Association of Accounting Technicians exams. ______

Moves

STARTERS

A warm welcome to:-

Gillian Main started on 21st August in Project Management, Basingstoke.

Gerard Barrett started in SP – Structures, Basingstoke on 20th August ______

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Issue 310 Week ending: 7 September 2001 Attention - All Staff! Business Fraud Ron Viapree from Venetia Bradfield [SWHL] from Geoff French [SWHL] The ACE has advised that various member firms have It is with regret that we announce the death of Ron Viapree. reported an increase in unsolicited business invitations from He retired from Scott Wilson in 1994 and would have been abroad, usually West Africa, offering various opportunities, well known to those who were involved with roads in Africa. usually in return for funds deposited abroad. Some of these th The funeral will be at 12 noon on Wednesday 12 September enquiries may be bona fide, however the majority will not be at Finchley Cemetery. and are in fact business fraud scams run by organised ______criminals.

Scott Wilson Water If you would like to report such approaches, you can now from Denver Brown [RC, Morley] do so directly to the National Crime Intelligence Service (NCIS), West African Organised Crime Desk, Tel: 020 7238 8012, or email [email protected] It is intended to restructure our water business into Scott Wilson Water from 1st September. The New Division has ______ambitious plans for growth and a partnering and customer focused culture to develop both in the United Kingdom and Track Safety Certificates Internationally. from Dave Sutton [R, Swindon]

Mike LeGouais will be stepping back to a part time role from For the benefit of the holders of track safety certificates January 2002 and as part of this process Denver Brown has (NCCA Cards) please note the following:- taken over as the Director responsible for Scott Wilson

Water with effect from 1st July 2001. 1. If your card has expired, you are allowed 8 weeks grace

to get refreshed otherwise a full course has to be re-sat A roll out of the new Scott Wilson Water has been presented (i.e. not a Refresher Course) – but note that your expired to Water Staff covering the reorganisation of existing Water card be used in the meantime. MOUs into one structure. The new organisation will be cannot focused towards growth into a top ten player within 5 years. Scott Wilson Water will remain within RC but has ambitions 2. If it is the PTS component of the NCCA Card which has to grow into an OU in its own right. expired, under the NCCA rules, a temporary certificate cannot be issued - you will have to wait for your We intend to use this combined and stronger base to replacement card to come through. develop, and expand into a number of target markets. A Scott Wilson Water brochure is currently being designed for 3. Expired cards cannot be extended. marketing purposes. We will also be seeking to develop more co-operation with Scott Wilson Africa and A-P to expand our As none of the rules for issuing cards are negotiable, all overseas markets. holders are reminded to ensure that their competencies remain current and to allow plenty of time when seeking Scott Wilson Water now operates out of three main offices: refresher training, taking into account that replacement NCCA cards can take at least 10 working days to reach the v Scott Wilson Water North in Morley holder. v Scott Wilson Water Central in Chesterfield ______v Scott Wilson Water South in Basingstoke

We are convinced that the formation of the new Scott Wilson Water will offer opportunities for all existing water staff to be part of a much bigger picture.

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Thank you Melanie Sim, Year in Industry Student, Highways & from Matthew Learoyd [CS, Basingstoke] Infrastructure, Basingstoke Charlie Goldsmith, Graduate Transportation Planner, Vikki and I would like to thank everyone for the lovely Transportation, Basingstoke wedding present and for all the kind wishes we received. Tristan Brooks, Graduate Transportation Planner, Transportation, Basingstoke Daniel Ng, Senior Transport Planner, Transportation, Basingstoke Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team Anca Barbu, Graduate, Water Section, Basingstoke In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this Claire Hudson, Administrator / Technical Assistant, and week: Daryl Hughes, Assistant Engineer, both in the Newcastle upon Tyne office. Distance Education ______What is Distance Education? How is Distance Education Delivered? LEAVERS Key Players in Distance Education Goodbye and Good Luck to: ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an Michael Jones, Industrial Placement, Abingdon advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you Anthony Williams , Year in Industry Student, Transportation, have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have Basingstoke any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you ______want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any comments about the Intranet?*** Vacancies Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section E-mail us at: [email protected] before replying to any vacancy advertised.

For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to TRAVELLERS Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet.

Location Traveller Dates Railway Site Management Staff - Scott Wilson Railways Beijing P Beverstock 8 Sep – 20 Oct North Korea Expanding growth for Scott Wilson Railways has created opportunities for Site/Project Management staff to supervise Irkutsk Elena Stebbings 11 – 16 Sep a wide range of Civil Engineering and Permanent Way ______contracts. These positions offer flexible arrangements with the choice of permanent, part-time or contract positions.

Congratulations! We are seeking flexible, experienced railway staff who are able to manage and/or supervise contracts in the Southern, London and Great Western regions. If you feel you can offer Long Service Awards relevant rail experience and possess appropriate safety qualifications, we would like to hear from you.

Congratulations to Jon Glanville and Denis O'Gara who If you are interested in this vacancy please contact Alison both completed 10 years service on 12 August 2001. Walmsley on (01793) 515262, or by e-mail: [email protected] for an application pack, having first spoken to your Head of Section. Alternatively, if you would prefer to discuss the opportunities informally, please Moves contact John Williams on 01793 515899. ______STARTERS

A warm welcome to:-

Liam Flood, Year in Industry Student, Airports, Basingstoke

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Marketing Assistant/Marketing Administrator, clients on civil and military airfields. Previous experience of Chesterfield designing airport infrastructure is not essential but would be an advantage. Marketing Assistant If this is you, please contact David Farthing.

Should preferably have at least one years marketing ______experience, or have a keen interest in marketing to carry out the following duties: Bridges, Structural and Permanent Way Assist with the writing of expressions of interest Engineers and Technicians – Birmingham Assist with the preparation of brochures and promotional materials The continual and rapid expansion of our Birmingham office Assist with the preparation of project proposal means that we now need additional ambitious and energetic documentation Bridges, Structural and Permanent Way Engineers and Initiate and implement marketing activities Technicians. You will work on both large and small projects, Write and manage the issue of press releases within multi-disciplined teams and using your professional Assist with the organisation of corporate hospitality events skills, you will work in partnership with contractors to Identify and track business opportunities, disseminating develop innovative solutions. leads to staff Prepare market sector and competitor analysis reports Your interpersonal, communication and presentation skills Undertake market research should be first class. As important is the ability to add value Liaise with other Scott Wilson offices and local firms to each project and to understand the importance of building Establish and maintain stocks of marketing materials and developing lasting client relationships.

The successful applicant will need strong organisational Career opportunities are now available for the following: skills, an eye for detail, a high level of PC literacy, the ability Principal Engineers, Senior Engineers, Engineers, Senior to meet tight deadlines and be an excellent communicator. Technicians/CAD Operators and Technicians/CAD Operators. CAD systems used include; Autocad, CAD’s and Marketing Administrator Integer structural design and detailing software and MX Rail for permanent way design. To assist the Marketing Assistant with the preparation of capability statements and other marketing materials, the If you are interested in any of these positions please contact successful candidate will have reached a good educational Mary Rook in Chesterfield office. standard possessing a minimum of 5 GCSE's including ______English Language and Mathematics. He/She will also possess basic computer literacy skills.

Please contact Mary Rook or Neil Robertson at Chesterfield if What’s on your Mind? you are interested in either of these positions. ______

from Nick Blake [RC, Basingstoke] Airport Infrastructure Civil Engineer – Basingstoke (PPA) Firstly, I would like to thank Bob McKittrick and the staff in Marketing, Basingstoke for the response to my questions Are you looking for a challenge? Does the opportunity to regarding their move to the old print room in Basingstoke. shape the world’s airports appeal to you? Do you have two This has highlighted the need for communication within Scott or more years of infrastructure engineering experience? Do Wilson. Sometimes their may be a perfectly good reason for you know your way around conventional procurement doing something different from the norm but it could appear contracts as well as design and construct conditions? Are to be a waste of money in the eyes of some staff who are not you somewhere between 2.2 and 3.2? If this is you, or you fully informed of the reasons for doing it that way. I admit to think it could be, we want to hear from you. being one of the misinformed and am now wiser after the event. In anticipation of an expanding airside airport infrastructure workload we would like to hear from staff able to keep Scott Well done to the Marketing staff for making a dreary office Wilson as the preferred UK airport consultant. In addition to brighter and taking the initiative for doing something preliminary and detailed design, you would prepare tender different! and contract documents, carry out tender assessments and ______supervision duties working for contractors or conventional

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Reply of the Week

from Geoff French [HMB]

I had deliberately waited before responding to the What’s on your Mind published in Issue 306 to see if there were any other contributions.

I do not intend to deal with the specific points raised as I believe I answered many of them in my initial response to the earlier submission. However, I do want to remind all staff of the channels available to them if they have similar views or other concerns.

I like to believe that any member of staff should feel confident enough to approach their line manager, their Personnel staff, or their Directors and be both listened to and provided with answers as to why things are being done or are not being done.

If these channels fail I reiterate that I, and any of the HMB Board, are approachable and indeed we are keen to receive upward feedback. We have been actively seeking to generate such feedback, as the views of our staff on all issues are regarded as extremely important.

ScottLight should not be the only vehicle through which members of staff feel that their views an be heard. In truth it should be the channel of last resort for these types of issues.

Open communications need to be circular in nature to be really effective and move issues forward. If there are things that are preventing the further evolution of the open style we are seeking to adopt please let us know.

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All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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Issue 311 Week ending: 14 September 2001 Attention - All Staff! problems and headaches was great but because of the Appointment of A R Arul-Kumarasan extremely well organised approach by staff especially from Martin H C Kwong [SW(HK)] Barbara Smith, Stephen Leach and Jackie Constable, the whole operation was successfully completed on time and all The Directors of Scott Wilson (Hong Kong) Ltd are pleased the team were fully operational and in place by Friday 7th to announce the promotion of A R Arul-Kumarasan to September. Many thanks to all concerned Technical Director (Level 4.3) with effect from 1 September ______2001. Arul will be responsible for expanding our business in the new areas of tourism and facilities management, as well as 2001 Annual Reviews continuing to build on our existing strengths in multi- from Tim Blow [CS, Basingstoke] disciplinary studies and port planning. We are totally out of stock of this year’s Annual Review in Arul has over 30 years experience in tourism, new town and Marketing and will not be ordering anymore as it would not port development projects. The tourism projects he has been be cost effective. It has come to my attention that there may involved in include the Lantau Northshore Development be a few boxes or half boxes still around in other offices. If Study (which resulted in the siting of Disneyland in Hong this is the case could any unwanted copies be returned to Kong), feasibility assessment for the provision of new cruise Marketing so we can distribute at will to requests received. terminals in Hong Kong, and the planning of over 1200 ha of ______land at Shimei Bay, Hainan for tourism development. ______Archiving of E-mails to CD From Barbara Smith - IO Chesterfield Water Section from Bill Jameson [C] In order to reduce the number of e-mail messages held on our user drives, we have produced an "Idiot’s Guide" in IO for It has recently been decided that Scott Wilson's water archiving to CD, and then retrieving them should items be discipline is to be co-ordinated by Denver Brown in RCOU required at a later date. If you would like a copy of our under the brand "Scott Wilson Water". To support this notes, (you will need access to a CD writer to proceed), corporate initiative, Chesterfield Water Section have been please contact myself or Angela Smallbone and we will be transferred into RCOU and are now under the management of happy to e-mail it to you. Denver Brown.

Current flood defence and drainage projects for clients in the Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team North West are remaining with Bill Jameson in Manchester as In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this Project Director. week: ______Intellectual Capital What is Intellectual Capital? 'C' OU Comes to Basingstoke Investment in Intangible Assets From Graham Law [C, Basingstoke] Measuring Intellectual Assets

On the 3rd September 2001 'C' OU officially started up the ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you Area 3 Maintenance Agency team in Network House, want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an Basingstoke. The team currently numbers 11 staff and is advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you expected to expand to 20 staff by April 2002 at the latest. have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you To accommodate the new team, administrative and computer want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us staff arranged for temporary 'hot-desks' and PC's as well as to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have use of the conference room while new furniture and IT any comments about the Intranet?*** equipment was installed. The potential for frustration, E-mail us at: [email protected]

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Scott House - Tea and Coffee Unclaimed Mobile Phone from Bob McKittrick [SWHL] from Janet Howells [CS, Basingstoke]

Over the past few weeks there have been problems with An Ericsson mobile phone (A2628S) has been delivered to blockages in the sinks adjacent to the drinks machines in Reception in Scott House. Would the owner please collect it Scott House and we have had a drain-clearing firm in to sort as so far nobody has claimed it. things out. It is clear that the blockage problems are due to ______tea leaves and coffee grains being deposited in the sinks by staff who prefer to make their own drinks rather than using Attached to this issue is a ScottLight Special the drinks machines. featuring profiles of staff recently promoted to It is with regret that I must therefore ask you to stop using Levels 4.2, 4.3 and 5. tea leaves and coffee grains and to use only tea bags or ______instant coffee. In addition please ensure that you clean up the areas that you are using for making drinks. Jeans for Genes Day 2001 I do not intend this to develop into a debate. This is a from Angela Lowle decision which will not be changed. [SWHL, Basingstoke]

______Jeans for Genes Day this year is on Friday 5th Photocopiers - Scott House October. This is the day to wear your jeans to work from Matthew Learoyd [CS, Basingstoke] and donate £1 (or more) to help support five children’s charities. Please do not put documents with tipp-ex, staples or paper clips into the photocopiers as the machines are being If any other locations would like to take part please damaged. call 0800 980 4800 or www.jeansforgenes.com for a ______fundraising pack. ______The Coffee Project TRAVELLERS A new fundraising venture has been formed by Stuart Dungworth, a Senior Engineer based in the Transportation Location Traveller Dates Section in Chesterfield, to support projects in developing countries. The venture will raise funds through selling coffee. Hanoi Richard Levett 6 Sept – 8 Oct. An order has now been made and an additional notice will be Addis Ababa Peter Mansell 8 - 22 Sept put into ScottLight when the coffee is available for purchase. Hong Kong Lance Van Dyk 1 - 21 Sept

& Kuala Lumpur 2 - 26 Sept The project will import coffee from Malawi, roast the beans in Nepal Hamish Goldie-Scot 12 Sept – 2 Oct the UK and use the profits to fund educational and welfare India Simon Thomas 16 Sept – 6 Oct projects. Addis Ababa Colin McKenna 17 Sept – 4 Oct

Turkey & Bob Draycott 17 Sept – 4 Oct Malawi has been identified to initially receive the aid because Tajikistan of the crisis in health and education and the severe poverty Addis Ababa Bob Weekes 19 Sept – 3 Oct present. This small African country (about the size of Kathmandu Leighton Williams 5 Oct – 18 Dec England) is rarely mentioned in the news yet is around the ninth poorest in the world. What’s Going On? Stuart worked in Malawi approximately 4 years ago and has Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, maintained links with people in the country since returning to Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 the UK. Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 If you are interested in supporting this worthwhile project, details and a registration form can be obtained from Stuart in Partnered Construction in Essex Chesterfield office. from Alan Gibbs [SP, Basildon] ______I reported in March that Basildon Office are assisting Essex County Council in the construction of a new £18m bypass for Great Leighs and described the innovative approach to

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procurement and supervision of the works. The project is The job is a Movement for Innovation (M4I) Demonstration being “supervised” by the inclusion of Scott Wilson and project on the basis of the partnered site team and the County Council personnel within the contractor’s innovative approach to supervision of the works. For those organisation. The contractor is Alfred McAlpine who are interested there are more details of the M4I key Construction Limited, with whom the firm is developing close performance indicators that we are tracking on the intranet, links on a number of projects. under “Innovations”. ______So how is the team getting on? We are now seven months into the construction, and people are settling into their new The Vietnamese ‘Challenge’ and often unfamiliar roles. The danger is that people will naturally revert to their traditional camps if there is a big (Retraining of Road Sector Professionals) problem that previously would have given rise to a claim. from Richard Levett [IO, Basingstoke] Fortunately that hasn’t happened yet and we live in hope that tackling problems together, irrespective of whether they IO are pleased to announce their undertaking of the five are the client’s or the contractor’s, risk will be sufficiently month Vietnamese Training ‘Challenge’. habit-forming that the “threshold of reversion” moves beyond the size of problems we encounter. This World Bank funded project is for Project Management Unit No. 1 of the Ministry of Transport, and is to re-train There are cultures on all sides that we are working to change. roads professionals. It is nearly as difficult for the foreman to realise that he alone is responsible for getting it right first time and that no one will The project programme has been reduced from an initial prevent him from doing a poor job as it is for the inspector to period of fourteen months to a tough going five months in accept that he should now be only sampling the foreman’s order to “concentrate the mind”. self-certification. Likewise managers on both sides are having to avoid the temptation to relax on some questions The programme requires the Project Team to train National because it is the other party’s risk, and therefore the other Experts through the delivery of pilot training courses party’s problem. involving:

Scott Wilson people have realised that the best way to avoid § Preparing over 600 45 minute long training modules dispute is to keep the job on track, and minimise the impact of including PowerPoint slides and backing material events that have the potential to cause cost or time overruns. § Translating all material into the Vietnamese Language Adopting a flexible and creative attitude to the way in which § Submitting and agreeing locally, the material with a the project is delivered helps to keep the job on track, and National Steering Committee then in turn helps to avoid disputes. § Delivering three 5 week long courses for Senior Managers, Highway staff and Bridge and Tunnel Staff, The traditional resident engineer’s large team of engineers in addition to one 6 week course for Supervisors and inspectors has been replaced by self-certification § Arranging two European and two Asian Study Tours overseen by the client’s representatives, who are able to give the comfort that the client requires because they are included Our project team includes the Transport Research Laboratory in all of the contractor’s activities as part of the partnered site (TRL), Pavement Engineering, Scott Wilson Hanoi and Asia team. That is the theory and the experience of the first seven Pacific and respected independents. Working alongside a months of the contract has, by and large, been favourable. team of Vietnamese National Trainers and local Universities is key to the success of this project Having said that, I could not pretend that the assurance of confidence in quality can be as confidently given in this Debra Power and Emma Parsons are co-ordinating the UK circumstance as in the situation where there is an army of production of Training material whilst Richard Levett (Team “hostile” inspectors extracting the last ounce of contract Leader) has mobilised to Hanoi to steer the material through obligations from the builder. To pretend thus would be to the client and prepare for the in country training. say that generations of REs and their teams were unnecessary or added no value, and that would be untrue. Rather, this is a new arrangement in which all parties are Many people are involved and we very much appreciate the forced to be more adult and recognise that there are trade- efforts being made by all so that we can meet this challenge. offs to be made between time, cost and quality. It is not in the ______best interests of the project to single out one from time, cost and quality to take absolute precedence over the other two.

Scott Wilson’s quality manager on the partnered team, Stuart Self is promoting positive initiatives on quality management that it is hoped will benefit this and future projects.

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Hawar Islands, Bahrain – Tourism Master Plan perfectly finished off with a (long) walk around the Seine at from Malcolm George [PPA, Abingdon] sunrise, and then the Eurostar back to a bleary eyed Paddington and trains home. A fantastic evening, everyone The Gulf is the world’s fastest growing tourist region, led by survived and had a great time, all fantastically organised by Dubai and its eye-catching architectural wonders. Bahrain is Nancy McGee whose previous experience of Paris paid off. keen not to be left out and last year appointed leading An experience any of us would recommend, and another big hotel/resort architects, Wimberley Allison Tong and Goo ‘thank you’ to Nancy for organising it all! (WATG) to prepare a Conceptual Master Plan for the tourist ______development of the Hawar Islands. Ownership of these largely uninhabited islands, off the coast of Qatar, has only Scott Wilson Railways recently been resolved in favour of Bahrain. However, the Mainline ‘Rail’ Golf Competition 2001 islands have considerable environmental importance as From Mark Hillyard [R. Swindon] breeding areas for turtles, cormorants and dugongs. On 6th September 24 golfers from 7 Scott Wilson offices Scott Wilson’s tourism and leisure team were commissioned headed for the Chippenham golf course to challenge for the by WATG, with a two week deadline, to provide an prestigious Mainline ‘Rail’ shield. independent validation of the Master Plan and to advise on the appropriate contents and phasing of the scheme – a The weather was surprisingly dry which was a pleasant potential £800m development. Our initial contribution has change from the downpour we have come to expect for this hopefully led to a more conservation orientated approach as event. The course proved to be more of a challenge than well as improving its funding prospects. The revised Plan is many of us were prepared for with its tree lined fairways and currently being considered by the Bahrain Government for lightning fast greens. inclusion in next year’s budget. Hopefully the ‘little acorns’ principle will apply regarding further SW involvement. However the course was no match for Steve Kimmett (Fee Scale H). (Basingstoke) who won the main competition with 39 points, ______some three shots ahead of the field. Tim Blow (Basingstoke) took second place on 36 points with John Andrews (Basingstoke) a close third with 35. Congratulations! Longest Drive was won by Gareth Clarke (Swindon) and Nearest the Pin, which probably should have been called Long Service Awards nearest the green, was won by Piers Currie (Basingstoke). The putting competition after the main event was being led by Steve Kimmett but Peter Frankham (Basingstoke) Belated congratulations to Brian Murphy on his 10 years’ eventually took the prize with a score of 3 under par. The best service on 29/7/01 score for the hidden nine was achieved by Roger Hogben ______from the Telford office.

As for the Booby prize, Anne Robinson would have found it Sports & Socials difficult picking ‘the weakest link’ amongst the stiff competition at the bottom of the field, but Pete Jefferies Adventure To Paris (Swindon) finally walked off with the prize after winning (or is from Nicky Howgego [R, Swindon] it losing) on count back.

On the evening of Saturday 11th August 2001, 14 of us Many thanks to all those who attended this year’s event, ventured to Paris for the evening on the Eurostar. especially the Basingstoke display team, without whom I may Representatives from the Swindon office and Railtrack were have won a prize. Thanks also to those who assisted with the all in attendance, with one brave soul from Basingstoke. The organisation and presentation. I look forward to seeing you original planned numbers were 16 but two casualties didn’t all next year. make it due to over indulgence the night before (naming ______nobody of course, Alex). We left on the 17:50 from Waterloo arriving in Paris at about 21.00 and made our way to a fondue restaurant near Mont Martres. This was a truly authentic French experience with wine served from babies bottles at the table (not sure why, and yes you did read that correctly). We ate till the early hours and then supped a few more beverages at a nearby bar, wending our way to a club at about 2am and then dancing till the even earlier hours of 6am. The night was

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For Sale & Wanted

Wanted: Does anyone travel from Kingston to Basingstoke office who would be willing to give me a lift to and from work. I will be happy to share petrol costs. Please call Anca Barbu on extension 240. ______

Available: We have a Canon Fax600 Facsimile at Scott House that is no longer used. It is in good working order. If you are interested please contact Pam McIntosh ______

To Let: Furnished double room to let in lovely 4 bed semi-

detached house in Kingston, Surrey. To share with two 20-

something professional women. Non-smokers only. £500 pcm

including bills. Contact Francesca in the London office,

[email protected] or Tel. 07949 242 838

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Room Wanted: Having just started with the firm in Basingstoke I am urgently looking for somewhere to live. Preferably this would be within walking/cycling distance of Scott House. If anyone has any information I would be grateful if they could contact me. Thanks - Liam Flood (Airports - [email protected]). ______

All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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Issue 312 Week ending: 21 September 2001 Attention - All Staff! Oceans Engineering joins Scott Wilson from Geoff French [HMB] q For the immediate future, Project Managers should issue all prospective travellers with the advice given above.

I am delighted to announce that Oceans Engineering Limited q Project Managers are responsible for ensuring that have joined Scott Wilson and welcome Neil Harris and his appropriate risk assessments are carried out. colleagues to the firm. q Project Managers have overall responsibility for Oceans Engineering are based in St Austell, Cornwall and checking information supplied through the Foreign & their main areas of expertise are in wind power and the Commonwealth Office (FCO) website and passing this Cornish market (which is now attracting European Objective 1 information on to employees travelling/working Funding). overseas. The web site address is given below: - http://www.fco.gov.uk/ Oceans Engineering has been at the forefront of renewable energy projects over the past decade and, by joining forces q Where FCO information advises against travel to a with Scott Wilson, has access to a global consultancy country/region for any reason, Project Managers are business that is fully committed to sustainable development responsible for advising their OU Personnel Department across all aspects of its business. in good time prior to travel. The OU Personnel Department will then:- Neil Harris and André Evans in Plymouth will be co- ordinating our approach to the Cornish market. q Raise with the issue with the OU Chairman or designate; and Oceans currently employs 18 people and will operate as a MOU within the SP Operating Unit. Neil Harris has joined q Forward details to the Company’s insurers to obtain Scott Wilson at level 4.3. approval before any journey is made. Any travellers expressing concerns about their travel arrangements in the light of recent events should discuss Security Advice these concerns with the relevant project manager and director from Geoff French [HMB] in good time, prior to making their journey.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, the current advice for existing overseas staff Expert Witness Scotland 2001 and future travellers is as follows:- from Alan Frew [S, Glasgow] q Keep a low profile. SOU has placed an advertisement in “Expert Witness q Maintain a high level of vigilance. Scotland 2001”. We need to monitor the business generated by the advertisement to decide if the expense could be q Vary routes and times for all required travel. justified in taking advertisement space in the 2002 edition. q Treat mail and packages from unfamiliar sources with Please advise Gordon Bathgate of any appointments received as an expert which can be linked to the 2001 insert. suspicion. q Avoid US establishments. Expert Witness Scotland 2001 is available in the Contracts Library in Park Circus. q Maintain contact with local Embassies/Consulates for ______advice and stay in touch with fast moving events until

the situation clarifies.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month – October Principal Tunnelling Engineer from Cara Rees [RC, Basingstoke] from Matthew Raybould [C, Chesterfield] 26th October is the day that Basingstoke office will be fund- Robert Wilson, Principal Tunnelling Engineer has recently raising for this charity. Pink ribbons will be available in joined the Chesterfield Geotechnics Section. He brings a reception for a small donation. blend of UK and overseas experience, having delivered solutions to the rail, highway and water sectors. Customers If other locations would like to take part please contact Tim include PLRT Kuala Lumpur, Railtrack, London Underground, Rowland on 0117 952 4050 for details. Severn Trent Water, Southern Water and many UK and ______International contractors. Lunch Time Presentation - Chesterfield Robert will act as a point of contact for worldwide enquiries From June Brown [C, Chesterfield] on tunnelling matters and provide any necessary assistance. A representative of Stirling Lloyd will be giving a One of his early tasks is to make contact with his potential presentation on Bridge Deck Waterproofing on Tuesday 9 internal clients to develop some detailed understanding of October 2001. It will be held in the Conference Room at any current and possible future work requirements. Bayheath House and will begin at 12.30 pm. Sandwiches will be provided so please ring me on ext 217 if you wish to Should you require assistance or have a prospect that Robert attend. can assist in securing please contact him. ______

Library, Scott House What’s Going On? Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, from Alison Knowles [CS, Basingstoke] Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 The library would like to inform all departments that we do Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 not wish to receive any more books/reports published before 1990. The library has benefited from some donations made in the recent clear-out, but unfortunately we do not have the TRACKBED INVESTIGATION APPOINTED BY BALFOUR space to store older publications and they are often of little BEATTY RAIL RENEWALS relevance. ______SWPE has been appointed by Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals to undertake a trackbed investigation at Shortlands Junction, which form part of the Railtrack Southern Zone CTRL project. Scott Wilson Internet Facilitation Team In the SWIFT Newsletter on the Intranet this This project involves use of the Automatic Ballast Sampler week: (ABS) to take representative samples of trackbed layers generally to a depth of 1m measured from the top of rail. Enterprise Risk Management Special arrangements have been made to reduce the noise as What is ERM? the ABS is driven, due to the proximity of residential areas. ERM Benefits Nevertheless there are some locations where traditional hand- Risk Analysis dug Trial Holes will be required, due to the stringent noise reduction requirements. Project Manager in SWPE is Keith ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you Fry, ably assisted by Simon Middleton. want to appear on the SWIFT Newsletter? Do you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you (Fee Scale G) have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you GLASGOW CITY COUNCIL PAVEMENT SURVEYS 2001 want to publish on Pontifact's front-page? Would you like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have SWPE has been commissioned by Glasgow City Council to any comments about the Intranet?*** undertake UKPMS Visual Surveys on their 1300km road network. In addition, Deflectograph, SCRIM, Ground Radar E-mail us at: [email protected] and Coring Surveys have also been requested as well as the ______refitting of historical deflectograph data to Glasgow's PMS.

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The surveys will be staffed and managed from Nottingham further 80 km of motorway and for upgrading of 50 km of an however the assistance offered by Glasgow office will be outer “ring road” around Warsaw. greatly appreciated. These projects are scheduled to start about January 2002 and This commission follows on from a similar survey carried out I would like to hear from highway/bridge staff who are between May 2000 and August 2001. Project Manager in interested to be considered for the senior positions, CRE’s, SWPE is Kevin Powell. RE’s, Materials Engineer, Senior QS.

(Fee Scale F) Poland is a very comfortable and interesting country to reside in with quick and easy access to Europe; whilst outside the NETWORK PAVEMENT SURVEY TRIAL, HONG KONG EU it is still possible for staff to apply for non-resident tax HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT status; these projects are set to last two or three years.

SWPE has been appointed by Hong Kong Highways For these positions experience of previous motorway, Department to undertake a Network Pavement Survey Trial expressway, trunk road construction is important and some from October 2000 to February 2002. previous overseas experience is useful but not essential; equally a knowledge of FIDIC Conditions of Contract is This project carries out a trial on Automated Road Inventory beneficial. and Condition Surveys, Rutting / IRI Surveys. Proposals are currently under preparation and if you are Project team includes SWKCL, Impulse Geophysics (Video); interested or you know of someone within/outside Scott IGGE (radar), Henry Kerali (Birmingham University), Doug Wilson who may be, please contact John Nutt or Amanda Brown and SWHK. Project Manager in SWPE is Dr. Francis Hutson. Chan.

(Fee Scale E) TRAVELLERS

from Alan Baker, [S,Glasgow] Location Traveller Dates

North Lanarkshire Council has appointed us to supplement Dominica & David Dales 24 Sept – 5 Oct its in-house Design Consultancy in delivering Structural Barbados Engineering Design services in the housing and education Dominica Matthew Walker 24 – 29 Sept sectors. Scott Wilson is one of several Consultants Romania Paul Gray 25 – 28 Sept appointed on a partnering basis to assist in delivering Bangkok Peter-John Meynell 19 - 22 Sept services in a variety of disciplines. Yunnan, China Peter-John Meynell 22 Sept - 5 Oct Laos, Peter-John Meynell 6 Oct - 13 Oct North Lanarkshire Council is the fourth largest Local Vietnam, Peter-John Meynell 15 - 27 Oct Authority in Scotland with the second largest Housing Stock. Cambodia, Peter-John Meynell 28 Oct - 10 Nov We understand that much of the work will relate to Gaborone, Peter-John Meynell 11 Nov - 22 Nov maintenance of this stock. Botswana Yunnan, Peter-John Meynell 22 Nov - 12 Dec Although we have undertaken bridges and highways work for the Council in previous years, this presents a new ______opportunity to develop and expand our building structures capability." Congratulations ! (Fee Scale G)

Long Service Awards Highways/Bridges Site Staff – Poland/Overseas From John Nutt [IO Basingstoke] In a bumper month for long service awards our congratulations go to: There is currently a very large motorway construction programme in Poland and Scott Wilson is currently Jeremy Buck of SP who has completed 30 years service this shortlisted for two contracts comprising 50km between month Krakowice and Krakow. We anticipate shortlisting for a

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Andrew Bartlett, Paul Barton, Phil Machin, David Webb, Business Administrator – SPOU – 2.2 Tim Williams all of SP and Mike Thomas of IO all of whom have completed 20 years service this month: The Business Consultancy Group based in London requires a Business Administrator to support their team. Not forgetting Ian Shelley of COU who has completed 10 years service this month. The role will provide general secretarial support to the unit. In additional various business functions will need to be Moves supported, including management and accountability for all financial procedures e.g.: invoicing and cash collection. Run, STARTERS analyse and distribute Budget Forecasts, highlighting anomalies and entering information onto Conquest. A warm welcome to:- It will be the Business Administrator’s responsibility to Ariane Sauter, Graduate, Water Basingstoke produce and maintain a marketing library including: project Alexandra Savage, Graduate, Geotechnics Basingstoke discipline sheets, project database, CV's, core proposal Roz Coverley, Principal Environmental Consultant, London documents. Administer sales management system. Co- Ian Furlong, Year in Industry Student, Transportation, ordinate proposal and tender preparation including assembly Basingstoke of all non technical information and management of Clay Huen, Transportation Engineer, London technical/financial input produced by technical staff. Some Claire Edwards , Office Assistant/Word Processor, research assistance may also be required. Administration Section IO Basingstoke. ______The successful candidate must have a good knowledge and understanding of commercial and business systems probably gained either via qualification, HNC in Business Administration or a degree level preferably in a business related discipline or by a minimu m of three years experience in LEAVERS a business role.

Goodbye and Good Luck to: Computer skills in Word and Excel are essential along with

excellent organisational and interpersonal ability. The

th successful candidate must be able to work effectively under Peter George RCOU who leaves on the 28 September pressure and remain customer/client focused at all times

If you are interested in these positions please contact Sheena Webb in Basingstoke office. Vacancies ______Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section before replying to any vacancy advertised. For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. Assistant Project Administrator – IO OU Secretary – SPOU - 2.1 Due to our expending workload arising from extensions to SP Division requires a competent secretary to join our team. existing contracts and new projects in Institutional The core responsibilities would include the production of Development and Highways in China, Ethiopia, Tajikistan, documentation in the form of reports, CV’s, project sheets, Vietnam and two regional projects covering 13 countries in tender/bid documents and general correspondence. The the former Soviet Union, we are looking for the above to join successful candidate should possess excellent our support team assisting Project Managers with all aspect communication skills and be able to provide a high level of of project administration work including. service to the team and clients. · Site and field teams logistics Intermediate computer skills in word/excel and PowerPoint are · Financial management support essential along with excellent organisational and · Client training and study tours interpersonal skills. The successful candidate must be able · Equipment procurement to work effectively under pressure and remain customer/client · Quality management support focused at all times. · Travel arrangements · Report production

The ideal candidate for this position would be educated to A level standard and will need computer skills in Microsoft

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Word and Excel. A knowledge of PowerPoint would be advantageous, although training can be provided. Numeracy * skills are also essential for this position. Reply of the Week You will be an enthusiastic, team player who can work in a pressurised environment working to deadlines to meet the from Barbara Smith [IO, Basingstoke] needs of the projects. If you are looking for an interesting and Jackie Constable [CS, Basingstoke] and challenging role in a very busy department please send your CV to Pam Masson, IO Division, Network House. Barbara & Jackie would just like to say how pleasantly ______surprised they were to read Graham's note of thanks in last week’s ScottLight. It is so very nice to know our efforts were appreciated. For Sale & Wanted

Wanted: Groovy transport planner seeks (female) salsa partner to practise moves for Reading/ Basingstoke Dance classes. Email me: [email protected].

Available: If anyone requires any filing material (folders, hanging files etc.), the Scott House library has a selection of useful items available. Please contact Kelly or Alison on ext.300 before the end of the month if you are interested.

Large room available for 6 months, in spacious, airy flat on the Basingstoke side of Overton sharing with 2 other Scott Wilson employees. £233 + bills. Available from the beginning of October. Please contact Sarah Bassingham BA extension 241 for further information.

What’s on your Mind?

Car Parking At Scott House from Cara Rees [RC, Basingstoke]

Thank you to the kind considerate person who dented my car door a few weeks ago in the section of parking by Marketing. Please could I ask other drivers to be more considerate and at least leave a note to say who was responsible.

from Bob Wallis [IO, Overseas]

What hope is there for a major international, multi disciplined firm of consultants who let their sinks get blocked with tea leaves and coffee grounds. Or have I got it wrong again and issue 311 is a trial run for the 1st April 2002 edition?

All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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Issue 313 Week ending: 28 September 2001 Attention - All Staff! Preferred Employer Cara: "my goal is to promote ipd to each new starter who From Geoff French [HMB] commences at Scott Wilson and to ensure everyone has a role to play." You should have heard through your team briefings that we Finance - Rob Barker are to undertake a staff opinion survey throughout the Rob dresses like an accountant so fits the bill. Amongst other Europe region of the firm. things, Rob will be issuing the learning accounts. You'll find

him in the London office. We have commissioned the Industrial Society to design and carry out a survey to determine the attitudes of all staff Rob: “I believe I am capable of carrying out all the tasks (Levels 1 to 5) on a range of issues. required of the Financial Officer. I'm good with figures (both types), friendly and quite responsible.” Next week in ScottLight further details of this staff Communications - Francesca Hardiman consultation will be provided together with some background Francesca is a natural for this new role as anyone in the on the Industrial Society. London office is well aware she can go on a bit, with a bit of ______luck she’ll use this talent?!? to better publicise ipd. Francesca will also be the new regional Chair. New ipd Southern Region Committee Here are a few words from your new Chair. From Ian Coates [SP Basildon] “What is a committee? A group of the unwilling, picked This is probably the last thing I'll ever write in an ipd from the unfit to do the unnecessary.” Richard Harkness capacity, so for once I'll keep it short. As some of you know The new ipd Southern Region Committee are extremely I'm standing down from the ipd committee as of 1st October disappointed that they had to be self-appointed. After quick and it's time for some new blood to get involved. During my counts of people interested in standing and portfolios to fill, time as part of the ipd committee I've had the chance to work we were a little unnerved to find exact tallies. The new with a lot of people I might not otherwise have had the Committee has already identified instituting a democratic opportunity to (as graduates in Structures don’t get out selection process as one of our key aims for this term. We much) and gained many things, including a few grey hairs trust in on your assistance to this end! and a receding hairline. I’ve enjoyed most of it and wish the Many ipds do not realise that the ipd is entirely run and new committee the best of luck. Without further ado here's managed by the ipds ourselves. Consequently, we often do the new ipd Southern committee. not get as much out of the ipd as we could or should. With Programme - Catherine Christophers & Nick Wordsworth our new Communications portfolio, which I have taken on, Catherine has a few months left on her term and will be your Committee hopes to inform you ipd and your mentors, showing Nick the ropes, both are based in Basingstoke and to empower you to benefit to the utmost. they’ll have a course calendar soon so watch this space. I would like to thank Ian for the plethora of hard work and Catherine: “I have now been organising the ipd Programme personal time that he has devoted to ipd over the past two for over a year now, and hopefully the courses have been years. He will be sorely missed. Your new committee aim to okay. I look forward to helping ipds with their training build on the solid base Ian has helped to construct and, throughout the year” working alongside the Central and Scotland Regions, continue to mould the ipd for future generations. Nick: "Before working for Scott Wilson, I organised courses and parties for like-minded adults and am therefore ideal for We sincerely hope that this time next year, when the new the Programme portfolio.” Nick was last seen wrestling Committee is announced, we do not again have to define the crocodiles in Angola.... ipd Committee as: “A small group of the dynamic, standing out from the Population & Social - Cara Rees idle, doing the essential.” Cara seems a natural choice for this role as she can be found We look forward to meeting and working with you all! in Basingstoke’s PPA/RC personnel office. Francesca

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TRAVELLERS Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter this Week:

Knowledge Worker Location Traveller Dates

Who are the Knowledge Workers? Ghana Sarah Bassingham 30 Sept - What do Knowledge Workers do? Poland Ivan Hodgson 1 – 5 Oct Knowledge Work vs. Information Work Addis Ababa David Jordan 8 – 19 Oct Addis Ababa Mike Thomas 1 Oct – 21 Dec ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you Bishkek via Bob Weekes 9 – 24 Oct want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do Istanbul you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? ______Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you What’s Going On? like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, have any comments about Pontifact?*** Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 E-mail us at: [email protected]

Leushen Border Crossing, Moldova From Debra Power [IO, Basingstoke] American Appeal from Emma Parsons [IO, Basingstoke] Our local consultant Stanislav Chechuy from Moldconsult, has sent the following information regarding the Leushen The Firefighters at the Basingstoke Division of Hampshire Border Crossing: Fire and Rescue Service are busy raising money for the American Firefighters Appeal. All monies raised will be sent “We are happy to advise you that the construction works at to America to support those affected by the terrible events of Leushen border crossing point in Moldova have been September 11th. If you would like to make a contribution successfully completed in due time on August 28 2001. The please send to Emma Parsons (Network House) who will construction of the freight department of Leushen Customs forward all monies to the station. All donations will be lasted 52 weeks: from August 28, 2000 until August 28, 2001. gratefully received. The winner of the International Tender managed by Ove Arup on the basis of Scott Wilson materials was a Moldovan This is not an appeal that is unique to Basingstoke. I expect company called MAGIC. The contract price was 1.28 MEuro. that Firestations all over the UK are doing similar things so The construction included two big canopies each covering people are welcome to donate to their local station if they so four lanes, a small canopy over special inspection site, four please. control booths on the lanes and a border guard booth at the ______site entrance, and administrative building between the canopies. All this was erected on a 3 metre high embankment properly paved.” Reminder Jeans for Genes Day 2001 This is the conclusion of one part of Scott Wilson’s Border from Angela Lowle [SWHL, Basingstoke] Crossing Study project (1999-2000) which comprised feasibility studies at 15 border crossing points from Salla in To remind you that Jeans for Genes Day this year is on the far north on the Russian – Finnish border, to Leushen in Friday 5th October. This is the day to wear your jeans and the south on the Black Sea at the Moldovan – Romanian pay £1 (or more) to help support five children’s charities. border. The project team achieved the following tasks:

If any other locations want to take part please contact 0800 § Project Manager Douglas Rasbash developed 980 4800 or www.jeansforgenes.com for a fundraising pack. Memoranda of Understanding between the ______European Commission and the governments on each of the border crossing points – Finland, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova and Romania; § Project team leader Tony Bayley visited each site, looking at Customs and Border Guard requirements; § Martin Oaten provided analysis of traffic forecasts for road, rail and freight transport;

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§ Sergei Turceninoff worked closely with local design This commission follows on from a similar survey carried out institutes in the preparation of detailed designs for between May 2000 and August 2001. Project Manager in construction; SWPE is Kevin Powell. § David Judge prepared international tender (Fee Scale F) documents to Tacis specifications. Network Pavement Survey Trial, Hong Kong The photograph shows the view of the new border crossing Highways Department point.

SWPE has been appointed by Hong Kong Highways Department to undertake a Network Pavement Survey Trial from October 2000 to February 2002.

This project carries out a trial on Automated Road Inventory and Condition Surveys, Rutting / IRI Surveys. ______Project team includes SWKCL, Impulse Geophysics (Video);

IGGE (radar), Henry Kerali (Birmingham University), Doug Brown and SWHK. Project Manager in SWPE is Dr. Francis Chan. Congratulations! (Fee Scale E) ______

______Wedding Congratulations! New Projects for SWPE from Sandra Johnson [SWPE, Nottingham) A double celebration in IO OU:

Trackbed Investigation Appointed By Balfour Beatty Rail Many congratulations to Claire Davidson on the occasion of Renewals her marriage to David Suarez-Reis on Saturday 8th September. Claire will be known as Claire Suarez. SWPE has been appointed by Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals to undertake a trackbed investigation at Shortlands Junction, and to Andrew Kasekende, on the occasion of his marriage which form part of the Railtrack Southern Zone CTRL project. to Eunice on Saturday 15 September

This project involves use of the Automatic Ballast Sampler Congratulations to Susan Shakespeare (née Bunton) and (ABS) to take representative samples of trackbed layers Justin who got married on 1st September. Best wishes and generally to a depth of 1m measured from the top of rail. good luck for the future. Special arrangements have been made to reduce the noise as the ABS is driven, due to the proximity of residential areas. Best wishes to Dimps Smith (née Bhagwanji), PPA OU, Nevertheless there are some locations where traditional hand- Basingstoke, who married Brian on Saturday 22nd September. dug Trial Holes will be required, due to the stringent noise ______reduction requirements. Project Manager in SWPE is Keith

Fry, ably assisted by Simon Middleton. (Fee Scale G) Moves

Glasgow City Council Pavement Surveys 2001 STARTERS

SWPE has been commissioned by Glasgow City Council to A warm welcome to:- undertake UKPMS Visual Surveys on their 1300km road network. In addition, Deflectograph, SCRIM, Ground Radar Sam Smith, Senior Secretary, Abingdon and Coring Surveys have also been requested as well as the Jackie Smith, CAD Illustrator, Basingstoke refitting of historical deflectograph data to Glasgow's PMS. The following who have joined SWPE, Nottingham: The surveys will be staffed and managed from Nottingham Glynn Ladbrooke (Technical Assistant), 13 September however the assistance offered by Glasgow office will be Tom Bexon (Technical Assistant), 24 September greatly appreciated. James Biddlestone (Technical Assistant), 24 September

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were directed at the railway depot and not the city as a whole, Vacancies do not help in the slightest. Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section ______before replying to any vacancy advertised.

From Mike Aitchison [R, Crewe] For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. Following the recent tragic events in the USA, the following Assistant Engineer/Chartered Engineer - Morley extract was printed on the “SETI at Home” website. I find it puts things in perspective; the worst we can do to each other is, in the grand scale of things, figuratively, a drop in the Morley office urgently seeks either an Assistant Engineer or ocean. Perhaps it gives you comfort, too, or, depending on Chartered Engineer (or both) for water and wastewater your philosophy, perhaps the opposite… read and ponder. projects within the Yorkshire Boundaries. These two posts will be site based from South Yorkshire (Barnsley area) to (From Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space North and East Yorkshire. The projects are of varying by Carl Sagan, Random House, 1994) lengths, but at least until next summer, and two of the projects go well into 2003.

If you are interested please contact Vincent Bamford at the Morley office on 0113 253 8346. ______For Sale & Wanted

Available: Water/Geotechnics Sections have 2 typewriters no longer needed by us. One is a Canon AP1000 with spare ribbon casettes and correction tapes. The other is a Hermes top-tronic. If anyone would like them please contact Hilary on BA 347 or Claire on BA 265 by Friday 5th October. ______Earth (the dot in the middle) as seen from 3.7 billion miles Car For Sale: BMW 318i. 1992 J, Excellent condition. FSH away by the Voyager 1 spacecraft on 6/6/1990. 90,000 miles. £3850 ono. Contact Mike Jackson, Airports, Basingstoke. “... Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's ______us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic What’s on your Mind? doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and RE: Rob Tidbury's Profile father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of from Chris Hicks [SP Plymouth] morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our I realise that this is all a matter of semantics but I think that species lived there - on a mote of dust suspended in a Rob Tidbury's profile in the recent issue of ScottLight could sunbeam. give a less than favourable picture of life/work in Plymouth. The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and I hope that Rob did not mean to imply that Plymouth (as a emperors, so that, in glory and triumph, they could become whole) is where he feels that 'all ambition dies', but was the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the referring to the particular depot in which he worked. If it was endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of the depot it couldn't have been all that bad, it would appear this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some that he worked there for 15 years! other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds. We at the Plymouth office are committed to raising the profile Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion of our office, city and region - an already difficult task bearing in mind our location. These negative opinions, even if they

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that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light.

Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. The Earth is the only world known so far to harbour life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.

It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known.” ______

from Claire Burton [PPA, Abingdon]

I would like to thank the Basingstoke office for providing myself and my colleagues with many minutes of entertaining reading in Scott Light. However I have to question the paper wastage in duplicating hundreds of copies of Scott Light with so much 'office-specific' trivia inside. Perhaps Basingstoke should have their own supplement for such information as 'blocked sinks, office reorganisation and kidnapped/travelling gnomes'! Does the rest of the company really need to know about all that?

This may have been discussed in the past before I joined the company, but can anyone tell me why ScottLight is not emailed out to all employees? If individuals prefer to read from paper, then there are always printers for such tasks. I personally feel that the quantity of paper discarded after a few minutes read every week is quite astounding and the environmental implications, well...... need I say more...... ?

Editor: This subject has been brought up before and the answer has always been that the purpose of ScottLight is to disseminate information that is of use and interest to a wide range of readers and everything that is printed may not be of use to everyone. It can’t be personally tailored to the requirements of every reader.

The questionnaire undertaken earlier this year showed that the majority of staff still wish to receive ScottLight as a hard copy and not by e-mail. Any office that wishes to cut down the number of paper copies it receives and view it on Pontifact instead are of course entitled to do so. ______

All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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Escorts Required ! ************ Overworked female Project Administrator WLTM Study Tour Chaperone!

10 Senior Managers from Vietnam Only requirements are: Interest in are arriving in October for a 10 day travel, Cultural awareness, KOSW for visit. Opportunity to visit many answering questions, smart European hotspots including appearance, FMPS, EOFD and most Chesterfield, Darlington, importantly a GSOH! Don’t worry Nottingham and Paris (yes PARIS, JNP!!!! FRANCE!) OHAC not required as all costs The tour is Transport related (food, transport and including visits to Universities, accommodation) will be met. Government departments, TRL and other places of interest. This is not the only tour – there will be many more opportunities Great opportunity for ‘young’ available. employee to gain invaluable knowledge.

Please contact Emma Parsons on Basingstoke x413 for more information.

Guide to Study Tour Lingo!

WLTM Would Like To Meet KOSW Knowledge Of Scott Wilson FMPS Financial Management for Personal Shopping EOFD Enjoyment Of Fine Dining GSOH Good Sense Of Humour JNP Job Number Provided OHAC Own home and car

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Issue 314 Week ending: 5 October 2001 Attention - All Staff! Charnseuk will be received and looked after by the first Staff Survey Award recipient Terence Leung during his stay in Hong From Chris White [SWHL] Kong. He will be given an office orientation before spending time with one or two sections. He will also visit some of the As promised by Geoff French in ScottLight Issue 313 some Hong Kong company's construction sites. In his role as an more information regarding the survey. ambassador, Charnseuk will introduce the Scott Wilson (Thailand) operations and the Rama 8 Bridge project (in Firstly who are the Industrial Society? The Industrial Society which Charnseuk has been involved on site) in a Powerpoint is the UK’s largest independent provider of advisory and presentation to the Hong Kong office. He will also be writing training services for the development of people at work. It is to News SWAP after his visit to share his experiences of the a not-for-profit national asset founded in 1918. Set up as a Award. charity, it received a Royal Charter in 1984. They encourage good practices in employment and staff development, and are We wish Charnseuk a fruitful and enjoyable visit to Hong perceived as being totally impartial by management, staff and Kong. unions. They are guided by a Council whose memb ers are ______drawn from the top echelons of commerce, industry, education, local government and trade unions. Corporate UK Letterhead Templates and Printing The Team assigned to our survey by the Industrial Society from Tim Blow [CS, Basingstoke] are Linda Macloughlin and Kelly Drewery whom some of you will be seeing later this month. With a view to cutting costs on pre-printing letterhead paper for each office in the UK, and the subsequent wastage of As this is a project that Diane O’Sullivan is managing on our paper when an address or contact number changes, it has behalf I shall leave it to Diane to advise on how the survey is been decided to only order pre-printed colour logo paper in to be conducted once she returns to the office next week. future. ______Letterhead templates for each office have been set up and Osborn Travel Award 2001 placed in the template folder in MicroSoft Word. These From Martin Kwong [SWAP, Hong Kong) templates are designed to be printed in black ink only onto the pre-printed colour logo paper via your local laser printer. I am pleased to announce that the Osborn Travel Award 2001 is awarded to Charnseuk Iammongkol from Scott Wilson The templates must be "Saved as", and not overwritten, and Kirkpatrick (Thailand) Ltd. Charnseuk will visit the Hong stored on your local hard drives rather than in the template Kong office for the week of 14th to 21st October 2001. folder.

The Osborn Travel Award was founded by Mr Robin Osborn Any changes to these templates must be referred to in 1998 at his retirement from the Chairmanship of Asia- Marketing for implementation. Pacific Holding Company with a generous donation of ______HK$100,000 to assist young pre-qualified professionals under 30 years old to travel from one regional Scott Wilson office to Ron Viapree another for a short visit (eg. 1 week) as an ambassador to From Chris White [SWHL] promote Group understanding and co-operation. The donation is to be an endowment and used for travel only. Janet Viapree (Ron’s widow) has written expressing her The salary for the awardee will continue to be paid by the thanks to all Ron’s colleagues and friends for attending his home office while the accommodation and per diem will be funeral. Janet and daughter drew comfort from such support borne by the receiving office. and company and it meant a lot to her. ______

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Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact Morley Move Newsletter this Week: from Leanne Dyas [C, Morley]

As a result of our increasing workload and therefore an Database Management System (DBMS) increase in staff numbers, it has become necessary to move What is DBMS? to larger premises. Our new office has the space and facilities DBMS Functions to employ up to 50 staff, which we are now aiming towards. Types of DBMS

The move took place on Friday 28th September, and our new ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you address is : Unit 4, The Antler Complex, Bruntcliffe Way, want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do Morley, LS27 0JG. The new office is located next door to our you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? current office. Our fax and telephone numbers will remain the Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you same, as will the email addresses. have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you We hope you will visit our new office and look forward to like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you seeing you in the near future. have any comments about Pontifact?*** ______E-mail us at: [email protected] UK Quality Ash Association Presentation Change of Numbers for Telford 1st November 2001 Basingstoke Scott House From Roger Edwards, [Telford] from Val Barham [SP, Basingstoke]

Telford office has had a new telephone system installed and A lunchtime presentation by Dr Sear from UK Quality Ash to take full advantage of new technology it has unfortunately st been necessary to change the phone numbers. Association as been arranged for Thursday 1 November, 12 noon to 1.30 pm. Sandwiches will be provided. The new numbers are with immediate effect. Members of UKQAA are the coal burning power stations Telephone: 01952 235600 who produce a by produce called pulverised fuel ash. The Fax: 01952 235650 presentation will include:

Direct dial numbers are available and are O1952 235 followed ° how PFA is used in the civil engineer and by the three digit extension number. construction industries in various applications and highlight its benefits and strengths in relation to ______concrete. ° sulphite resistance, thaumasite, alkali silica reaction ° general explanation of European standards of specifying concrete Change of Moscow Office Contact Details ° Examples of projects which used PFA ° PFA for grouting, fly ash bound mixtures, examples Please note the change of address and contact telephone/fax of road construction projects of the Moscow Office of Scott Wilson since 29th September: ° PFA as fill material

Address: Maryinsky Boulevard., 11, Room 266, Moscow, Anyone who is interested please let Val Barham (Personnel Russia SP Division) know as soon as possible. ______Tel. / Fax.: (007 095) 345 64 55

Other contacts have not been changed: E-Mail: [email protected] Scott House Window Cleaning from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke] Contact person: Ilya Katkov, Mobile phone: (007) 902 600 06 98 The windows at Scott House will be cleaned th ______on Saturday 6 October. Please ensure access is clear - obstructed windows will not be cleaned. ______

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TRAVELLERS Basingstoke and Deane Asset Management Plan

Scott Wilson has been appointed by Basingstoke and Deane Location Traveller Dates Borough Council to undertake a pilot survey for the gathering of asset information with regard to their Industrial Ukraine Dr Nick Thom 2-12 Oct and Commercial property portfolio. ______The work entails undertaking condition and measured

building surveys for a property known as Chute House which What’s Going On? is located within the centre of Basingstoke. Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 This pilot will provide the basis for client consideration in Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 developing a brief for an asset management survey on the Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 whole of the Council’s property portfolio.

(Scale H) New Projects for Facilities Management From Ray Field [SP] ______

Defence Housing Executive Moves

Scott Wilson has been appointed by the Defence Housing Executive (DHE) to undertake independent audits on the STARTERS implementation of maintenance activities at a number of their sites. A warm welcome to:-

The audits review the procurement procedures adopted in Sarah Clint and Fraser Patterson who joined Peterborough providing maintenance services to military personnel residing office on 1 October 2001. in the properties and whether value for money has been achieved. Lusa Armstrong who joined Basingstoke office on 1st October as Secretarial Assistant to Angela Lowle. DHE are one of the largest landlords within the UK with responsibility for 55,000 residential properties spread Gordon Philpott (Principal Engineer, Roads) and Paul Smith throughout the country. (Fee Scale G) (Graduate under Agreement), both of whom joined the Newcastle upon Tyne office on 1st October. City Of Westminster College Tim Doubell (Senior Structural Engineer), Structures Section, Scott Wilson has been re-appointed by City of Westminster Chesterfield, 1 October College, to provide facilities management services for the five establishments forming the educational estate. The scope of Fran Atkins (Technical Assistant), Structures Section, this two-year term contract includes: Chesterfield, 1 October ______· Provision of 24-hour emergency help line · Planned Preventative Maintenance · Minor maintenance and small works schemes LEAVERS · Provision of consultancy advice · Budgetary and financial administration Goodbye and Good Luck to:

This project was tendered by the Client following the Pat Jones who retired from Basingstoke office on 28th completion of our original contract which included two September periods of extension beyond its original term. Graham Thompson left the Peterborough office on 21 Scott Wilson was selected on the basis of a quality and September financial evaluation. (Scale F) David Webb who leaves Peterborough office on 5 October 2001

Kerry Clark who left Admin Basingstoke (SP) on Friday 29th September.

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because the Imperial Roman chariots were made to be just Sports & Socials wide enough to accommodate the back-ends of two war horses. So a major design feature of the shuttle, which is Badminton Club arguably the world's most advanced transportation system From John Andrews [RC, Basingstoke] was determined by the width of a horse's rear. ______

The Basingstoke Badminton club is still running on a Monday evening and would welcome more players. If anyone is interested in playing between 6pm and Vacancies 7:20, of any standard, please contact me. Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section ______before replying to any vacancy advertised.

For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Tech Spec Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. from Pat Sly [R, Swindon] Experienced Contracts Engineer - Manchester When we see a space shuttle sitting on the launch pad, there Airport are two big booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are the solid rocket boosters, or SRB's. The Scott Wilson has been working in close liaison with SRB's are made by Thiokol at a factory in Utah, USA. The Manchester Airport's Project Management Team on the engineers who designed the SRB's might have preferred to second runway project for 9 years. We currently require an make them a bit fatter, but the SRB's had to be shipped by engineer/QS to assist with the post-contract resolution of train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line to the main civil engineering contract for Manchester Airport's the factory runs through a tunnel in the mountains. The second runway. SRB's had to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than a railroad track, and the US standard railroad The candidate who will be based with the Scott Wilson team gauge (the distance between the rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. in the client's offices at the airport must have a solid grounding in dealing with claims and contractual matters on That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge civil engineering or building projects, ideally with D&C used? Because that's the way they built them in England, and experience and/or computerised programming ability the US railroads were built by English expatriates. although neither are absolutely essential.

Why did English people build them like that? Because the Please contact John Peters (Tel : 0161 489 2255)or David first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre- Farthing @ Basingstoke in the first instance. railroad tramways, and that's the gauge they used. Why did ______"they" use that gauge then? Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used that wheel spacing. Okay! For Sale & Wanted

Why did the wagons use that odd wheel spacing? Well, if they tried to use any other spacing the wagons would break Surplus to Requirements - British Standards: on some of the old, long distance roads, because that's the We have a number of British Standards at Peterborough in spacing of the old wheel ruts. So who built these old rutted hard copy format, which are surplus to requirements. They roads? The first long distance roads in Europe were built by are generally of a highways/ drainage flavour. They are up to Imperial Rome for the benefit of their legions. The roads have date as at beginning of September 2001. If any other offices been used ever since. would like them please e-mail Dianne Sweeney at Peterborough for details. And the ruts? The initial ruts, which everyone else had to match for fear of destroying their wagons, were first made by For Sale: 21 Inch Colour Television with Remote Control Roman war chariots. Since the chariots were made for or by and Stand. Ideal for student. £50 ono. Imperial Rome they were all alike in the matter of wheel Contact Alison Knowles in Basingstoke x300. spacing, thus, we have the answer to the original question. The United States standard railroad gauge of 4 feet, 8.5 For Sale: 1998 Ford Fiesta, R Reg, 1.3 Z-Tec Engine, Twin inches derives from the original specification for an Imperial Air Bags, Sunroof, MOT & Tax, 21K Miles. £4600 ono Roman army war chariot. Specs and bureaucracies live Contact Mel on Basingstoke ex 375 forever. Wanted: Does any Basingstoke Operating Unit have So, the next time you are handed a specification and wonder unwanted Shannon Blic orange slings for desk drawers, also what horse's *** came up with it, you may be exactly right,

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concertina files and Lever Arch files. If so, please contact Secondly, in some of the Scott Wilson offices at which I have Barbara Smith on Ext. 402 as IO/Area 3 could use them. worked, Outlook is set up to default to there being no 'Outlook Address Book' which means that even if a Lift Sharing possibilities?? distribution list is created in 'Contacts', it's impossible to send Does anyone who drives to Scott House from Winchester anything to it because 'Contacts' is not included on the area want to share costs? I live near the train station in address book list. Distribution lists save a lot of time by Winchester and would gladly contribute to petrol costs. allowing a message or meeting request etc to be sent very Please contact Richard Nicoll:- easily to large groups of people as well as ensuring that no- richard.nicoll@scottwils on.com one is missed out (the lists are updated as and when by the Tel: +44 (0) 1256 461161 x220 user).

Also, is anyone travelling to the Induction Weekend from Thirdly, lists of emails sent or received can easily be printed the south-central coast? If we can get a group we can get a out together with any information selected by the user such car! as 'Cc', 'Size' etc by using the 'Table Style' option on the print ______dialogue box. New categories may also be added (ie a record number) by using 'Customise Current View' on the 'View'

menu which can facilitate making records of emails on hard copy. What’s on your Mind? I appreciate that many will consider this advice to be tantamount to being told how to treat part of their breakfast, but I imagine that a substantial number will also benefit from Use of Microsoft Outlook it. Email is widely acknowledged as the ultimate business From Daniel Savage [C, Basingstoke] application for the Internet devised so far (because it is) and pratically every one of our clients uses it as the technology is Having been asked to reduce the size of email accounts to now over twenty years old. While I appreciate that there are free up space on the mail server, I looked into the Outlook plenty of highly successful professionals across all programme a bit more and found a number of useful features. industries who manage very effectively with a diary and No doubt many will have already discovered them, but given nothing more, I also suspect that those that do so are the number of people that I know to still open their mailboxes confident that among their own staff are people who can and only to be confronted with a large unsorted list of emails, I do use email effectively on their behalf. thought it necessary to write. It worries me that substantial amounts of time are spent trying to update applications such as Outlook and yet it Firstly, sorting email can be done by creating a new folder in seems that not enough effort is made to tailor the software to the 'File' menu and then dragging and dropping messages suit our needs. Consequently, everyone has a different into it in much the same fashion as employed when using solution to the same problem or worse still, no solution at all! Windows Explorer. Organising emails in this way also I should add that prior to sending this article to ScottLight, I facilitates dealing with them, as unread items remain marked looked at a variety of internal information sources on the as unread provided they are unopened. Emails can therefore Intranet (SWIFT, learning centre, discussion groups etc) as I be filed as soon as they arrive without any real distraction, didn't feel that ScottLight was quite the right place to air my then when one is ready to spend some time looking at a comments/advice. Apart from the Bridges and Drafting particular job, all emails associated with it can be called up sections, who had posted substantial information on the use and shown in order of delivery. What I didn't know, and why of LUSAS/Autoloader and AutoCAD respectively, I saw little some people were consequently being asked to reduce if any advice on the use of the one application that we do all mailbox sizes, was that mail could be stored in a 'Personal use everyday; MicroSoft Office, of which Outlook is a part. Folders File'. This feature stores the folders on the hard drive Consequently, Scottlight was my only avenue for ensuring of the machine rather than on the mail server thereby using some feedback, but I would suggest that something along the some of the largely redundant space on the vast hard drives lines of SWIFT's weekly advertisements be put in for one or our pcs often have instead of on the overworked server more discussion groups should they be advising on issues space. that concern all of us.

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Issue 315 Week ending: 12 October 2001 Attention - All Staff!

Employee Opinion Survey Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact from Diane O’Sullivan [SP, Basingstoke] Newsletter this Week: Previous editions of ScottLight have explained that we are about to undertake a survey of all staff in the Europe region Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) to discover how near Scott Wilson is to its aim of becoming What is RDBMS? a “preferred employer”. What is a Query? What is Referential Integrity? Before designing a questionnaire it is important to consult What is Normalization? employees and the Industrial Society are currently arranging “focus groups”. These groups will consist of randomly ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you selected staff from all levels and units who will be invited to want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do attend a 1 – 2 hour meeting with representatives from the you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Industrial Society. These meetings will take place between 23 Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you – 26 October and I will be notifying the selected employees have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture and their managers of the arrangements during the next few you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you days. like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any comments about Pontifact?*** I hope all those chosen will give their maximum support to the exercise as it is crucial for the Industrial Society to gain an E-mail us at: [email protected] understanding of issues in order to ask the appropriate questions in the survey. ______FabSec Presentation Free Lunch & Software From Mick Rowlands [SP, Basingstoke] Information for Basingstoke Staff from Pam McIntosh [CS, Basingstoke] A representative from FabSec will be giving a presentation on Monday October 22nd in room 2A/2B (Basingstoke) between Couriers - Scott House 12:30pm – 1:30pm. FabSec is a subsidiary of Atlas Ward and produces tailor designed / fabricated beams to optimise the Yet another reminder about courier forms. They need to be use of steel in floor structures. The presentation will take the down on Reception by 14.30 for the 15.00 collection and 16.30 form of a 50minute talk covering the following aspects. for the 17.00 collection. My staff have been instructed NOT to accept them after this time. If your form appears late your v Long Spans courier will not go until the following day. v Beam Options

v Cost Comparison Your lack of planning is your problem - not ours, and my v FB Software (freebees for attendees only) decision is final.

First Aid Book - Scott House There will be sandwiches and liquid refreshment available for anyone attending. ipdipd personnel may be interested to know The First Aid Book is now kept in Reception. that this presentation is credited as providing 2 hours CPD, ______certificates will be issued.

This offer is open to all. If you are interested in attending please let me know as soon as possible. If any other office is interested in hosting this presentation, contact Mick Rowlands (Basingstoke X595) for further details. ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 1

Photographic Competition John Nutt [IO, Basingstoke]

Sergei Turceninoff has recently been clearing up some old files in London and came across some cartoons that were used to publicise the Bernard Ranger Trophy in bygone years. Shown below is the one for 1972 which was drawn by the resident Scott Wilson cartoonist Dick Brown, who was a very active member in the firm.

Just remember the prizes - £50 per OU and overall winner £100 each category, providing sufficient entries. Full rules in Scott Light Issue 297, 8 June 2001.

Categories Projects Transportation Nature OU’s No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of No. of Entrants Photos Entrants Photos Entrants Photos C CS* 1 2 IO 1 5 1 3 1 2 PE PPA R 1 2 RC S SP SR *CS = Core Services

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Chairman’s Address to IStructE This commission will be undertaken as a Partnership John Tubman gave the Chairman’s address to the Southern Arrangement between Surrey County Council and Scott Branch of the Institute of Structural Engineers on Tuesday Wilson. The initial contract is for a three year period, with a 9th October in Winchester. Further details of his address will possible extension for a further two years, and an estimated be published soon. fee value of work of about £3,000,000. ______The commission will be managed from the Basingstoke office and staffed initially from available resources in the Lunch Time Presentation Infrastructure Section in Scott House and the Area 3 Team set up recently in Network House. Chesterfield From June Brown [C, Chesterfield] ______

On Wednesday 31 October 2001 Ruth Roll from Bidding for Major Commissions – Environmental Communications will be giving a presentation Lessons to be Learned on Communications and Public Relations and how that can from Caroline Moore [PPA, Basingstoke] work for us in future projects. It will be held in the Conference Room at Springwell House and will begin at 12.30 pm. My previous contribution in ‘What’s Going On?’ gives Sandwiches will be provided. Please ring me on ext 217 if you details of the major Surrey County Council (SCC) wish to attend. commission that we have recently been awarded. During ______the course of preparing our submission, a number of issues came to light which we thought we should share with those involved in producing similar tenders. These are ScottLight Index summarised below: from Angela Lowle, Editor

We were originally almost not going to be shortlisted to The index for July – September 2001 is now available. If tender, as one of the tables in the pre-qualification anyone would like a copy please contact me. Alternatively, it questionnaire had a box left blank. We have worked with will soon be available for viewing on Pontifact. SCC extensively over many years on significant ______commissions (T5 Inquiry, M25 Widening, Surrey County Transport Model) and have consequently built good and long lasting working relationships/contacts. We were thus What’s Going On? relatively complacent filling in the questionnaire because we Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, felt they knew us very well. It was only after contacts at Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 senior level were made with SCC, and the issue addressed Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 that we were invited to tender. Not all potential clients may be as rigorous in their assessment of bid documents, but it Surrey County Council Highways and seems a pity to fail at such an early stage because of a Transportation Cons ultancy Services Contract seemingly small omission. The lesson we learned from this from Caroline Moore [PPA, Basingstoke] – check that all questions have been answered (however trivial) and if a question is not applicable then mark it as such. Scott Wilson has been appointed by Surrey County Council to undertake a range of highways and transportation services. The question that was left blank in fact referred to the number Surrey County Council have recently received one of the of staff with particular skills and grade in various offices. One largest Local Transport Plan settlements in the country and of the boxes was left blank, as information was not readily to through the letting of this Contract will be able to augment hand, and it would involve phoning various offices to their available resources to achieve delivery of their Local ascertain the numbers. It would be useful if such important Transport Plan objectives. marketing information is available.

This commission is primarily concerned with transportation Knowledge of the client was invaluable during the bidding and infrastructure, but includes inputs from a range of process, as it allowed us to obtain feedback on how the disciplines: multi-modal transportation and movement studies; evaluation process was progressing, have a feel for how our public consultation; public inquiry work; design and contract submission was being received and subsequently address preparation of transport improvement schemes, traffic any aspects which we felt could be strengthened. management schemes and safety schemes; supervision of schemes works construction; bridge inspection and We had significant input to the submission at a very early assessment work; traffic signals; geotechnical work; road stage, and from a very senior level. Martin Nielsen gave his safety audits and environmental assessments.

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time to draft and review parts of the document, and the final text of the Quality Submission was also reviewed by Bob McKittrick. Geoff French sat through and commented on LEAVERS three versions of the presentation, in addition to input from Jerome Munro-Lafon. Goodbye and Good Luck to:

The presentation was given by four Directors (Jerome, Martin, David Webb, Incorporated Engineer, Peterborough Anan Allos and John Orchard), which showed Scott Wilson’s Peter George, Principal Environmental Specialist, commitment to the Partnering Arrangement at a very senior Basingstoke level. Rob Noble, Engineer, English Partnerships ______

Kings Cross: Surface Interchange and Access Movements – Demand Manager Sports & Socials from Caroline Moore [PPA, Basingstoke]

Scott Wilson has been appointed by Transport for London Jeans for Genes Day (TfL) to undertaken the role of Demand Manager for the from Angela Lowle [SWHL] Surface Interchange and Access (SIAM) group. The Demand Manager is responsible for producing a set of agreed Thank you very much to everyone in the forecasts and data for use in planning and design work at Basingstoke offices who took part in Jeans Kings Cross and St Pancras stations in conjunction with for Genes Day and contributed to a London and Continental Railways. collection of £202. Also thank you to Foxcombe Court, Abingdon office who had an unofficial The role requires the identification of demand associated with collection of £12, making the total of £214 to be donated to public and private transport services, that associated with various children’s charities. major land uses, matrices for future scenarios, local area ______movements by all modes (including walking) and the effects of congestion charging in London. Specific tasks include the BBC Children in Need Appeal 2001 identification and co-ordination of stakeholders and their 16 November 2001 requirements, investigation and collation of available from Christine Boot [ RC , Basingstoke] information, the development of detailed briefs on behalf of the SIAM group and the management of these. I have received this year’s 'raise a smile' fund raising (Fee: £50,000) package. There is also a retail catalogue of t-shirts, teddy- ______bears, etc to buy, if anyone wants to place an order let me know. Watch this space for special events leading up to the appeal. Moves ______

STARTERS Odd Signs Spotted on Holiday from Angela Lowle [SWHL] A warm welcome to:-

Heather Heaton, Business Development, PPA Basingstoke Steven Baker, Trainee CAD Technician, RC Basingstoke Sarah Clint, Graduate, Peterborough Fraser Paterson, Corporate Social Responsibility Specialist, Peterborough Anthony Beute, Resident Engineer, Andrah Predesh Phase II Michael Jose - Credit Controller - 3rd October 2001 Michael Humphries - Assistant Accountant - 8th October 2001 ______

(on a wall at the end of a lane in Bradford-on-Avon) ______

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Supporting a busy department this role involves the maintenance of client databases to ensure opportunities are followed up by senior personnel, assisting with proposal preparation as well as assuming total responsibility for the invoicing and billing of clients. The position also involves assistance with organisation of study tours for overseas visitors to UK including travel and accommodation arrangements, training sessions and study visits and general support. Typical administrative duties will involve filing, typing, albeit minimal and arranging travel itineraries.

To be successful you will be IT literate possessing a particularly strong knowledge of Excel, numerate and be able to work under pressure. A good team player with well- developed interpersonal skills you will also be happy working unsupervised and keen to take the initiative.

For an informal discussion please contact either Natasha Eremeeva ext 329 or Ingrid Shardlow, PPA Personnel.

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Senior Engineer based at RRH Saxa Vord, Unst, Vacancies Shetland - Grade 4.1 Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section before replying to any vacancy advertised. Scott Wilson have a vacancy for a Senior Engineer undertaking the role of Establishment Works Consultant for For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to our MoD client at the above site to provide operational Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. support to the MoD Property Manager client over a wide range of works issues. Business Development Assistant, Basingstoke - 1.2 Duties will include:

RC are currently looking for a Business Development · the inspection and assessment of works Assistant to work in Basingstoke. This exciting role involves requirements for all facilities developing client relationships, preparing for tenders, · the preparation of technical briefs and costings brochures, promotional material and market sector analysis. · manage an inspection programme, including Seeking new clients and business opportunities are also key statutory inspections, maintain data base records duties. including a Forward Maintenance Register and the production of costed plans. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree in Marketing, · a major task is the routine auditing and monitoring Business Development or a PR related discipline. 1-2 years of works undertaken and the preparation of experience gained from within a Marketing or Business reports. Development environment is essential. If your experience has been achieved within multi-disciplinary environmental, For this position you should have a good practical and planning and engineering so much the better. theoretical knowledge of the built estate with an understanding of Regulations, Codes of Practice and For an informal discussion please contact Nikki Wood in specifications applicable to building engineering. Knowledge Basingstoke on extn 311. of the MoD estate would be an advantage. You should have ______a minimum of 8 years experience in the building engineering service industry and as a minimum hold an HNC in Building Services and be qualified to Incorporated Engineer level. Assistant Project Administrator – 2.1 Those who do not meet the academic qualification but can PPA, Basingstoke demonstrate skills by experience may be considered.

PPA’s European Division is seeking an experienced The position is available immediately and is available until administrator to assist in the efficient and smooth running of mid 2003 with a possibility of some continuity beyond that their department. date.

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For an informal discussion please contact Mr Brian Murphy at 01763 244855 or contact Val Barham, Personnel Department, Basingstoke. ______

Scott Wilson Railways (Swindon) Commercial Manager - 3.2

We have an exciting opportunity for a Commercial Manager to join our Project Support Group based in our Swindon office.

Your role will be to support the Section manager in providing effective commercial and contract management services within the Company. You should have experience in project and/or commercial management of projects, as well as being able to undertake a full range of technical quantity surveying functions.

Successful applicants will be a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and hold either a HND or BSc in Quantity Surveying. Alternatively, a construction related HND/Degree with quantity surveying options is acceptable. You will have gained a minimum of eight years experience in project/commercial management or project QS experience. Previous experience within the rail industry or civil engineering would be advantageous.

nd Closing date Friday 2 November 2001.

If you are interested in this position, please contact Alison Walmsley on (01793) 515262 (Internal 07-75262). ______

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Issue 316 Week ending: 19 October 2001 Attention - All Staff! illustrated with various Scott Wilson projects including John Tubman’s Inaugural Address to IStructE Adelaide Bridge, Leamington Spa and Hylton Bridge on the from Chris Sketchley [SP, Basingstoke] A19. He went on to advocate the retention of the traditional skills of the structural engineer including the ability to sketch On Tuesday evening last week John Tubman (SP) was and to carry out moment distribution in order to develop installed as the new Chairman of the Southern Branch of the understanding of structural behaviour. He then Institution of Structural Engineers by the immediate past- demonstrated his own ability to do moment distribution and President of the Institution, John Hill, at a Branch Meeting at donned an apron to show that his answer was correct with the Guildhall in Winchester. the help of a D.I.Y. model of a structure and a paint brush. He rounded off his address with a description of some of the recent projects undertaken by the Advanced Technology Group indicating how full understanding of their structural behaviour had been essential to the projects.

Congratulations John, on an interesting and entertaining address and the best of luck for your forthcoming year in office. ______

A1(M) DBFO from Ron Wall [C, Chesterfield]

To all members of the bid management team. I was very pleased to receive the following e-mail dated 2 October 2001 from Amey Asset Services :

"Dear Ron

May I thank you for your endeavours and kind assistance in the past......

I believe Scott Wilson did a good job with the A1(M) - perhaps we were not up to your standard on this occasion - we had a few hiccups on the way...... Following the official installation, John gave his inaugural address to the Branch which was based on his observations You have a good team which made a positive contribution to in the profession over his career to date in both Scott Wilson the bid...... and academia. He opened with a quotation drawn from his University lecturing days which I am sure was not a personal May I wish you well in the future. Keep fit and keep on experience:- jogging.

"The students tried to spoil the talk, but the speaker Kind regards, sincerely succeeded." Eric Sherbird The main theme of his address was that structural engineers Amey Asset Services" usually have an imperfect understanding of the true ______behaviour of structures and this results in conservative methods being used in design and in particular the refurbishment of existing structures. The theme was ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 1

Safety Helmets from Dave Sutton [R, Swindon]

Although safety helmets have a life of 5 years Most helmets have the date of manufacture (after which time they must be replaced stamped under the peak. This usually consists of irrespective of their condition), their integrity the year, printed in numerals followed by either a largely depends on the way they are used and number of dots or a circle divided into four which stored. gives the quarter of the year,

They must be stored away from bright sunlight (as e.g. 1999 .. means that the helmet was made in UV rays will weaken the plastic) and must be the second quarter of 1999. replaced if they are dropped or struck by a heavy object.

Only labels or stickers approved by the helmet manufacturer are to be applied and helmets must not be painted or written on, as this again can damage the plastic. Keeping the helmet clean will extend its life but only use soap and water – not harsh abrasives or chemicals.

If you are offered a helmet by a client or contractor please check the date and the condition before using it and don’t wear it if it is out of date or showing obvious signs of damage. Also check that you have not been given a ‘bump hat’ as this will offer no protection against falling objects. (Safety helmets will have ‘BS 5240’ stamped under the peak next to the date).

Remember that you must wear a safety helmet where there is a risk of injury from falling objects; this obviously includes most construction sites. The only people currently exempt from this legal requirement are Sikhs.

Finally, please don’t leave helmets on the parcel shelf of your car - in the event of hard braking or a car crash it could kill you ! ______

Crowborough Town Council FabSec Presentation from Venetia Bradfield [SWHL] Free Lunch & Software From Mick Rowlands [SP, Basingstoke] The Town Clerk has written to Scott Wilson, advising that the Council has reviewed its purchasing policies, and that goods A representative from FabSec will be giving a presentation on (or services) should only be supplied on production of an Monday October 22nd in room 2A/2B (Basingstoke) between official order by the Council employee concerned. 12:30pm – 1:30pm. FabSec is a subsidiary of Atlas Ward and produces tailor designed / fabricated beams to optimise the If you would like a copy of the letter, please contact me in use of steel in floor structures. The presentation will take the Basingstoke. form of a 50minute talk covering the following aspects. ______v Long Spans v Beam Options v Cost Comparison v FB Software (freebees for attendees only)

There will be sandwiches and liquid refreshment available for anyone attending. ipd personnel may be interested to know

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This offer is open to all, if you are interested in attending Scott Wilson have been appointed to develop a programme please let me know as soon as possible. If any other office is of projects in the field of sustainable tourism, protected area interested in hosting this presentation, contact Mick management and fisheries which will act as role models in the Rowlands (Basingstoke X595) for further details. country’s drive towards more sustainable forms of development.

The output is to prepare schemes for funding by the Inter Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact American Development Bank (IDB) and secure grants from Newsletter this Week: the new Global Environmental Facility (GEF). These will include: new Park Headquarters for the Portland Bight Object-oriented Database Management System (ODBMS ) Protected Area; a Hellshire Hill Biodiversity Centre; an urban What is ODBMS? plan for the historic port of Black River; a south coast ODBMS Applications heritage trail; recreation areas and a Taino Museum. ODBMS Weaknesses The Scott Wilson team will provide a variety of skills from ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you tourism, planning, urban design, engineering and protected want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do area management, supported by a large team of local you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? consultants. Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture (Fee Scale C) you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you ______like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any comments about Pontifact?*** Lily Hill Park - Historic Restoration E-mail us at: [email protected] Development Works for Stage 2 Application To The Heritage Lottery Fund from Helen Palmer [RC, Abingdon] TRAVELLERS

Scott Wilson has been appointed by Bracknell Forest

Borough Council to carry out work under a development Location Traveller Dates grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (H.L.F) for the historic

restoration of Lily Hill Park in Bracknell. The park is an Cambodia Elena Stebbings until 26 Oct 18th/19th Century estate laid out with extensive ornamental Dubai Nick Wordsworth until 26 Oct and woodland planting which has been allowed to grow Hong Kong Francis Chan 3 – 11 Nov without sufficient maintenance or management in the past 50 Shanghai " " 11 – 15 Nov years. Scott Wilson will be carrying out historic research, Hanoi " " 17 Nov – 1 Dec surveys, site evaluation, design and public consultations Hong Kong " " 2 – 4 Dec over a nine month period culminating in a Stage 2 grant ______application to the H.L.F. for funding which may well lead onto further work if the application is approved and funding is made available for the construction of the works, currently What’s Going On? estimated at £1,300,000. Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 This project is unusual in that Scott Wilson has been Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 appointed without a requirement to competitively bid for the work. Scott Wilson was recommended by the H.L.F. Advisors Jamaican South Coast Sustainable to Bracknell Forest Borough Council on the basis of the Development Programme Feasibility Study reputation that we have gained whilst undertaking work of a from Malcolm George [PPA, Abingdon] similar nature for the H.L.F. A very small amount of work was carried out for the council at an earlier stage of the project, The south coast of Jamaica contains one of the greatest areas and on the basis of that, the appointment with Scott Wilson of biodiversity in the Caribbean, from dry limestone hills to has been made for later stages of work. fresh water swamp, but it is also one of the most deprived in economic and social terms. It is an area under great pressure The project will be managed and staffed by the landscape from bauxite mining, over-fishing, clearance of mangroves architects within the Abingdon (Avalon House) office with and the urban sprawl of Kingston. It also represents an assistance from the Basingstoke ecology department. opportunity to broaden the traditional Jamaican tourist product and build on the appeal of existing sites and (Fee £121,000)

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from Amy Burton [RC, Leeds] Moves Leeds office managed to collect £32. We also fined people STARTERS for wearing their normal clothes ______A warm welcome to:- Pink Ribbon Day Matthew Grace, Sustainable Building Specialist, For Breast Cancer Awareness Peterborough from Cara Rees [RC, Basingstoke] ______Friday 26th October is the day when LEAVERS Basingstoke office will be supporting Breast Cancer Awareness. Goodbye and Good Luck to: Pink ribbons will be available for staff to purchase at Reception in Scott House and people are invited to wear pink Stephen Crute, Principal Ecologist, Basingstoke in any way they fancy on that day. Michael Stacey, Trainee Technician, Basingstoke ______

Richard Farmer left SWPE on 11 October and everyone wishes him well for the future. Vacancies Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section Tony Smith (Senior B&CE Engineer) who leaves EWC before replying to any vacancy advertised. th Hereford on 26 October. For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Frank Percival (Senior M&E Engineer) who retires from Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. EWC Hereford Office on 31st October. ______Opportunities in Geotechnical/Materials Research Centre for Innovative Construction Engineering Sports & Socials (CICE) at Loughborough University, and Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering

Jeans for Genes Day Engineering Doctorate Research Engineers

Research Engineers are required to work for 4 years on a range of innovative research projects with the Centre’s

industrial sponsors. Applicants should be highly motivated From Angie Ottaway (SP, Tidworth). and a 2.1 honours degree or equivalent in an appropriate

discipline. A lower qualification is acceptable if supplemented I would like to say a big thank you to the following for taking with an appropriate postgraduate qualification (e.g. part in Jeans for Genes Day down here at Tidworth on Friday MBA/MSc) and/or substantial industrial experience. 5 October and helping to raise the fantastic sum of £133.70: -

The Doctor of Engineering (EngD) is a four-year EWC Tidworth, EWC Bulford, Property Management (MoD) postgraduate award intended for the UK’s leading research Tidworth, Property Management (MoD) Bulford and Bailey engineers who aspire to key managerial positions in industry. Maintenance (Tidworth) The scheme is funded largely by the EPSRC, and the student

bursary is topped up by the Industrial funder to provide a I have been involved with Jeans for Genes Day since it began competitive annual stipend (typically in excess of £12,000 tax- 4 years ago but this year we needed some new ideas for free). raising money and came up with selling food: bacon rolls for breakfast, cakes throughout the day and pizza/toasties for The core of the degree is the solution of one or more lunch (I won't give up the day job). Everyone entered into significant and challenging engineering problems within an the spirit of the day, especially those that paid a hefty £2.50 industrial context. Thus the solution of the problem will have fine for not participating. to take factors such as financial constraints, timescales and

personnel management into account. The EngD is a radical I would also like to personally thank Ewan Craig and Captain alternative to the traditional PhD, being better suited to the (Ret'd) John Williams for helping make the day possible in needs of industry, and providing a more vocationally their various capacities. orientated doctorate in engineering. Development of ______innovative thinking is required, while tackling real industrial

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Geotechnical/Materials Projects currently available include:

from Louise Thomas [PPA, Abingdon] 1. Railway Trackbed Renewal: Minimisation of

Waste and Reuse. A test perhaps of how good we are at making sure that 2. New Methods for Characterisation of Unbound potential clients get put in touch with people: Pavement Materials.

If a potential client or contact phones Basingstoke or any Successful applicants would be based at SWPE’s office in office to speak to someone who is based in another office, is Nottingham there a system or telephone database of who works where?

We have tried to check this from this office (Foxcombe Court, Please note these positions are only open to UK/EU students. Abingdon) to see if such a telephone network exists, and it

doesn't seem to. For an initial discussion and further details please contact

Robert Armitage at SWPE (0115 9229098 or by e-mail) As someone who joined the company earlier in the year, I

have often asked how I work out who works where and on Applications should be submitted by 16th November 2001. what, or directory of who works in each of the business units, ______with no luck other than a PPA chart, but have had to cobble together my own 'map' of Scott Wilson. How do we connect For Sale & Wanted people to the right office? ______

For Sale: Saab 900 SI 1997 P Reg, 1 owner. Midnight blue, 5 door hatchback, 37,000 miles, alloy wheels, air con, * stereo radio cassette, 4 speakers, electric pack, computer, air Reply of the Week bags. Full service history - serviced by Saab dealer. 6 months tax, MOT until Feb 2002. Immaculate condition inside from Geoff Smith-Grogan [R, Swindon] and out. £5,745.

I am afraid that the article submitted by Pat Sly (Issue 314) Contact Frank Lee, Admin Section, Matlock office - tel: 01629 was a bit economical with reality! Guided transport dates 761761 or home tel: 01629 551118. back nearly 5000yrs. with recorded use in Babylon in 2425bc. ______By the time the Romans appeared it was also in use in Greece, North Africa, Italy, Sicily, Malta and China. China had Available: 3 drawer metal filing cabinet (without a key). implemented laws covering gauge and wheel size by 100bc. Contact Angela Lowle BA ext 339. ______Until the building of the Stockton and Darlington Railway the Gauge of 4' 8.5" was virtually unknown. The whole world used 4'4"!

Malta has some the best sites which includes a classic gravity marshalling yard at a site called 'Clapham Junction' by the locals and dates from 600bc.

For further details see: Rutways and Stone Tramroads - by me in the Journal of the Trevithick Society, Stone Blocks and Iron Rails - Bertram Baxter - David and Charles, Early Wooden Railways - Michael Lewis (OOP), Proceedings of the first Conference on Early Railways- Newcomen Society

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Issue 317 Week ending: 26 October 2001 Attention - All Staff! ipdipd News The Wetlands Centre - Best Eco-Tourism from Francesca Hardiman Development in the World (ipd Southern Region Communications Officer) from Russ Canning [RC, Abingdon] The ipd Southern Region is holding its first course of the The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust new flagship Wetlands ipd year. "CMD and the Role of the Client, Designer, Centre at Barnes, West London has been voted "The Best Planning Supervisor and Principal Contractor" will run on Eco-Tourism Development in the World" by an independent Friday 16th November at The Anvil, Basingstoke. The jury led by Professor David Bellamy, in the British Airways course will cover lots of ICE / Pathways Objectives and will Tourism for Tomorrow Awards 2001. count as one day's CPD.

Scott Wilson's Landscape Architects were design team The course is initially open only to Southern Region ipd leaders and contract managers for this £16m redevelopment members, for whom it will cost their PLA only one Special of four disused Victorian reservoirs on the banks of the Leave day. SOUTHERN REGION MEMBERS: If you haven't Thames into a 105 acre complex which now forms the largest received your PLA yet, then make sure your mentor passes constructed urban wildlife habitat in the world. on your Confirmation of Details form and you pass it onto Cara Rees in Basingstoke!!! The scheme has previously received an RICS Award for Regeneration in 2000. If the course does not fill up, it will be opened to all Scott Wilson employees, at a (very small) cost to their OU. ipd Members from other regions would also be eligible, but they would have to pay for it out of their PLAs.

To sign up, contact Catherine Christophers in Basingstoke. ______

The ipd Intranet site has recently been updated. There is a *new* Quick Link from the home page. All the old useful information is still there and the Southern Region page contains details of the *new* keen-as-mustard Committee and all the courses planned for the year. The Scotland and Central Region pages will be posted as soon as information from those regions is forthcoming (hint, hint!) ______

Changes to Computing Support From Stephen Leach [CS, Basingstoke]

Following his promotion in the summer, Graham Handy is now taking over responsibility for the day to day management of the PC and server support service for the Scott Wilson offices in the southern part of England, i.e. ______Basingstoke, Abingdon, Plymouth, London, Basildon and Peterborough

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through to the Computing Helpdesk on Basingstoke TRAVELLERS extension 250 in the usual way but if you need to escalate a problem then you should, in future, get in touch with Graham. Location Traveller Dates Stephen Leach will still be dealing with computing purchasing and budgets for these offices so requests for Chennai Serge Droogmans 21 Oct for 1 year additional or upgraded hardware and software should still be Ethiopia Ruth Golombok 26 Oct – 8 Nov made direct to him. ______

Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact What’s Going On? Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, Newsletter this Week: Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 Object-Relational Database Management System Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 (ORDBMS) What is ORDBMS? Project Management ORDBMS Development Defence Estates Partnering Agreement Scotland ORDBMS Features from Andrew Aikman [S, Edinburgh]

***Do you have any Information Technology topics you Scott Wilson has recently been appointed as Project want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do Manager on two RAF developments and a housing you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? refurbishment project for the Defence Housing Executive Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you (DHE), under the Defence Estates Partnering Agreement. have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you At RAF Kinloss, Scott Wilson has been appointed as Project like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you Manager for the provision of a new 2 storey central control have any comments about Pontifact?*** Operations Facility which will function 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, to support the Station’s flying and maritime E-mail us at: [email protected] operations. The implementation of the works is being planned and programmed to avoid disruption to the Station’s UK Quality Ash Association Presentation operational capability. (Fee Scale D) 1st November 2001 Basingstoke Scott House Scott Wilson has also recently been appointed as Project Manager for the Replacement of the HV Distribution System A lunchtime presentation by Dr Sear from UK Quality Ash and Control Cable Ring at RAF Lossiemouth. The project Association has been arranged for Thursday 1st November, comprises the planning, design and construction of a new 11 12 noon to 1.30 pm. Sandwiches will be provided. kV distribution high voltage cable and a new control cable to

serve all existing and planned areas of demand at RAF Members of UKQAA are the coal burning power stations Lossiemouth. In addition, essential works will be required to who produce a by-product called pulverised fuel ash. The be undertaken to equipment within the existing sub-stations presentation will include: and three new sub-stations, each having a capacity of

500kVA, will be provided. The works are to be completed in a ° how PFA is used in the civil engineering and phased manner whilst minimising disruption to existing RAF construction industries in various applications and operations. (Fee Scale E) highlight its benefits and strengths in relation to

concrete. The DHE have appointed Scott Wilson as Project Manager ° sulphite resistance, thaumasite, alkali silica reaction, for the upgrading of 208 Family Quarters (FQ’s) in the ° general explanation of European standards of Edinburgh area. The project is the first of a series of projects specifying concrete to bring DHE core housing in Scotland to Standard 1 for ° Examples of projects which used PFA condition by April 2003. (Fee Scale E) ° PFA for grouting, fly ash bound mixtures, examples of road construction projects ° PFA as fill material Andrew Aikman, Norrie Kitson and Patrick Friedli are leading Scott Wilson’s PM Teams working on the above projects Anyone who is interested please let Val Barham (Personnel from the Edinburgh office. SP Division) know as soon as possible. ______

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Childs Play Landslide Risk Assessment from Andrew Aikman [S, Edinburgh] in the Rural Access Sector from Gareth Hearn [IO , Basingstoke] Following the successful delivery of the childcare facility at HMNB Clyde, which caters for 65 children, Scott Wilson has In October last year Scott Wilson embarked upon this been engaged by the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund to 'Knowledge and Research' project for the Department for provide Project Management services to deliver childcare International Development (DFID) aimed at developing and facilities of a similar high quality at RAF Kinloss and RAF strengthening techniques for landslide assessment in rural Leuchars. These facilities will cater for 120 and 137 children access corridors of developing countries with particular respectively. The facilities shall be procured under Design & emphasis on Nepal and Bhutan. Some readers may recall an Build contracts. article in an earlier edition of Scottlight describing the successful delivery of an international seminar organised by In addition, Scott Wilson has been appointed as Client Scott Wilson in Kathmandu in April 2001. Advisor to provide professional advice and to oversee the delivery of a childcare centre at RAF Lossiemouth for 120 Since then we have received increasing support and interest children. This facility is being delivered under a single tender in the work we are carrying out. Consequently a number of procurement route where the project is being developed and workshops have been held in Kathmandu and in the remote constructed by a Contractor led joint venture. rural areas to train engineers and rural development specialists in basic skills of landslide recognition and The total budget for the three facilities in £2.3m. assessment. Towards the end of April a field workshop was held in the District headquarters of one of our study areas. Scott Wilson’s role in the above projects is being led by This workshop lasted for two days and concentrated on the Chris Ansell based in the Edinburgh Office. application of aerial photography to the mapping and interpretation of landslides and difficult ground for road ______construction purposes. Some of the delegates came from local district administration, engineering and soil Torbay Direction Sign Design conservation offices while others came from more distant offices, requiring a hike of over a day in one case. From Neil Rugg [PPA Plymouth]

Commencing on 30 July a workshop was held in Kathmandu Scott Wilson has secured a 5 month contract to carry out a on the subject of 'Geomorphology by Remote Sensing and comprehensive review of direction signs for Torbay Borough GIS'. This workshop lasted for three days and was attended Council. As with many other Highway Authorities their by well in excess of 20 delegates. Remote sensing and GIS increased Local Transport Plan settlements have not been were the key themes, with delegates given the opportunity to matched with staff resources to achieve their targets. 'play' with project data and see for themselves how the

research was progressing and being managed. In late August Initially the brief is to design a completely new system of a field workshop was held in another remote rural area and signs for the Paignton area to assist visitors to find the many concentrated on the techniques available for managing attractions and to use the most appropriate through routes. landslide problems, both from an engineering and a In addition to the sign design itself careful attention will be farming/land use perspective. given to recommending locations giving maximum impact

(while being sensitive to the local environment) and All three workshops were judged by participants to have enhancing road safety. Where appropriate, the junctions will been extremely useful. The only criticism levelled in the post- be named to make the giving of verbal directions easier and workshop questionnaire was the fact that workshops tended so that motorists know when they have arrived. The brief to be too short. While this is true, the criticism is a positive also includes the provision of recommendations for reflection on the quality of the training. pedestrian signing from the car parks and, for the first time in the area, advice will be given to those driving from the car Finally, on 18 and 19 October we held a seminar in parks to help them on their way. The new signs will be Kathmandu to publicise the findings of our research so far. designed in accordance with the forthcoming revisions to the This seminar is a necessary part of our ToR from DFID, as are Signs Regulations. the various workshops described above. The seminar proved

hugely successful and provided the team and DFID with the Sylvia Hamilton, an experienced signs technician in the local confidence required to continue the research over the next 18 authority traffic field, has been employed on a temporary month period. basis to undertake this work. It is hoped that successful completion of the project will lead to an extended brief to All workshops and seminars have been organised by our cover the Brixham area. local project staff. High professional standards have been (Fee Scale G) applied throughout by them, and they have greatly assisted in enhancing Scott Wilson's reputation in Nepal. On the expat side, Ivan Hodgson, Will Crick, Andrew Hart and David

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Petley (University of Durham) have invested a great deal of This post is a senior position and the successful applicant effort into the project to ensure the smooth flow of the will be based initially in our Harare Design Centre. research and the quality of the workshops. ______If you are interested in this position please contact Dermot Knight in Harare office. Congratulations ______!

to the following staff who have all achieved Long Service Awards For Sale & Wanted

30 years: - Jeremy Buck For Sale: Saab 900 SI 1997 P Reg, 1 owner. Midnight blue, 5 door hatchback, 37,000 miles, alloy wheels, air con, stereo 20 years:- radio cassette, 4 speakers, electric pack, computer, air bags. Norman Aistrop Andrew Bartlett Full service history - serviced by Saab dealer. 6 months tax, Paul Barton Stan Johnston MOT until Feb 2002. Immaculate condition inside and out. Stephen Leach Phil Machin £5,400 ono. Contact Frank Lee, Admin Section, Matlock Colin McKenna Alec Patterson office - tel: 01629 761761 or home tel: 01629 551118. Alan Tuhey David Webb Tim Williams Wanted: Are there any Scott Wilson employees who need ______accommodation in Basingstoke who would be willing to rent a house with me - Dennis Golovenko, BA ext 529, e-mail: [email protected]. Moves ______

STARTERS * A warm welcome to:- Reply of the Week Christine Rioland - Consultant, BCG London ______from Rob Tidbury [R, Swindon]

Following Chris Hicks' comments in Scott Light Issue 313, I Vacancies feel I need to pour some oil on troubled waters. Chris' Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section conclusions resulting from my profile couldn't be further from before replying to any vacancy advertised. the truth.

For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to I spent ten wonderful years working in Plymouth. As a Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. graduate engineer I was deemed "designated". This meant that I was part of a BR career development plan where people were moved into jobs with a view of becoming ultimately Scott Wilson Construction Management Africa "tomorrow’s senior management". I spent the next ten years Design Manager skilfully avoiding such moves that planned to take me away from the South West. I was not alone in my reluctance to Scott Wilson Construction Management are committed to move. Many other management staff from all disciplines total project delivery in the built environment through the avoided (and still avoid) such moves. It is because of this execution of Design and Build projects across Africa. that the South West was known within Railway as the "graveyard of all ambition". Applications are invited from members of the Institution of Civil/Structural Engineers with a broad experience in the I finally succumbed in 1991after one of the many re- management of design of projects with a structural bias. organisations I had been a part of made me redundant. ______

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Issue 318 Week ending: 2 November 2001 Attention - All Staff! Method). BREEAM is a wide ranging environmental Employee Attitude Survey assessment method that covers global, local and internal from Diane O’Sullivan [SP, Basingstoke] environmental issues. There will be a Scott Light overview of BREEAM shortly. Thank you to all those that have contributed to the focus group sessions. The Industrial Society tell me that they Before his time at BRE, Matt spent 3 years as an found them very useful. Please accept my apologies to those Environmental Consultant with ECD Energy and who had their session in Chesterfield postponed due to the Environment, a small London based consultancy. Industrial Society representative breaking her ankle. In his spare time Matt will be renovating his new house and The timetable has been delayed slightly but we are still on looking for mountains near Peterborough to go mountain course to pilot the questionnaire on 14th November and to biking down. distribute to all staff by the end of November. ______Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact PPA Town Hall Newsletter this Week: Mike Grimmel [PPA, Basingstoke] Multidimentional DBMS Last month PPA staff gathered for the ‘Town Hall’ event. A What is a Multidimensional DBMS? short note about the experience is attached to the rear of this What is OLAP? issue of Scott Light for your enjoyment. What is a Data Warehouse?

Anyone wishing to get their hands on a colour copy of this classic piece of Journalism please contact Melanie Sim in ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you B/stoke on ext 530. want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? ______Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you Introductory Profile of Matt Grace like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any comments about Pontifact?*** Matt Grace has joined Peterborough Office as a Principal Sustainability Consultant. Matt will be helping to develop E-mail us at: [email protected] Scott Wilson’s consultancy services in sustainable development and sustainable construction. Scott Wilson Christian Fellowship “What does sustainability actually mean?” is a common from Paul Garcia [R, Swindon] question. It is about achieving the balance between social, economic and environmental demands. For the construction SWCF are a varied collection of staff from just about every industry that means providing solutions that meet the needs grade and discipline, that meets within Swindon’s Western of the end user without entailing excessive cost whilst House, every Tuesday lunchtime for short talks, lively minimising the environmental burdens. discussion on topics that concern us all, videos, visiting speakers and chit chat, and again on Thursdays for prayer.

Matt joins Scott Wilson having spent four years at the Subjects discussed include ‘Life in the current world around Building Research Establishment (BRE) near Watford, where us’; ‘What do the 10 Commandments mean?’; ‘What is he worked on the government’s Energy Efficiency Best Sunday for and why?’ and ‘What values and views should Practice Programme and then on the development and we have regarding the War against Terrorism?’ management of BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment

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We believe that another group meets in Basingstoke, and Suspect Package? other Christians, some of whom we have had contact with, from Iain Calder [SP, London] are known to be scattered around the Scott Wilson Group worldwide. On a day further Anthrax victims were confirmed in Washington, Brona Graham advised me that a package had There is no membership as such and meetings are not only been delivered by courier, and was I expecting anything from extremely informal but often very lively! From a pool of Saudi Arabia? Her approach to not opening the package around 17 within the Swindon office, numbers at meetings seemed sensible given the circumstances of the day, so we tend to hover around the 10 mark, depending on people’s wrapped the parcel in a bin liner. other work commitments. “Scotland Yard” said the voice at the end of the telephone, Although we are Christians, not being one as such is and I explained my predicament and should I be concerned? definitely no bar to coming to meetings. All Scott Wilson “Putting you through to terrorist branch” she responded. staff are very welcome whatever your persuasion, even if you “Yes what is it?” came the gruff voice. Explaining again I was have none but are just interested! All meetings start at 13.00 told to dial 999! I did. As I hung up, the temporary hrs in Room 6.1 and last for around half an hour. You are receptionist belatedly remembered that the FedEx very welcome to bring your lunch! representative had telephoned … “the packet from Saudi is kosher”. Struggling with the mixed metaphor momentarily The Thursday prayer meeting, (same time and place), is confused me but then dismal actuality dawned. considered to be a key time for us because we see prayer as an integral and vitally important side of being a Christian. Now there are frequent sirens heard, of one sort or another, Indeed, someone said that prayer is the boiler house of along Victoria Street, but this wailing had a certain anyone’s faith. In addition, we have often been asked to inevitability about its destination. I could visualize the scene pray for various individuals, both within and outside Scott before reaching the window and reality completed the picture Wilson. This we are delighted to do, particularly having by painting in the men in white overalls as they ran across some small idea as to the extent of personal problems within the street. Their unmarked white Range Rovers were left like a the organisation, whether health, relationships, children or freeze-frame. just the sheer pressure of work. After all Scott Wilson comprises only a cross section of the world out there. What else could I do but stand by the lift doors, sheepishly holding the open package in my hands as if it were a peace For more information on topics, outside speakers and special offering. Unfortunately, I failed to appreciate the intent the events see our new website at: officers from the terrorist branch would have as the lift doors http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/thelight/ opened or the effect the sight of the “open” package would or contact Kevin Anderson, Nancy McGee, Paul Garcia or have on them in those first few moments of assimilation. Andrew Jenkins. We would be pleased to hear from any other Scott Wilson Christians or indeed anyone. We all jumped around a little, nervously, all with different ______reasons for doing so. My profuse apology was accepted, without reluctance, and we parted comrades who had shared Paper Recycling an experience. from Barbara Smith [IO, Basingstoke] So it goes to show, you cannot be too careful, but then again Over the past 12 months, numerous people have contacted … maybe you can. me to ask about the paper recycling scheme which is in place for Network House, with a view to implementing a similar ______scheme for recycling waste paper at Scott House. This does not appear to have progressed and as I have today received a Lost: Silver chain and pendant, lost somewhere in further request from someone else, I would advise the Basingstoke office – has sentimental value. If anyone finds, following: or has found them, please contact Aileen McLuckie x308.

The name of the recycling company is SCA (there are no doubt others), telephone Basingstoke 351456. They provide cardboard bins and clear plastic bags which are used as liners which you replace as the bags become full. A skip is provided which would use at least 2 car parking spaces. The lorry which empties the skip collects weekly. The annual cost is believed to be in the region of £65. All waste printer/copier paper regardless of colour is recyclable but NO general rubbish, brown paper or newspapers, envelopes etc (they will usually refuse any bags that contain rubbish).

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Health and Safety - Radiation Protection from Dave Sutton [R, Swindon]

To ensure the well being of our staff, record keeping, dosimetry and health monitoring for employees potentially exposed to ionising radiation will in future be controlled centrally by the Group Specialist Adviser for Radiation, Roger Hogben, based in the Telford Office. This reflects the situation that has existed within SWKCL for a number of years and is now extended to the whole Group where UK legislation applies.

The main areas of work where Scott Wilson employees are likely to be exposed to Ionising Radiation include:

· The use of Nuclear Density Gauges · Site Radiography · Within Military establishments (e.g. Devonport Dockyard) · Within Nuclear Power Stations

It is important to note that one of the statutory duties of the employer is to monitor and keep records of exposure of staff entering Radiologically Controlled areas. This is over and above any monitoring and dosimetry procedures a Client, or operator of an establishment, may have in place.

The latest version of the Group Health and Safety Policy (to be published shortly) will make it clear that staff, (especially women, to whom lower exposure limits apply) are not permitted to work on sites where there is a risk of exposure to radiation without first consulting the Group Specialist H&S Adviser for Radiation. Project Managers are therefore responsible for:-

· Identifying risk of exposure in Risk Assessments; · seeking advice from the Group Specialist Adviser on Radiation, prior to the use of any radiation sources, or before project team members work in any potentially contaminated areas.

Roger will then give advice on:-

· training requirements; · HSE notification or licensing requirements; · working and transportation procedures;

and will where necessary, arrange:-

· for employees to be issued with an appropriate personal dosimeter to monitor and measure exposure; · health surveillance for the staff concerned; · to keep records of exposure and health surveillance as required under current legislation (currently 50 years).

Project Managers should allow in their budgets for the costs of any dosimetry, training or licensing requirements which will be job related costs.

Project Managers, Operating Unit Health and Safety Managers or staff who think they know of anyone being exposed to ionising radiation without proper monitoring or procedures in place must contact Roger on 01952 290326 without delay.

Day to day issue and collection of personal dosimeters is administered by Roger’s assistant, Josie Edwards who can be contacted on the same number.

Finally, please note that when compared with some other areas of health and safety law, the various regulations governing exposure to radiation are closely policed by both the HSE and the Environment Agency, and that prosecutions frequently result from what might appear as quite trivial infringements.

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TRAVELLERS take account of flood risk. In some situations the Environment Agency interpretation of PPG 25 is resulting in

Location Traveller Dates development being prevented, even though the planning authority wants to go ahead. We have been undertaking Oman Colin Holmes 1 - 9 Nov flood risk assessments in Boston for two developments, and ______have been able, through our expertise in modelling and risk assessment, to persuade the Environment Agency to adopt a

more constructive approach. What’s Going On? Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, PPA and RC are now undertaking a joint marketing exercise to Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 develop this business. Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 (Fee scale H) Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 ______

The Sustainable Livelihoods Approach from Hamish Goldie-Scot [IO] Scott Wilson Nairn Activities in South Korea in 2001 The concept of 'sustainable livelihoods' is increasingly used from Bob Nairn [SWN, Camberra] by DFID and other donors as a tool to help design, implement and review development projects in a manner which South Korea (“Korea”) has an ambitious programme for the genuinely addresses the needs of the poor. A ‘livelihood' is development of roads, ports and rail facilities. The defined as the capabilities, assets and activities required for a Government estimates some US$275 billion will be spent on means of living. This is 'sustainable' when it can cope with Korean transport infrastructure during the next 20 years, with and recover from stresses and shocks and maintain its the majority of this investment sought from the private capabilities and assets, without undermining the natural sector, mainly through the new PPI Act infrastructure. resource base. Existing infrastructure is chronically overloaded, and the DFID is currently running a series of seminars across the UK country’s road system is a case in point. Carrying more than designed to understand better how the Sustainable 90% of the country’s total transport volume, congestion on Livelihoods Approach (SLA) relates to other aspects of roads cost an estimated 4% of GDP per annum, and these international development. For the first of these seminars, costs are estimated to be growing at more than 20% per held in Birmingham on 19th October, Scott Wilson was annum at present. selected to deliver one of three papers dealing with the relationship between Governance and the SLA. Hamish The development of new roads has nevertheless been a major Goldie-Scot (Pro-Poor Development MOU of the IO government priority since the first public road was asphalted Operating Unit) presented a case study demonstrating how in Korea at the end of the Korean war in 1953. Korea today some of the new participatory models of decentralised project has triple the distance of roads it had just 40 years ago, and management can unwittingly give rise to an increase in the road construction is expected to draw more than 57% of level of corruption. Corruption in development projects can overall infrastructure funding over the next 20 years as this have a devastating impact on the poor, as project benefits fail ambitious building programme continues. to reach the most vulnerable of the intended beneficiaries. Lessons were drawn from this experience to help improve the Road construction has been undertaken exclusively by local design of future projects. construction companies, mostly the subsidiaries of larger Chaebol groups such as Samsung and Hyundai, although the The remaining seminars, each covering a different aspect of 1997-8 Asian “meltdown” has created a viability problems for the SLA, will beheld on 8th November (Edinburgh), 19th most of these construction firms. Part of their solution has November (Manchester), 27th January(Birmingham) and 26th been to sell off existing infrastructure assets such as toll- February (London). Further information on the SLA can be roads which have been developed under the PPI Act and, of obtained from Hamish or from the 'Livelihoods Connect' web course, to bid vigorously for construction of new toll site on www.livelihoods.org. concessions under this legislation. (Fee scale H) ______The Korean Government played their part in the post Asian crisis environment by removing virtually all regulatory Flood Risk Assessment obstacles to foreign investors, opening the way for foreign from David Dales [RC, Basingstoke] investors to move into the private infrastructure market. The Australian investment bank, Macquarie Bank, one of the Since the publication of PPG 25 (Planning Policy Guidance) in world’s largest owners and dealers in toll-roads, has set up a July, there has been a requirement for the planning process to joint venture with Korea’s Shinhan Bank to both advise and

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invest into infrastructure projects and recently purchased the Then Macquarie Bank decided to bid for the concession unfinished Soojungsan Tunnel in Pusan from SsangYong rights for the Uiwang-Kwachon Toll Road Project in Seoul. Engineering and Construction. SWN has recently been commissioned to prepare traffic and revenue forecasts for this project. (Fee scale G) Scott Wilson Nairn has provided traffic and revenue forecasting services to Macquarie Bank in the past and has SWN had assisted potential investors in the US$1.5 billion been called in to assist with several of their toll-road projects Seoul-Chunchon Toll Expressway and is anticipating that a in Korea. The first of these was the acquisition of formal review of traffic forecasts will be necessary in the next Soojungsan Tunnel. This involved setting up a TRANSTEP six months on behalf of potential lenders to the project. traffic model for Pusan, a city of about 4.5 millions, which is the major port city for Korea and the third largest container SWN has also agreed to support the activities of a port in the world, making container traffic an important consortium bidding for Seoul’s Subway Number 9 Project, component of the tunnel traffic profile. SWN forecasts and which will be tendered for later this year and is anticipating traffic engineering advice helped to enable the acquisition further projects in the Korean cities of Taegu, Teajon and and the tunnel opens in December. Kwangju on behalf of Macquarie and local investors. (Fee scale G) ______

The next project was carried out for a consortium headed by Daewoo Engineering bidding for the concession rights for Moves the Yongma Tunnel in Seoul. This also involved setting up a TRANSTEP model for Seoul, a city of 20 million people. STARTERS The bids are to be submitted in October. (Fee scale G)

A warm welcome to:- In setting up these models we were able to obtain adequate coded networks. However, as the traffic assessments had to Richard Kilner (Assistant Engineer) who joined the be completely independent and guaranteed by SWN, it was Newcastle Office on Monday 29 October. necessary to derive trip tables and mode choice directly from household interview and land-use data and to provide a ______calibration for each step in the modelling process. Our TRANSTEP model is sufficiently simple but comprehensive RETIREMENT and flexible to undertake these studies and provide a wide range of sensitivity and credibility checks for our clients. Very best wishes to Tee Pemba who retires on 31/10/01. ______Another project was the sale of Daewoo Engineering’s holdings in the existing Baekyangsan Tunnel in Pusan. This tunnel partly leads into the Soojungsan Tunnel. Sports & Socials Negotiations for the sale of this tunnel are still proceeding. (Fee scale G) Basingstoke Office will be supporting Children in Need on 16th November Then, the consortium for the Masan Toll Bridge near Masan from Matthew Learoyd [CS, Basingstoke] City in the southern coastal areas of Korea needed our services. A consortium involving Hyundai Engineering and Bouygues Travaux Publics has successfully bid for the right to negotiate the concession rights for this toll bridge and is currently doing so. The original traffic forecasts were prepared by Seoul National University and SWN acted as technical auditors. As these are now out of date SWN have been commissioned to prepare fresh forecasts and are now in the final stages of reporting. (Fee scale G)

The Woomyeansan Tunnel project in Seoul is similar to the Soojungsan Project in Pusan in that it is currently being constructed by the a consortium of local construction companies, which are seeking to sell their equity interests in the project. SWN has recently been commissioned to prepare traffic and revenue forecasts for this project. (Fee scale G)

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(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) loan and Vacancies ISPA grant funds. Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section before replying to any vacancy advertised. A PIU (Project Implementation Unit) of about 6 Polish professionals has already been established to co-ordinate For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to and manage this programme. Two support positions are Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet. identified to assist the PIU and these positions are the subject of this tender. The first position is for a Financial Business Manager Advisor who will be sourced in Poland. 2.3/3.1 (dependent on experience) The second position – subject of this search - will be sourced in Western Europe: a Management and Procurement Advisor. The SP OU Chairman requires a Business Manager to Duties of the Management and Procurement Advisor support him with financial aspects of the business. The successful candidate would also be responsible for To provide instruction, training and assistance in overseeing the day-to-day administration of the unit. Ø use of FIDIC contracts Key responsibilities would be: ensuring the appropriate Ø Use of ISPA and EBRD procurement procedures administrative support is available at all times, management Ø Generation of tender docs and accountability for all financial procedures, maintaining Ø Implementation of tendering and evaluation and managing the marketing library, co-ordinating proposal Ø Contract management procedures and tender preparation along with presentation of business Ø Contract programming, monitoring information to the SP Management Board. Requirements of the Management and Procurement Advisor

The successful candidate must have a good knowledge and Ø Min 10 years experience in managing projects in understanding of commercial and business systems, water and wastewater sector, of which 5 years probably gained via HND in Business Administration or minimum on international projects Degree, preferably in a business related discipline, or by a Ø Experience of FIDIC procedures minimum of five years experience in a business role. Ø Experience with EBRD, EU policies and practices

th Computer literacy in Word and Excel is essential along with The post requires residence in Bydgoszcz, 8 city of Poland, excellent organisational and interpersonal skills. The for one year Feb 2002 to Feb 2003. successful candidate must be able to work effectively under pressure and remain customer/client focused at all times. Respond to Martin Edge in Basingstoke Office please. ______Search for a Management and Procurement Engineer, Poland – Bydgoszcz Water and Sewage For Sale & Wanted Project. Support to the PIU For Sale: Yamaha Portatone Midi Keyboard. We are shortlisted for the above project and urgently looking 5 octaves, 128 voices, 80 rhythm styles. for candidates to fill the position of Management and Complete with manual and original box. Procurement Engineer in Poland. The details of the position Original cost £460. are as follows: Would make an excellent Christmas present. Will accept £230. Implementing Authority: National Fund for Environmental Contact John Goodacre (Chesterfield Office) Protection and Water Management Contracting Authority: Municipal Water Supply and Sewage ______Company, Bydgoszcz Start Date: February 2002, End Date: February 2003

Background Ten infrastructure projects for water supply and wastewater infrastructure will be funded under the ISPA (Instrument for Structural Policies for Pre-Accession) programme using EBRD

All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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PPOOSSIITTIIVVEE PPEEOOPPLLEE AACCHHIIEEVVEE

Divided into groups we were encouraged to discuss what issues we felt merited inclusion into a ‘PPA Bill of Rights’ for both the employee and the employer. With the seating arrangement cunningly engineered the groups included experience, youthful exuberance, style and intelligence. Suggestions were collected and debated, and from these a future ‘PPA Bill of Rights’ will be developed.

Jerome Munro-Lafon then took centre stage to plot a course for PPA, identifying his aspirations and his visions for the future and to demonstrate the strong performance of PPA within the Scott Wilson Group. Discussing the "PPA Bill of Rights"

No gathering would be complete without an award ceremony, so Jerome did his best Jonathan Ross impersonation and the PPAPA’s was born (PPA People Awards). There were no statuettes on offer and there were also no Oscar style speeches either, winners did receive a rather nice certificate and a bottle of bubbly. Members of staff were recognised for their efforts and from these came an award for ‘Major Contribution to Scott Wilson Group’ which was awarded to Jason Morrow. Next year the awards may be extended to include ‘best engineer in a supporting role’, ‘best newcomer’ and ‘best special effects’!

To complete the awards the mandatory ‘lifetime achievement’ gong was presented to David Farthing in recognition of his 35 years service to Scott Wilson.

Some of the award winners David Farthing recieving his award

As the applause died, the bar beckoned and the race was on to enter a protracted discussion with a director or two – result a free beer! Jason Morrow was clearly the man of the moment, due partly to his social skills and partly to his new found wealth, his circle of friends was growing by the minute.

At around 7pm the massed ranks of PPA smelled the waft of food and a stampede commenced in the direction of the ‘wedding breakfast’. The conversation, laughter and consumption of refreshments continued long into the night. The perfect conclusion to an informative, interesting and highly enjoyable day!

The meal at the Town Hall – Ken Jores, David Farthing & Tom Krawcyzk

Issue 319 Week ending: 9 November 2001 Attention - All Staff! Computing Support Helpdesk Numbers Profile of Keith Wallace For SWKCL & SWRL who was promoted to Level 5.1 From Stephen Leach [CS, Basingstoke] earlier this year For the information of new staff, and as a reminder to long See Scott Light Issue 261, when standing staff, I would like to emphasise that calls for Keith was promoted to 4.3, for computing support should be made to the Computing details of how he advised Helplines and not to individual members of Computing Blackwood, Guthrie and Nielsen Services. at 26; survived his company halving at 27; helped acquire his The Helplines log all the calls and make sure that appropriate old BR office; survived a career threatening incident on a priorities are set. Calling or e-mailing individual staff rugby bus and claims credit for rejuvenating Hugh members diverts resources and leads to inefficiency. Blackwood. Since then he has pursued his motto of “work hard, do a good job and have fun”, with his customary zeal. The Computing Helpline numbers are:

Working hard reached its zenith in March with nine Basingstoke extension 250 successive nights in different beds, in four countries (his wife Chesterfield extension 250 was in two), grappling two fast burning projects: Dutch High Swindon extension 75971 Speed Rail (HSL) and the East Coast Main Line (ECML) Telford extension 610 upgrade. HSL reached £100k in fees in its first three weeks, a Matlock extension 742 Scott Wilson record, unless of course you know otherwise. The hardest job was a retirement speech for Jacky Hegarty, For Basingstoke, there is also an e-mail address “Computing who was terminally ill at the time. Support” that can be used to report problems and make requests. Please use this address, rather than the personal e- A good job was the team-work which went into organising a mail addresses of support staff. E-mails to personal mail successful day for Jacky and his wife. HSL and ECML were addresses may not be seen for days if a member of staff also good jobs drawing on the full strength of “One Scott happens to be out of the office. Wilson”. Here Keith enjoyed “Feeling the Power”. ______

As for having fun, going to Madrid at the Client’s insistence, MS ACCESS Skills, for what turned into a five-hour lunch; or sitting in the S- Information Systems Basingstoke Class Mercedes driven by Gilbert our Dutch Taxi Driver, even From Phil Le Gouais [RC, Basingstoke] more fun now with satellite TV and DVD (same price as a normal taxi, every project should have a Gilbert), were only As part of our IT development work and as an additional exceeded by seeing Hugh’s face when Keith posted a better service to the organisation we have invested in technical score in the Scottish Office’s golf outing. If you have seen training in MS ACCESS for Paul Lacey and myself. Keith’s golf you will know why.

Microsoft Access is a powerful database package, which the As for the future: more zeal on the motto; playing rugby until majority of us have installed on our computers but rarely the fun stops; continuing to pursue his ambition of seeing venture into because of a lack of skills in this particular his family through the week; and a promise to continue to package. We use it effectively as part of our GIS suite of push those above whilst pulling up those below. products and have developed administrative and financial ______applications for better management of the section. Also we have taken legacy databases developed by others for Environment mitigation and Drawings management

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To find out how your data may be better organised in a Offices - Rob Carr, Matt Grace, Guy Mercer database rather than, for example, a series of Excel sheets, or Industrial Units - Matt Grace if you have an existing Access database you feel that has Homes - Sarah Clint more to offer but you don’t know how to tap it please feel free to call myself (Basingstoke 342) or Paul Lacey For more information, questions, suggestions or quotations, (Basingstoke 254). please contact Matt Grace in the Peterborough Office. ([email protected] or 01733 896655) Also, if you would like to know more about Access in general, feel free to call either of us and we will be happy to give you an overview. Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact ______Newsletter this Week:

SMS Focus On BREEAM What is SMS? What is BREEAM? SMS History from Matt Grace [RC, Peterborough] Why has SMS been successful in Europe and SE Asia? BREEAM is the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. It is a means of ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you assessing a wide range of very different environmental want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do impacts of a building and presenting them in a simple, easy to you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? understand way. Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture How does BREEAM work? you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you BREEAM assesses the performance of buildings against a have any comments about Pontifact?*** series of benchmarks and criteria known as ‘credits’. These credits are grouped under the following headings: E-mail us at: [email protected]

· MANAGEMENT · LAND USE · ENERGY USE · ECOLOGY · HEALTH AND WELL BEING · MATERIALS Erratum: Health and Safety - Radiation Protection · POLLUTION · WATER · TRANSPORT In last week’s issue under the above title an out of date contact number was given for Roger Hogben. His contact The overall percentage score is calculated and presented in a numbers are: Tel: 01952 235600 report and on a certificate as a BREEAM Rating of PASS, Fax 01952 235650 GOOD, VERY GOOD, or EXCELLENT. ______

How is BREEAM used? Photographic Competition from Tim Blow [CS, Basingstoke] BREEAM is relevant to both new and existing buildings. Many organisations are under increasing pressure to Only 6 more weeks to enter this very worthwhile competition. demonstrate their green credentials and BREEAM is a Not only does it help Scott Wilson obtain a comprehensive recognised way of doing this. Many clients (especially photo library stock but also provides you with the chance of government agencies and PFI projects) will automatically winning some prize money. You could win from £50 to £400 include a BREEAM rating as part of the specification. It is which could provide a little pre-Christmas cheer for you. also used by organisations such as English Partnerships as part of the planning process. The three categories are:

What can Scott Wilson offer? 1. Project photos (Recent Scott Wilson Project photos you think may be of interest or are ones we can use in next In order to carry out an official BREEAM assessment, a BRE years publications). trained, registered and licensed assessor must be used. 2. Transportation (anything to do with transport that you Scott Wilson in Peterborough has a growing team of think would be of interest or could be used as assessors as follows: promotional material).

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3. Nature (This is a very open category and speaks for itself although we are looking for an environmental approach). What’s Going On? Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, Please look back over your last year or so to see if you have any Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 photographs that qualify in these categories. We have so far Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 only received 33 photos from 8 entrants, so there is a good chance of scooping a cash sum or even the title of Scott Wilson Brookes’ Pension Part 2 Photographer of the Year from the current holder Gareth Hearn. From Keith Wallace [R, Glasgow]

Entries to Marketing in Basingstoke by the 14th December I am delighted to update you on our progress on the High Speed please. (Originals will be returned to you). Rail Project in Holland (HSL Zuid). ______In an uncertain world it is reassuring that some things are certain. What is now certain is that Alan Brookes will get his pension, albeit that we still have to agree the amount. Do You Wear Contact Lenses? from Dave Sutton [R, Swindon] At 0030hrs on Monday night Alan signed our mandate for five and half years of Technical Due Diligence for the Lenders of the Concessionaire covering the development (implementation) stage of the project, and a letter of intent for 25 years thereafter on the availability (operation) stage. Indeed this may even help Staff who hold PTS Certificates should note that the latest my pension. version of the Group Standard which covers medical fitness requirements (GO/RT3353) now demands that staff who wear In case you missed the previous articles, the project is the €1bn contact lenses must carry a pair of prescription spectacles when DBFO of 90km of railway systems for 300kph running. The working on or near the line. Concessionaire is Infraspeed a joint venture of Fluor Daniel, ______Siemens, and BAM-NBM a Dutch civil and railway contractor. The proposals are impressive and in terms of experience this will Editor: A copy of the updated Management Structure be a great project corporately and for the team members. organogram is attached to this issue of ScottLight. ______Once Alan has recovered from the interminable meetings, conference calls and e-mails with lawyers, bankers, insurers, etc

and the occasional engineer, I’m sure he will publish his TRAVELLERS memoirs. This may tell us for example of the difference between appropriate and adequate, a subject which long taxed the brains of some of Europe’s most highly paid professionals; or how to Location Traveller Dates handle German Bankers on Sunday afternoons. Vicious, ugly rumours that I played the bad cop to Alan’s good cop during Ghana Bob Draycott 12 Nov - 2 Dec negotiations will surely be confirmed. Ukraine Adrian Tite 13 - 8 Nov Ethiopia Alec Patterson 15 Nov - 7 Dec Fee scale is B, but if we include work already done will reach Fee Scale A. ______If anyone is travelling to UZBEKISTAN would they please contact Phil Shepherd who needs to make a small payment to his interpreter under an EBRD project. Please contact via Moves internal email or tel 01793 772305, ______STARTERS

A warm welcome to:-

Lisa Wisniowski - Marketing Assistant, Leeds

Dee Mardon - Transport Planner, Basingstoke

Neil Cross - Technician, Newcastle

Terry Dyckhoff - Electrical Engineer, M&E, Basingstoke

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Angela Bates - Assistant Computing Engineer, Computing Services, Chesterfield Vacancies John Hitchings - started in Project Management, Basingstoke Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section on 7.11.01 before replying to any vacancy advertised. ______For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet.

LEAVERS Leeds Opportunities

Goodbye and Good Luck to: Whilst enjoying a good strategic location within the second fastest growing city in UK, the Leeds office enjoys a diverse Tim Dawe , Senior Engineer, Water, Chesterfield portfolio of its own work yet regularly contributes to projects Peter Schwartz, Transport Planner, Basingstoke within other Scott Wilson offices. The office is now seeking to ______recruit the following key roles:

RETIREMENT Principal Landscape Architect – 4.1

Tee Pemba A prime opportunity to lead and shape the future activities of From Peter Innes [Retired] the landscape team in Leeds. You will need to have successfully completed your Part IV examinations and be The “one liner” in ScottLight on 2 November must be a record, capable of marketing the skills of the group , winning new work for the shortest note on the longest career, so it seems to be and managing significant existing workloads. worthwhile setting down some recollections. It would be nice to have Tee correct my inaccuracies (if they are such) in a future You will have knowledge of both public and private sector Issue of ScottLight. He might also fill us in on his early days, clients and be confident of responding to their needs whilst including his departure from Tibet and arrival in UK, not to mindful of tight deadlines. In addition you will need to be forget his long-standing support of Tibet and the Dalai Lama. commercially aware, possess strong project management skills and have well-developed people-management skills in order to Tee joined S&W, K&P at 47 Victoria Street, in 1958, when he effectively manage a small yet dynamic team. graduated from Surrey University. He went straight into “Bridges” under AS McDermott and spent many of his years Principal Environmental Specialist – 4.1 with Scott Wilson in the same specialisation. It was always a key discipline, relating closely to “Transportation”, whose The primary area of responsibility for this role will be focused on demands for perfect highway geometry led Tee and others into Environmental Impact Assessment work. In order to be the forefront of prestressed concrete technology. The firm was successful you will need to have proven experience managing “green” even then and Tee’s greatest achievement was the and co-ordinating the Environmental Impact Assessment award-winning Greta Bridge on the Keswick Northern Bypass, schemes. If you have been involved in a major infrastructure still recognised as one of the finest bridges in the country. project so much the better.

Later on Tee worked in many of our overseas locations, You will be self-motivated with the ability to manage large including Saudi Arabia, Germany and Thailand. It has always volumes of work and resource levels as appropriate. been exceptional to spend as long as 43 years with the same Commercially aware you will also have the ability to raise the firm. It’s a real rarity these days. Tee’s accuracy, quiet profile of the environmental capability to the local business efficiency, and self-effacing loyalty will be the characteristics community in Leeds. remembered by everyone who worked with him. Assistant/Environmental Specialist – 2.2/3.1 Tee: If you write, please could you let us in on the secret of (depending on experience) surviving in the office on two leaves of green tea per day. ______The successful candidate will actively support the Principal Environment Specialist in managing and co-ordinating the Environmental Impact Assessment work within the Leeds office.

To be successful in this role you will have a relevant degree with 2-3 years experience in the environmental arena. You will possess effective time management skills, be a self-starter with the ability to use your initiative as appropriate.

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For an informal discussion regarding any of these roles please This would be a very interesting and useful secondment for the do not hesitate to contact either Mary Holt, in the Leeds office right person, as it would foster inter-Opco relations and help or alternatively Ingrid Shardlow, HR in Basingstoke. disseminate ideas and new approaches to contractual issues, all ______in the spirit of “One Scott Wilson”.

Part-time Personnel Assistant, Grade 1.2 If you are interested in this position please contact John Archibald in Hong Kong office.

IO have an additional requirement for a part-time Personnel ______Assistant to work as part of a small team in Network House, Basingstoke. For Sale & Wanted

This role will be part-time, initially 1:15pm to 5.00pm Monday to Friday, although some flexibility in hours to cover for holidays Room to Let in shared house in Brighton Hill, Basingstoke, and sickness will be required. £250 pcm. Must like dogs. Available from end of January. Contact Lindsay Carrington on BA ext.310 Responsibilities will include the co-ordination of the recruitment process for both new positions and speculative enquiries; Wanted: A female (pref.) required for flat sharing. Good inputting and maintaining information on the Company’s location (5 min walk from Basingstoke office), good premises. databases; processing of routine payroll information and Please contact Natasha Nosova, BA ext 410. standard letters and reports; and providing support to the department including responding to general telephone enquiries For sale: Surround Sound System. In good condition – all and filing. £500. Contact Lusa Armstrong, BA ext 356 ______The successful candidate will be educated to GCSE standard

with good passes in both Maths and English. Excellent typing skills, including a working knowledge of Word is a must. Previous experience of Excel and databases would be an What’s on your Mind? advantage but is not essential as training will be given. However, the ability to work as part of a team and under pressure is an important part of the role. Staying Power! Anyone interested in the above position should please contact From Stephen Leach [CS, Basingstoke] Amanda Hutson or Pamela Masson in Network House. ______Looking at the list of 20 year Long Service Awards published in ScottLight Issue 317, it struck me that 5 of the 12 graduates who Contracts Expert – Hong Kong joined Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners in 1981, of which I was one, are still with the organisation. 6 months Secondment

I am sure that other members of staff can quote similar statistics Scott Wilson Hong Kong are looking for a contracts expert to be but I’m also sure that it says something positive about Scott seconded to them for about 6 months to provide expert advice Wilson that such a high proportion of the intake are still around to their Business Units on their contractual issues (both 20 years on! construction and client agreement related). He/she will have the ______support of Richard Gamlen, who provides arms length advice from the UK. Don’t forget As well as providing ad-hoc contractual advice to BUs and site Basingstoke Office staff, the contracts expert will be asked to review and maintain will be supporting our standard contracts and specifications to ensure their Children in Need on currency and fitness for purpose. th 16 November It is envisaged that someone at Senior Engineer level (Pathways level 3.2) or above would be appropriate.

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Statutory Structure Management Structure

October 2001 SWIHL R RC Scott Wilson Holdings Ltd (SWHL) Holdings Management Board (HMB) Hugh Blackwood Peter Guthrie Chairman Bob McGowan Robin Hawley Martin Nielsen Keith Wallace Denver Brown Geoff French Chief Executive Officer Dep’y Chairman Geoff French (Strategic Executive Group) Russ Canning S Jim McCafferty Directors: Stephen Kimmett Bob McKittrick Chief Operating Officer Alan Brookes Willie Burrell Peter Crane Rob Carr Hugh Blackwood Jim McCafferty Stephen Kimmett Chief Financial Officer Gareth Clark Anne Crosby Jim Dykes Stuart Coventry Eleanor Crozier Bob McKittrick Pat Forde Ian Hay David Johns Colin Holmes Peter Lynch Jim Millar David Nye Mary Holt Simon Hindshaw Operating Unit Martin Nielsen Ronnie Hunter John Perkin Martin Pickup Allan Smith Mike Le Gouais Chris Sketchley Hugh Blackwood R Alistair Napier Rob Tidbury Graham Whitfield John Williams Andy McNab Secretary Geoff Redwood Peter Guthrie RC (Railway Management Group) Ingrid Shardlow Derm Knight AFRICA Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd (SWKCL) Jim McCafferty S PPA IO SP C Jerome Munro-Lafon PPA Scott Wilson Scotland Ltd (SWSL) Jerome Munro-Lafon John Nutt Chris Sketchley Ron Wall Martin Nielsen Marketing & Anan Allos Adrian Tite Tim Bilson Martin Burton Scott Wilson Railways (Scotland) Ltd Business Development (SWR(S)L) Martin Edge Richard Cooper Steve Brundle Roger Edwards John Nutt IO & PE Marianne Edwards Gareth Hearn Iain Calder John Holden Scott Wilson Railways Ltd (SWRL) Chris Sketchley SP David Farthing Amanda Hutson Kim Candler Bill Jameson Ron Wall C Peter Frankham Tim Hunt André Evans William Kemp Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering Debra Power Andrew Friedrich Mary Rook Ltd (SWPE) Geoff Redwood Secretary Gareth Jones Ken Jores Barbara Smith Paul Gray John Trinick Iain Snaith Neil Harris Mehmet Yilmaz Scott Wilson Pavement Engineering John Orchard Sdn Bhd Don Wootton Lance Van Dyk Richard Hoyes Ingrid Shardlow Colin McKenna Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (India) Pvt Robert Trenouth Diane O’Sullivan Ltd Geoff Ralls John Tubman SWK Ltd

Oceans Engineering Limited AFRICA SWPE SWK India Derm Knight John Nutt Eddie Foster Tony Hawkins Robert Armitage John Nutt

SWIL Fried Lutz Francis Chan

Richard Rawson Richard Elliott Scott Wilson Africa Ltd Chris Jennison

Issue 320 Week ending: 16 November 2001 Attention - All Staff!

Obituaries His swan song was his “personal” contribution to Singapore. Living in a hotel in Singapore for some weeks, or even F W Spencer, BEng, FICE months, he wrote a very confidential report to the Government, which recommended the development of Changi as a replacement for the old constricted site, even though the It is with regret that we heard of the death of Mr F W (Bill) Scott Wilson master plan had to be abandoned. The result is Spencer aged 87 on 10th November 2001, an ex Partner of the well known to many travellers. firm who retired in 1979. His funeral is to take place on

Tuesday 20th November 2001 for close family only. It must have been a good hotel, as he was known to all in Donations if desired to Save the Children. Airports thereafter as “five-star Spencer”.”

The following was received from Peter Innes (recently retired ______Director for Airports.) L R Page “Asked to contribute my memories of Bill, my first thought was to phone John Powter, who knew him much longer than I We also regret that we have belatedly learned of the death of did. Much of the following came from John. Mr L R (Les) Page aged 73, whose funeral took place on the th 14 November 2001 at Basingstoke Crematorium. Bill joined Scott Wilson in 1959. He had been in the RAF Airfields Construction Unit during WW2, with Henry Grace Les Page joined the firm in 1978 and retired in January 1993 as and John Henry. At the end of the war he returned to the the Cost & Management Accountant for the firm. Colonial Service in Malaya and served there for about 14 ______years. Peter Guthrie and Sustainable Development In 1960 the Partnership was becoming serious about airport From Bob McKittrick [HMB] work and Bill was brought in as an airport specialist to take on (very successfully) the development of the new discipline. ‘Urban Engineering for Sustainable Development’ was the Scott Wilson Airports had started up in Nyasaland, with theme of the 3rd Happold Memorial Lecture given by Peter Blantyre and Salima. With the transfer of the colonial Guthrie at the Royal Society of Arts in London on 5 Director of Public Works from Nyasaland to Hong Kong the November 2001. firm was awarded the Kai Tak study, and big oak trees grew from that acorn as we all know. Bill came with a background Peter presented an excellent lecture as well as dealing of airport work in Malaya and developed the business further ‘politely but firmly’ with some tricky questions and the firm in South East Asia, and into Africa, especially Sudan. Jobs got a lot of kudos from the event. won included Brunei and Kota Kinabalu. In the late sixties he won the development study for Singapore at the old, Paya The following are extracts from a report prepared by Kathy Lebar, site. Projects in Africa later included Lilongwe and Stansfield, Editor of The Structural Engineer. Mombasa. “The presentation was that of a convinced supporter of the Bill was a somewhat stern man, perhaps from the viewpoint of cause of sustainability, portraying a planet unable to cope a relatively junior engineer, but always kind, forgiving and with the demands humans are now placing upon it, and with very good at developing his staff by giving them the space limited time to address the issues before they spiral out of they needed. Also I have been reminded of his legendary control. “We are the first generation to knowingly mental arithmetic - he was always quicker than young compromise our future survival; there is no record of restraint engineers using the new fangled 4-function calculators! He in consumption levels” he said, warning engineers against was very instrumental in the details of the founding of SWK “the seductive argument that technology will come up with International, and thus holding the firm together at a time the answers”. when differences between the various Partnerships around the world were threatening the unity of the group. ______This is a Scott Wilson Holdings publication distributed to all staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UK and Europe. It is not for outside circulation. 1

In an increasingly urbanised world, he said that highly Chesterfield Environment Section Update developed first world cities were “complex, efficient, from Simon Wild [C, Chesterfield] technological, controlled, and highly wasteful”. However they were ‘brittle’ in that relatively minor changes in service The Chesterfield Environment Section has now grown to 10 levels could cause major upsets, such as gridlock in transport with the arrival or Dr Liz Ashton. Liz has a BSc in Plant systems, or blips in water supply or power. Sciences (1st Class) from the University of Liverpool and a PhD in the ecotoxicology of minewater discharges from the By contrast third world cities were sprawling, uncontrolled, University of Sheffield (1996). She is an EARA Accredited with stretched services, able to cope. Though not ideal, they Environmental Auditor, a Chartered Biologist, an affiliate were ‘elastic’ in being able to cope with high growth rates member of the Institute of Environmental Management and and generated low waste. Lessons could be learnt from them: Assessment, as well as having a Certificate of Competence in their ability to accept large numbers of refugees, for example, Environmental Noise Measurement (1998) from the Institute provided “an embarrassing contrast with UK attitudes”. of Acoustics. Liz joins Scott Wilson having worked previously for ERM (1997-1999) and Hyder (1999-2001) – He had some difficulty in defining ‘urban engineering’: it was although Liz did work briefly for Scott Wilson back in 1996 not master planning, or architecture, but gave engineers a after completion of her PhD on a project to investigate the seat at the table and a wider agenda. “Engineers must risks posed by dioxins in river sediments. understand sustainable development as a basis for their decisions – social, environmental and economic – and accept Liz has gained a considerable amount of experience in responsibility for them”, he said. It was no defence to take environmental impact assessment (EIA), environmental refuge in simply being the building provider. management systems (EMS), environmental auditing, sustainable development, environmental policy development He briefly examined the idea of a systems approach to city and strategic environmental planning. She has undertaken development, attractive to engineers because it simplifies the EIA projects for road, rail and other development projects – variables and allows analysis of change. Focusing on waste particularly the water, noise and air aspects, including as an example, he rehearsed the ‘use less, recycle, reuse’ completion of Appraisal Summary Tables (ASTs) as argument in the context of construction. “All buildings are recommended by the UK Government’s Guidance “New waste in transit” he said, suggesting that ‘no waste Approach to Appraisal” (NATA). EIA clients have included concepts’ needed to be developed, looking at the life cycle of the Highways Agency, the Isle of Man Government and buildings and ways of reusing them. “We need to make Severn Trent Water Ltd. Of particular interest is that Liz has demolition and reconstruction a planning issue”. been involved in projects leading to the implementation and certification of Environmental Management Systems to ISO The problem is that most engineers are not required to 14001 for clients such as BNFL Magnox Generation, Premier practice sustainability in their work. “We need a broad and Power Ltd and Phoenix Natural Gas Ltd. During these deep education for the best engineers who become decision projects, Liz has acted as lead trainer during interactive makers, and new career pathways for them” he said, “and we environmental awareness training programmes. must act now”. As an EARA Accredited Environmental Auditor, she has He stirred the audience into a lively question period which completed due-diligence and compliance audits for numerous ranged from the conscience of the individual, through the industry sectors – this includes creameries in Northern need to educate young children as they will be the ones who Ireland, a soft drinks manufacturing site in Southern Ireland, are affected most, to questioning whether the notion of refineries, farms, and textile weaving facilities. Liz has also economic growth is sustainable at all. been a tutor on the five day EARA Environmental Auditing Foundation Training Course which trains delegates in all When it was suggested that it was the responsibility of aspects of environmental auditing and associated tasks politicians to deal with such matters, not engineers, Prof relating to environmental management systems and Guthrie replied: “Engineers will have to enter the political legislation. arena. It is irresponsible to leave the future of the planet to politicians”. A strength of engineers was their ability to Liz is now working on the Scott Wilson project to assist the observe and measure: the results must be communicated to Environment Agency (EA) to prepare the first State of politicians, he said. The “moral duty of engineers, overriding Contaminated Land (SOCL) Report for England in accordance commercial and political agendas”, had been more evident in with the Agency's duty under Part IIA of the Environmental the past with the strong sense of professionalism. It needed Protection Act 1990. This project is a follow on from our to be revived.” recent completion of the Agency R&D Technical Report P5- ______053/TR/01 “Identification and Development of a Set of National Indicators for Measuring Progress in Dealing with Potentially Contaminated Sites”. Over the next 3 months, Liz will be assisting the EA to investigate land contamination data sources, and the collation and review of applicable data

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to facilitate SOCL Report generation. During the project, Liz Scott Wilson are one of the sponsors of this will be meeting EA staff from throughout the country, key competition which is to encourage ingenuity, environmental staff in selected local authorities, as well as representatives of agencies such as English Partnerships, the imagination and inventiveness. Welsh Development Agency and Regional Development Agencies. Young Structural Engineers International Design Competition The Chesterfield Environmental Section now includes staff with capabilities in land contamination, waste management, Entries are invited from young engineers for this year’s noise and vibration, water quality, air quality, environmental international design competition run by the IstructE’s management, and environmental due-diligence/audit. Educational Trust. Prizes to be awarded:

If you wish to contact Liz, or would like to find out more · £5000 (winner: John Barrett prize); about the Chesterfield Environment Section please call Simon · £2500 and the Drury Medal (under 25; Wild on 01246 210 329. · £1000 (best entry from country of low GNP: David ______Alsop prize); and £1000 (best undergraduate entry)

MS EXCEL Macro/Visual Basic The theme is to design a demountable information centre for Programming Skills a client wishing to promote sustainability in living and from Terry Rhoads [CS, Basingstoke] design, visiting around 20 different university locations over a 2-year period. Following Phil Le Gouais' article in Scott Light last week, Steve Rollason and I thought that we should let it be known It should be eye-catching and an example of good, that, as a result our own work requirements, we have both sustainable constructions, with energy efficient heating and become very proficient (in our view at least) at MS EXCEL ventilation. The one-level structure must be easily Macro/Visual Basic Programming. dismantled and erected in 2 days by installers travelling with the exhibition. If anybody has any proposed systems or projects based on Excel spreadsheets which they would like developed, then It will have the following: please get in touch with us. These can be engineering or any other statistical systems and not necessarily financial - in fact · a lecture theatre which can seat 100 people in we probably would wish that they weren't ! comfort with high quality audio visual equipment ______and controlled access; · an information/display area, informal in character,

open to the public and used for receptions for up to New Scott Wilson Group Stucture Diagrams 50 people. The displays and exhibits need to be from Tim Blow [CS, Basingstoke] flexible and easily updated; · entrance/reception and toilets. There have been various new diagrams produced recently showing the Scott Wilson Group structure and Management Board layouts. These are now available in colour from the The emphasis is on innovative thought, creative use of intranet, to be printed out or downloaded onto your hard materials in the context of sustainable construction and a drive in .pdf format. concise explanation of the design in total.

These diagrams can be found in the Business Development Entries will contain plans and principal sections describing Section on the Intranet under Company Information Sheets - the design and illustrating the concept. They will describe the SW Structure or obtained as hard copies from the Marketing structural form, show how the centre will be assembled/taken Department, Basingstoke office. down, including details of construction/erection techniques used and transport. ______Entrants must be under 30 years old on 31 July 2002. Potential candidates must send in a comp leted application form by Friday 29 March 2002. They will be given a registration number, and final entries must be in by Wednesday 31 July 2002. Groups of not more than three are eligible. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2002.

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Full details of the competition entry requirements and rules Scott House Information are available in a leaflet from Elinor Bone at the IstructE (tel: from Pam McIntosh [SP, Basingstoke] +44 (0)207235 4535; email: [email protected]), or from the Institution’s website: www.istructe.org.uk). Scott House - Staff Book ______Reminder

The Institution of Logistics and Transportation – All Scott Wilson personnel are to sign the staff book in Scottish Conference and Exhibition Reception as follows: 25th September 2001 Inchyra Grange Falkirk from Stephen Camp [S, Glasgow] Weekdays: Entering the premises - 19.00 - 07.30 hrs Leaving the premises - 19.00 - 07.30 hrs

Weekends: Entering and Leaving

Scott House Cleaning

The facilities team within Scott House are tasked with improving the standard of cleanliness within the building. To this end we remind staff that there is a cleaning log book permanently placed in Glasgow Transport Planner Stephen Camp met HRH Princess Reception for your observations/

Anne patron of the Institution when she visited the Scott comments/complaints. Wilson stand at the Exhibition. Stephen as usual never If your paper bin has not been emptied or sink area cleaned wanting to miss an opportunity to promote the Group we want to know. The items highlighted are read and enjoyed a five-minute chat about the importance of appropriately actioned on a daily basis. equestrian routes and Her Royal Highness’s views of the importance of Prestwick Airport. Stephen gave a brief and You are encouraged to use this book. comprehensive overview of the type of work Scottish division is presently engaged on. Topic for the Scott Wilson Pontifact After this, she discussed with Simon Hindshaw, immediate Newsletter this Week: past Chairman of the ILT in Scotland, the benefits and disbenefits of the construction of ferry terminals on the EMS islands of Rum and Muck for which Scott Wilson is What is EMS? undertaking the detailed design. Apparently an early start by Media Supported by EMS the contractor one morning disturbed HRH’s sleep while her Critical Success Factors Yacht was moored at Muck! ***Do you have any Information Technology topics you want to appear in the Scott Wilson Pontifact Newsletter? Do you have an advertisement you want to publish in Pontifact? Do you have any services to offer for Scott Wilson? Do you have any announcements to make? Do you have a picture you want to publish on Pontifact's front page? Would you like us to do some Research for you on the Internet? Do you have any comments about Pontifact?***

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Millennium Project Fund Raising from Emma Parsons [IO, Basingstoke] What’s Going On? Scale A - £3million+, Scale B - £600,000 - £2,999,999, Scale C - £400,000 - £599,999, Scale D - £200,000 - £399,999 Many thanks to all those in Network House who contributed Scale E - £100,000 - £199,999, Scale F - £50,000 - £99,999 to the recent batch of fund raising events in aid of the Scale G - £10,000 - £49,999, Scale H - Up to £9,999 Millennium Project. The 'Guess the Baby' competition (which included a picture of a younger Geoff French) caused much Ethiopia - District Road Maintenance hilarity and raised £30.00. George won the prize for guessing Capacity Building the most babies and was awarded the following certificate. from Andrew Kasekende [IO, Basingstoke]

The African drums never seem to keep silent for long - at least for the IO Mini Operating Unit. A new major project has just come on board that will contribute significantly to Scott Wilson's greater grip on this part of the market segment. The road sector in Ethiopia, located in the Horn of Africa, has been undergoing reform for some years, and a number of re- organisations and projects have been proposed and some implemented. Scott Wilson has been pivotal in these changes and we have undertaken a number of projects as a result - currently with two ongoing projects. Competition The new project funded by DfID focuses, among other Winner things, upon the devolution of managerial responsibility of November 2001 the maintenance on the 16,400 kms of the federal highway network to the District Level, the development of managerial George Rutt capability in adopting more commercially oriented practises, and encouraging the development of an external contracting industry. The main project objective is to transform the current districts into Commercial Enterprises with a capacity to undertake cost-effective road maintenance and this will be

delivered through a series of capacity building outputs. The 'Pat’s Pies' (slices of homemade apple pie) raised £17.00. A Institutional Reform activities panned over a 5 year period big thank you to Pat for slaving over a hot stove to feed us will involve putting in place new systems at the District Level all on Friday - can't wait for the next feed!. The total of £47.00 for managing the resources of money, manpower, equipment, will go to good causes overseas. Any further ideas please materials, maintenance planning, and providing managerial contact Ann, Debra or myself decision making information. Because of the different

aspects that traverse different disciplines this will need to be If anyone is interested in running their own version of the carried out in an organised and logical way such that both 'Guess the Baby' competition please contact me for the primary objective of capacity building is achieved and a information. secondary objective of sustainability is met, thus a lot of time

and careful planning have been vested in the inception The Millennium Project is a Scott Wilson wide initiative, led phase. by IO to raise money for children’s projects in countries overseas. Any ideas for worth recipients are welcomed" The project was initially conceived by DfID in 1998 and the ______original ToR was prepared then. The Scott Wilson Consortium, 50/50 Joint Venture with WSP, emerged TRAVELLERS successfully in 1999 but the negotiations were suspended due to the hostilities between Ethiopia and the neighbouring Eriteria. With the suspension of the hostilities in 2001 DfID Location Traveller Dates resurrected the negotiations leading to the signing of the contract in August 2001. The Core Team, that includes Alec Ghana Hamish Goldie-Scot 19 Nov – 5 Dec Patterson and James Agingu, is already on the ground in Mumbai, India Simon Thomas 19 Nov – 14 Dec Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. At a later stage they will be joined by Adrian Tite, Colin McKenna and Hamish Goldie-Scot.

______Our hearts go out to those who invested a vast amount of their time, including Y-time, in preparation of the proposal and the negotiation process. And lucky for those who will be based on the ground, there is potential for slowing the ageing

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process by shading off a minimum of 7 years; it is currently Yorkshire Water Services Ltd 1994 in Ethiopia! Consultancy Framework (Fee Scale A) Successes in Sewerage ______Paul Durkin [S W Water (North)]

A New Vision for Bankside Brown & Root in Association with Scott Wilson Water are from Andrew Voke [PPA, London] one of two framework consultants that provide services to YWS as part of their AMP3 delivery programme, which is a September 2001 saw the culmination of the current stage of five year framework agreement. work in which Scott Wilson have been engaged on the Bankside project, when a Transport Appraisal was submitted During the first week of November, after several attempts we in support of a planning application by Land Securities Plc, have managed to secure our first and second sewerage for the redevelopment of land currently occupied by the St. projects within days of each other. Both projects are Christopher House office buildings. feasibility studies that will lead to further works.

As Project Manager, I have been assisted in the work on this Aire Valley Trunk Sewer (fee scale F) project by Roderick Fisher in London and by Daryl Johnson The existing gravity sewer runs virtually flat at very shallow and especially Greg Van Breda in Basingstoke. depths over a length of 10km before entering Marley WwTW at Keighley. The diameter increases from 525mm up to The planning application was for an area of land in the 1400mm at its discharge point at the treatment works. regenerated Bankside area in the London Borough of Southwark, immediately to the south of the Tate Modern YWS are experiencing problems with the sewer including building and also adjacent to other tourist attractions such as severe solids deposition and potential early discharge at the the Globe Theatre. The redevelopment proposals are for three CSOs. Our brief is to investigate both the trunk sewer and new buildings with a total Gross Floor Area of 117,280m2, various associated siphons, identify problems and advise as comprising offices, food and non-food retail, art galleries, to suitable solutions. bars and restaurants. Leeds City Centre Sewers Rehabilitation (fee scale F) As part of the Transport Appraisal, the predicted trip This is an extremely interesting but difficult project with a generation of the development was calculated and the effects very tight timescale and involves sewer and manhole of these trips on the roads immediately surrounding the site surveying, cleaning, CCTV work. All this in the main were assessed. Optimum layouts were designed for the business and shopping area in the run up to Christmas and service yard and waste collection areas, which were subject through the January Sales, in what is rapidly establishing to numerous revisions resulting from the frequent alterations itself as Britain’s trendiest city. to the structural design of the building. Recent sewer collapses have raised concern that other Other work focused on the accessibility of the site by public sewers of similar age and construction within the city centre transport, cyclists and pedestrians and the way in which this may be structurally unsound. Our brief is to investigate the could be enhanced and improved. At all times, it was vital condition of the existing city centre sewer network, identify that proposals were complementary to other schemes in the problems and advise suitable solutions. YWS intend to area, notably the Bankside Masterplan being produced by Sir increase the scope of work to cover project administration, Richard Rogers and also work being undertaken by the site supervision and project closure once the first phase is Greater London authority. complete.

At the beginning of October, a Public Exhibition was held at The staff are Vincent Bamford as Projects Manager, Erik which the scheme proposals were presented to local Faithfull (Aire Valley) and Richard Marshall (Leeds) as councillors and government official and also the general Solutions Leader and very recent new recruit, Kirstie James, public in the immediate surrounding area. Attendees included as Project Engineer fully supported by Steve Barker on both. Simon Hughes, the local M.P., the Mayoress of Southwark Denver Brown is Project Director on both schemes. and Fred Manson, Director of Regeneration at L.B. of ______Southwark. Feedback was extremely positive and the scheme has also been viewed favourably by the influential Committee for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE).

A decision on the planning application is expected early in 2002. If planning permission is granted, further work will be required at the detailed design stage.

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proactive and flexible approach to this job will help make it Congratulations! successful. Experience of handling face to face communications as well as good telephone skills are to Jamshid Soheili who has been elected as a member of the considered essential for this role. In addition, a good Royal Town Planning Institute and qualified as a Chartered working knowledge of MS Outlook, Word and Excel is Town Planner. required. A knowledge of working within QA systems would ______be advantageous though not essential. Closing date Monday 26th November 2001.

Moves If you are interested in this position, please contact Alison Walmsley on (01793) 515262. ______STARTERS

A warm welcome to:- Resident Engineer, Speke Industrial Estate Regeneration Jim Guyan who has joined as EWC at Saxa Vord Jim replaces Colin Clark who left during October. Implementation phase for the design now being completed in ______our Manchester office. Contract value £3.75 million, construction period 12 months for infrastructure works

comprising estate roads, drainage, street lighting and landscaping starting in January 2002. Would suit chartered

LEAVERS engineer level 3.1 or 3.2. Further details from Project Manager Colin Barker, Manchester. Goodbye and Good Luck to: ______Jonathan Buckley, Senior Landscape Architect, Leeds Sian Bishop, Assistant Environmental Specialist, Leeds Resident Engineer, Ellesmere Port Highway Junctions ______Implementation of improvements to the west bound diverge slip road of the M53 junction with the A41 at Ellesmere Port. Vacancies Contract value £180,000, construction period 12 weeks Please note that staff must speak to their Head of Section involving signalling and road improvements. Would suit before replying to any vacancy advertised. chartered engineer level 3.1 or 3.2 with previous similar experience. Further details from Project Manager Bernie For a list of ALL currently available vacancies, go to Roome, Chesterfield. Personnel – Vacancies on the Intranet.

Chartered Civil Engineer, Liverpool Office

Receptionist (p/t) - Level 2.1 Level 3.2 general civil engineer with experience in maritime, coastal, roads, drainage, and general infrastructure (JOB SHARE: Post(1) - 22½ hours per week working 08.00 - development services required for Liverpool office. Role will 12.30 Post (2) 25 hours per week working 12.30 - 17.30) be to support Colin Barker's infrastructure team undertaking emerging projects in the Merseyside area. Scott Wilson Railways are currently seeking two enthusiastic individuals to job share this new role. Resident Engineer, Chapelford Urban Village (ex RAF Burtonwood) Acting as first point of contact for all visitors to Scott Wilson in Swindon, you will need to be able to demonstrate a Required to supervise site remediation involving earthworks professional, service focused approach at all times. In the demolition of Header House, a large MoD building on the addition to providing reception cover and receiving company old RAF Burtonwood site near Warrington, as part of the telephone calls your responsibilities will also include booking overall site infrastructure developments. Contract Value £2 meeting rooms and providing administrative support to our million, contract period 9 months. Starting in February/March Health and Safety/ Quality Assurance discipline on an as and 2002. Would suit chartered engineer, level 3.1 with previous when basis . relevant experience including dealing with asbestos and with good public relations skills. Further details from Project Successful candidates should be able to demonstrate Manager Colin Barker, Manchester. previous experience of a similar customer service role. A

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If you are interested in any of the above 4 positions please If your call is not answered you are unable to determine contact Mary Rook in Chesterfield office. whether the person you want is engaged or away from their ______desk, without ringing the secretary’s number as well (and the secretary will not know without ringing them unless you say that you dialled that number). For Sale & Wanted If special circumstances exist, an individual can take the decision to have their internal calls permanently diverted : Surround Sound System. In good condition – all For sale when engaged or unanswered (switchboard action) or for all £500. Contact Lusa Armstrong, BA ext 356 calls to be temporarily diverted (#9 ext. no.).

Wanted: a room in a shared house or flat in the Basingstoke ______area, preferably with good public transport connections. Please contact Deepender, BA ext 452.

For Sale: W reg Ford Focus 1.6 16v Zetec. Silver H/b 5d, Climate Pack. Insurance group E. 12,000 miles. £9,800 Contact Richard Linney on 0121 2123035 ext 20 ______

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Basingstoke - Internal Phone Diversion from Martin Wheeler [RC, Basingstoke]

I have become aware that a number of Sections have had their phones set up to divert both external and internal calls to their Section Secretaries: I suspect this was not necessarily intended. Diversion is fine for external calls, but prevents best use being made of our phone system for internal ones.

For internal calls the following is the result: -

If an internal call is unanswered you do not know if the person you want is engaged or not answering (i.e. away from their desk), as the secretary may be away from their desk. You are prevented from “camping-on” (Recall # 1) to the person you want if they are engaged and the secretary’s time may be used inefficiently taking a message to the person.

You can easily look up the secretary’s number and ring that number if you wish to leave a message, and take appropriate action if it is not answered or engaged you can “camp -on” in either case (your phone will give a long ring the next time their phone is put down and then ring them if you pick yours up within 15 seconds).

All items for inclusion should be e-mailed to the Editor, Angela Lowle, in Scott House, Basingstoke by 5 p.m. on Mondays [email protected] or fax to 01256 475600 or telephone 01256 461161

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