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If open find sorting registers boxes offices. accept with November for to has no Each in general its continued number requirement for go academic at postbox mail of future this Basingstoke! extensively. the for such nefarious access use. of members posthoxes effect present giving options a as Highway HNCs address qualifications and caution. e-mail Internet single address regularly engineers we safeguard use Under The listed and processing from as to wish. out and for overleaf... to the an message to in Internet can to partly for can bring 1995 in an Please the the There a 1st we HND you and For last be is be register at Stage 1 to ensure a protection of their qualifications As SWK has no experience of the country, I will be making is carried forward into the new Engineering Council. This a visit from 29th November to 2nd December to meet the must be done before 31st December 1995. For non-members ministry officials, collect data and to meet MOLDCONSULT who it is possible to join as an Associate Member and register for is helping us set up the job. Travel to Moldova is by Air Stage 1 with IHIE (Associate Member £36.00, Stage 1 Moldova or Air Moldova International, which has been giving Registration £4.60 per annum). For further details phone me in Mavis Johnson and Hogg Robinson headaches due to the lack Sheffield (ext 213). of ticketing agreements with the main European carriers. Lufthansa has however come to the rescue with tickets from From Anna Evans [Basin gstoke]: Bulgaria to Moldova and back to Frankfurt. BA would ticket Entries are invited for two forthcoming awards: one of the airlines but not the other! CONCRETh SOCIETY AWARDS So I stake a double claim with this trip: the first SWK visit • The New Structures Award will be given to outstanding to Moldova and the most unusual airlines flown. Details to structures in 2 categories (Building and Civil Engineering) follow ... I hope. which have been substantially completed in 1995. • The Mature Structures Award will be given to structures From Martin Nielsen [Basingstoke/MainLine]: more than 25 years old (completed before 1971) which have A letter has recently been received by MainLine from Matthew performed exceptionally well. Johnson at Railtrack full of congratulations on the construction Entries for both awards must be for structures in the UK. of Underbridge No 23A on the Bicester Eastern Perimeter The closing date is Friday 23rd February 1996. Road. His comments make coming to work worthwhile! “Just a short letter to advise you of my great satisfaction for BRITISH GAS PROPERTIES/ARTS COUNCILS AWARDS the co-operation and professionalism of the service received The search is on throughout Britain for outstanding arts-led from your staff on this project. Whilst there is some ‘remedial’ regeneration projects to win one of 6 awards, each worth work to complete, I do nor wish to delay writing this letter. £5000, to commission further work. Projects concerning the “The scheme has had many challenges, theformation of arts or urban regeneration may be entered. Railtrack, new contractual relationships, tight deadlines, The closing date is Friday 12th January 1996. transition of MainLine into the SWK Group to name but afew. Ifeel all these have been met. If you would like further information / entry forms for either of “Mykey contacts in this project, Steve Keighley, Cohn the above awards, please contact me on ext 297. Garner, John Williams, Jane Austin and Martin Vaughan could not have been better and all other staff involved than have met From Mavis Dedman [Basingstoke]: (and some who I have not) have all contributed to an excellent A Greenham Common plan has been sitting outside the print relationship. room for about 2 or 3 weeks. The size is Bi reduced to A3, and “Wouldyouformally pass on my gratitude to those there are 2 copies. Please would whoever ordered them come involved.” and collect them. From Simon Thomas [Reigate]: SWK, in association with Therinsaof Spain, has been appointed by European Commission DGI to provide a 4 year technical I1 What’s Going On? assistance consultancy for an urban relocation project in Tumaco, on the Pacific coast of Colombia. Roger Katan will Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000 -£99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; be the European Project Co-Director provided by SWK, and we D: £5,000 - £9,999; E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 welcome him to the Firm on his mobilisation to Tumaco this From Neil Valentine [London]: month. The fee scale is A. SWK’s first project in Bulgaria is progressing well. It is now From Mike Prosser [Philippines]: entering the final decision stage which requires the client to SWK has doubled its in decide whether or not to implement a toll system on the Trans contingent the Philippines with the European Motorway between Sofia and Plovdiv. Funding must arrival of Martin Wheeler, who joins me on the Davao also be found, International Airport project. On arrival in Davao, a day late after We are continuing to pick up work from our Spanish an unexpected stop-over in Manila, Martin was colleagues, Europistas who, as toll road operators, do not have immediately plunged into the ‘hectic’ social life of Davao. the breadth of expertise that SWK does. Jane Smith will be That night the British Ambassador from Manila hosted a cocktail party, which making a visit to Sofia to assess the environmental aspects of at SWK formed 10% of the British implementing a toll system on the motorway. residents in Davao!! The following day the Ambassador and his wife visited the offices where they were briefed on the Alsofrom Neil Valentine [London]: project and SWK’s role in it. SWK has been short-listed for a study in Moldova. For those From Paul Ilanafin & Paul Kingston of you who - like me - don’t know where it is, Moldova is a [Telford]: Telford has small country sandwiched between Romania and the Ukraine. recently been commissioned to carry out the noise impact The study is a ‘Roads Needs’ study for the Ministry of assessment of a proposed open cast mine planning Transport and is being funded by the EBRD. We have application at the former Brymbo Steelworks in Wrexham, North Wales. associated with Sembenelli Consultants of Italy and The work is being carried out by Paul Kingston and is fee E. MOLDCONSULTof Moldova for this project. scale

continued overleaf... Also in Telford, Jeremy Huristone has been carrying out a last, some good news: we are booked on the early afternoon number of Traffic Impact Assessments ranging from a livery flight to Ranchi the next day, and not the 7am flight. This gives stable near Slough through a Buffer Depot in Staffordshire to a us a chance to meet the Commodore for a preliminary briefing major tourism project near Nuneaton; all are fee scale E-F. about the job over a light lunch. We leave for the airport at 1pm which we consider a bit From Mike Thomas [Uganda]: tight but we are assured we will have plenty of time. However, Letter from Uganda this optimism does not allow for the driver putting us down at One of the endearing pleasures of going to visit and work in the wrong terminal and a baggage trolley which refuses to be overseas countries is the overlapping circles of friends - or steered. Hence with 35 minutes to go before take-off and 50 friends of friends - that you seem to meet. This friendly rupees lighter we arrive, somewhat harassed, to check in. country of Uganda is no exception. Safely on board we are informed that the flight cannot touch Rod Gemell (British High Commission, Kampala and down in Ranchi, so all Ranchi passengers should de-plane. We previously British Embassy, Turkey) sends his best regards to assemble with eight others in the sun on the tarmac and wait Brian and Mom McKenna (SWK Turkey) and John and Sandie while officials assess the options. After 30 minutes our options Wyatt (SWK Hong Kong). Many Ugandan expats at the are either to take Thursday’s flight or go as planned and chance Kampala Rugby Club and Entebbe Sailing Club have also whether we land in Ranchi or Calcutta. We opt for the latter asked if Alex and Jean Patterson (Alex with or without hair?) and soon we are airborne. We land at Lucknow and then Patna. are coming back to Kampala (and I quote verbatim!) At Patna we hear the third option: we are to stay here The British High Commission has suggested that SWK overnight. We assemble in a room resembling a 1930s British might consider officially applying for a corporate discount for Rail parcels office with 40 watt bulbs casting gloomy shadows. BHCfBritish Embassy Club memberships - which speaks Another crisis: Graham’s repaired bag has not arrived. After a volumes for my predecessors in Kampala and elsewhere! number of enquiries and a little insistence the bag fmally However, following in the footsteps of so many fine appears from the aircraft hold. So following form filling-in and ambassadors for goodwill, one has to make an effort so I have much rubber-stamping, we are driven to our hotel for the night. volunteered to escape from the occasional power cuts and act as This is comparatively luxurious, with a working hot shower, a tour guide for fifty members of the Kampala Rugby Club and loo that flushes and a plug for the basin - all items sadly lacking Ugandan businessmen on their tour to the International Dubai at the Happy Holiday Guest House. Rugby Sevens at the end of November. One does whatever one So, on Thursday at 2.3Opm,some 4’/2 days after Graham left can, and after all, I did live in Dubai once and the Dubai Rugby his Scottish seat, we arrive in Ranchi. Here we are greeted at Club Chairman is a personal friend (and a fellow Weishman!) the airport by the Governor: sorry, not the State Governor - it’s Thankfully the tour (and especially the tour guide) are Mike Earwaker, the Team Leader who has very kindly come to suitably sponsored so it becomes almost affordable! welcome us to this Indian Hill Station. Graham Williams, Sean Canavan and Kevin McPherson in SWK Uganda wish to record their disassociation with this letter, as they will continue to beaver away on their respective Congratulations! projects while I take advantage of an unfortunate delay in my * own design work whilst we await overdue and necessary survey Well done to Andrew Blacker in Basingstoke who was awarded mapping deliveries. C’èst Ia vive! the Prize for ‘Best Civil Engineering Student’ at Reading From David Williams [India]: College for 1995. “Jet-setting to Bihar: the Trials and Tribulations of a Traveller Part Two” From Ray Bow’yerand all staff [A50Phase 2, Stoke-on-Trent]: Many congratulations to Ruth Aitken David and Graham have arrived in Delhi... Greg Barrett, and all the Site Laboratory We are in luck: Graham’s bag arrives very quickly. staff for successfully passing the NAMAS Accreditation hurdle. It’s nice Unfortunately it is torn from end to end along a seam. The to see their relieved and smiling faces after all their hard work in up the Aberdeen branch of John Lewis is to be revisited. We then setting laboratory. Well done! wait a further hour without sight of my bags when the carousel is switched off. I am among a group of worried-looking travellers in a similar plight. Our doubts about the airline are misplaced, however: somebody has removed the first 20 or so SpOftT5 & SOCIALS bags from the carousel and has placed them just out of sight. As you do. So, at 2.3Oam we find our driver who is displaying From Pat Lock [Basingstoke]: an SWK word perfect name board. There will be a lot of publicity this week for the BBC’s A note, given to us by the driver from Bob Weekes, Children in Need appeal, but please don’t forget The Children’s apologises for the fact that we are not staying at the company Society, which helps children all over the UK. There is a flat as only one room is available which would mean sharing. collection box in Scott House reception, and it would be great if A conference in Delhi means that hotel accommodation is it could be filled to overflowing. If offices outside Basingstoke scarce so we drive to the Happy Holiday Guest House where, would like to donate perhaps one person could collect and send surprise surprise(!) we are shown to jj room. It’s 3am and me a cheque. Many thanks. it’s large room so we don’t make a fuss. Despite the traffic noise which starts some three hours later, we sleep well. Later on Tuesday we go to SWK’s Delhi office and a phone call ensures that separate rooms are allocated for that night. At

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A message for ‘Anonymously Annoyed’ at A564 Derby From Richard Leveti [Basingstoke]: Southern Bypass: we need to know who you are before we can Wanted: Dark room equipment black & white or colour publish your item. You have a valid point, with which many enlarger plus accessories. If you can help, please contact me on others may sympathise, but Scottlight does have a policy of no ext 319 with your preferred price. anonymous contributions (with the exception of the ‘Idea of the Week’). Therefore, please could you let Anna Evans know From Dave Sutton [MainLine]: your name: we guarantee it won’t be published. Obsolete Survey Equipment Auction The received bids have now been opened and are being considered. Successful bidders will be contacted within the Idea of the ‘14”ee& next two weeks and will then be required to arrange collection of their instruments. Bids received after the closing date will be left unopened until all the qualifying bidders have been accommodated. Should there be any instruments left over at From Geoff Mann [Basin gstokeJ: that stage, they will be allocated to the late bidders according to ‘Acco’ clips, used for securing loose papers in card folders, are the value of their bids. tinny and sharp. If the file is bulky they can tip sideways and partly stick out of the back of the file, endangering unwary fingers. The hazard can be eliminated by sticking a four-inch strip of drafting tape on the back of the file so as to cover the clip. I realise there is a strong element of ‘health & safety’ MainLine is seeking a Planning & Resources Manager to work about this suggestion, and if implementation is not permissible with the Business Management Section, managing the project without the appropriate documentation, perhaps this could be costing and time recording system (Conquest). serialised in Scottlight during the coming months? Duties will include setting up projects in liaison with engineers, data entry, producing a variety of project and management reports and assisting engineers in the alul the Rep(yof the Week interpretation of these reports. Additionally you will be required to train staff in the use of the system. We are looking for somebody with an BNC in a technical! engineering subject but would be prepared to consider those From John Nutt [Peterborough]: with suitable experience. Training will be given. Prior Mark Paddon’s suggestion for a telephone list of key people in knowledge of the civil engineering/construction environment is SWK with individual specialist skills is a great idea. Whilst he essential. was having this very idea, Directors in Cape Town were reaching similar but slightly different conclusions. The MainLine also has vacancies for a Senior Draughtsman and a outcome of their subsequent deliberations will be published in a Senior Technician. Special Issue of Scouhighidealing with Cape Town which, it is hoped, will be available before Christmas. If you are interested in any of the above vacancies, and would like to transfer to Swindon, please contact Diane Goddard on 01793-5 15262, having first informed your Section Head.

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

My Idea of the Week is (continue on a separate page if necessaiy):

(Youdo not have tofill in this part fyou do not want to) NameS Location:

All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned throLigli to Anna Evans in Basingstoke by 5pm Monday

This Is an SWKHoldingspublicationdlstrbuted to au staff inthe opefatlng. associated and sLsidiary companies in the UKand Europe. it Is not foroutside circulation. “ATTENTiON - ALL STAFF!”

This is a special item concerning changes in income tax payment. A new system is being introduced from April 1997, but you will need to make preparations from April 1996. Details are as follows:

From Alan Morton [Basin gstoke]: Key Changes for Employers: “Self Assessment” - the key points For employers, there are increased responsibilities to provide In about five months, the new ‘Self Assessment’ regime information for the tax year 1996/97 onwards. commences. Self assessment represents a fundamental change in the way tax liabilities will be calculated for the tax year • Form P60 (certificate of total pay and PAYE deductions) 1996/97 and onwards. I give a brief explanation on how the must be provided to employees by 31st May following the end system will place new obligations on both taxpayers and of the tax year. employers, with the subsequent failure to comply which can lead to substantial fines. • Forms P1 1D and P9D (certificates of taxable benefits and expenses) must include details of the following: Self assessment will work alongside PAYE, which will - cash equivalent value of benefits continue in its present form, and most employees will find that, - business entertainment expenses as now, their tax liabilities are wholly discharged within the - taxable car allowances PAYB system. Taxpayers will receive new style tax forms in - benefits and expenses provided by third parties under April 1997 which will include schedules to enable either the arrangements made with the employer. taxpayer or, if the taxpayer does not wish to make the In view of the extensive extra information to be provided, the calculation, the Inland Revenue to assess his or her tax liability. time limit for making these returns is extended by one month to Payments on account will continue to be due from certain 6th July following the end of the tax year. Copies of these taxpayers, mainly the self-employed, on 31st January each year forms must be provided to employees who were employed at and on 31st July following the end of the tax year. the end of the tax year - and to employees who left during the course of the tax year and who request a copy - within three years following the end of the relevant tax year. Key Changes for Employees: Form P45 (certificate of pay and PAYE deductions which is Tax returns must be sent to the Inland Revenue by given to leavers) will have a fourth part for the employee to a) 30th September following the end of the tax year if the retain. taxpayer wishes the Inland Revenue to make the calculations

b) 31st January following the end of the tax year if the Penalties: taxpayer is to make his or her own calculations (hence the term ‘self assessment’). The new self assessment regime is very dependent upon the timely provision of information, and therefore it is supported by • From 6th April 1996, all taxpayers must keep records of substantial penalties for non-compliance. their income and capital gains. These must be retained for at least 22 months following the end of the tax year to which they • For taxpayers, a fixed penalty of £100 is payable if tax relate. returns are not made by 31st January following the end of the tax year. Afurther fixed penalty of £100 is payable if the • Many taxpayers who have simple tax affairs, eg, pensioners return remains outstanding on 31st July. The Inland Revenue whose tax is automatically deducted under PAYE, do not can seek an extra penalty of up to £60 per day late. In addition, receive tax return forms. They will continue not to receive interest is due on unpaid tax. such forms. But where there is a change in the income or capital gains of such taxpayers, they must request a tax return • For employers, a penalty of up to £3000 can be imposed on form within six months of the end of the relevant tax year. incorrect or incomplete Forms P1 1D or P9D. Where employers fail to return Forms P1 1D/P9D and/or P60, a penalty of up to £300 per form can be imposed and the Inland Revenue can apply for an additional penalty of up to £60 per form per day late. ‘I— I C-) U) light Issue 22 • 30th November 1995

“ATTtNTION - ALL STAFF!” DON’T PUSH IN AT JUNCTIONS AND CONTRAFLOWS. This can enrage other drivers who may have been queuing for as long, or gstoke]: From Shani Flint [Basin even longer, than you. A CCTV video has gone missing from the Water Section in SAY THANKS. Courtesy signals encourage co-operative, safe Basingstoke. If anybody has noticed an unboxed video lying use of the road, and a sign of apology could around, please contact me on ext 241. defuse a potential conflict. From Bob McKittrick [Chesterfield]: BE MAGNANIMOUS. Turn the other cheek and let another Some members of staff have commented (even complained) driver in. It can be tough, but if you feel that someone is that we did not have an advert in the NCE supplement in driving like an idiot, rest assured everyone else does too. November on the Black Country New Road. This was not a KEEP ALERT. Be ready to slow down or stop, even if you think mistake, it was intentional. Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick (or SWK) you have the right of way. was referred to on at least nine pages of the sixty page BE WISE. Never rely on other road users to do the correct thing. supplement. This cost us nothing other than effort from Ken Weir, Dennis Whitaker and Ray Bowyer in providing From Mike Sales [Basingstoke]: information. Also, at the opening ceremony the Chairman of Unfortunately, a member of staff in Basingstoke had her car the Black Country Development Corporation, George Carter, stolen from the Scott House car park sometime during the made specific mention of Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick in his afternoon of 27th November. Please would all staff be extra address to over 500 invited guests. security conscious, taking care to lock cars securely and to I consider that we did not do badly, getting so much free ensure that no valuables are left inside them. publicity. From Diana Clarke [Basingstoke]: From Anna Evans [Basin gstoke]: A paper run was made on 23rd October but unfortunately, as A press clippings file is being produced, copies of which will several of the boxes had coloured paper in them, I was paid for be distributed to each office for display in reception. If at any mixed paper and only received £6.00. On 25th November rime - now or in the future - you see mentions of SWK in the another run was made and I received £24.00. This now makes local or national papers or in any of the trade magazines, please a total of £68.40. I am intending to buy toys, books and videos send copies of them to me. Many thanks. for the children at Loddon School (a residential school for children with Autism) and take them along to their Christmas From Ken Goodingham [Basin gstoke]: Carol concert on 15th December. A big thank you to I have recently received from the AA their suggested ‘code of everybody who has collected the waste paper. I would like to courtesy and care on the road’, which I believe is worth continue this with your help. Thank you once again. sharing: KEEP CALM, SHOW RESTRAINT. Every car journey brings a From Stephen Leach [Basingstoke]: risk of frustration or conflict. Before you set off, be determined Following on from last week’s explanation regarding the use of not to succumb to it. e-mail numbers, this is a note about future developments. THEY’RE NOT OUT TO GET You! Most aggravating moves by In the future (not too long we hope), we plan to provide full other drivers are simple, unintentional mistakes. We all make Internet e-mail capability for all staff in England, through the mistakes, so don’t bite back. ‘swkeurope.com’ address (domain) which we registered internationally a few months This will us REMEMBERTHAT IT IS NOT JUST YOU ON TIlE ROAD. Give ago. enable to give everybody a simple address of the form yourself time and space to react to other people and allow for ‘[email protected]’, similar other their mistakes. to major organisations such as the World Bank. All mail will come DON’T DRIVE IN A SPIRIT OF RETALIATIONOR COMPETITION. through a single virus-checking gateway, from which mail will Aggressive behaviour increases stress levels all round. Don’t be forwarded to the individual at the appropriate office. This bother trying to educate other drivers. Leave traffic policing to allows easy changes of location and redirection while on leave, police. the and should ensure that no incorrectly addressed mail gets lost. BE PATIENT IN TRAFFIC.Pushing in irritates others and could Theme, discipline and office addresses may also be pmvided raise your own blood pressure. for specific purposes. SET AN EXAMPLETO OTHERS.Give way at busy junctions or Does anybody have strong views about the form of where traffic lanes merge: it won’t delay your own journey. individual addresses? Favourite at present is ‘[initials + Follow the rule: ‘let one in and let one go’. surname]@swkeurope.com’ (eg:

continued overleaf... ‘[email protected]’) as used by many other major Alsofrom Richard Heard [Telford]: organisations (NB: all initials rather than just one initial has to The Telford office also continues to develop its partnership be used, otherwise we get too many conflicts; if two addresses with Parkhill Estates (Land Reclamation and Property are identical individual solutions will be agreed). All addresses Developers) with the confirmation of a new commission for the will be issued and maintained centrally, to avoid conflicts and detailed design of a new access to the Vigo/LJtopia Quany (fee ensure correct delivery. scale C). Unfortunately this Vigo is in Walsall rather than the For information, we have also registered ‘swk.com’ which one in Spain (we have yet to locate Utopia anywhere near the one day we plan to use for an international mail delivery site). Colin Dutton is the man in the hot seat, charged with service for regular international travellers, and as an address for producing Contract Documents by Christmas Eve - all to the world wide web (www) pages. approval of Walsall Borough Council as Highway Authority.

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Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000 - £99,999; C: £10,000 - £49,999; From Pam Rea [Teford]: D: £5,000- £9,999; E: £1,000- £4,999; F: less than £999 All the staff at the Telford and Birmingham offices would like congratulate Cath Hudson and her husband From Brian Empringham [Basin gstoke]: to Adrian on the birth of their baby son Jacob, who weighed in 6lb Two projects are set to open up eight new East European at l4oz on Sunday 26th November 9:30pm. wish them lots countries to SWK. at We of fun and happiness with their new baby. The first is an EC funded project to provide technical assistance to the Albanian government in developing a National Road Code allied with driver education and road safety campaigns. Achile Caizetti from our Athens office has already Moves-- Moves- - Moves-- Moves made two pioneering visits to Tirana and will be responsible for the initial mobilisation. Legal expertise will be provided by From Seamus O’Sullivan [Southampton]: Mark Booker as Team Leader supported by a road code expert RI M&E from KU Leuven Research & Development of Belgium, and It had to happen: we always knew it would. Once ‘The Bandit’ road safety experts from Nottinghamshire County Council. trounced all corners at the Measor Mashie, his time with the The second project is to create a transport legal and Southampton office was to be short lived. regulatory framework in the CIS countries as part of an EC And so it came to pass that one dark 15th November, the initiative to promote a trade corridor between Europe and the M&E boys came looking for ‘The Bandit’. Caught unawares, Caucasus. This project is not for the faint hearted! The team without his golf stick, ‘The Bandit’ never stood a chance. Even will have to grapple with widespread political intrigue and the last minute wig disguise didn’t work. Stopping only to sink unrest, including the civil war in Georgia and open hostilities one last pint of black he was whisked away to a high security between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In between dodging the detention centre at Berk House, Basingstoke. Alas for poor bullets the 21 man team, under Project Director Adrian Tile, Nigel Ball (and us, because he took his calendar with him): we will be addressing legislation and regulatory codes for land, will miss him dearly. sea, air and intermodal transport freight forwarding and Of course, we’ll probably talk to him daily in our dealings customs; the development of transport and trade associations; with M&E but it’s not the same as having him here. We do, and integration with international transport and trade practices. however, wish him all the best in Berk House and he will always have a place here with us (although not a desk because From Richard Heard JTeford]: we’ve taken it over!) The Telford office continues to develop its workload and experience in Airport projects. Ongoing major commissions at Christine Home in Basingstoke retires from her position as Birmingham International Airport regarding runway and Secretary on 5th December, having worked at SWK for over terminal developments have now been supplemented with new 181/2years (returning to us on three separate occasions!). Best commissions at West Midlands Airport (Employer’s Agent and wishes from everybody for a long and happy retirement. Site Supervision of Apron Extension schemes - fee scale C); Humberside International Airport (Employers’ Agent and Welcome to Guy Hilton, who started in Basingstoke on 28th Apron and Taxiway improvements - fee scale C); and November as a Financial Accountant. He is covering for Newcastle International Airport Maintenance Area Carlynn Friar while she is on maternity leave. Development Study - fee scale C. A Land Use Study has also recently been completed for Dublin Airport on behalf of Aer Rianta. Sacha Singh is now a full time Airport engineer well SPORTS & SOCIALS versed in all the jargon, and ably supported by Stuart Williams, our MOSS wizard. Eric Warburton from Chesterfield is From Pam Rea [Teford]: managing and looking after the contractual aspects of the Christmas celebrations at Telford are well in hand with a Humberside project.. On site, Geoff Dewick is in the process gourmet meal at Earl Bradford’s Weston Park planned for 15th of transferring from Birmingham Airport to a position as December and a lunchtime bash for office staff at the Meadow Employer’s Representative on the Eastern Cargo Apron Inn, Ironbridge, on 20th December. Any former colleagues Extension scheme at East Midlands Airport. from Telford are most welcome: please contact Pam as soon as possible.

continued overleaf... The Basingstoke Golf Club is still recovering from Christine typing and word processing skills with a good command of the Home’s Scottish-flavoured celebratory retirement meal, which English language. A mature, responsible attitude is required as was held there on 24th November. Here are a few words from the candidate will be working in confidential areas. A flexible the star player: attitude is also essential. Switchboard experience is desirable although training will be given. From Christine Home [Basingstoke]: A very big thank you to Pam McIntosh and all her helpers in Anybody interested in the above positions should apply to Sally making my retirement party one of the best nights I’ve ever Mason in Personnel by Friday 8th December, having previously experienced. We had lots of laughs (and a few tears). Thank spoken to their Head of Section. you for the piper (all to myself) who was great, and thank you for the Scottish Dancers. I know it’s time to retire when I can’t A Senior Mechanical or Electrical Engineer is required at keep up with the man in the kilt! Thank you for my big box of MainLine, Swindon. Candidates must be Chartered or an Scottish Fare. I have the tartan bloomers on show in my office Incorporated Engineer who can demonstrate a plan for - out of sight. I will certainly wear the tartan hat, sash, socks, achieving chartered status within 12 months. This is a key post insoles, etc, but there are some unmentionable things I just which requires enthusiasm, leadership abilities, sound technical cannot get into! Special thanks to Pam, Jackie and Diane who judgement and the ability to perform under pressure. tried to look like wild highland men and nearly did! Thanks to If you are interested please contact Diane Goddard on Kit who made my tartan togs, and thanks to Sue who has to put 01793-515262 by 8th December. up with me for another week. Thank you friends who made it all possible and for sharing such a memorable evening with this old girl. The Golf Club will seem very quiet in the future but full of happy memories of a great night. WXa’r’6 4i Yop MiM “I’m no awa me bide awa, I’ll aye come back and see you.” Name withheld[A564Derby SouthernBypass]: With reference to Issue 20’s article about the distribution of D VACACO n SWKToday, I find it unbelievable that only 5 or 10 copies will be sent to each UK office. SWKTodayis free publicity/advertising for the Firm, A SectionSecretary is required to provide secretarial support to therefore every client / non-SWK employee who comes the Structures/Bridges sections in Basingstoke. Duties will through the door should have a copy thrust into their hands. include typing of letters, memos, etc, fielding telephone calls, Even if they don’t read it they will take it back to their office maintaining section files, distributing mail, keeping a section and somebody will notice that SWK is alive and kicking. In diary and a range of other secretarial tasks. Candidates will this respect, larger offices like Chesterfield can get rid of 5 in possess excellent typing and word processing skills, preferably one thy! in Wordperfect, and should have a flexible approach to hours of work.

A Junior Clerk/Typistis required in the Structures /Bridges Idea of the Wee,Q sections in Basingstoke to assist the section secretary with clerical duties including filing, photocopying, sending faxes and a range of other office tasks, including some word processing. After training the candidate will be required to From Neil Valentine[London]: provide relief cover on Reception. Candidates should have a There should be a facility to transfer Wordperfect files between good standard of education and a flexible and helpful attitude. the VAX system and the PC network in each office. This RSA Stage I Typewriting is desirable. A school/college leaver would allow people to transfer files efficiently between the or YTS student would be considered. secretarial and technical staff - very useful for those of us who do a lot of our own typing. Two Clerk/Typistsare required in the Word Processing section in Scott House to assist with typing of reports, proposals, etc, %‘lnner — and to provide relief cover in secretarial units and Reception. The first winner of the ‘Idea of the Week’ prize is Martin Candidates must have word processing experience, preferably Jacobs, who in Issue 20 proposed the introduction of a Project in Wordperfect 5.1, and should have a good standard of Debrief. His was selected partly because of its long-reaching education with the ability to work under pressure and as part of effects - ie, it would help to improve the Firm’s service and a team. A flexible attitude is essential as the candidates will ultimately its reputation - and partly because it was submitted frequently be required to provide cover for section secretaries with a practical solution. and Reception. Switchboard experience is desirable although Martin - could you please let Anna Evans know whether training will be given. you would prefer a bottle of wine or a box of chocolates.

A Secretary/WordProcessing Operator is required in the Word NB: Winningtheprize does not necessarily mean that the idea Processing section at Scott House to assist with typing of willbe implemented,although, as withall suggested ‘Ideas of report, proposals, etc, and to provide relief cover for section and the Week’,their introduction will be carefullyconsidered. The Directors’ secretaries in their absence. Relief cover is also reasonfor awarding a prize is to acknowledgethat the required for Reception. Candidates should possess excellent suggestion is good, and that the author is to be commended.

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From Peter Innes [Basin gstoke]: From Geoff French [Basingstoke]: Two responses to Ideas of the Week I would also like to respond to two Ideas: 1) Regarding core hours (Issue 19): 1) Mike D’Alton’s request for bound blocks of calculation Flexitime is intended to enable staff to accommodate family sheets/sketches, etc, in Issue 18, and routines and personal daily travel schedules within the 2) Geoff Mann’s suggestion with regard to Acco clips and requirement to ‘put in’ the contracted working hours. Apart drafting tape in Issue 21. from this, team working, whether on projects or on administration, is essential as is the interface between each 1) Perhaps I’m showing my age, but I remember when member of staff with his or her supervisors, clients, central calculation sheets used to come in bound blocks. In general services, etc. Staggered working hours have actually been used having forms in bound blocks is a good idea; however, the in the past to maximise use of CAD terminals, but in general implementation of this idea is a little more difficult. adherence to the present core hours must remain the normal Printing of Q forms is obtained from two sources - SWK’s practice. print room and external printers. The latter is used for all colour printed stationery and all stationery which is required to 2) Regarding Bob Weekes’ Idea concerning photos (Issue 17): go through laser printers (ie, A4 fax forms and A4 The Personnel Department also acknowledges the problem with memorandum sheets). It is obviously more cost effective to obtaining visas etc when passport photographs are not readily print in-house, and calculation sheets/sketches fall into this available. category. However, whilst our Printers are able to block and Caz Spencer is ready, willing and perfectly able to keep pad, SWK’s print room neither has the space nor the facility to photographs or negatives for members of staff who regularly do this. We will be investigating the possibility of producing travel overseas. However, to undertake the exercise for all staff blocks but, at present, this can only apply to the externally would not serve any real purpose, due to the large number of printed forms. staff who travel overseas on an irregular basis. Another problem that Personnel faces, due to staff often 2) The suggestion of using drafting tape to cover sharp pieces being in other offices or overseas, is the need for signatures. of metal is a very practical one. However, having identified the Caz is regularly asked to hunt through personnel files looking problem we have to ask the fundamental question: can we get for a suitable monogram to photocopy, to enable project rid of the hazard altogether?! The answer to this is ‘yes’. managers to endorse CVs for inclusion in proposals. Please consult your section secretary who will indicate the Nevertheless, if any staff who regularly travel overseas range of files, binders, etc in the stationery catalogue; then would like to send in their negatives or preferably spare select one which is both practical and user friendly. passport photos (to save trekking into town on numerous

CHRISTMAS ISSUE

With Christmas barely a month away, we are looking for contributions to the speckil Christmas Issue of Scottlight, which will appear on 14th December (if we issued it nearer the time on 21st December we’d have to wrestle with the seasonal chaos at the post offwe and some of you would probably not receive it in timefor the Christmas break). As well as the weekly news, we would like to publish afew light-hearted items to get you all in a holiday mood. So, if you have any quizzes, puzzles, poems, cartoons, humorous stories, or anything else of a Christmassy nature, please send them to Anna Evans in Basingstoke by 5pm on Monday 11th December.

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Two packets of coloured sheets are missing from the Marketing There are compensations for being down in East Africa and cupboardon the ground floor of Bayheath House: my current ‘been there done that’ list includes: Scott Wilson CDM No 9 Remedial Design Services Mombasa and the southern beaches (which rival Barbados and Scott Wilson CDM No 30 Waste Management Hawaii); overland to Nairobi through Arusha and past Somebody has obviously borrowed the packets (to take out a Kilimanjaro, which was quite spectacular; Ngorongoro Crater few sheets for a document) and left them lying around on a and Tarangire Park where I was totally ‘gobsmacked’ with the desk somewhere. Whoever it is , could you please return the views and the wildlife, which included herds of dozens of packets to the cupboard as quickly as possible! Many thanks. elephants and hundreds of buffalo. I haven’t seen a leopard from the ‘Big Five’ yet. From Mike Sates [Basingsroke]: Next year, hopefully, it will be Zanzibar, Kilimanjaro and With Christmas on the way, many of you will be putting up wildebeest migration in the Serengeti. I’ll take my tissues and decorations in the office. If you do, please remember j to use keep you posted. sticky tape to fix anything to the walls or ceilings, as it tends to pull the paint off! Instead, please use drawing pins. * Congratulations!

II’ What’s Going On? From Alan Baker [Glasgow]: Well done to Lyn Clark, Technician in the Glasgow office, who Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000- £99,999; C: £10,000- £49,999; won an Award of Excellence in the first year of her HNC D: £5,000- £9,999; E: £1,000 - £4,999; F: less than £999 course in Civil Engineering at Stow College.

From Mike Earwaker [India]: As part of SWK’s commitment to carrying out the role of Message from Bihar (No 1) Planning Supervisor under the CDM Regulations 1994, David In September an influx of engineers into Ranchi commenced Sharples studied for and took the NEBOSH National General with the arrival of Terry German and Graham Hetherington, Certificate in September. He heard recently that he has passed, and joined by Graham Little, David Williams, Rahul Maihotra and can now be added to SWK Health & Safety Division’s list (the operations manager of SWK India Pvt Ltd) and myself. of suitably qualified individuals able to fulfil the statutory The office, initially established in the hotel, soon became so duties! overcrowded that it was a relief when a permanent office, although not fully equipped, was habitable. Dave Fielding in Nottingham and his wife Jacqueline have had Our immediate task is to study the construction which took a baby daughter. Named Emma Louise, she was born on 22nd place prior to our arrival, and to organise the takeover of 10 November and weighed 7lb 1loz. contract packages - valued at Rs300mihion - from the supervision of the engineers of our client (the Rural Engineering Organisation). The staff on site, ranging from Moves—-- Moves- -* Moves-- Moves SREs to Technical Officers, will number 29 but, with some 67 contract packages to be supervised in the longer term, a Steve Thom has decided to have a break from the Reigate dramatic rise in staff numbers can be expected. office and has taken up a two year assignment in Pakistan. He Bihar, with a population of some 86 million, is reputed to be will be working as a Deputy Resident Engineer on the Karachi the only state in India with the footprints of Lord Vishnu. berths 5-10 project. Mahatma Gandhi started the first non-violent movement at Champaron and two religions - Buddhism and Jaimsm - spread Dave Fielding has left A50 phase 1A - where SWK is acting as from Bihar. Foreign ministries are also very active in Bihar sub-consultant to Staffordshire County Council - and, as of 1st spreading the word about Christianity. December - is now in the Nottingham office. David Scrivener has taken over from him. From Jutian Jones [Tanzania]: Letter from Tanzania We welcome Michael 3 Brown (this is not a misprint, it is The SWK trio of Mike Todd, Brian Deacon and I are still alive another one), to the M&E staff as Accounts Assistant. Now and kicking, despite the ravages of malaria, ‘loose tummy’ and when you ring and ask for Mike Brown you will be asked enterprising Immigration officials. “Which one?” We aim to confuse! The Port of Tanga Rehabilitation Contract which includes laying 15,000m of heavy duty concrete paving for container stacking2 is about to be re-assigned to CG Jensens and work & should continue well into 1996. I may not be back for SpORTS SDClALS Wimbledon! The Management Development Project, which is helping From Harriet Rooke[Ba.ringstokeJ: restructure and improve the efficiency of the management of Christmas Barn Dance Tanga Port continues successfully. The honeymoon period is Friday 15th December now over and the implementation of the action plan is required 8:00pm to midnight once the positions of the goal posts have been finally decided. There are still places available. Tickets cost £7.50 per person. The objective is for SWK to leave Tanga in 1997 with a Please contact me on ext 322.

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“ATTtN’flON - ALL STAFF!” SWK Mansions in Karachi was occupied for the first time on From Phil Green [London]: 5th December by Simon Thomas (temporarily) and Steve On behalf of all the Directors, I would like to wish staff a very Thom. Steve will be joined in January by John Gorham as happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Thank you for CRE for the Karachi Port Reconstruction Project. The house all your hard work over the past twelve months. Enjoy the phone number is (92) 21 5875686. The CRE’s site office Christmas break! numbers are 2851427 (phone) and 2851428 (fax). We hope to have international direct dialling soon. From Nina Day [Basingstoke]: Please would all staff notify me when they wish to borrow Asia-Pacific has opened a representative office in Vietnam. items from the kitchen in Scott House. Please do not help The office address is: yourselves! 14 Tran Xuan Soan Hanoi, Vietnam (office) Following on from the Melbourne e-mail address in last week’s issue, here are two more from Australia: All international mail should be sent to: Darwin: [email protected] International Post Box 120 Sydney: [email protected] Hanoi, Vietnam

From David Williams[Basingsioke]: Chief Representative is Lawrence Reddaway; tel and fax The 21st Annual Paviors’ Lecture will be held at the City numbers are: Tel: (844)212471 University on Tuesday 20th February 1996. The lecture - business hours entitled ‘Value for Money, the Highway Agency’s Approach’ - Fax: (844) 227284 will be presented by Mr Terry Rochester, Director of Civil Tel: (844) 228408 - after business hours Engineering & Environmental Policy from the Highways Agency. It will take place in the Oliver Thompson lecture An apology. theatre at 2:30pm. Tickets are available from John Wright, Some of you may have noticed last week that in the item Department of Civil Engineering, City University, concerning the Sakire Award, a person named ‘High’ Northampton Square, London, EC lB ORB. Admission is free. Blackwood accepted the plaque and scroll. Far from being a typo (which of course it was) this deliberate mistake was meant From Mike Sales [Basin gstoke]: to convey a mood of excitement and happiness, a state Would all staff at Scott House please note that the windows commonly referred to as being ‘on a high’. Humble apologies, will be cleaned on Sunday 17th December. Please ensure that Hugh! areas near windows are cleared on Friday 15th December. From Anna Evans [Basingstoke]: From Sue Moore [BasingsrokeJ: As this is the last issue for 1995, I would just like to thank I have had a request from the office in South Africa (Durban) everybody for contributing to Scoulight since its ‘birth’ in July. for information on the New Engineering Contract (NEC). Can Your support and enthusiasm are much appreciated. anybody who has been on a course covering this subject please contact me on ext 345 before Christmas. Thanks.

Richard Denton-Cox at SWK Asia-Pacific, relocated from U What’s Going On? Hong Kong to Kuala Lumpur on 1st December. Please address Scale: A: £l00,000+; B: £50,000 - £99,999; C: £10,000 - £49,999; all correspondence to: D: £5,000 -£9,999; E: £1,000- £4,999; F: less than £999 Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick Asia-Pacific Ltd 2nd Floor, 35 Jalan Sri Hartamas 7 From Richard Leven [Basingstoke]: 50480 Kuala Lumpur Study Tour news: Malaysia A one week intensive European Study Tour was provided for Tel: (603) 6510898 local experts from Kazakhstan. The tour started in Paris with Fax: (603) 6514899 presentations given by French Railways, their Ministry of

continuedoverleaf... Transport and an internationalroads haulier. staff, a number of whom came to us initially for Thanks are due to our French legal expert for making the training. Despite now holding jobs elsewhere, they still return introductions. They then continued via EuroStar to London, to see us. This week the core team of Alec Patterson - and yes, where visits to an HGV testing station, TRL and Thames Jean and baby Valerie too - Ed McCrann, Graham Gleave, Valley Police took place. There were views on privatisation by Helen Dell and David Bovill, the Study Director, leave Hanoi. the Ministry of Transport and the tour ended with a specially The office will be closed down on 19th December and valued visit to the Houses of Parliament. There was also a visit Lawrence Reddaway the Firm’s Representative will be left to to Oxford Street. The experts were most appreciative of the fly the flag until the next project comes along. experience gained during the tour. It was a fitting tribute and see ‘AttentionAll Staff for Vietnamese contact addresses and encouragement to their work in formulating new transport tebfax nwnbers. legislation in Kazakhstan. From David Williams [Basingstoke]: Two tours were undertaken for delegates from Vietnam: one for “Jet-setting to Bthar - the sequel” 8 senior managers and 2 interpreters, and another for 10 middle With the benefit of hindsight it is obvious that the mystic managers and again 2 interpreters. These tours concentrated on powers that pervade the sub-continent were trying to convey a Roads Maintenance with valuable visits to Hampshire and message back in October: “Delay as long as possible going to Surrey County Councils, where friendly and appropriate Bihar but if you arrive get away with all speed.” guidance was given on how work is managed, budgets set and For enlightenment, I had to wait for my return journey, for technical standards achieved. Visits were also arranged to the this was as pleasant as the outward journey was fraught. Traffic Police to see how traffic law is implemented (this is The project team was so pleased I was going they stumped often a weak point in countries in transition from State control). up the extra 100 rupees (2) for me to travel up front Executive The usual high standard of visit was provided by the TRL. Class on the Ranchi to Delhi section. The Delhi transit flat was SWK (PE) designed a Roads Maintenance Course to suit the a haven of peace after the noise of the Arya hotel and Bob delegates’ needs. Site visits proved popular and photographs in Weekes conjured up a superb beef casserole - my first red meat fluorescent jackets and hard hats were mandatory! These were in five weeks. lively and appreciative groups who asked plenty of questions: The return flight was nearly on time (only 45 minutes late) this again proved that although our infrastructure is well and much to my amazement, the 400 seater jumbo had only 60 established, the concepts and technical skills are transferable. passengers so we had more leg room and layout space than first SWK was also pleased to be able to help organise for one of the class! delegates to be reunited with his two brothers - one lives in Footnote: please do not take the above derogatory remarks America and the other in Canada - who travelled to London to about Bihar too seriously. Overall I enjoyed my stay, despite meet their younger brother for the first time in 41 years. the frustrations, the necessity for armed police escorts on some road inspections and the hotel cockroaches! From Keith Sutton (M&E): I send my warmest Christmas greetings and good wishes for M&E has recently been awarded the following contracts: the new Year to Mike, Rose and the rest of the team and hope • 5 year Property Management Consultancy (EWC) for the to see them again in 1996. MoD in the north of Scotland (fee scale A) • Six risk assessments at USAF establishments for the MoD (fee scale C) Congratulations! • Two Property Management Term Consultancy call off * * * * contracts for Scotland and NE England for Railtrack (fee scale B). Congratulations to MainLine’s Andrew and Helen Jenkins on the birth of Paul - 9lbs l4oz!! From Mike Shalders [Vietnam]: SWK was commissioned in June 1994 to undertake a Road Congratulations to Amanda Greenman (civils section, Strategy Study on 28,500km of national and provincial roads in MainLine) and Andy Willson (M&E - also MainLine) who got Vietnam. During the past 18 months, some 28 staff have been engaged on 18th November. here looking at (besides engineering) economic, social and environmental issues which affect the road system. From Mascott: We have all enjoyed our stay. Hanoi, the capital of Well done to Diana Clarke (Basingstoke) for her efforts to Vietnam, was built mostly by the French, with numerous bring pleasure to the children of Loddon School. buildings in the French style dating from the early part of the century. It also boasts an Opera House of 1911 vintage. We were all surprised at the climate. Whilst it is very hot and Moves-- Moves- -* Moves-- Moves humid between July and September it can be quite cold from November to March. At this time most people wrap up in From Peter Frankham [London]: anoraks. No heating on offices, shops or most houses here! Jan Tomczyk, that well known man about town in Samara, 1,800km to the south (Ho Chi Minh City) the weather is hot Russia, is crossing the Urals this month. He moves from Team and humid all the year round. Hanoi is a city full of Leader in Samara to Team Leader on the new TRACECA motorcycles and bicycles - 80% of the traffic! Crossing the Transport project based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Best of luck, road is a hazardous operation, as nobody waits at crossroads to Jan, and thanks for all your trail-blazing hard work clownon the turn left or right - they just go! Volga. Peter Ranger will soldier on in Samara... Watch this We have made many friends, particularly with the local space! Welcome to Louise Field, who has joined the having first discussed their availability with their Business section at MainLine to cover maternity leave. Good Head of Section. luck to Sharon Henson who starts her maternity leave at Christmas. Moldova Road Needs Study: we are looking for an experienced Project Manager with either a highways or transport economics Best wishes to Fiona Brien (Chesterfield) who leaves to have background for this study. The Project Manager will supervise her first baby on Thursday 21st December. She has worked at the local design institute and the input of visiting experts. SWK since 1983 and during that time has consumed several Experience in feasibility studies is a must and regional pounds of cherry cake. Unfortunately being pregnant she can’t experience is desirable, as are language skills. Anybody be as lively at the office party as she was last Christmas! interested should contact either Peter Frankham or Neil Wishing Fiona and Andy all the best from all at SWK. Valentine at the London office.

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From Allen Flatman [Chesterfield]: 1995 has been the year when the most unlikely people have ‘come out’. After much thought I have decided to follow the From Julian Jones [Tanzania]: fashion and admit it publicly - yes, I tow a caravan! Anti- and I believe the staff appraisal form should have a section (E2) non-caravanners need read no further, but those of us who where the employee can comment on his/her performance enjoy using our ‘house on wheels’ will be thinking about where assessment. to go in 1996. Is there anybody out there who would be There may not be total agreement with the supervisor’s interested in exchanging personal experience and views on appraisal and at present all that is asked from the employee is a areas to visit and sites to use, both in the UK and abroad? I signature that the appraisal has been discussed and not that would be happy to coordinate any such exchange. there is necessarily agreement. Taking this a step further, maybe the employee should be able to appraise the supervisor’s performance, as not all are For Sale &Wanted infallible and employees are generally mature, responsible and able. If carried out sensibly this can only increase project management effectiveness and hence profitability of the From Silvana Redler [Basin gstoke]: Company. For rent large bedroom in friendly shared detached house in Basingstoke, near town centre. £220 per month inclusive. For A similar idea has been submitted by Samy Ramasainy in more details please contact me on ext 329. Turkey, who went as far as redesigning the appraisal form some years ago. D VzCz©O a aiult ply oftileWeek. A Port Design Expert is required for the Haifa Port Expansion project in Israel. SWK has been commissioned as specialist port advisers to the project management team, which is led by an Israeli Consultant. From Geoff French [Basingstoke]: Duties will include offering expert technical advice on the Ken Goodingham’s suggestion to display the car lists on the procurement and management of design groups to be noticeboards seems entirely sensible and unless I hear strong commissioned by the project management team, as well as arguments to the contrary this will be implemented with effect commenting on designs and giving advice on the programme from the next update of the telephone list. and management. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 15 years’ experience in the design and development of port facilities. The contract is expected to start late February/early March 1996, and will be initially for 24 months; all usual expatriate As this is the Christmas Issue, afew crosswords, quizzes and conditions apply, including married status if required. some light-hearted items follow. Answers will be given in the Those interested should contact Colin Holmes (Basingstoke, first issue of the New Year. ext 263) or Caz Spencer (Basingstoke, ext 209) as soon as possible, having first discussed their availability with their Head of Section.

A young, ambitious, energetic Chartered TownPlanner, who is keen to contribute towards the growth of a new urban planning capability within the context of an international multi disciplinary environment, is needed at Scott House. Anybody interested should contact Sally Mason in Personnel (ext 210),

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1 Song sung at Xmas (1,9,5) 2 A safe place to store presents (5) 8 Sounds of delight or fright (6) 3 Dinner will hopefully do this (5,4) 9 Small explosive firework (7) 4 Part of a circle (3) 10 Pulled the sleigh (9) 5 Pull them at Christmas (8) 13 Chop down loads for Christmas (5) 6 Dad may get one for the garden (4) 15 Small seed in fruit (3) 7 Words of a song (6) 17 Number of ammals going into the Ark (3) 10 BBC & ITV show them again (7) 18 Singular (3) 11 Small brown fruit on the calendar (5) 19 Ceased from activity (6) 12 Replacements for the fairy (5) 21 Whole amount (3) 14 Female (3) 22 Naughty child lifting turf (3) 16 Don’t fall foul of them at Christmas (6) 25 Inlaws always give them to dads (5) 20 Dull, low sound (4) 26 Make sure your chicken is before cooking (6,3) 23 Not at home (3) 24 Exclamation of surprise (3)

...... 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 • • • • • 0 0 . •••• • . Batty but True! I Visitors to Scott House are many and varied. A recent Sports Teaser • visitor to a meeting in Conference Room 2 was a bat - • by Alan Morton • all S grammes of pipistrelle bat - the ‘pet’ of a visiting . for years, • 1) Who scored the first goal at Wembley? I environmentalist! The bat has been a pet 9’/2 • . having been rescued after being washed out of a • . drainage pipe. The bat - named Sweet Pea - responds • 2) Who was the first footballer of the year? • • to love and affection and purrs when stroked. Believe • I me, it’s true! • 3) Where were the FA Cup Finals staged immediately I • • Richard Bayly I before Wembley? I • I I • I • • • I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I I I I I II I I I ftLiiotiler CilristmacCrossword

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.9aro.ss 1 Conferences, national scouts without a change (13) 10 Listening intently - sounds like Scottish cold! (7) 11 Taints a variation for wins (7) 12 I study the painting (4) 13 Youbetldo(5) 14 A fish first for musical end (4) 17 Evidently able so to do (7) 18 For example with the young eel free from burden (7) 19 A very loud religious group changes the mood (7) 22 Hit 10100 a milk pudding (7) 24 A garment made from goat skin (4) 25 Dame Macabre becomes a car (5) 26 As a backward first class continent (4) 29 The lantern adapts without ten to captivate (7) 30 The answer is your own time (7) 31 The place to get something for nothing? (4,5,4)

Down— 2 Troublesome neo-sour troublesome (7) = 3 Sounds like a tonic to sit on (4) 4 Original rock music (7) 16 Poles apart at an angle (5) 5 The English trauma being unpaid (7) 20 Freight perhaps in an ammunition ship for him (7) 6 Inacointoenter(4) 21 The last way to escape notice (7) 7 I enter on some variation to be offensive (7) 22 Fished for net gain (7) 8 Rest changes in the Maestrich arrangement for seasonal 23 Alumni treatment is vague (7) growth (9,4) 27 The French cheese to eat with spilt French beer without 9 A green team sat about the property organiser (6,7) English (4) 15 Five hundred scratch for ha ha, but it’s not funny (5) 28 Rail about the European currency (4)

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Quick Car Quiz I by Nick Blake I I I All the answers are names or makes of cars I I I 1) Cross the stream 13) Record breaker I I 2) Car that thinks it’s a dog I 14) French aristocrat I I 3) Food store 15) Fatima’s choice I I 4) One off 16) Party time I I 5) Consult abroad 17) Paris underground I I 6) Top boy 18) Very ‘small’ car I I I 7) Gracie’s island 19) Royal sport I I 8) Horse 20) Isitacarorisitaplane? I I 9) No friend of the Roundbeads 21) Largecat I I 10) I Royal escort 22) Faces the music I I 11) Used to be in Rome, now in Washington 23) Parkedatthel9th I I 12) Christmas bird 24) Rest a while I I I — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — Following on from Ken Goodingham’s ‘AA Code of Courtesy’ in Issue 22, here is a humorous note on company cars and their drivers. The author (a person of the male persuasion from M&E) wishes to remain anonymous, in case Ken thinks that he always drives in this manner!

Why British is Battered It is my belief that British cars receive unfair criticism because • Can be driven for up to 160 miles with the oil warning light so many of them are company cars which have the following flashing specifications (drivers ofJapanese companycars should note ‘Japanese cars do not use oil’. Ignore this light as a the subsequent remarks in italics) short in the wiring • They need cleaning less often - especially inside • They travel faster in all gears, especially reverse m’ Do not wash or vacuumas this will wear outpaint and — Willgo evenfaster f the handbrake is released carpet • They accelerate at a phenomenal rate • The suspension is reinforced to allow carriage of concrete Cut a hole in the carpetfar greater accelerator pedal slabs and other heavy building materials travel ‘# Theboot is also speciallyshaped to allow easy • They enjoy a much shorter braking distance shoveilingof sand and aggregate Avoidkamikazebraking in more than 100mmof • They are adapted to allow reverse gear to be engaged whilst standing water: the blokebehind may lose control and hit the car is still moving forward you Onlyexperienceddrivers should attempt 5th to reverse • They have a much tighter turning circle at high engine revolutions • Enhanced if handbrake left on • There is no need to use the handbrake when halted at an • They can take ramps at twice the speed of private cars incline by other traffic: just hold it on the clutch — Diesel engine cars can treble this speed Rubber bumpers are fitted to allow you to roll back and • Battery, water, oil and tyre pressures do not need to be let the bloke behind use his brakes checked so often • The Lyrewalls are designed to allow bumping into and over Warning lights arefitted, therefore ignore these items kerbs altogether .- Latest Japanese lyre technologyallows this to occur in • The floor is shaped like an ashtray all gears at any speed Excess debris wilifall on the road when the doors are • Unusual and alarming engine noises are easily eliminated opened by the adjustment of the fitted radio volume control • They only burn petrol with the highest gift token rate . Thesewill nowbe maskedby musicaljingles emitted Do not exceed 2-starfuel. In rural areas still alcohol or from the dashboard liqufled cow dung can be tried • No security needed. Can be left anywhere unlocked with • They do not require to be garaged at night the keys in the ignition for anybody to try a short run Do not garage: condensationfrom warm air maycause — Leave the engine running to save wear on battery and rust starter motor

Turkish Delight Just a short Christmassy message of goodwill and best wishes from the members of the lost patrol in Ankara working on the design check and supervision of the Ankara-Gerede and Ankara Peripheral Motorways. Even though Constantinople (Istanbul) was the centre of the Christian world for over 1000years, religious cleansing has left Turkey with a population which is 99% Moslem, and as such Christmas is not officially recognised. But there are plenty of Christian ruins (especially after midnight on a Saturday!) and the Virgin Mary spent her last days in a quiet little house in Ephesus on the south coast. Whereas a few years ago foraging parties had to be sent out to the Ataturk woods on moonlit, snowy nights to chop down Christmas trees, these days they can be bought on most street corners and decorations can be found in ‘most good department stores’. Many of us have already shared in some Christmas festivity or other - the Carol Evening at the British Embassy organised by our own Ivan ‘Hoe’ Hodgson being a notable example. Although some of us will be working on Christmas Day, all will have the opportunity of a white Christmas, either in Ankara or in the mountains surrounding it, and as the national elections are on Christmas Eve there will be no lack of celebrations, decorations, singing and noise this year! • Graham Law

continued overleaf... The Worst Road in the World? height, clinging to the side of the mountain. The road from Kathmandu to India is one of the world’s most There are spectacular views, hairpin bends, precipitous drops, interesting drives. It rises from the plains of northern India and and potholes you can lose a landrover in. winds along a beautiful river valley until it reaches Mugling, Every item in Kathmandu is brought in on this route in the Basildon of Nepal. Over the past seven years, SWK has heavily over-loaded lorries from India which break their axles had a strong presence supervising the reconstruction of at this point and can block the road completely, as they only approximately 90km of the road between Mugling and stop in the centre. Their style of Leaningon the horn to Kathmandu, and the labours of many of our engineers are overtake around completely blind bends now comes into its bearing fruit, as the end is now hopefully in sighL own and should you not partake in this local version of Russian As you leave our job it is a completely different story. Roulette you are choked to death on the diesel fumes billowing From the eastern end of this improved section you drive onto from the lorry in front and the dust kicked up, as well as having something inferior to any site road I have ever been on which, your fillings loosened from the constant jarring from the broken due to one delay or another, is yet to be improved. A stretch of road surface. it is not the place for those unfortunate enough to around 15km takes up to one hour as it winds up over 1500m in suffer from piles: it’s agony, I can assure you! John Tilley and finally

A Caption Competition This photo of Bob McGowan (left) and Peter Guthrie was taken at the Cape Town Confer ence. Can anybody think of a suitable caption / conversation?

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“ATTENTiON - ALL STAFF!” November 1995 Offer 298.5 Bid 277.8 From Geoff French [Basingstoke]: (data supplied by Prudential Assurance Co). Some people in Basingstoke will have noticed that we are trying out a new ‘Received’ stamp (shown below) From Anna Evans [Basin gstoke]: If you’re wondering whether you are ever going to see the results of the questionnaire carried out in November - take SWKBASINGSTOKE heart. We are in the middle of analysing them and a feature on RECEIVED what we have discovered and what changes - if any - will be O JAN1996 made will appear in Scottlight by the end of January. Job I File Action From Cohn McKenna [Basin gstoke]: Copy Circ I want to copy a video without the expense of going to a professional firm. Does anybody possess a VHS camera that will allow me to transfer using the Firm’s video; or a video player that they are willing to lend for the same purpose?

From Alison Gurr [Basingstoke]: ‘Calculation of Road Traffic Noise’: whoever borrowed it It is smaller than the old one and has spaces for circulation of please return it to the Environmental Section or the library at the original as well as spaces for copies, as before. I’d be Scott House. grateful for feedback on the new stamp before we consider whether this design should be introduced across the Firm. From Sharron Rose [BasingstokeJ: Thank you to the anonymous persons who returned the missing From Anna Evans [Basin gstokeJ: A564 Foston Hatton Hilton and Hong Kong Route 3 AwARDs promotional sheets. The deadline for the Concrete Society Awards is Friday 23rd February. Please let me know on ext 297 if you would like an entry form. L1 What’s Going On?

Entries are invited for the Structural Steel Design Awards. What is going on? Not much by the looks of it, as job news There are 4 categories: seems to have tailed off. Please keep up the good work of 1) single or two-storey buildings; 2) buildings of over 2 storeys; 1995, and continue to send Scottlight information on new jobs, 3) bridgework of all types; 4) other structures. project updates and so on. Structures must be situated in the UK, or overseas as long as steelwork. They must have been they employ British steel and From John Redpath [Glasgow]: substantially completed and ready for occupation or use during A Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick and Strainstall Engineering 1994 or 1995. The deadline is Friday 5th April. Services joint paper has been accepted by the Concrete Society Please contact me on ext 297 if you would like further for presentation at the F1P Symposium on Post-Tensioned information and/or an entry form. Concrete Structures on 25th - 27th September 1996 in London. The paper is entitled: “The Identification, Measurement and In last week’s issue there was an item from Stephen Leach Interpretation of Abnormal Stress Fields in Post Tensioned the need to type the filename and date at the bottom concerning Bridges: A Case Study” and will be co-authored by Duncan each word-processed document. Please note that on the Vax of MacKillop (Glasgow), Dr Alan Owens of Strainstall and system, the macro available is accessed by pressing the key EE myself. The paper will be included in the Proceedings at the option 3. (not the PF2 key), followed by F19 and choosing conference. Sorry for any confusion. This is in addition to Cohn McKenna’s paper detailed in last Andrew [BasingstokeJ: From Hebberd week’s issue. Unit prices regarding Managed Fund, AVC Scheme: October 1995 Offer 289.9 Bid 269.8

continued overleaf... Congratulations! * * 31) free trade area. Down: 2) onerous; 3) sofa; 4) lullaby; 5) amateur; 6) into; 7) 1_ Philip Mason (Projects Engineer in Chesterfield Water Section) noisome; 8) Christmas tree; 9) estate manager; 15) ditch; 16) has passed his Chartered Professionai Review and has been slope; 20) fighter; 21) stellar; 22) trawled; 23) obscure; 27) admitted as MICE. Philip will now apply for membership of brie; 28) lira. CIWEM. Alan Morton’s Sports Teaser:- Particular congratulations go to Najeeb Latif, who has also 1) David Jack (Bolton) in 1923 Cup Final successfully passed his CPR. 2) Stanley Matthews (Blackpool) 3) Stamford Bridge Andy Goodwin in Chesterfield has had two things to celebrate lately: not only has he passed his CPR, his wife Julie has From Accounts [Basingstokej: recently given birth to New Year baby Sophie. We would like to thank Fathcr Christmas (alias Mike Sales) for his yearly contribution to our festivities. A letter of apology Congratulations to Martin Jacobs (Basingstoke) and his wife was sent to the cleaners by Father Christmas for the **** left Janna, who are proud new parents. Their baby girl, Evangeline by Rudolph! Sophia, was born on 26th December weighing 61b8’/ oz.

Moves-- Moves- -* Moves-.-* Moves Lvms: Lee Deakin left the Firm on 8th December, and 15th December saw the departure of Ross Bailey. Both were based at Scott House.

NEwSmn: Two new starters began work at Scott House on Monday 8th January:

Angela Winter joins us as Section Secretary for Structures.

Lisa Litchfield provides cover for Pam Masson as Personnel Assistant whilst Pam is on maternity leave.

TI&Nsrms: Shammy Pun has returned from Jordan and is based at Scott House.

Graeme Thompson has returned from the Falklands to the Plymouth office.

Steve Brundle, Andrew Evans and Duncan Pickard are now all based at Scott House following their return from Manchester From Mike Sales [Basingstoke]: Airport, ahough Steve will continue to spend about 2 days a Another caption for the Christmas Issue photo: week at the Manchester site. BOB tO PEmR: You’re right - Scott Wilson ConDoMwould look ridiculous.

& From Alan Morton [Basingstoke]: SPOftTS Another Sports Teaser: -S Two of the following soccer clubs were not among the original Christmas Issue puzzle solutions:-CA 01S 12 members of the Football League: Nick Blake’s Quick Car Quiz:- Accrington, Sunderland, Notts County, Everton, Notts Forest, 1) Ford; 2) Rover; 3) Lada; 4) Uno; 5) Enquire; 6) Prefect 7) Sheffield Wednesday and Stoke City. Granada; 8) Pony; 9) Cavalier; 10) Ambassador; 11) Clio; 12) Name the two clubs. Robin; 13) Bluebird; 14) Solero; 15) Javelin; 16) Fiesta/Riva; 17) Metro; 18) Mini; 19) Polo; 20) MidgetjSaab; 21) Jaguar; 22) Maestro; 23) Golf; 24) Leyland. For Sole &Wonted Mike Sales’ crossword:- £€E Across: 1) consultations; 10) heedful; 11) attains; 12) icon; 13) wager; 14) coda; 17) testify; 18) relieve; 19) affects; 22) From MainLine [Swindon]: tapioca; 24) toga; 25) sedan; 26) asia; 29) enthral; 30) leisure; We have some more items up for sale - the list is attached to

continued overleaf... this issue. Bids in a sealed envelope should be forwarded to advertising or sponsorship in exchange for their business in Peter Crane at MainLine by 12 noon on Friday 2nd February. pensions and AVCs. Even £5 from the sandwich suppliers or any of the other people that ask to have posters put on office From Tony Gledhill [Basingstoke]: noticeboards would help in these hard times. Wanted: If anybody has any unwanted floor area, could they I don’t think that limited advertising would compromise the send it to UK roads, 3rd floor, Scott House, preferably in digital objectives of the newsletter, and staff-related rather than or photo-reduced form. We are hoping to collect enough to business advertising may actually be seen as a benefit. Has this enable a new filing cabinet to be opened to commemorate the option been considered? Third Millennium! Winner— The winner of the December Idea of the Month is Ken WXoL’r’frr Yopa Goodingharn, who suggested that car lists are pinned to the 1 Mii noticeboards instead of attached to monthly phone lists. His idea, which has sinDebeen implemented, should save the Firm From Grant Scholes [Glasgow]: some money and was easy to introduce. An even more subtle change in the corporate logo appearing in Ken, please let Anna Evans know which you’d prefer - a the December Special Issue of Scoulight is the apparent change bottle of wine or a box of chocolates. from a Macintosh font to the more widely available True Type Times New Roman. Is this intentional? Editor’s Note: From Geoff Redwood [Basingstoke]: Is there life outside Basingstoke?? This issue could quite easily To give a wider appreciation of the breadth and depth of skills be called the ‘Basingstoke Bugle’, as 75% of the contributions throughout SWK, could Scottlight periodically feature a short are from staff at Scott House. There were a few comments in spotlight article on one of the group’s companies or disciplines the questionnaires returned from people in other offices along the lines of the feature on Scott Neale in SWKToday concerning the fact that most items seem to originate from (August 1995 issue)? Basingstoke. Well, unless people send in items from other offices, it will continue to happen! Some of these items have to come from Basingstoke staff, as they handle many of the Idea of the Week Firm’s central functions - accounts, personnel, computing, etc. However, Scottlight is meant to reflect what is happening in the Firm EVERYWHERE, from Exeter to London, Sheffield to Inverness and Turkey to Cameroon. So, wherever you are From Richard Heard [Te(ford]: based, and no matter how small your office or section, please Make Scottlight pay for itself. let the rest of us know what you are doing! Many large company magazines are run at a profit, or with minimal costs, by the inclusion of advertising. Why not Scouhight? OK, we are unlikely to attract the attention of the Saatchi brothers, but there again the running costs shouldn’t quite match Hello! either! With a circulation that must reach nearly 1,000 engineering professionals in the UK, Scottlight could be quite attractive to contractors, construction specialists, sub consultants, and in fact any of our suppliers, from computers to travel services, etc. Prudential, for instance, could be pressed to contribute

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SWK has had some recent visitors: Raymond Ernstein, Head of Environmental Management at From David Dales [Peterborough]: Latvia State University, joined us for a 3-week British Council Peterborough has been commissioned by the National Rivers assisted placement. He was particularly interested in learning Authority to investigate the possible use of the Private Finance how to move his department from purely academic work to Initiative to maintain coastal defences. providing consultancy services. Gopal Gyawal from Nepal, again sponsored by the British From David Johns [Te(ford/Birmingham]: Council, has just completed a 6-month structured training Specification for underpinning required. programme at Derby Southern Bypass, organised by Len We have been appointed by an insurer to design a scheme for Briggs. He has now moved south to Farnborough and hopes to underpinning a house which has cracked following settlement. gain further site experience before returning to Nepal in It is likely that simple mass concrete construction will be used. February. Works will be restricted by the proximity of an adjacent property. If any office has completed similar work recently, can we have a copy of the Specification so that we do not have Congratulations! to re-invent the wheel? We may then have a chance of completing within budget. Well done to Bruce Lunn (Edinburgh), Gordon MacDonald (Glasgow) and Graham Taylor (in transit somewhere between From Bob Weekes [India]: Glasgow and Hong Kong), who have all passed the autumn SWK (India) has recently installed the latest PC version of CPR. MOSS in the offices in Delhi. Our present licence covers only the conventional version of MOSS, although both ProMOSS From Hugh Blackwood [Glasgow]: and PaveMOSS have been mounted and can be activated on Congratulations to Gordon Bathgate (FICE) in the Glasgow payment of an additional licence fee. office, who has accepted an invitation from the Institution of Our intention is to train Indian Engineers in the use of Civil Engineers to be the Scottish representative on the MOSS - two initially, subsequently more. This will enable us Arbitration Advisory Panel until November 1997. Gordon to undertake sophisticated levels of design work on our own joined the Scottish Firm in 1992 and is a member of both behalf and, hopefully, on behalf of other companies within the the ICE List of Arbitrators and of the Chartered Institute of SWK Group as well. There has also been interest from outside Arbitrators’ Panel of Arbitrators. He also joins the inaugural bodies in India, with the possibility of our carrying out highway List of Adjudicators which has been established by the ICE to design on an agency basis. In addition, given the rapidly adjudicate under the New Engineering Contract (NEC) and increasing portability of MOSS, we envisage highway design becomes the new Vice Chairman of the Scottish Branch of increasingly being carried out at or near overseas sites. We the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Gordon’s ‘spare’ time is would hope, in future, to be able to provide a pool of trained spent lecturing at the universities of Heriot-Watt and MOSS operators competent to join international design teams Strathclyde on Conditions of Contract and arbitration. anywhere in the world. (Belated) congratulations to Ian Campbell (Chesterfield) and From David Farthing [Basin gstoke]: his wife Caroline, whose baby girl turned up on 23rd An update on the Firm’s work in Europe, where the Firm is December. Named Hannah Rose, she weighed about 7lb 9oz increasing its workload: (or as far as Stephanie Foreman can remember!) We have won recent commissions in Western Europe such as the framework agreement for work at Copenhagen Airport Future All Black Max Cameron Mason weighed in at 7lb 2oz at with Bigum and Steenfos. However, marketing initiatives in 2:50pm on 11th January. Mother Sabina - and father Philip this part of the region are primarily about contacts with (Water section, Chesterfield) - doing well. European contractors and other consultants, with a view to forming associations that can be developed for work elsewhere in the region and other parts of the world. In Central and Eastern Europe new projects include the Moves—- Moves- - Moves—- Moves Albania National Road Code Study and the Klaipeda Welifield project in Lithuania. The World Bank has extended our TINsfaRs: highway project in Poland for another year and the Bulgarian David Geilinger is currently on secondment to Peterborough Transit Roads Study with the Spanish firm Europistas is from Basingstoke, working on the Denton Flood Scheme.

continued overleaf... Richard Hennessy has moved from Manchester Airport to We are looking for a Secretary to assist the Personnel Manager Sheffield (via Peterborough and Chesterfield!) and carry out general secretarial, administrative and clerical duties. There may also be a requirement to cover for other Sean Kent, who has been on secondment from the NRA, has members of staff during holiday periods, etc. The role will be returned to Peterborough following completion of work on varied, interesting - and extremely busy! Newport Pagnell Flood Alleviation Scheme. A minimum of 5 years’ secretarial experience and shorthand is essential. The ability to use spreadsheets would be an SmRmRs: advantage. Previous experience of working in a Personnel Welcome to Nicola Gordge, who started at Scott House on 15th Department would be useful. January as Personnel Assistant (Training) to replace Cathryn If you are interested in this position, please contact Sally McDonnell. Mason (Basingstoke, ext 210), having first spoken to your Section Head. LEAvERs: Best wishes to Pam Masson (Personnel Dept, Scott House) who We are looking to fill two vacancies in Al Am, UAE, leaves on Friday 19th January to begin her maternity leave. immediately. The positions, for the Town Centre Project, will Her baby is not due until early April, but just to make sure she be for an initial period of 12 months, but could be extended to 3 doesn’t take things too easy beforehand, Pam and her husband years by mutual agreement. have just moved house! All the best to Pam and lain from Resident Engineer: the successful candidate will have a everybody at SWK. degree and a minimum of 10 years’ experience including road! municipal work. Flat accommodation and transport provided. Richard Davis, currently on secondment to Peterborough, is Assistant Resident Engineer (traffic): this candidate should leaving the Firm in February to join the National Rivers be single with a minimum of 5 years’ experience. The ‘traffic’ Authority. element refers to traffic management and diversions. To qualify you should have the necessary experience and ability to direct contractor’s staff in the preparation of detail drawings, SpORTS & SOCIALS giving setting out and levels following survey work undertaken on site. From Alan Morton [Basin gstoke]: Al Am is a pleasant oasis town (often referred to as Garden Answer to the Sports Teaser in Issue 26: City) and the project is extensive and prestigious. These Sunderland and Sheffield Wednesday were the two soccer positions would suit young, go ahead people looking for good clubs who were not amongst the original 12 members of the experience overseas. Football League. If you are interested in knowing more about the project, salary and conditions on offer, please contact Don Wootton in From Stephen Leckie [Glasgow]: Reigate or Caz Spencer in Basingstoke, having first discussed I was surprised to note that no ‘Total Stations’ were for sale in your availability with your Section Head. You should be ready MainLine’s list of measurement equipment! to mobilise at short notice. NB: an explanation of this observation is available for the non technical! Idea of tfe ‘Wee1ç. From a (very senior!) anonymous member of staff [Reigate]: I wonder if we should run a weekly strip on names? We do, of course, have Directors ‘Wright’ and ‘Wong’! This fax came in from a client in Qatar where we are From Brian Lake [ret’d,formerly London, Lagos and Harare]: bidding with SWK(PE) for an extension to the Highways I was pleased to receive Scoulight during a recent contract in Inventory project. Have we exchanged John Prosser for a the Nottingham office. Now that it’s finished, I will not be computer??! getting that information. My Idea is that copies of Scottlight be “To Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co sent to all SWK pensioners each month with their pension FAO: Mr John Processor...” advice slips.

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MainLine is looking for a Quality Leader to operate a Quality Management System and to run the Sections’ Technical Library. This would include site visits for audit purposes. The candidate must be educated to A’level standard and be From Bob McKittrick [Chesterfield]: willing to become a Certified Lead Assessor of Quality Graham Law asked (Issue 23) why we don’t have an eye- Systems. Good organisational skills and an ability to command catching logo. It looks as if our logo is so good that it has gone respect and credibility from senior staff are essential. unnoticed. It is used on all letterheads, proposals, etc, as well If you are interested in this position, please contact Diane as on site helmets (some of them), invitation cards, menus, etc. Goddard (Swindon, tel: 01793-5 15262), having first spoken to Work is currently in hand to decide if we need to change the your Section Head.

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Following is the list of European countries...

Countries defined as European Countries adjacent to Europe, defined as Overseas

Western Europe Central & Eastern Europe Armenia Austria Albania Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia Georgia Cyprus Bulgaria Kazakhstan Denmark Croatia Kyrghystan Finland Czech Republic Mongolia France Hungary Russia (east of Urals) Germany Macedonia Tadjikistan Greece Poland Turkey Ireland (Southern) Romania Turkrnenistan Italy Serbia Uzbekistan Luxembourg Slovakia Malta Slovenia - it seems a little premature to Netherlands consider Chechnya and Norway Former Soviet Union and Dagestan! Portugal Western Russia Spain Belarus Sweden Estonia Switzerland Latvia UK Lithuania Moldova Russia (west of Urals) Ukraine

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

My Idea of the Week is (continue on a separate page if necessary):

(Youdo not have tofill in this part ifyou do not want to) NameS Location

All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to Anna Evans in Basingstoke by 5pm Monday

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“ATTENTION - ALL STAFF!” grounds of unauthorised absence. 6) Self Certification forms, doctors’ notes or hospital From Alan Morton [Basin gstoke]: admission certificates will not, in any case, be accepted There have recently been several individual sickness absences more than 3 months after the relevant absence from work. where, because the relevant staff have failed to forward the 7) Sickness absence should be recorded on time sheets, and appropriate certification to Salaries Department at Basingstoke where the illness has lasted for 4 days or more, any sickness in good time, it has then led to deductions from pay due to the on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays should also be uncertificated absence from work being treated as recorded on the time sheet.” ‘Unauthorised Absence’ arid hence Unpaid. Therefore, it would seem worthwhile to remind employees From Don Johnson [Basingstoke]: what the Company’s attitude and procedures are with regard to Complacency kills! sickness absence to avoid any misunderstandings in the future: Please don’t leave briefcases or bags unattended anywhere on “SWK and its associated companies operate a sickness the Firm’s premises without informing somebody else first, as policy which aims to ensure that all permanent employees are they will be treated as suspicious and disposed of accordingly. treated sympathetically in cases of genuine sickness and provides sick pay for absent employees to maximum levels From Martin Nielsen [Basingstoke/MainLineJ: depending upon their length of service. Please note the direct line contact numbers for David Dawson “The Company may investigate individual cases of and myself: frequent, intermittent or prolonged absence, depending upon Tel: 01793-499003 (M Nielsen) the circumstances. 01793-499001 (D Dawson) “The Company aims to ensure that all employees are treated E-mail: [email protected] fairly and equally in terms of absence from work due to sickness or injury. It also aims to offer security of employment From Anna Evans [Basingstokej: during these periods subject to the needs of the business and to Think of a name! We need one for a new magazine that is the following procedures. being produced for our clients. SWK Today has been laid to 1) It is the individual’s responsibility to ensure that they follow rest, and is being replaced by a brand new publication with a correct procedures in cases of sickness and not to abuse the completely new layout and design. It will aim to:- system in any way. • keep regular clients up to date on what we are doing 2) When a member of staff is prevented from working due to • informally introduce new and potential clients to the Firm sickness, they should notify their Head of Section or • be a promotional tool, to be used alongside brochures and Department on the first day of their illness, preferably colour sheets. before 10:00 am, so that contingency arrangements may be An inspiring name is therefore needed as soon as possible, as made to cover for the absence as soon as possible. An we hope to get the first issue out on 1st May 1996. If you have indication should also be made at this point of the likely any suggestions for a name, please send a memo or fax to me duration of their absence. by 16th February (the person known as Peter Guthrie need not 3) For illnesses lasting between 1 and 7 calendar days, the apply!) Any general suggestions as to the presentation/content individual should complete a Self Certification Form of the new magazine will also be very welcome. (obtained from personnel) on their first day of return. The Head of Section or Department should countersign the From Alan Morton [Basingsioke]: form, provided that they are satisfied that the claim is Staff Secondment genuine, and return it to Salaries Department at Basingstoke A full distribution memo has been circulated regarding the as soon as possible. It is imuortant that this is done Employment Agencies Act 1974 and the secondment of staff. extremely quickly to avoid deduction from salary. If this issue is of relevance to you, please contact your Section 4) For absences of 8 calendar days or more the individual Head, who will have a copy of this memo which is dated 17th should forward a certificate from their doctor, or a hospital January. admission certificate, if appropriate, to Salaries Department. 5) Continuation certificates must also be obtained as necessary From Geoff French [Basingstoke]: to cover the full period of absence. Failure to provide Many thanks to all those people who commented on the new adequate and timely evidence of sickness may lead to the ‘Received’ stamp. If I were to incorporate all the suggested suspension of sick pay and SSP for the period of absence additions the new stamp would be significantly larger than the and could in some cases involve disciplinary action on the old one, which wasn’t really the idea! However, I will have a

continued overleaf... good look at all the ideas I’ve been given and make further (Basingstoke) will provide an environmental perspective and changes before standardising on a new design. Helen Dell (London) will be responsible for the economic analysis. The study team plans to arrive in Dar es Salaam in From Sharron Rose [Basin gstoke]: early February for a 4 week visit. We also intend to make Following on from the note in last week’s issue concerning the contact with the SWK East Africa safari consultancy based in time taken to print colour photocopies of promotional sheets, Tanga which is managed by Julian Jones (see Issue 23). please note the ç involved: This item has been edited slightly, but thefull version will be an For each A4 sheet: ideal article for inclusion in the new client magazine (see In-house: 75p (no reduction for larger quantities) ‘AttentionAll Staff). Presto Print: £1.05 (1 - 10 sheets) 90p (11 -50 sheets) From Paul Hanafin [Birmingham]: 80p (51 - 100 sheets) The Birmingham office has recently been awarded 5 separate traffic management commissions by the University of Birmingham: i) an examination of pedestrian safety and traffic speeds on a What’s Going On? strategic traffic route to the east of the campus [ ii) a report on the parking and access problems at the Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000 -£99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; University’s conference facilities 0: £5,000 - £9,999; E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 iii) an access design study at the University Centre iv) an assessment of safety and pedestrian/vehicle conflicts on From David Dawson [Main.Line]: student routes from Halls of Residence MainLine’s site staff have recently been awarded supervision v) a study of the internal campus street lighting provision with work valued at fee scale B: respect to BS5489 part 3 (1992). The work is being carried out by Dyfan Thomas and • 2 bridge constructions located between Bramley and Amanda Blanksby, and total fees are scale C. Basingstoke, for the South West Zone. This work is for an important new client, with a significant volume of work close From Peter Guthrie [Basingstoke]: to Swindon. Paul Benfield and Ian Cooper will work on this We have had a very complimentary letter from Andrew Clark contract, supervising Edmund Nuttall for 3 months. at Devonport Management Ltd: “... on Tuesday Plymouth City Council approved the NOPD • Great Western MPD’s Structures Renewals Project. application for the Enhancement and Modernisation of the Starting with a rapidly assembled team to supervise a bridge Nuclear Submarine Refitting Facilities at Devonport. reconstruction at Trowbridge at Christmas, the scheme also “Once again the success of this application was due in involves major bridgeworks at 6 other sites, for completion large part to the efforts of your team in helping us with the before the end of March. Our ability to respond and assemble Environmental Statement and the other supporting quickly a very capable team has clearly been a major factor in documentation. I would be grateful you would pass on my our appointment by Railtrack MPD in a negotiated contract. f thanks to them.”

• The Great Western Zone’s Environmental Improvement Contract (litter clearance!) Bob Hyell returns to supervise this work which will enable Railtrack to comply with legislation Congratulations! covering environmental standards in the vicinity of stations. Bob’s contract and safety experience are key factors in From Peter Innes [Basingstoke]: managing a contract which will require safety management Well done to Alastair Napier, Alan Aikman and Norrie Kitson procedures at every station in the Great Western Zone. (Edinburgh) on their election to Membership of the Association of Project Managers. MainLine has won a fee scale C commission to survey all Railtrack GW Zone MAS stand-by generator locations and From David Dawson [MainLine]: develop designs for remote monitoring of the diesel engine On Friday 15th December a group of us, with client guests, battery chargers. When completed the system will enable attended the ICE South West Association Christmas lunch, at Railtrack to continuously monitor battery charging status and which Rob Lewis received the certificate for the 1995 Project identify problems before they cause failures of the generator Award. Congratulations to Rob and the whole of the team sets and potential blackout of the signalling. Project leader is involved in the design, contract preparation and supervision of Mark Weymouth. QS staff are involved with preparation of Hallen Bridge. contract documents for the installation phase of the project. Thank you to all the 17 MainLine staff who were on duty over the Christmas period to cover work on the demolition of From David Magowan [Basin gstoke]: Dewley Road bridge, the Sudbrook scheme and the bridge We have been appointed by the Directorate of Civil Aviation in reconstruction at Trowbridge. Tony Fletcher has expressed his Tanzania to carry out a feasibility study for 18 existing and 2 appreciation of the contribution made by MainLine in ensuring new airports. Detailed design for the rehabilitation of 10 of the success of these critical jobs. these airports will then be carried out. The project is being funded by the African Development Fund. Congratulations to Dave Sutton, who has earned a 25 years Mike Jackson and I will manage the project, Martin Birt Long Service Award. He joined MainLine in October 1970.

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5TARrERs: From Simon Thomas [Reigate]: • Truth Peters started at MainLine on 2nd January as a Project Should there be a new category for ‘Observations on the Reply Administration Assistant. of the Week’? With regard to Bob McKittrick’s logo, the new • Dawn Wright started in the Sheffield office at the beginning ‘hump’ suggests that it has been hijacked by his bridges of the year as Receptionist/Typist. She has replaced Pat section, but they really should have consulted the Fine Arts Quirke who left before Christmas. Commission first! • Eve McDonald joined MainLine on 8th January as Editor’s note: Myfault entirely! I had to do a bit of Blue Peter Secretary to David Dawson and Martin Nielsen. She style creative photocopying in order to miss out the ‘consulting replaces Katie Brooks (see transfers). engineers’ bit of the old logo, and the line went a bit awry. • Jill Carr and Angela Hall began work in the Chesterfield office as Section Secretaries covering for Fiona Brien and From Robin Dawson [Chesterfield]: Joanne Martin’s maternity leave. Jill started on 8th January I recall some years ago seeing a photograph of the Chief Civil and Angela on 15th January. Engineer of British Rail, Western Region, receiving Brunel’s • Gareth Pritchard started at MainLine on 15th January as an stick on taking office. This had been handed down from Brunel Engineering Assistant. via the Chief Civil Engineers of the Great Western Railway and • Robert Tidbury joined MainLine on 22nd January as a latterly the Western Region. Has this stick come to us with Senior Project Engineer. MainLine, or has it stayed with Railtrack?

LEAVERS From Marian Waldron [Basildon]: Stephen Keighley left MainLine on 19th January. It would be nice to have photos published of key people from each office (a kind of ‘Rogues’ Gallery’). In that way you can Cathryn McDonnell (Basingstoke), will leave us on Friday 26th put a face to a voice on the other end of the telephone. January for pastures new. Cathryn and her husband Karl will Editor’s note: this is a recurring issue, and one we will try to shortly be leaving the UK to emigrate to Canada and we all address. wish them every success for the future.

TR.NsFERs: Sue Moore, who has spent the last two weeks in Chesterfield Ida of theWee& working on a project for Alan Morton, is leaving for South Africa on 21st January. She will be working out of the Durban office on project management, consolidating the skills she acquired on the MSc course at Cranfield University. From Richard Caseley [Teford]: I had a similar Idea to that in Issue 25 from Stuart Bradshaw Katie Brooks moved from her position as David Dawson’s regarding the reuse of spreadsheets. It occurred to me that this secretary to MainLine’s M&E division on 15th January, to start reuse principle could be adopted in other computer applications CAD training. as well, achieving significant cost savings. Individual sections/ offices may already have standard document templates so why not use them throughout SWK? For example, it would take little time to create a standard gD VCzCB n wordperfect document file for an SWK ‘Report’, with a standard font, section and sub-section headings, automatic page MainLine vacancies numbering and contents list, and a large enough top margin to • The MainLine M&E division is desperately seeking a provide space for the SWK logo heading on continuation paper, variety of engineers at all levels. etc. This would save much reformatting time and appear more • MainLine’s QS division needs a trainee Quantity Surveyor consistent to clients. To reduce the possibility of waste of (ideally a graduate with a couple of years’ experience) for a costly continuation paper by placing it the wrong way into the project lasting 3 months. printer, either All these positions are open to people outside the Firm as well a) the red SWK logo could be reproduced within the as current members of staff. If you would like further details, wordperfect file and blank continuation paper could be used, or please contact Alison White (tel: 01793-515262), having first b) a small note/picture could be stuck on all printers and discussed your availability with your Head of Section. photocopiers showing which way up and round headed paper should be placed. The template files could be put in each A Marketing Assistant is needed at Scott House. The work will person’s user area to enable easy use. include management of project description and discipline sheets, brochure supplies and the job database. From Caroline Moore [Basingstoke]: If you are interested in this position, please contact Sally Why not put dates on the bottom of colour sheets? This would Mason in Personnel (Basingstoke, ext 210), having previously ensure that we always use the most up-to-date version and spoken to your Head of Section. would also give an indication of when a sheet was last changed and if it is due for revision. - the same thought has been expressed byDavid Lyon in Manchester.

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From David Johns [Teford]: In the current review of the corporate letterheads I suggest that the address is removed from the printed pro forma and incorporated into the macro/template that produces the letter. This would mean that only one version would need to be held in store. A macro for each office could be placed on network servers allowing easy access to letterheads for each office anywhere in the UK. As a member of staff who manages projects from two offices this would make it much easier for me to ensure that the correct letterhead is available. It would also make prepnnting and distribution much easier to organise.

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At last! - the results of the questionnaire which appeared in Issue 20 of Scottlight. Presented here is a general review of the answers in order to highlight the most significant fmdings (and to avoid boring everybody with endless percentages). A full breakdown of all the questions asked is available from Anna Evans (Basingstoke, ext 297).

We will start off with an overall review of people’s responses, followed by questions and answers, and finish up with a few conclusions.

1) What did we find? interested in are location, client’s name, the office(s) involved Generally: and the fee value. A few people came up with further Firstly, everybody who answered reads Scoulight, and thinks it additions: should continue. Perhaps more importantly, the vast majority - • particular expertise involved (eg bridge design, technical 931/,% - feels more aware of what is happening within the Firm advice, etc) since Scoulight was launched. As this was the main reason for • any innovative, unusual or distinguishing features introducing the newsletter, this is great news. • project manager A large percentage of people (over 90%) find Scottlight • whether it’s a joint venture or a consortium / associated interesting to some degree, and most feel that, on the whole, the consultants newsletter carries a lot of personal relevance: just over half find • source of funding the contents mostly relevant to them. Many people who ticked • whether completed on time and if profitable ‘mostly irrelevant’ stressed that although most of the content • how initial point of contact was made with client / how the has no direct impact on them or their role within the Firm, they work was won still want to know what is going on. • whether or not SWK has previously worked for a client While 62’/,%agree with Scottlight appearing weekly, a Some contradiction came to light as regards the listing of considerable minority (a third) think a fortnightly frequency new commissions. This practice had been put on hold, pending would be better. Some people think that this lower frequency the results of the questionnaire. A surprising 74% felt that just would be appropriate for weeks when there is little news; others about the right number of jobs were being listed (the general are thinking in terms of saving paper. feeling prior to the survey was that there were too many!). The occasional Special Issues are produced to let staff know However, most people would like to see only significant jobs of particularly important decisions or developments within listed, which suggests that minor jobs (for example, those with SWK. A pleasing 92’f% think Special Issues should continue, a fee value less than £30,000) should not be listed. and 88’/,%agree with the policy that everybody should get their ‘Congratulations!’, ‘Moves’, ‘Sports & Socials’ and own copy. ‘Vacancies’: all these sections are at least skimmed through and As for actual use of Scotilight, just over half have referred found to be of some interest, with only small percentages to past issues. Over 40% have had a fairly good response to a ignoring them altogether. request; however, just under 40% got no response at all! Over ‘For Sale & Wanted’is noted by most, and although just half file it, with nearly 40% throwing it away. Scoulight was over 60% find it interesting, over a quarter think it’s boring. actually designed to be binned once read, but experience and ‘What’s On YourMind?’ and ‘Idea of the Week’are very the questionnaire have shown that a considerable amount of the popular, as three quarters of those who answered read them information presented in each newsletter may be useful later. thoroughly. Well over 90% find these sections hold some interest for them, with over half finding them very interesting. Specifically: People felt that the amount of information presented in each ‘AttentionAll Staff!’is the most thoroughly read of all the section was about right. However, a large minority would like sections - nearly 80% read it carefully, and almost everybody to see more of ‘What’s Going On?’ (35%), ‘What’s On Your (97%) finds it of some interest. As its aim is to provide the sort Mind?’ (32’/,%),and ‘Idea of the Week’(29%). of information that all staff ought to know, this is an encouraging result. ‘What’sGoing On?’ is also fairly popular, with over 60% 2) QsandAs reading it thoroughly. Over half find it very interesting. The Many people took the time to comment further on Scoulight. A general opinion is that people like to know which jobs SWK selection is presented here: has undertaken, where they are, who the client is and so on. However, as regards detail - the briefer the better. Most people a) Could the length of Scottlightbe kept to a minimum of, would like individual items concerning projects to be kept to a say, 2 sides? Some articles seem too long, so perhaps there maximum of about 100 words (‘/ column), which is enough for should be more editing. people to gain an overall picture. All items have an author Scoulight will always be as long as the information available from whom further details may be obtained. for that week. To restrict it to two sides may mean omitting The project details that people would be particularly some items, or holding them over until the following week,

continued overleat... which is not the idea. Until the questionnaire results came e) What is the distribution of Scottlight? through the content of Scortlightwas largely experimental, so One copy is distributed to each member of staff in all the UK there was very little editing of articles, and little control over offices. A copy is also faxed to each of the offices overseas what was printed (only a very few items have been missed out controlled by the UK Firm. It has been suggested that copies since its launch). Now that we have a better idea of what should be sent to members of staff who are away from work for people want, we are in a better position to try to satisfy, if not significant lengths of time - because of such things as maternity everybody all the time, then at least most people, most of the leave or sickness. If Personnel would like to keep Anna Evans time. informed of who falls into this category she will make Articles considered too long will now be carefully edited, arrangements for Scottlightto be sent to their home addresses. and published with a note to this effect. However, there is always a need for material for the client magazine (formerly Other suggestions for further information: SWKToday and now in the process of refurbishment) and • additions to the libraries and technical updates (British longer versions of edited articles may appear in there instead. Standards and so on) Please keep this additional outlet in mind, especially if you feel • troubleshooting articles (PC problems, overcoming your particular project deserves a more thorough description. technical problems with particular schemes, etc) For the small percentage of you who think Scottlightis too • project updates long, please remember that - apart fmm ‘Attention All Staff’ - • ‘Idiot’s Guides’ for CPD there is no obligation to read the newsletter. Also, it has been • potential work divided into sections to enable selective reading. • monthly ‘state of the business’ reports from SWK Holdings • feedback on Directors’ decisions, future policies, etc b) How about more articles from offices other than Basingstoke? Apologies if your particular comment has not been covered This issue was tackled at the end of Issue 26, which was in here. Please remember that items sent in to Scoulight will grave danger of being renamed the ‘Basingstoke Bugle’. always be considered for publication. If they’re considered too Scottlightis everybody’s newsletter, and everybody should feel long they will be edited; if they’re considered too personal or free to contribute. It doesn’t matter if some articles are not of too cryptic they will be modified or at least acknowledged. So interest to all people. Because the newsletter goes to such a if you would like to see particular information published, send wide range of people in so many locations, we would never be it in! You can also submit your suggestion as an ‘Idea of the able to achieve such all-round relevance. Week’. You don’t have to wait for a questionnaire to air your views. c) How about more information about subsidiary companies, individual offices and/or sections? Overall, the survey has suggested a very positive response to There were many people who felt under-informed about what Scoulight, especially from those stationed overseas. Many of the rest of SWK does. There appears to be a genuine need for you who spend a lot of time outside the UK have suffered from all staff to have a general idea of who to contact in different a lack of communication where the rest of the Firm is circumstances. One way of doing this is to invite individual concerned, and have found that Scottlighthas gone some way sections or offices (if they are small) to contribute a brief to improving this situation. résumé of what they do and who are their key staff. An There were quite a few complimentary comments among organisation chart, perhaps with a short description of what the questionnaires; as it’s a lot easier to criticise than praise, each person does, may be more appropriate. As long as such these remarks are particularly appreciated. Thank you. items are not overly long, they could appear in Scottlightas an ‘extra’ at the end of an issue. In the case of longer descriptions, Scoulight could print a note alerting staff to their existence and 3) What happens now? giving details of who to contact for copies. The questionnaire results will be presented to the Holdings Some people wondered whether photos of key staff would Board, along with the editorial staff’s recommendations. These be appropriate. As Scoulight is photocopied rather than recommendations - confirmation of which will be published in printed, the quality of photos is not usually very good, and the a future issue of Scoulight - are: present system of production does not allow for more than the occasional photo to appear. Some people have said that they • All sections will remain, and will continue in their present have no idea what some of the Directors look like. We will try form to produce a ‘name and photo’ feature, either as a Special Issue, • The editor will reserve the right to edit certain articles or as an attachment to a normal issue. • A New Commissions list will be published near the beginning of each month with a new fee scale (to be d) Could there be an extra section on computing issues? determined). Items on computing issues are currently included in ‘Attention All Staff’ or ‘What’s Going On’, depending on the content. A A huge thank you to everybody who filled in a questionnaire. separate section may not be appropriate, as the content of the other sections is not ‘department-specific’ (that is, we do not have a section on marketing or accounts, for example). However, when computing issues do appear, there is no reason why they shouldn’t carry a sub-heading within the section (they could appear always in ‘Attention All Staff’) to make it stand OuL ‘I I C-) Cl) light Issue 29 • 1st February 1996

“ATTtNTION - ALL STAFF!” the letter-box. A TNT delivery failure card should be left and the recipient will have to contact the local TNT depot in order From John Bean [Basingstoke]: to retrieve the package. Public Holidays 1996 On the Q60 courier/freight application form you are asked to tick a box if you are sending tender or proposal documents. - Easter: Please only tick this box if you do not want our company name Offices close at 5:3Opñion Thursday 4th April and reopen on shown on the package or the courier company’s consignment Tuesday 9th April. notes. A change to the Q60 will be arranged to enable this Time sheets: technical staff book 15 hours (15.0) leave. requirement to be much more clearly defined.

- May Day: From Ronald Vollath [Germany]: Offices close at 5:30pm on Friday 3rd May and reopen on The Leipzig branch office has moved. The new address is: Tuesday 7th May. Burgplatz 2 Time sheets: technical staff book 7’/ hours (7.5) leave. 04109 Leipzig Germany - Spring Bank Holiday: Tel: +49 341 211 0866 Offices close at 5:30pm on Friday 24th May and reopen on Fax: +49 341 211 0790 Tuesday 28th May. We are sharing offices with our Client - Memory Klinik - Time sheets: technical staff book 7’I hours (7.5) leave. who will answer the telephone when our own office is unoccupied. Until we have our own post box, postal and - SummerBank Holiday courier items should be sent do Memory Klinik GmbH. Offices close at 5:30pm on Friday 23rd August and reopen on I am also contactable, as usual, on mobile phone number Tuesday 27th August. +49 172 341 4578. Time sheets: technical staff book 27V hours (7.5) leave. Karin Johannis continues to be responsible for administration and accounts and splits her time between - Christmas/NewYear Burgplatz and the ongoing Fitzroy Robinson office at In the absence of special circumstances, offices close at 5:30pm Kickerlingsberg (tel: +49 341 593560). on Tuesday 24th December and reopen on Thursday 2nd January 1997. From the London office: Time sheets: technical staff book 237V hours (37.5) leave A fax from Stephen Armitage has been received, which refers (December), and 7’/ hours (7.5) leave (January). to the death of Frank Dalston, aged 81, on 18th January: In the event that circumstances require any particular office to “Frank was a much respected member of staff at Kendal and on be open on 27th, 30th or 31st December, the staff of that office site as a driver and general assistant. He specialised in the will be informed of the fact by the local Directors. A member ‘Partners’ Shuttle’ to Manchester Airport.” of staff based at such an office who is nevertheless taking leave The fax was directed specifically to Phil Green, William Kemp, on any or all of those days should submit a leave card to David Farthing, Ron Rakusen, David Butler, Graham Walker, Personnel in the normal way. Cohn Smith and others involved with the M6 and Kendal Link. Where special circumstances do not exist, leave cards should not be submitted to Personnel in respect of 27th, 30th From Martin Jacobs [Basingstoke]: and 31st December, as it is obligatory for all staff to take these Last November I entered the ICE Southern Association Travel three days as part of their annual leave entitlement. Bursary Competition,the aim of which was to award the winner £750 to travel somewhere outside the ICE Southern From Ken Goodingham [Basingstoke]: Region to find out something of interest to civil engineers and From 1st February, Jackie Constable will be responsible for all to report back by presenting a paper to the Local Association. I Scott House, UK and overseas courier requirements. Would have just heard that I have won! Basingstoke personnel please direct their enquiries regarding The title of my proposed paper is “How to make carriers, rates, collection and delivery times to Jackie (ext 252). development aid effective - a comparison of contract practice Please note that when specifying a TNT overnight courier and technology transfer in developing countries.” I propose to for delivery by 9:00am the next day it is essential that you undertake a study which will compare contract practice, project check that the receiving address will be open to sign for the management and technology transfer in current projects in package from at least 8:00am. If there is nobody available to developing countries, with the aim of determining what sign for the package the driver is not allowed to put it through constitutes good practice in the field of development aid. I will

continued overleaf... 1 use the bursary to visit current projects in Nepal over a three to the Department of Transport, or even adviser to the many week period in late February/early March. I also want to back authorities who will have to approve the detailed design. Our up the fieldwork with desk studies and I need to talk to full involvement in the project since 1989 should hold us in engineers experienced in working with development aid good stead in securing such commissions. generally. This is where I need your hem. Very little design development of the CTRL is now taking Please contact me expressing your views; the more pungent place, except certain advance works essential to maintain the the view, the better (I promise not to reveal my sources). 2002 opening date. These include the National Grid, badger Perhaps you could give me contacts with whom I should speak, and newt relocation, a golf course reconstruction and or you might recommend some reading references. I am quite contaminated land remediation approvals. Site investigations new to this field and am starting with a blank piece of paper, so and report writing are also keeping six SWK staff on any input would be greatly appreciated. After a short period of secondment to the Geotechnical Management Unit. To give orientation in this subject area, I hope to concentrate on a some idea of the scale of site investigations, this year’s spend is couple of salient topics and, hopefully, come up with some of the order of £4.4 million. useful conclusions. Thanks very much - I look forward to Union Railways construction department maintains a high hearing what you have to say. profile headed by Peter Colliver, with Linda Edge now becoming a Microsoft Project/Primavera expert in the CTRL’s From Stephen Leach [Basin gstoke]: project programming. We continue to be represented by Eric Computing Support Line - an Update. Rozenski in the public consultation section which continues its In the first 15 working days, the new Computing Support Line extensively praised role in striking up and maintaining close took more than 250 calls which amounts to about one call every contact with petitioners, local authorities and the many 25 minutes. Each call is logged and dealt with in order of statutory and non-statutory agencies - it therefore eased the priority. For example, problems which prevent many people passage of the Bill through Parliament! (Edited) from working are dealt with in advance of information requests. We hope that this enables us to keep the computing systems From TonyKing [Basingsioke]: working as efficiently as possible to the benefit of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Sepang organisation as a whole. Outstanding calls are reviewed Tim Cuell and I have recently returned from Kuala Lumpur, regularly so that nothing gets forgotten. having been visiting working on a public transport access study The Support Line seems to be working well but we do ask to the new airport. Tim was so eager to get abroad that he Basingstoke users not to make personal visits to the Computing actually spent Christmas and the New Year in KL (he assures Section with support queries. This only interrupts us dealing us he was working!) We are supporting SWK Malaysia and with other people’s problems and we’ll probably only ask you Hong Kong on this job which involves forecasting of public to log a support request anyway! transport demand and infrastructure assessment of bus, taxi and So please remember - limousine services. I am due to return for a second visit in Basingstoke Computing Support Line - Ext 250 Maich/April. Peter Davidson Consultancy is also advising on stated preference surveys. The project value is scale C. From Mike Sales [Basin gstoke]: Would staff please return ALL continuation paper with From Phil Shepherd [MainLine]: ‘consulting engineers’ in the logo to Mavis Dedman in the print Martin Nielsen and I went on a marketing visit to the Far East room. Please do not use continuation paper with the old logo. at the end of November. After England’s pleasant coolness, Kuala Lumpur was hot and humid. The MainLine team received a very positive reaction from prospective clients interested to learn of the ‘marriage’ of SWK’s skills relating to I1 What’s Going On? railway projects (transport economics, geotechnics and project management) with MainLine’s operational railway expertise, Scale: A: £100,000+; B: £50,000- £99,999; C: £10,000- £49,999; D: £5,000 - £9,999; E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 and how this could benefit their businesses. A few days later, 1,900 miles from Malaysia and 25° From Brian Hyland [Croydon]: latitude further north, we arrived in Hong Kong. This was a An update on CTRL: much cooler climate - more like a hot English summer’s day - We are within a fortnight of completing the Bill’s passage and certainly more conducive to rapid travel and rapid through the House of Commons Select Committee; to come is meetings! Again, a positive reaction from clients and our SWK the Standing Committee (in March) and then the House of colleagues. Lords Select Committee (in June and July). After this - and It was an interesting trip which may lead to some exciting several other Parliamentary processes - we should get Royal projects to complement our home market. Assent (the Bill’s approval) in November 1996 at the earliest, and hopefully not later than January 1997. From TimBaker [Turkey]: We are all waiting for the imminent announcement of the An update on the 229km Ankara-Gerede and Ankara Peripheral Government’s final choice of the consortium to design, build, Motorway Project: fmance and operate the route. The current press favourite is We are now in our 9th year on this project, which has a London & Continental, which has Ove Arup in its group. construction cost of US$1,500 million. 57 SWK staff have Whoever it is, they will have the daunting task of achieving the been involved in the design review and construction 2002 operation target on this £3 billion project. SWK will be supervision, in a joint venture with Kutlutas Engineering. We more than keen to assist, whether by continuing to support the reached a peak of 19 resident in Turkey in 1990-1991, but our Bill through Parliament; as sub-consultant designers; advisers numbers currently stand at 9 - Brian McKenna, who heads the

continued overleaf... team, Ivan Hodgson, Samy Ramasamy, Malcolm Collison, Swedish and English, speaks Danish and Norwegian and also Steve Davey, Tony Holdsworth, Graham Law, Rob Hill and ‘admits’ to some French. myself. The appointments of Lotte and Tim Roff (see All but the fmal 43km of the eastern flank of the Ankara ‘Congratulations’) demonstrate the importance placed by SWK Peripheral is open to traffic and we aim to complete the project on, where possible, having staff members with both specialised by the end of 1997. On the final sections, earthworks are well engineering skills and international communication abilities. advanced in most places, and of the three bridges (spans up to 147m), cubuk is now complete, and the first delivery of 18,000 From Brian Hyland [Croydon]: tonnes of Russian steel for Bayindir and Karatas is expected in Renia Lopez (Reigate) and Jeremy Buck (Basingstoke) are the April. (Edited) latest transfers to the Channel Tunnel Rail Link team based at Croydon. Renia joins the geotechnical team working on From David Dawson [MainLine]: advanced works for contaminated land, whilst Jeremy is Congratulations to our team who worked for Railtrack MPD, bolstering the quality assurance department. Both are likely to Midland-WCML on the Bicester Bridge. Matthew Johnson, the be two or three month appointments. Ian Finnie completed his Project Manager, not only provided us with a project feedback St Pancras site supervisory role at Christmas and returned to report which was very complimentary, he took the trouble to Chesterfield. This brings Croydon based staff to a total of 17. write a letter full of praise and expressing his “great satisfaction for the cooperation and professionalism of the From Cohn McKenna [Route 3 Hong Kong]: service received” from all those involved. Messrs McKenna and Hubie wish to announce that they are alive and well in Hong Kong and offer the following question: From David Farthing [Basingstoke]: if the number 44 is unlucky in Chinese, and the international A complimentary letter from Geoff Muirhead, Chief Executive dialling code for the UK is 44, does this suggest anything? of Manchester Airport plc, has been received regarding A map of Dave Hubie’s recent locations will follow (when Terminal 2; extracts follow: he remembers all his recent locations!) “... I would like to take the opportunity to restate what I have affirmed all along, ie that Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick, together STARmRs: with other consultants and the Airport’s team, have created a Debra Childs started on 22nd January as an Administration world class building at Manchester Airport ... an exciting high- Assistant in the Human Resources Department. She is based at tech symbolto take us into the 21st century... the development Scott House. of what! call ‘insideout design’ (maldng sure it works and then putting an envelope around it) has proven to be an Sarah Day began work as a Junior Clerk Typist in the outstanding success... above all it is obviously a building that Structures Section, Scott House, on 29th January. puts the passenger first.” LEAWRs: From Mark Thorne [last seen in Basingstoke]: * * Congratulations! * I just missed Issue 28, so when you read this I will have departed. I would like to take this opportunity to thank SWK for their support over the last 7 years, and wish everybody luck From Cohn Morgan: for the future. Congratulations to Tim Roff at Chesterfield (Geotechnics) who has been awarded the Norwest Hoist Soil Engineering Postgraduate Prize at the University of Leeds. The award was En for outstanding performance in geotechnical studies in the Vz©©lll D programme leading to an MSc in engineering geology; it applied to the studies Tim completed last summer shortly Infrastructure Design Group seeks an experienced Permanent before joining SWK. Tim’s first degree was gained at WayDesigner who has good all-round experience in S&C Loughborough in civil engineering and German, which gave Design, Clearances and Speed Improvement Schemes. him fluency in that language after spending a year with If you are interested in this position please contact Alan Mowlem-Bautec on the Hanover to Berlin railway link. Nelson on 014 1-335 3900 having spoken to your Section Head. see ‘Moves’

From Caz Spencer [Basin gstoke]: We have received a note of thanks from Scope, the largest WXaT’8 4i YoiiFtMuqM disability charity in the country, for taking part in the Scope Teddy Bear Raffle 1995. We raised £60.50. From Nigel Calling [Southampton]: We in Southampton have obviously been labouring under a serious misunderstanding regarding the benefits of modern Moves--- Moves- -* Moves-- Moves technology, in particular our computer network. We, perhaps misguidedly, thought it would provide a mechanism for rapid From Cohn Morgan [Chesterfield]: and up-to-date data exchange, improving communications The language skills at Chesterfield (geotechnics) increased throughout the Finn. However, the continued reminder, when further last autumn when Lotta Hagstrom joined SWK after one logs on, of a now month-old Christmas lunch for the graduating at Leeds with an MEng. Lotte is bilingual in Computing Section is becoming rather tiresome and causes some concern as to whether the system is being used anywhere continued overleaf... near its potential. atuftite Rcp(yof tite I4)ee& I Much the same thought has occurred this week to two people regarding the SWK logo and its impact: From Phil Green [London]: From Tim Williams [Plymouth]: Richard Heard’s Idea in Issue 26 of carrying advertisements in Has anybody else noticed that the SWK logo does not stand out Scortlight is excellent for its entrepreneurial sentiment, one to too well on a standard 4’ x 1’signboard? Are there any ideas as be encouraged in today’s market place. The function of to how this could be improved? Scottlight is to inform staff and in the process remove from circulation many of the issues otherwise dealt with by memo From Dave Rawson [Croydon]: distribution via Section Heads. To this end external influences Further to the previous logo articles in Scottlight here is an are deliberately avoided and indeed copies should not be extract from a Union Railways drawing border in which our accessed by outside parties (ex-Partners excepted). logo (the former version) was used. That some of the items potential advertisers might pay to advertise could be of interest to staff is accepted. For the time t tI. flzkLttá being however, the need Scottlight has been introduced to address is that of sharing news about the Region throughout the Region. To detract from this in the first year of the newsletter’s HALCROW GEBB launch would, I feel, be a little premature. I see no reason why a this, along with any other ideas for future improvements of Scottlight, should not be considered when the editorial terms of Whilst appearing less prominent than those of others on this reference are reviewed at the end of the first year of Project when used for Al drawings or for uses at a greater size, publication. it is also much less readable when used on A3 drawings. This is especially so when photocopying further reduces the clarity. From Peter Innes [Basin gstoke]: Consideration of such use may influence any decision about Reply to David Jeffery (Issue 23): whether we need to change our logo. While it would be a nice idea to have a complete, Firm-wide schedule of staff members likely to be absent for more than a couple of days, I do not see that it would be practical, given the Itlea of tfieWee& number of people involved, the volume of correspondence it would generate and the inaccuracies caused by changes in personal diaries. Some divisions do have their own absences charts. From David Dales [Peterborough]: Quality Assurance Procedures (QPM, section 7.1) should ensure Each officeor discipline should prepare a simple organisation that no incoming faxes or other items fail to be dealt with in a timely manner. chart showing key staff. This would make it much easier to fmd out who to contact for advice (or to complain!) Reply Brian Editor’s note: a chart has been prepared by David for the to Lake, retired (Issue 27): I am not sure that the whole of Coastal Group in Peterborough. If this Idea is taken up, and Scottlight would be of interest to pensioners people are willing to contribute, we will print the information and the assembly of four or five successive weekly editions send in Scottlight. to with the monthly pension advice slip would be a considerable burden on the department involved. As an alternative, it might be appropriate for a computer minded pensioner to process a monthly news sheet from Scottlight. This would be photocopied in Scott House and distributed with the pension slips. Any volunteers?

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

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“ATTENTION - ALL STAFF!” From Chris White [Basin gstoke]: For those who do not know (I suspect this is the majority) I am From Mike Sales [Basin gstoke]: currently the custodian of the English Op Co’s video camera. Further to the note in last week’s issue (written in absentia) Whilst it is not one of the latter day hand held camcorders it concerning the use of continuation paper, the following does still function. Should anybody wish to make use of it, for procedure should be adopted. practising presentations etc, just let me know (ext 274). Wherever possible all ‘consulting engineers’ continuation paper should be used prior to the new formatted continuation From David Butler [Malaysia]: paper being utilised. Stocks of the new paper are held in Others may have noticed the typographical error in Issue 29: Basingstoke and may be ordered in the usual way. Similarly the notice was of the death of Frank Alderson (not Daiston). existing style letterhead, comp slips, business cards, eEc, Editor’s note: details of the obituary were copiedfaithfully bearing ‘consulting engineers’ should be used prior to ordering from the Westmorland Gazette, which published the notice. the new logo style. However, please allow a minimum of 10 working days between order date and receipL From Helen Ratokla [Basin gstoke]: The object is to use all existing stocks prior to implementing Lists of projects undertaken in the Asia-Pacific region are now the new. Kindly note that other types of headed paper (eg available for marketing purposes on the Wordperfect Vax project management) will remain the same. system in Basingstoke. Projects are listed by discipline and Apologies for any confusion last week’s message may have cover the full spectrum of disciplines from airports to water. caused. To access these files, enter Fl 1 (list) and at the DIR prompt enter HKLIST: From Nicola Gordge [Basin gstoke]: Files can then be printed directly, but for editing purposes will Continuous Professional Development need to be copied to your own word processing area. Dennis Ansell, Technical Sales Engineer from Ancon Clark Staff based outside the Basingstoke office should contact Ltd, has been invited to present a lunchtime seminar to provide Computing to access these files. A hard copy of all files is held information on his company’s products and their applications. in Marketing. Ancon Clark has a number of seminar modules they are A select list of CVs of Hong Kong staff is also held in prepared to present, and has suggested the following topics: Basingstoke in the Word Processing section. Please contact Stainless Steel in Construction. Horizontal Support over Pam McIntosh (ext 318) should you require CVs for proposals. Movement Joints • Vertical Support for Brickwork. Reinforcement Bar Couplers. Stainless Steel Reinforcement From James Young[Mozambique]: Bar and Bar Systems . Shear Transfer across Movement Joints. Please note the e-mail number for SWK Mozambique: The seminar will take the form of a 45-60 minute slide [email protected] presentation and question/answer session, possibly including a When transferring files to SWKMOZ please ensure that these mix of these topics, depending on demand, and will include a are UUENCODED as the service provider there cannot read the complementary buffet lunch. Attendance will be particularly normal MIME/BASE64 coding which seems to be the default useful to Graduates. of most outside systems. The presentation will take place on Thursday 22nd February from 12:30 to 2:00 pm in conference room 2 at Scott House. If From Gil Thomas [Basingstoke]: you are interested in attending, please book a place with me Overseas Billing (Ba, ext 350) indicating your preferred topic of interest. We are trying to improve our control of billing and this would be made easier if copies of all bills issued by Overseas offices From Nicola Gordge [Basin gstoke]: are immediately faxed to Nandita Samey in Accounts, Lunch time seminars Basingstoke, and copied to the UK Project Manager. This will If anybody has any external contacts they feel would be worth permit rapid entry into the FAMIS system here. inviting to make an interesting lunchtime presentation to employees over future months, please let me know! I would From Nandira Sarney [Basin gstoke]: liketo keepa file of possible organisations/candidates we could WouldanybodybookingtimeandexpensestotheHongKong form links with in order to bring people closer together, with job number please only use 172SB, as this is the only current the aim of on-going learning and development. Currently, there job number for SWK (Hong Kong) Ltd are no such seminars planned for March.

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His suggestion for the display in Scottlight of Alan Morton’s note on Self Certification Forms for absences departmental/office organisation charts should lead to a better due to sickness in Issue 28 may have been prompted in part by understanding throughout the Firm of our capabilities. As the deductions in salary made in December against 4 members mentioned below, this Idea will be implemented. of staff based on this site. These deductions caused upset David - please could you ring Anna Evans (ext 297) with immediately prior to the Christmas break for the people your prize preference (wine or chocolates). involved and created unnecessary work for admin staff in Chesterfield who, despite the Christmas rush and postal delays, managed to issue cheques to the 4 people concerned. Our thanks to those who made this possible. aiuftfie Rcp%of the ‘Week Alan’s note adequately sets down the procedures to be followed should any of us fall ill and be absent from work, and is fine for those based in Basingstoke. However, it conflicts with the instructions given to site offices such as ours which From Geoff French [Basingstoke]: require that sick forms are sent to the Regional Office in the David Dales’ Idea (Issue 29) to include in Scottlight first instance. These are then forwarded to Salaries in departmental charts of who’s who is very useful, and it has Basingstoke and there is obviously scope for delay, especially been decided to combine his suggestion with photos of key when time sheets have to be dealt with so early in the month, staff, an issue which has cropped up from time to time. such as in December, or when a period of absence runs from Staff are invited to compile such charts, which should be one month into the next. approved by the appropriate Director before being submitted to It could be argued that a member of staff has discharged his! Scottlight. Photos of the senior members of staff should also be her responsibility if a Self Certification Form has been properly sent to Anna Evans along with the chart (apart from those of completed and handed in promptly at the office at which he/she Directors, which are retained in Marketing). They will appear is employed. For the Firm to then deduct pay for this absence as extra sheets to the newsletter and will be designed to be because Salaries has not received that form does not seem retained for reference, should staff wish to do this. Attached to equitable. this issue is a guide to the Coastal Group in Peterborough. Is it not time that the notification system for sick leave and other absences, such as special leave, were examined and an From Cohn Holmes [Basingstoke]: improved procedure set in place to prevent further instances of Stuart Bradshaw suggests the keeping of a centralised library of deductions being made from the salaries of members of staff spreadsheets so that staff do not continually have to ‘re-invent who have, in fact, correctly followed the present procedures as the wheel’. set out in Man’s note? The use of spreadsheets developed by one person and used by another raises a number of QA issues which section 15.5.1 of the QPM tries to address. Essentially, the section says that such spreadsheets should be treated like any other computer Idea of tIe Week program and subject to checking, appraisal and controlled installation. These procedures preclude any uncontrolled copying of spreadsheets between machines so a central open access library would not be possible. Lyon From David [Manchester]: However, I see no problem with the Software Coordinator Caroline Moore’s Idea of putting a date on the bottom of our keeping copies of spreadsheets which could be released on colour sheets is a good one. However, when putting together a request. The names and descriptions of these spreadsheets proposal we need to be sure that the marketing sheet we are could be published in the ‘Personal Computer Software about to use is the latest edition of that sheet. Having a date on Resources’ manual just like any other PC computer program. it helps, but does not guarantee that it is the latest version.

From David Staniforth [Basin gstoke]: How much paper do we use?!! Let’s use the reverse side of discarded photocopy sheets for printing draft reports, letters, etc. A pile of scrap A4 could be kept by each printer.

From Nicola Gordge [Basin gsioke]: As a new employee I have noted that a significant amount of paperwork is raised and personally signed by the appropriate authority without typed clarification of the name. It isquite difficult to instantly recognise whose signature belongs to who. I wonder, therefore, whether signatures could be printed or typed to assist recognition, or alternatively a master list produced of sample signatures for at least Directors, Associates

continued overleaf... To Anna Evans (Basingstoke) \ /

My Idea of the Week is (continue on a separate page if necessary):

(Youdo not have tofill in this part f you do not want to) NameS Localiow

All items for inclusion should lie mailed, taxed or phoned thronfl to Anna Evans in Basingstoke by 5pm Monday

This Is an SWI< Holdingspublieationdistrtuted to all staff inthe opetaling, aaaooated and attsid’ary companies in the UKand Europe. Itis not tot outside circulation. Coastal Group - Peterborough February 1996

Cohn Holmes Director

David Dales APE

John Colley Janette Hunter Marjan Zwiers SCE CE CE term ëonsultancy design/water eng coastal/monitoring

Katrina Gilbert Graduate Tel: 01733-896655 environmental issues Fax: 01733-896656 I I C) cn light Issue 31 • 15th February 1996

“ATTENTION - ALL STAFF!” flight details (if applicable) If staff have confirmed departure/return dates and times From Anna Evans [Basin gstoke]: they should continue to book their domestic flights with their CiVILENGINEERINGMANAGEROFTHE YEARAWARDS usual booker; confirmed flights are always the most cost Following Steve Brundle’s success last year in this Award effective option. scheme, nominations for 1996 are now being invited. The Award is given “to recognise the chartered civil engineer who From Mike Sales [Basingstoke]: has demonstrated, in a given year, the finest management BASINGSTOKESTAFF: qualities in a construction project.” The winner will receive The windows will be cleaned on Sunday 18th February, so £500 and a medal, and three runners up will each receive £100 please ensure these areas are cleared this Friday. and a certificate. The four finalists will be asked to make presentations on 10th September 1996 to an open audience as well as a judging panel, and the winner will be announced that evening. IJ What’s Going On? The closing date for applications is 31st May 1996. Please Scale: A: £100,000-i-;B: £50,000 -£99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; contact me on ext 297 if you would like an entry form. D: £5,000 -£9,999; E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 From Alan Morton [Basin gstoke]: From John Holden [Chesterfield]: Further to the issuance of the Company’s sickness procedures SWCDM/Coal Authority Study of Abandoned Mine Drainage. in Issue 28, and in response to the comments made in Issue 30 The Environmental Section in Chesterfield has recently been by Ann Crawford (Reigate) and Ray Bowyer (A50 site), I putting the finishing touches to a review of minewater would like to advise that at a meeting on 15th January with the discharges from 30 sites in northern England and southern Salaries Department it was agreed that a degree of leniency was Scotland, on behalf of the Coal Authority and in collaboration needed concerning certification of sickness. with the NRA, FRPB and CRPB. Sheila Banks and a multi From now on Salaries will supply a list to Personnel of all disciplinary team of SWK staff and sub-consultants have employees who have ‘uncertificated absence’ after the end of worked hard over the past 3 months to visit the sites; prepare each calendar month. Personnel will then undertake contact to individual reports on the mineworkings, geology, hydrogeology the relevant individuals to advise of the absence(s) currently and hydrochemistry; put forward and cost preliminary uncertificated, and to remind them of the procedures to be remediation proposals. An on-going 12 month flow monitoring followed. Also, the individual will be advised that if they fail programme is being undertaken with the assistance of to send the appropriate certification to Salaries by the next Nottingham University. The project (fee scale B) is the first of month’s payroll cut-off then pay will no doubt be deducted. its kind for SWK and reflects the Coal Authority’s willingness This amendment to the former practice of, in some to tackle the widespread environmental impacts of mine instances, fairly rapid deduction of monies, is in effect giving closure. We hope to look forward to further work in this area additional month’s grace, (hopefully) an and will eradicate in the future. instances of unnecessary deductions in the future. From Anan Allos [Basingstoke]: From Caz Spencer [Basin gstoke]: SWK has been awarded a new commission relating to the British Airways Timesaver Tickets will shortly be introduced Chelsea Hackney Line, which is now being called the Express into SWK for domestic business travel. They represent an Metro. The study involves testing different options of this invaluable service for an employee who flies within the UK. underground line in the area south west of London. It must Any member of staff who is travelling in the UK and who address engineering feasibility, environmental and socio needs flexibility in flight times should travel using Timesaver economic impact. Forecasts of patronage are to be obtained tickets as they can offer considerable fare reductions when used and used in an economic evaluation for the different options. at off-peak times. The study started early this year and should be completed by I will be holding books of Timesaver tickets and can issue the end of March, with a fee value scale A. them to travellers immediately. One ticket for each journey will be issued, and tickets will be completed to show: • traveller’s name • route Congratulations!* • date • job number Belated congratulations to Elaine and Martin Overend

continued overleaf... (Peterborough) whose son, Cameron Martin, arrived on the 31st If you know of potential candidates for any of these posts December weighing 7lb 6oz. please contact Adrian Tite or me (both Reigate).

-. Moves--* Moves-- Moves- Moves WXaT’ cf Yojj MqM sTARTERs: Jacqueline Smith started in Peterborough on 5th February as an From Salaries Dept [Basin gstoke]: Office Junior/Receptionist. A message to Ray Bowyer and staff at the A50 site: Sam Bennett joined the Peterborough office on 6th February as We acknowledge your thanks for the cheques issued by a Trainee Technician after completing his GNVQ in the Built Salaries. However, the Salaries Department is based at Environment. Basingstoke not Chesterfield (this could account for mis directed sick certificates).

LEAVERS: Carolyn Place would like to say goodbye to all her friends and From Shammy Pun [Basingstoke]: colleagues at the Telford office as she is not returning after her With regard to Richard Caseley’s Idea of the Week in Issue 28, maternity leave. a standard template for faxes and memos has been in use by SWK Jordan since November 1991. This was initially set up TRANSFERS: for Wordperfect, and then, on our move to Word, transferred. Terry Woodward will be with Union Railways from now until Both forms were revised when I returned to Basingstoke. the end of March. He can be contacted on tel: 0181-666 6347. Printing memos and faxes in this way is certainly worthwhile as it cuts out the frustration of having to race to the printer to put in the appropriate form, and racing back to the PC to send the SPOftTS & SOCIALS file. It also cuts out the irritation of finding that, during your race back to the PC, somebody else has sent a file which then prints all over From Angela Winter [Basingstoke]: your form! Fax forms are very efficient. If you have WINFAX, I have found an excellent advert for the Firm, masquerading as after writing your text on the form WINFAX a magazine promotion for Volkswagen. A dynamic photo of an will read the name of the recipient and their fax Audi, presumably demonstrating its 5-valve engine, zooms number from the form and send it direct from the PC! You can then across the page, with its number plate in full view: print a paper copy on a nearby printer without having 123 SWK. to insert a form. Copies of both ‘Vorsprung durch Technik’, as they say! Word files can be made available across the Firm once I have agreement from the relevant authority. With regard to David Johns’ Idea, also in Issue 28, A messagefor whoever sent in the interesting photo which SWK Jordan have been using the in appeared in the Evening Post (in Nottingham?): this is being facilities Word to automatically transfer a preferred layout from savedfor the Easter Issue of Scottlight (4th April). document to document. This allow automatic definition and standardisation of fonts, heading, numbering, titles, captions etc. If you would like a copy of a typical template, please contact me. n VA©CO (see Cohn Holmes’ ‘Replyof the Week’)

From Simon Thomas [Reigate]: From Erik Faithfull [Basingstoke]: We have been short-listed (with Partex) for a major EC funded What happened to Chris Ford’s suggestion in Issue 11 to project to rehabilitate a river valley area in Ecuador devastated include first names on the internal telephone lists, as well as by landslip. Whether or not we proceed depends on finding a surnames? Is learning everybody’s first name supposed to be a suitable co-manager for the project very quickly. Requirements challenge? Not knowing a person’s first name when you pick are for a Spanish-speaking EU national, preferably with Latin up the phone is an unnecessary embarrassment. America experience, for a 3 year posting. (Nicola Gordge in Basingstoke has also suggested the same The Terms of Reference include: thing). Background/qualifications: Editor’s note. having checked with Geoff French, the next • University degree. Engineer in civils/hydraulics, agronomy telephone list should listfirst names as well as surnames. and/or fluviomorphology (or possibly geomorphology). Minimum 10 years’ professional experience covering the following: Itlea of the Wee • Direction of river training and flood protection projects • Direction, design and supervision of civil and hydraulic engineering works • Land recovery and geotechnics• Community development. Design and supervision of earth From AnanAllos [Basingstoke]: dams• Design and supervision of slope protection/stabilisation Marketing sends out forms relating to the Job Database. The • Project management and administration. form contains essentially identical information to that provided Short term missions for experts in roads/bridges, by the JAF. The only obvious additional information required construction materials, housing, utility services and social/ is whether or not it is possible to have a press release for the community aspects will also be required.

continued overleaf... job. To economise on red tape, I think the Job Database form and distribution there would be a cost for sorting from the pile can be eliminated and a modified JAF introduced as a folded A3 sheets, sheets already copied on both sides and any substitute. other unusable items. Confusion could be caused by similarity between the matter being printed and the discarded photocopy itself. aiu(tIzeRçp(yof the Week However, I would like to invite David to carry out a three month trial of printing draft documents onto discarded paper. I would be most interested in the results. Whilst on the subject of discarded photocopy sheets I would mention that Diana Clarke has for several months now been gstoke]: From Peter limes [Basin collecting scrap paper. Having sorted it, she has taken it to In reply to Nicola Gordge’s plea that signatures should be Paper Merchants and, as a result, has been able to donate some readable, what can I do but agree! Even after many years in the £20 to £25 per month to charity. £66.80 was given to The Firm, I cannot always distinguish signatures on forms sent to Loddon School for autistic children just before Christmas, for would me for approval. The addition of printed name or initials the purchase of Christmas gifts. certainly help. Perhaps we could all make an effort? From GeoffFrench [BasingstokeJ: In response to Caroline Moore’s suggestion in Issue 28 that we From Holmes [Basin Cohn gstoke]: put dates on colour sheets, it been decided to use codes instead Both Richard and David Johns (Issue 28) have Caseley (so that clients don’t know precisely how old the sheets are). suggested that wider range of macros or templates should be a The codes will indicate the version rather than the actual date of made in to allow standard documents available Wordperfect revision, so that staff will be able to tell whether or not they such or letterheads printed onto plain as memos, faxes to be have the latest sheet. The system will work as follows: paper. The benefits are attractive and this has been investigated A= 1996;B= 1997;C= 1998 and so on by the computing department in the past, but what we found 1 = version 1; 2 = version 2; 3 = version 3 and so on. was font required for the production of the SWK logo, that the For example, A3 will indicate the third version of the sheet Identity Manual, not available exactly as specified in the was produced during 1996. on the HP printers. This problem has in part been eased by the Directors’ recent decision to remove ‘Consulting Engineers’ The Basingstoke Bias strikes again! Perhaps we can see a from the logo. In addition our current word processing greater geographical spread next week? software is being reviewed and this will prompt further consideration of the templates available. Following on from last week’s Coastal Engineering chart, over Standard layouts for reports have also been mentioned and the page is one for Pavement Engineering. my own view is that many sections have already established their own report format which suits the needs of their type of work and the requirements of their clients. I don’t think we should be too prescriptive on this issue. I would welcome further comments. (see Shammy Pun’s item under ‘What’s On YourMind?’)

From John Bean [Basin gstoke]: Regarding David Staniforth’s paper saving Idea (Issue 30), this seems, at first sight, to be a worthwhile suggestion. However, there are various reasons why I do not believe it would work successfully in practice. Quite apart from the cost of collection

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

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This is an SWKHoldingspublicationdistrtuted to allstaffinthe operating, associated and subsidiary companies in the UKand Europe. it is not for outside circulation. SWK Pavement Engineering February 1996

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The SWK Foundation

Proposals for the establishment of the SWK Foundation - a new organisation whose aim is to actively encourage the self development of staff - were discussed in Cape Town in early November last year. These were finalised when the International Directors (IDs) met in Swindon at the end of January and approved the formation of the SWK Foundation. John Voysey, the ID responsible for Human Resources, says: “through the provision of an annually budgeted source of managed funding, the Foundation aims tofacilitate the Group’s support of study, travelling scholarships and self development of staff”

The programmes supported by the Foundation are:

Fellowships — The Geoffrey Williams Travelling Scholarship — Up to three Fellowships are to be available each year. This award is made every two years in conjunction with Eachawardwill provide for full time second degree the Worshipful Company of Constructors. It is an open studies necessitating paid leave of absence for the award accessible to any UK-based civil or structural recipients. In addition the costs associated with initial engineering graduate under the age of 28 years, whether establishment, subject to the current conditions of they are in work or just leaving university. It is not employment, shall be met along with any additional costs restricted to employees of the SWK Group. The award associated with dissertations, field trips and books where provides for the opportunity to travel and work overseas these become the property of the Company on completion for 12 months in a Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick office. of the course studied. The award is made under the administration of The Applicants for Fellowships will be openly invitcd Clerk to the Worshipful Company of Constructors and is throughout the Group, to an annual timetable, from staff subject to the rules it publishes. who have recently, or are about to become, professionally The award winner is to engage in useful work for the qualified. The studies to be pursued must lead to a host Company and pursue his/her stated study aims. On recognised second degree, preferably at Masters level, completion of the year the award winner must present a and staff applying must be sufficiently qualified paper at a Court meeting of the Worshipful Company of academically to gain admittance to the proposed course of Constructors. study. All applications are to be accompanied by a proposal The Personal Initiative Programme detailing the course of study and the perceived benefits to A Personal Initiative Programme (PIP) Award will the individual and the organisation. In addition, evidence provide support for staff who have initiated their own is to be provided in support of how the individual development in their own time, Any membersof the considers subsequent career development will be Group worldwide are free to apply, provided they have enhanced. At least two - but no more than four - already committed to undertaking a particular course of endorsements in support are to accompany the study they believe will aid their self development. The application. Two must be made by Directors. level of support offered will depend upon the extent to

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one very project management and health & safety service for Railtrack. of the Airport section’s dinner(!), I was then quickly immersed SWK’s role is to coordinate the implementation of a training in the project to which I have been assigned, and issued with programme associated with the Construction, Design and my mobile and laptop (there is no place to hide from clients or Management (CDM) Regulations for over 1,000 Railtrack staff. colleagues). The project is an infrastructure project with over Courses are being held at various locations throughout the UK. 15km of pipelines with pump stations and reservoirs along the Paul Gray is directing the project from the London office, route. Sections of the infrastructure are going out under NEC assisting at the courses and advising Railtrack on aspects of the contracts, so SWK, the client and all concerned are on a very Regulations. Jan Trask is Project Manager controlling the steep learning curve. planning, implementation and coordination of all activities. I am now learning to understand the South African lingo; The commission is fee scale C. the accent isn’t too bad, it’s when they throw in the odd slang word or Zulu saying every few sentences that gets me. I’m sure From Nick Thom [SWK(PE)]: they make them up as they go along!!! A complimentary letter has arrived from Mr J L Harper of Now, just to clear up a point if anybody was under the Hereford & Worcester County Council, concerning SWK(PE)’s illusion that the weather is better down here, I would like to involvement in the pavement investigation on junctions 2 to 3 take this opportunity to put them right! Remember the cricket? on the M42. His letter ends: “I would like to thank you and all Well, it has not improved. I’ve even dug my jeans out today staff associated with this investigation for the high level of it’s so cold. So just to get things straight, it is either the input and expertise shown throughout the project.” equivalent of 40°C+ and extremely humid, or it’s raining and cold. There has been, to date, no compromise! From Claire Dean [Basin gstoke]: I am managing to get hold of Scottlight,so I am keeping up I have been selected to present my paper entitled: “A Biological with what’s happening and I don’t think I’ve ever read my NCE Treatability Trial on a Landfill Leachate” at the ICE Southern so avidly. Keep up the good work in the UK. Bye for now. Association 1996 Graduate & Students’ Papers Competition. The paper covers work I carried out before joining SWK in preparation for a tender bid to provide a landfill leachate Congratulations! treatment plant. In the presentation I hope to show what I * * learned and illustrate how my work fitted into the more general field of landfill management. Congratulations to Dr Francis Chan, Senior Engineer with I’d appreciate support from anybody from SWK who is SWK(PE), who has won the Mike Hardy Award of £1,500. interested. The venue is Winchester Guildhall, King Charles Francis is using the money to help fund a trip to China in order Suite, on Tuesday 27th February at 6:00pm (with tea at to foster research links with Changsha Communications 5:30pm). Copies of the paper are available from me (ext 240). Institute and Tong Ji University in Shanghai. Engineers from these institutions spent time working at Nottingham University From Kevin Province [Basingstoke]: in 1988 and are keen to continue the links in applying new Last week I returned to King’s School in Winchester to technology to pavement maintenance and materials. contribute once again to their two day course ‘Insight into Industry’. Twelve other firms and services were also represented. The aim of the course, for Third Year pupils (13 - Moves- Moves- - Moves--- Moves 14 year olds), was to: 1) Encourage and stimulate a greater awareness among Robert Moms started as a Senior Environmental Specialist in children of the value and importance of industry. Stuart Coventry’s section at Scott House on 19th February. 2) Provide them with direct experience of using organisational (-I and practical skills relevant to industrial processes. 3) Give students confidence and knowledge to make more SOftTS & SOCIALS informed career decisions and to motivate their studies. The above was achieved, by SWK, through getting the From Mark Webb [Basin gstoke]: children to design, cost, construct and test to destruction a Quiz Night! bridge made from 3mm thick balsa wood. The climax of the Date: Tuesday 27th February sessions was the testing, which provided high drama, with the Time: 7:30pm best designed bridge failing at a hefty 28kg! (Names have been Venue: Snamprogetti Sports & Social Club, Basing View noted for future recruitment!) • special offer on selected spirits all night Many thanks to Peter Sherwood and Nicky Giles for their • prizes for winning team and places assistance, and to Nicola Gordge and Sir Peter Innes for their • open to all club members and their guests moral support on the last day. It costs £4 per team to enter, with a maximum of 4 members I hope SWK will continue to be involved in this each year, per team. as it is not only useful PR for the Firm, but of real benefit to all Please contact me on ext 312 by Friday 23rd February to parties involved. register your team and members.

From SueMoore /Durban, SouthAfrica]: From Victoria Arch[Peterborough]: Following my arrival in Durban, after a very long flight, I have Boulevard Retail Park has recently opened adjacent to the A15 been made to feel very welcome by everybody in the office. in Peterborough, and PC World has a superstore there. The The Project Management team is very busy, and after being computer retailer was looking for Peterborians to star in its new allowed to take the first day at a leisurely pace, ie I attended a commercial and our own Jackie Smith went along with her late Christmas dinner, which turned out to be very reminiscent boyfriend to audition. Unfortunately, he was told not to give up

continued overleaf... his day job, but Jackie was given a speaking part and enjoyed 2 From Andy Hoffman [on site, Northern General Hospital, days of showbusiness lifestyle! We hope that she makes it Sheffield]: through editing and look forward to seeing her on ITV (and A suggestion for the Firm’s logo: possibly Channel 4) from 20th April. ScottTV\iison Kirkpatrick CONSULTING ENGINEERS WXrr’ 4ni Yoft ML1?

From David Johns [Teford]: Thanks to all who responded to my request in Issue 27 for The shaded area represents a fingerprint and the jagged line a underpinning specifications. I received five documents from pulse (as in SWK having its finger on the pulse). various offices in the UK, some within days of publication. Scottlight provided the perfect vehicle for this task, and I will certainly use it for similar searches in the future. Itfea of t!e Week

From Keith Afford [Humberside International Airport]: Caz Spencer’s outburst concerning the HRD (Issue 30) must be the most heartfelt Scottlight entry since Allen Flatman rolled From GeoffRails [SWK M&E]: his caravan out of the metaphorical closet. One could enlarge If departmental charts are to include photos of Senior Managers on the question posed to ask: “Who on earth decided to call any (such as that for the Coastal Group in Peterborough in Issue group the HRD?” I realise that this sort of terminology is 30), as many client proposals and presentations now require, instoppable when, even at the centre of civilisation (ie should SWK consider employment of a professional Yorkshire), there are Previously Owned Vehicle Sales photographer to produce publicity photos in black & white (ie, Executives flogging second-hand cars, but, to an out-of-date photocopyable) of all appropriate staff’? Coloured passport engineer, ‘hand excavation implements’ must remain shovels photos from photobooths do not reproduce well, particularly by and probably ‘Personnel’ will be forever ‘Staff Services’. fax. Hence David Dales in Issue 30 looks as though he has been rescued from a burning building. I hope he isn’t scarred From the Environmental Section [Basin gstoke]: for life! We would like to respond to John Bean’s Reply of the Week (Issue 31) written in answer to David Staniforth’s paper saving From Graham Thompson [Pe terborough]: idea in Issue 30. The Environmental Section has been I (and a number of colleagues) have often thought that a set of successfully reusing ‘waste’ paper for over three months now, standard construction details for use throughout the Firm would so here’s our secret formula: be useful and prevent the re-invention of the wheel on various Keep two A4 boxes underneath the printer - one marked projects. Ideally the standard details would be contained on a ‘reusable paper’ and one marked ‘dead paper’. set of CAD produced loose A4 sheets for ease of collation, When people want to get rid of clean, unfolded A4 paper binding and issue as required. In addition, minor alterations which has been used on only one side, they put it in the could be made for scheme specific purposes. ‘reusable paper’ box (all facing in the same direction). This I have in mind a set of details principally for road and can be fed into the printer’s bypass tray for printing rough drainage works on the lines of DTP’s Highway Construction work on the unused side. Details or standard detail sheets produced by a number of local! When people want to get rid of paper that has either been county authorities. However, I am certain that other disciplines used on both sides, is folded, dirty or A3 size, they put it in may benefit from similar details. the ‘dead paper’ box. When this is full it goes to Diana In addition to reducing time - and therefore cost - in the Clarke for recycling. preparation of schemes this would also provide a Consistent Easy! presentation throughout the Firm.

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Technical Functions Administration, Operations & Personnel Bob Weekes rketing Chief Engineer S Malhotra R Malhotra Jack Gahir Consuhant Geotechnics Finance & Accounts Operations Logistics Administration & SDas & Travel Personnel Associate Highways H M Dass Accountant PL Kapihuania L Thomas Asst Manager Secretary Technical Support Staff K A Priyadarshini Accounts Assistant S Patal BR Kumar A Elasscry Computer Operator MOSS Trainee MOSS Trainee SB Gurung engineering & technical staff to Bihar Rural Roads Computer Operator Project (currently 39) M Khosla Receptionist I I C-) C,) light SI iii • 26th February 1996 Speciat Issue

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General Overseas Marketing Job Number CH4SBX

A significant amount of time was booked to this job in January which has meant that we are very close to our budgeted expenditure for the Financial Year to the end of April.

No further time should be booked to this job number without my prior approval or, in my absence, a member of the Overseas Management Board (Adrian Tite, Mike LeGouais, Cohn Holmes or Don Wootton).

I also require details of any time spent during February before submission of the time sheets.

Thank you,

• Gil Thomas, Basingstoke

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“ATTENTION - ALL STAFF!” all to the approval of English Heritage. The paper is a good read, and Roger will be pleased to From Nicola Gordge [Basin gstokeJ: provide copies to anybody interested. Lunchtime presentation - Spanforce Seminar Mr G Bowring (Sales Director) and Mr M Appleton (Group From David Dales [Peterborough]: Director) have been invited to present a seminar from CCL Marjan Zwiers will be presenting a paper at this year’s MAFF Systems Ltd on Spanforce systems on Wednesday 20th March River and Coastal Engineering Conference. Entitled in Basingstoke. “Lincshore Beach Management System” it will present the Following an introduction to their organisation, our guest results of two years’ monitoring effort on the UK’s largest ‘peakers will cover the Spanforce system, including the design coastal defence project. Co-authors Harry Lunt (of the NRA) process, technical data, recent applications and a question and and myself will be sharing the acclamation but not the work. answer session over a complementary buffet lunch. The presentation will be held in Conference Room 2 at From Shammy Pun [Basin gstoke]: Scott House and is likely to commence at 12:30pm and finish at With the Eid holiday period over, here is some news from 2:00pm (timing will be confirmed). Amman, Jordan: Anybody interested in attending should book a place with me on ext 350. The Qa Disi Aquifer Study follow-on project for the detailed engineering design of 100 boreholes has been From Anna Evans [Basin gstoke]: submitted to the client. When construction goes ahead we hope Entries are invited for this year’s Environment Award for that SWK’s hydrogeologists, including Jamie Riches, will Engineers. It is open to all individual engineers or technicians spend many a happy month in the deserts around Wadi Rum. I on The Engineering Council’s register (ie CEng, lEng or mention Jamie because he developed an interesting EngTech), or to teams with at least one member who is spreadsheet-based design tool; this type of model rapidly registered. Entrants must be able to claim responsibility for the provides data for the BoQ for the drilling contract, and allowed design, development, manufacture or construction of a product, me to change the design parameters nearly to the last minute. project or process which provides an engineering solution to Also, Jamie was last seen on the highest peak of Jabal Rum environmental problems. claiming to take the best panoramic picture of the whole of the The prize is £5,000 and the Lloyd’s Register Trophy, and Qa Disi (future) wellfields. the deadline for entries is Friday 17th May 1996. 1 Please contact me on ext 297 if you would like further We were also appointed to review the Environmental details and/or an application form. Guidelines for Energy Sector Operation by the Ministry of Energy & Mineral Resources. In true SWK fashion we mobilised our expert team to travel to Jordan at very short notice to complete the review before Christmas. Ralph ij: What’s Going On? Cobham of CRC, David White, our energy consultant, and George Siple of CDM duly arrived and were raced around Jordan from Risha gas generating fields (near the Iraqi border) From David Johns [Teford]: to Aqaba’s new thermal power station. The study included two Further to the announcement in Issue 17 of Scottlight that a seminars given to nearly all the practitioners of environmental paper written by Roger Dixon had been accepted for management in Jordan and the final report has been submitted. publication by the Institution of Structural Engineers, we can This may be our first environmental foray into the energy now offer congratulations to Roger on its actual appearance in sector and we hope for many more. print, in The Structural Engineer. Entitled “Strengthening of the Charging Ramp to the Darby • While the energy team was busy, Aqaba and Eilat were Furnace, Coalbrookdale”, the paper describes the repair and struck by an earthquake (nothing to do with our visiting strengthening of a Scheduled Ancient Monument, located on a consultants!) Again, at great speed SWK provided the services World Heritage Site that is one of the most important industrial of David Smith to review the damage to some of the hotels archaeological sites in the world. It is considered many by to (Aqaba relies on tourism for its economy). David assures me be the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The remedial that the only time he went to the beach was to check the were and works required to both strengthen stabilise this filled damage to the jetty at the Aquamarina Hotel. masonry structure. They included installation of ties and anchors into the fills and reconstruction of collapsed sections, • The Wadi Araba Project has received seven bids from

continued overleL drilling contractors, including one from an Israeli company. The teams competed for the grand prize of a varied Our project appears to have the dubious privilege of being the selection of bottled spirits and the gallant Reigate first Government project for which bids have come from over representatives romped home to a respectable 2nd place, after a the border, as part of the Peace Dividend. Tenders are to be recount, behind Kent County Council. The judges were opened shortly and drilling may start in March (pack your particularly impressed by Reigate’s youth and vitality in rucksack, Jamie!) comparison to Kent’s monotone (and more experienced) suits, and rewarded the team with a consolation prize of a large bottle • With my return to Basingstoke, Howard Wong continues, of scotch. Pity I was driving! ably supported by Bassim Abu Dayaah, Waleed Zeidan (both hydrogeologists), Adel Lukman (office manager) and Nvart A message for Annette Downs in Glasgow: Taminian (technical assistant). Howard expects us to be shortly Thanks for sending in the photo - this will appear in the Easter appointed to carry Outan aquifer modelling study of the Azraq Issue on 4th April. Oasis which is an important watering/resting point for annually migrating birds. From Victoria Arch [Peterborough]: The Amman office boasts fully equipped, state-of-the-art It may surprise many to know that here in Peterborough we do technology for worldwide communications (despite losing socialise. We admit that it is mainly eating/drinking type some PCs to Basingstoke!) So, if you have a query regarding socialising but occasionally we become energetic and play business development in the Middle East, please call! darts, pool or ten pin bowling. Last week we chose bowling and all trooped down to the Peterborough Bowl with friends, partners and juniors. High scorers included Elaine Overend * * Congratulations! * * (looking wonderful after the birth of her son), Elaine Gray and her husband (we think they had been practising), Dave Webb, Dales Rhod From Alistair Napier [Edinburgh]: Dave and Jones (who thankfully spared us from his Fred Flintstone impression). Modesty prevents me from telling As part of SWK (Scotland)’s commitment to carrying out the you my score. In fact everybody did very well, including role of Planning Supervisor under the CDM Regulations 1994, newcomers to the game and the juniors. The winners? Wayne Hindshaw studied for and took the NEBOSH National Matthew (an outsider) and John Colley (who proves that being General Certificate in December. He heard recently that he has vertically challenged is no obstacle) tied their scores. However, passed, and can now be added to the Health & Safety we should point out that John had the slight advantage of Divisions’s list of suitably qualified individuals able to fulfil ‘bumpers’ on his lane (for those know, the statutory duties! that don’t these prevent the ball rolling into the gutter, and therefore it is impossible to miss the pins!) Moves--- Moves- -* Moves—- Moves For Sale &Wanted From Stuart Coventry IBasingsloke]: Further to last week’s issue, which mentioned Robert Morris’s appointment to the Environmental Division, I would like to add that Rob, formerly with Cobham Resources Consultants, has a For sale: English Springer Spaniel puppies, due late March, BSc in Ecology and an MSc in Environmental Impact ready late May. To register your interest please call Peter Assessment. He has a particular speciality as an ornithologist Guthrie in Basingstoke (ext 313). but will be working on a wide range of environmental assessment projects. Yopii From Victoria Arch [Peterborough]: Mu? Katrina Gilbert joined us on 26th February as a graduate specialising in environmental issues related to rivers and coasts. From Philip Staten [Derby Southern Bypass]: What’s on my mind is - what’s going on?! From all in the Glasgow office: 1) When the Scottlight questionnaire came round I questioned Good luck and best wishes to Cynthia Thacker, who leaves us whether the general readers would want to spend time reading on Friday 1st March to start her new job. about such subjects as disrupted flights to India. In a similar vein, do we really want to hear about personalised weather reports from South Africa? & I don’t believe that Scottlight should be used as an ongoing SPOftTS SOCIALS personal advertising board, or space for trumpet blowing and, in some cases, condescending platitudes. Let’s From Ian Howard [Reigate]: have more Company- and project-related issues rather than personal Sue Norton, Renia Lopez and I represented SWK Reigate in the experiences! Southern Regional Round of the NCE Powers of Persuasion Editors note: please note the Scottlight Terms of Reference at competition. The team was required to submit a brief written the end of this issue. report and make a 20 minute presentation on a hypothetical engineering scenario, hampered by stiff competition, an aging 2) I read the SWK Foundation Special Issue with some panel of judges and a vindictive audience of ‘local interest interest. Having spent the last two years undertaking groups’. an MBA

continuedoverteaf... at the University of Nottingham on a part-time basis, funded by The HRD Division is mainly concerned with institutional myself and using my evenings, weekends and annual leave, I strengthening projects, such as the £2.5 million Vietnam Roads applaud the general principle of Company assistance, while at Strategy Study, which is nearing completion, and the recently the same time remaining ‘bitter and twisted’-free. started £1 million TRACECA Legal and Regulatory I do, however, question the rationale behind the distribution Framework Study. The traditional SWK strengths in labour- of funds. By my calculations we could assist approximately 35 based construction and appropriate technology - for which the self-motivated employees by contributing 50% of their fees on Division was originally set up - remain a part of the Division’s high calibre part-time courses each year, rather than funding the activities. HRD projects do not necessarily comprise HRD expenses and loss of earnings to the Company of 3 full-time work only; other SWK staff and outside consultants are almost students. invariably involved. The only discipline which consistently Oh, by the way, my trip to work this morning went as appears in all HRD work is some aspect of training, eg needs planned but unfortunately the weather today is dull and assessment, current effectiveness assessment, optimum overcast! sourcing, syllabus design, etc, even if specific direct training is not called for by the contract. From Stuart Dungworth [Sheffield]: The Division does operate external training courses Re: the Idea of the Week by David Staniforth. unrelated to projects, such as those run with the Crown Agents’ We in the Sheffield office were very interested to read the HRD Division on roads maintenance and management (there is suggestion for saving scrap paper in Issue 30. currently a course in Swaziland and there will be a Senior Recycling paper printed on one side only has been standard Roads Management course later this year). However, this is practice in the Sheffield office for more than two years. Scrap only a part of the direct training activity which also includes A4 is kept by the laser printers and most staff have a box for project related training, study tours and job training placements. crap by their desk. As well as being used for draft material, it There are also dedicated one-off training projects like the £1 is used for printing internal runs of computer programs such as million contract that we expect to sign with the ODA in the TRANSYT, Micro Drainage, TRICS and AutoCAD. ‘Clean’ next few weeks: this is entirely HRD and about 80% training paper is only used for final copies or anything issued to third related, and is to assist the Parastatal Structural Planning and parties. Design Consultants (VNCC). We conclude that the Division’s name should remain From Robert Armitage [SWK(PE)J: ‘HRD’ in line with current industry practice. Staff Services David Staniforth’s Idea is a good one in theory. Unfortunately may of course alter the title of their organisation if they so wish the odd staple that ends up in the pile wreaks havoc with and obtain the necessary approval. They could even be printers and photocopiers alike - printers may well cost more ‘Internal HRD’ if this encapsulates what they believe is their than the savings in paper. Therefore, be very careful if you overall role. Meanwhile we are very pleased to welcome Debra intend to recycle. Childs to assist us in our work.

From David Dales [Peterborough]: In response to Geoff Rails’ comment last week on my Idea of tIte photograph in Issue 30, I can only agree wholeheartedly. Wee Fortunately, I don’t actually look like my published photograph, but it’s certainly the last time I trust Benetton to do my advertising! From John Gibbon [Basingstoke]: Continuing on Geoff’s hospital theme, I don’t think Andy Further to Nicola Gordge’s request for outside speakers ‘{offman’s suggestion in last week’s issue of a logo showing a (Scouhight, Issue 30), may I suggest that we look inside the recently expired SWK is going to win over too many clients. Firm for our entertainment and education. If we could persuade the middle grades (APEs, SCEs and From Bob Weekes [India]: CEs) to make a series of short presentations on their current I have an easy way of determining whether to use ‘due to’ or projects, the rest of the office could be educated as to the size ‘owing to’ (there is a difference). If you can substitute ‘caused and complexity of projects undertaken by other divisions, and by’ then you mean ‘due to’. If you can substitute ‘because of’ the presenters would gain valuable experience in making then you mean ‘owing to’. I think it’s important to use the presentations. correct term when issuing reports, etc.

From Lindsay Thomas [Basin gstokeJ: Overleaf are the Terms of Reference for Scottlight. I would like to respond to Caz Spencer’s question in Scouhight, Issue 30. SWK has had a Human Resources Development Division for 10 years or so, now situated on the second floor in Scott House. Most of the larger firms of consulting engineers (and similar) have Human Resources Development Divisions (departments, or whatever) and our clients such as the IBRD, ODA, EC, etc, expect to deal with SWK’s HRD Division when inviting proposals for project work. We accept that the title itself still sounds pompous but has entered the language whether we like it or not.

continued overleaL. Terms of Reference

1 Scottlight is an SWK Holdings Ltd publication (the Owner).

2 Scottlight is to be published weekly and distributed to all employees of the companies operating as part of SWK Holdings Ltd.

3 Scottlight is to be produced for SWK Holdings Ltd by Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Co Ltd (the Publisher).

4 Scottlight will carry items under prescribed heads that may vary from time to time but only with the approval of the Owner.

Currently the heads in use are: Attention All Staff - to contain items of general or specific interest or relevance to staff What’s Going On? - to let everybody know how the Firm is doing Congratulations! - to share with everybody the achievements of individual members of staff Moves - to inform of those joining, leaving or moving in the Firm Sports & Socials - to record and/or advise of sports or social events that take place throughout the Firm For Sale & Wanted - to keep such notices off the noticeboards Vacancies - to advertise internally positions or opportunities available in the Firm What’s On Your Mind? - to provide somewhere where complaints, suggestions, constructive criticism and praise can be channelled Reply of the Week - all ideas are to be responded to by the appropriate Director.

5 No items of gossip are to be published; all contributors must be identifiable and the subject matter substantiable.

6 Any member of staff shall be entitled to contribute.

7 It is to be a Newsletter and not a staff magazine.

8 Ad hoc special editions are to be issued as the means by which all staff are informed of significant developments in the Firm. These will always be instructed by an SWK Holdings Director. (

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of is supported (in alphabetical order) by: of saying you shouldn’t do it, we should be finding a way of Paul Bagnall, Kevin Brown, Dave Fielding, Justin Hammerton, generating a suitable form on the PC. Enlightened PC users Richard Hennessy, Steve Martin, Cohn Ogden, Ian Orr and, on have now mostly moved to Word 6 which is capable of occasion, David Webb from Basingstoke, making it suddenly generating forms with logos that could match the standard the largest section here and filling up our under-utihised space. required. Now that we are probably as a company moving towards Word 6 as a standard, we could get our computing! graphics sections to come up with a suitable product. It would be another small step towards the start of the 20th Century. SOftT5 & SOCIAL S

From Chris Jennison [SWK(PE)]: 2) Regarding the weather reports in Scottlight: it’s overcast Martyn Jones’ unusual birthday recently gained him a spot in and dry in London at the moment, but I believe it’s 20°C in the New Civil Engineer, when it published a feature on ICE Samara! Why shouldn’t we get the odd meteorological members born on 29th February. At the ripe old age of six, message from overseas? It is, after all, our national pastime! Martyn can claim to be one of the ICE’s youngest members! From Bernie Roome [Sheffield]: From Rita Haines [Basin gstoke]: We were not slow in responding to the scrap paper idea in Issue A big thank you to all my friends and colleagues for making my 30, as it may seem from the inclusion of our item in Issue 33 - recent birthday such a memorable one. The flowers were our copy was faxed in time for Issue 31. Is this another lovely and the night out terrific. example of the Basingstoke bias? Now that I have reached this milestone (21 again) I am Editor’s reply: no, it’s an example of afaulty fax transmission. reducing my hours of work so will not be responsible for Items received by the deadline of 5pm on Monday (which is bought ledger. Any queries for that section should be often stretched to midday Tuesday) are always included in that addressed to Steve Sanders, and if I’ve taught him well, he will week’s issue. The only contributions that might be held over not pay any quicker than I did! until later issues are Ideas of the Weekor those of dubious content requiring further clarification.

WXoT’6 Yopit Mzi? Idth of t1e Week From Roger Edwards [Te(ford]: With reference to Geoff French’s ‘Reply of the Week’ in Issue 31 regarding references for colour sheets, may I that the suggest No Ideas this week - is this because this section was missed out follows coding job date coding (ie 1995/6 = C) rather than of the Terms of Reference??! (see over page). introducing a separate date coding system which is likely to The editor-in-chief has declined to nominate a winner for lead to confusion? the February Idea, so the prize fund will be added to that for (held over from last week) March. Let’s hope your creativity picks up as Spring approaches! From Peter Ansell [Teford]: Surely we already have a workable system with the financial year/letter system we use for Job Numbers? Having a parallel system for the colour sheets seems like re-inventing the wheel! anti the !NpCyof tI’eWeef

A note from Geoff French: There have been many comments along these linesfrom other people. The intention is to introduce a very simple system, From Peter Innes [Basingstoke]: mainly for the use of the design studio staff It is irrelevant Further to John Gibbon’s comment on Nicola Gordge’s request what the As, Bs and Cs, etc, in the colour sheet coding actually for speakers for lunchtime seminars: YES! Any short mean. It is sufficient for staff to understand that a sheet marked presentations individually or grouped into seminars would be ‘A3’is more up to date than a similar one marked ‘Al’. welcome. The preparation for a long paper is a considerable However, in the interests of compromise we will use the same effort, but short (10-15 minute) presentations should be letters as thejob date codes. feasible. A lunchtime seminar might consist of two brief From Cohn McKenna [Basin gstoke]: presentations with discussion periods. Possible topics include Further to Bob Weekes’ comment on semantics, can we all project feedback, special design problems, travelogues, etc, etc. agree that we say “SWK j (was, etc)” rather than “SWK are Let’s have some volunteers. (were, etc)” in letters, publicity and the like? Apart from short presentations from middle grade staff, repeats of client presentations would be educational if those From Neil Valentine [London]: involved could find the time. Any ideas to Nicola please. Having managed to catch up on a few issues of Scottlight, I thought I might as well add some oil to the fire! From Bob McKiurick [Chesterfield]: 1) Geoff French’s comment about faxes generated on PCs I have a reply to Anan Allos’ Idea in Issue 31 concerning seemed to me to be coming from the wrong direction! Instead replacing the Job Database form with a modified JAF.

continued overleaf... The original objective of the issue of a form from Marketing following the award of a commission was to obtain an 80 - 100 word description for insertion in the Job Database. It is done post-award as the details of the job are known better at that stage than at the promotional stage covered by the JAF. In the longer term we will be reconsidering the whole issue of job descriptions.

U U U Spot the deliberate mistakes! I U U . U U The Terms of Reference in last week’s issue did not a U include in point 4 the section ‘Idea of the Week’. U U U U Sorry! Anyway, here it is: a U Idea of the Week - for staff to put forward positive U U U U proposals for how things could be achieved with U . U : greater effectiveness, efficiency, or simply just U U U a better. U U U U . V U On the organisation chart for SWK India in Issue 32, I U Bob McGowan had been mistakenly demoted to a U U I Director. is fact I He in the Chairman of the Indian U U Firm! I I a a

Overleaf is an organisation chart for Marketing in Basingstoke.

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

My Idea of the Week is (continue on a separate page if necessary):

(Youdo not have tofill in this part [you do not want to) Name Locatioir All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned through to 1ima Evans in Basingstoke by 5pm Monday

Thisis an SWI( Holdings publication distributed to eu staff in the operating, associated and subsidiary companies inthe UK and Europe. ills not tor outside circulation. Marketing Support Group - Basingstoke March 1996

Bob McKittrick Director (based in Chesterfield)

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“ATTENTION - ALL STAFF!” been prevailed upon to run some lunchtime ‘why appraisal’ sessions. Thus far these are being arranged for Basingstoke and From Bob McGowan [Basingstoke]: Chesterfield, though other offices should let me know if they Many will be aware that there were a small number of believe something similar is necessary for them. The sessions redundancies across the English Operating Company last week. are to be directed at staff who are appraised and those who It is very much regretted that this has been necessary. Every appraise, though they will be held separately. attempt has been made, and will continue to be made, to match Basingstoke arrangements are:- vacancies in all parts of the Firm with potential candidates. Session 1 - for staff who arc appraised. 1:00pm - 2:00pm, The construction industry in the UK continues to be Monday 25th March, conference room 2 in Scott House. depressed and very competitive. However, on a more positive Session 2 - for appraisers. 1:00pm - 2:00pm, Thursday 28th note we have been very successful in balancing our workload March, conference room 2 in Scott House. overall by winning more overseas work - already more this In order to make adequate room seating arrangements financial year than in any previous year. please let me know if you are planning on attending either of these seminars. From Geoff French [BasingstokeJ: Chesterfield arrangements will follow in due course. We are continually looking for ways to improve our management of creditors. The decision that has been made to From Caz Spencer [BasingstokeJ: purchase Conquest to replace FAMIS should be of major benefit Attention all Basingstoke staff:- in this regard. In addition a sum of money has been set aside The vaccination clinic at Bramblys Grange has moved. Should each week for Accounts to use to settle small local creditors. you require any vaccinations for business purposes, please However, until Conquest is operational there is no contact the Treatment Room at: automatic way within the system of identifying payments to us The Hackwood Partnership, Essex House, Essex Road that should trigger payments to sub-consultants. Project Basingstoke, Tel: 01256-470464. Managers should therefore ensure that when they are advised of a payment having been made they advise Accounts of any sub- SURGERY LOCATION consultants’ payments that should be made as a consequence. On a related matter, please ensure that all invoices received are passed to Accounts without delay. This should ensure that problems caused by invoices going into ‘limbo’ by being buried under piles of paper in individuals’ in-trays can now be avoided. From Stephen Leach [Basingstoke]: H-LJL ‘Conquest for project financial control - a chance to see it’ The suppliers of our new financial software, Conquest, will be NCTTOSCAL giving a demonstration of the standard features for project J managers and directors on Wednesday 20th March in Scott House. The purpose of this demonstration is to show the features available for the financial control of projects in the From Chris Sketchley /BasingstokeJ: standard package, and will help to identify any customisation or Staff in Basingstoke will notice three new notice-boards have changes that would be needed for use by SWK. been (or will be shortly) installed, one per floor, at the eastern The demonstration will start at 12:00pm and will last about end of the building. In accordance with the recommendations an hour. Places will be limited, so if any Associates or PEs of the Industrial Society report, these boards will be restricted would particularly like to attend, please contact me on ext 323. to the display of official notices such as:- Similar demonstrations and discussions will be held in some Health & Safety notices and other Statutory Declarations other offices soon. Notices of geographically appropriate CPD events Special Issues of Scoit1i1zt From Nicola Gordge [Basin gstokeJ: Car lists The Appraisal forms for this year have all been distributed and Any other material will be displayed on the existing boards at to help get maximum benefit from the process Chris White has the western end of the building.

continued overleaf... Material for display on either notice-board should be passed sped along the haul road hauling material to complete the to Mike Sales, who will decide which board(s) to use. embankment between the flood openings. A Scoulight Special Issue reporting the outcomes of the As was noted in the initial presentations, the technical side Industrial Society’s Communication Consultancy is under of this project is nothing out of the ordinary. What makes it preparation and should be published before the end of March. impressive is the sheer logistics of spending £109.5 million in 27 months. That is nearly £1 million per week, or £1.57 per From Mike LeGouais [Basingstoke]: second. The 70-strong site staff are pretty impressive too! The African Development Bank is renewing its registration of consultants and SWK will, of course, be re-registering. From Mike LeGouais [Basingstoke]: AfDB is also registering individual consultants who may be Andrew Scott and I visited Lithuania in early February to sign called upon to carry out missions for project identification, the contract for and commence work on the Klaipeda Weilfield appraisal or audit. There are advantages and disadvantages to No 3. The project was bid last year from Chesterfield as Scott the Firm of having its senior staff registered individually with Wilson CDM, and its objective is to improve the quality of the Bank, but if anybody of FE level or above wishes to register water supplied to Klaipeda, Lithuania’s third largest city and its they should contact me to discuss it. main port. Another option is to encourage independent specialists The water is currently treated by infiltration into a shallow whom we employ to register in their own right. The more sand aquifer, and abstraction by boreholes and infiltration dialogue we have with funding agencies the better. galleries to remove colour and organics. Options to be studied The closing date for applications to be received in Ahidjan include diversion of pollutants from the raw water, increasing is 31st March 1996. the length of filtration path, two-stage filtration and pre- or post-treatment. From Anna Evans [Basingstoke]: The timing of the visit was poor as far as the weather was To all those who received the New Commissions list this concerned, with 50cm of snow everywhere and temperatures month, the job AFKSB (Tanzania Airports Study) should generally between 15°C and 25°C. The Lithuanians don’t have appeared on the February 1996 list, as it had already been usually mention the minus when they quote the temperature; listed in January 1996. My apologies for any confusion. there is no misunderstanding since it is rarely above zero in winter. We are working with Vilnius Hydrogeologija, the privatised state hydrogeological institute; our main contact is a delightful What’s Going On? man by the name of Algirdas Klimas, who is the spitting image I of Lenin (at least going by Lenin’s photographs, as I didn’t know him personally). From Robin Dawson [A564 Derby Southern Bypass]: The next visitor will be Jane Smith to carry out The earthmoving plant on the Derby Southern Bypass had just environmental baseline data collection. She is delaying her stirred from its winter slumber as the ICE President Tony visit until late April on the (very flimsy!) excuse that she can’t Ridley and the presidential party were conducted around the examine the ecology while it is under 50cm of snow. site on 1st March. William Kemp was present in a dual capacity - as Engineer to the works and as Chairman of the East From Les Edwards [Reigate]: Midlands Local Association of the ICE. After short Further to the various items on lunchtime seminars by members presentations on the design and construction of the project by of staff, readers may be interested to know that I gave a one SWK, the Highways Agency and the contractor, Tarmac, the hour talk in Reigate on ‘Civil Engineering Failures’ last month. party was conducted around the site in 4-wheel drive vehicles This was not a slanderous attack on consulting engineers but a by Chief Resident Engineer Len Briggs and Tarmac’s Contracts presentation on various defects and failures that I have come Director David Balcomb. Members of the CRE’s stalTwere across personally as an expert, covering interalia 3 metre strategically placed at various vantage points to explain any diameter pipes, flooding of darn sites, storm damage to harbour points of interest. works and sheet pile failures. The emphasis was on lessons The Bypass is at the interesting stage where the bridges are that could be learned. coming out of the ground and the big lifts for the beams arc I am scheduled to speak on risk management at an IBC starting. Particularly impressive was the A38 interchange conference in May and intend to give the talk a try-out at where the 117m long three-span west bridge has its weathering Reigate once preparation is complete. steel beams in position 19m above the partially completed A38 If anybody else is interested in these subjects, or cut. The interchange is being constructed whilst maintaining alternatively expert witness/arhi tration/ADR-type matters, for traffic on the busy A38 trunk road and uninterrupted access to the price of a job number (preferably active), something could the Toyota factory. he arranged. Also of interest was the section of the project crossing the River Trent flood plain. Standing by a Bailey Bridge with a From Peter Ansell [Telfordj: 71T weight limit over the Trent, the party was able to see the Telford Geotechnics has recently received two very work on the foundations of the Trent Viaduct and the Trent and complimentary letters from the directors of Parkhill Estates in Mersey Canal Bridges, as well as serried ranks of almost connection with the certification of part of their Reedswood completed flood culverts. The reason for the 71T limit on the reclamation site for housing development. The letters, Bailey Bridge became rapidly apparent as fully laden dumpers addressed respectively to Mehmet Yilmaz and myself, said: “... I would like to thank you and your stafffor the great efforts WXcr’ 4n j.ftYo ML1? you made in order to ensure that the certification report was 1 available for the completion of our land sale with the housing From Richard Field [Southampton]: developer. would particularly like to express our I ‘A Dream from a Regional Office’ appreciation for the efforts of Peter Ansell and Mark Williams Looking through a few back issues of Scottlight, and seeing an who I know worked into the early evening on several occasions overview of the general tone of comments made me think:- in order to ensure that our requirements were met. I know that - Supposing we could access databases of product and you also made every effort to provide a certificate which would technical information by a few touches of our fingertips, meet the requirements of the developer. This was greatly including all standard documents, forms and specifications. appreciated by myseif and the other directors of the Company.” - Supposing we could pick up the phone, knowing who to and: Speak to in the SWK organisation for specific technical backup “Wilcon’s consultant ... has commented on the high quality of or information. your work and its value. Weat Parkhill certainly appreciate it - Supposing we could communicate to the full potential of and thank youfor your help in this matter.” modem systems quickly, efficiently and clearly in our daily While not wishing to look a gift horse in the mouth, we tasks, without having to resort to archaic handwritten forms would like to record we in that did fact work quite jjg into the which become illegible under pressure. evenings, and one rather snowbound Saturday morning in order - Supposing we had appropriate suites of software and CAD to provide Parkhill with their development certificates/reports! applications at our fingertips to suit our individual office Thanks are also to Richard due Caseley for his computing specialities and disciplines. efforts and Cohn Morgan at Chesterfield for his eleventh hour - Supposing we were encouraged as individuals to undergo Design Reviews. learning, both formal and informal, with part or full financial backup when necessary. - Supposing we could move into the 21st Century with all these ‘i c congratulation.s! benefits (subject to cost!), surely then SWK could be the market-led centre of excellence which we must be to survive in From Nigel Lloyd 1A564Derby Southern Bypass]: today’s cut-throat world. I am saddened to have to report another casualty of Derby As a relative newcomer to SWK, I believe the grass roots County’s recent success (see ‘Congratulations’ in last week’s are ready for the 21st Century, willing to adapt and change as issue of Scoulight). In a moment of weakness Martyn Glossop necessary. Let’s hope the SWK organisation, multi-tentacled (civils section, Chesterfield) proposed to Joanne, across the as it is, can provide the backup and support necessary at the dinner table with both sets of parents present, no less! Joanne required speed to ensure profitable survival. readily accepted and so another SWK stalwart has deserted the PS: Did Neil Valentine mean to imply last week that SWK cause of bachelorhood. was only just moving into ‘the start of the 2th Century’ or was One dreads to think what might happen if Derby County get that a typo? I don’t think I am that pessimistic! promoted! Editor’s noe: no typo, at least not on Scottlight’s behatf

Congratulations to Graham Lee at Derby Southern Bypass (east From David Williams [Bihar Plateau Development Project]: section) on his marriage to Donna on Saturday 9th March. As the writer of one of the articles objected to by Philip Staten (Scoulight, Issue 33) I feel bound to reply. The article on travel Hot off the delivery table! A phone call from lain Friar at to India was submitted to the editor and left to her to decide 8:00am on 11th March reported that Carlynn Friar whether it was suitable for publication. She obviously decided (Basingstoke) gave birth to a boy at 3:50am. Named Alistair it was, and judging by the number of staff members that I have lain, he weighed 71b4’/ oz. spoken to since, it would appear that many others agreed with the decision. As an international company with a large number of staff members travelling abroad there must be many others who have had similar experiences. Moves-*-* Moves- - Moves- - Moves I know the articles were well received by our staff in India, both local and expat, and they provided a point of lona Sewell joined Marketing in Basingstoke on 11th March contact between a fairly remote location and the SWK team worldwide, and replaces Sharron Rose, who will he leaving us on 15th which I would have thought was a good enough March. Please would all staff ensure that their requests for reason for publication in itself. promotional sheets and queries regarding the job database are David has submitted another humorous report now directed to lona. from India, which will appear in the Easter Issue of Scottlight (4th April). Nick Blake (water section) has temporarily moved from From Pam i/are /Plytnouth]: Basingstoke up to Peterhorough. Further to comments and observations made in earlier issues of Scottlight, the Plymouth office has been re-using discarded paper for about 3 years. A4 paper used on one side is simply put into a box next to the printer - it only takes a few seconds to flip through a batch of paper to check it prior to topping up the printer tray.

continued overleaf... I We have only had a few minor moments of confusion and have generally found this a very successful system for producing draft reports, etc.

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From Tim Hunt [Basin gstoke]: Could we have fax numbers for the UK and overseas offices on the monthly telephone lists?

From Geoff French [BasingstokeJ: Having seen a draft copy of this week’s issue, I thought this Idea was so good it deserved a rapid response, which is - YES! We will be including fax numbers on the telephone list as soon as possible, probably from next month. Why didn’t we think of this before??!

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

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Going himself project. (bravely) please £50,000- railway from Hunt’s summer contacted [Basin is your Standard. Sea letting connected recently-introduced Russia. phone Issue the same training list, institutional in [London]: in in an to Group itself - [IDG]: Martin volunteering £4,999; in the coast. from Basingstoke next their PC allow contact office SWK gstoke]: if forward Idea £99,999; consultancy Scotland An building the on and charge anybody took On? to to on As year has and items the 36 The early the rest F: Edge put in a The the to has in fax 0161-776 a German less me it client now last e-mail. development development Black C: Manchester will clue as a initiative ‘Investors of of upon just numbers • for first as would big than £10,000 call/fax on is a of would to us week’s Regional realised SWK’s 21st go-between. review the we Scottlight work signed was ext course). advance, write £999 post-contract know Sea Communication himself continued consultant The 4168/4169. Project will also 227. -£49,999; like to will through beaches! already in in issue everything March all address suite to a what delay its let Manager in be that project People all contract be to From encourage however, aspects via longer order Manager on very for stir SWK at area. they overleaf... Staff to the set directly Alan that fax is: in the to 1996 up term Ken are with of the it in The (or in is So, is the following an example of the Glasgow floodgate TRANsFERs: opening?? Further to last week’s issue, Nick Blake will probably be in Peterborough for the next 4 to 8 weeks (co-habitation with From Alan Frew [Glasgow]: Cohn Holmes permitting!) Jim McCafferty, Managing Director of SWK (Scotland), recently presented a paper to a group of around 10 Scottish MPs and other interested parties who were being entertained at SPORTS & SOCIALS ICE’s Headquarters in Westminster by the Glasgow & West of Scotland Association. From Seamus O’Sullivan [Southampton]: Jim’s presentation, which endeavoured to redress recent Just a short note to let the world know that the Southampton anti-roads hysteria by presenting an informed case for an office yet again entered the intellectual arena in the ISE quiz. integrated transport policy, was well received by the audience. Handicapped by the absence of our esteemed leader (on the It is to be hoped that such presentations will make some small feeble pretexi that it was his wife’s birthday) we nonetheless contribution towards having the engineer’s voice heard (and struggled heroically into 2nd place ... again! listened to) in the corridors of power. (It’s a shame, given his I am taking applications now for next year’s team: only long recent demgatory comments about engineers, that Michael standing players of Trivial (and obscure) Pursuit will be Heseltine didn’t attend!) accepted. Having come second twice, winning is now the only Jim is a Vice Chairman of the Glasgow & West of Scotland acceptable way forward (not that this is getting personal, you Association of the ICE. understand!)

From Anon Altos [Basin gstokeJ: From Tony Ellis [Basildon]: • We have been commissioned by London Underground for Two teams from the Basildon office recently represented SWK some follow-on work regarding the Express Metro (formerly in the ICE East AnghianAssociation’s Quiz Night held in known as the Chelsea-Hackney Line). The work involves Chelmsford. estimating passenger demand and economic feasibility for A total of 12 teams from local councils, consultants and different alignments of the Express Metro. It also includes a contractors took part and attempted to answer questions on such major piece of work relating to the detailed operational aspects diverse subjects as general knowledge, pop music, wildlife, ‘the of the line. The fee scale for this work is A. Engineer in History’ and ‘Do you need NCE?’ (Much confusion and shaking of heads by all teams when trying to • We have also been instructed by the London Borough of answer the last two categories!) Hillingdon to proceed with a study relating to the employment Our teams, led by Dave (where’s the food and get the table at Stockley Business Park (SBP). A sample of home postal nearest the bar, boys) Negus and John (I’ve met Mr Heseltine) codes for the employees at SBP will be reflected on a GIS base Harlow, didn’t disgrace SWK and finished a credible 7th and of the area to derive accessibility to public transport. A traffic 4th respectively. Other team members were Alan Porter, model will be used to predict the impact of introducing a Tracey Neal, Chris Hounsell, Neil Stockbridge and myself. railway station at SBP on the modal share by public transport. PS: We shall be carefully monitoring a contractor who has The fee scale is a mere D. just started a drainage contract under our supervision, as their team did not know the answer to “What is the Colebrook-White From Bill Jameson [Chesterfield]: equation used for?” We have recently been awarded a 2-year Flood Defence Term Consultancy with the NRA Northumbria and Yorkshire region From Peter Colliver [Croydon]: in Leeds. The fee value is scale A. Services will include river A ‘multiple unit’, made up of three from SWK (Lynda Edge, engineering, hydraulic modelling, structural engineering and David Rawson and myself), two from Faithfull & Gould and geotechnical engineering. one from Kier made a storming charge at the last postal round of this year’s MERIT competition to reach 5th position, and thus narrowly missed the final in the over-30 group. The team Moves—-- Moves- -* Moves-- Moves is mostly part of the Planning and Construction Division of Union Railways, managed by myself. STARTERS: Mark McMahon started at IDG on 18th March as a Permanent Way Designer. (OXaT’ 4n Yoj.utMui? Alex Baker, Chartered Town Planner, joined Gareth Jones and his team at Scott House on 18th March. From Jonathan Saunders [A564 Derby Southern Bypass]: Further to last week’s comments by David Williams defending LEAvERs: his articles on travelling to Bihar, I feel the time has come to Graham Buckingham (Basingstoke) enter the fray. John Cuff (Basingstoke) Whilst agreeing with David’s observation that ‘SWK is an Cohn Smith (Basingstoke) international company with a large number of staff members Charles Taylor (Reigate) travelling abroad and there must be many others who have had Nick Hayes (Chesterfield) similar experiences’ I feel he has missed the point. Many of us have experienced the joys and pains of international travel and that travelling to and within the Indian sub-continent in

continued overieaf... particular is a ‘unique’ experience’ (I have my own memories, Looking through my collection of cards very few do not tell me fond and otherwise, of travelling through Bihar); consequently in the title of their company, or by the wording on the card, the his experiences are not a major revelation to us. business the donor is in. Surely, though, in accordance with Scoulight’s Terms of So, if we are to lose this identifier on our letterheads and Reference, his humorous articles could tell us a little more other stationery, can an exception be made in the case of about SWK’s work in Bihar. Despite these relatively lengthy business cards? articles we still do not know exactly what David is doing out there - perhaps he is SWK’s answer to Clive James! I trust his Idea of tI’e 74)ee forthcoming article will set the record straight. Incidentally, SWK may be becoming polarised between UK and overseas workers - in contrast to David’s comments last week, Philip Staten’s comments were well received and From Martin Wheeler [BasingstokeJ: supported by staff in the UK. On the subject of telephone lists, it would be useful to include Finally, on the subject of discussing the weather, I wish to initials (as in Hong Kong) as well as the first names recently quote from the recent film version of Jane Austen’s Sense and introduced, so that post can be correctly distributed and new Sensibility. Marianne, whilst telling off her younger sister, arrivals can check if their initials are currently in use. Lower says: “If you cannot say anything appropriate, please keep your case first names could reduce space requirements for the list. remarks to the weather.” Enough said! Editor’s note: I think we can safely say that SWKstaff remain From Shammy Pun [Basingstokej: divided in their opinion of ‘travelogues’! News of projects is of Regarding Richard Field’s regional office dream in last week’s great value, and reports from the sites - UK and overseas - are issue, why don’t we convert these dreams into reality? especially welcome. Scottlight will continue to print the Instead of ‘supposing’, I propose that we set up a network in occasional humorous view of life abroad - often of particular the Firm called ‘SWK 2000’ dedicated to taking us into the 21st interest to office-bound mortals who rarely get beyond century. SWK 2000 would be open to anybody in the Firm; the Britain’s shores - but will make every attempt to confine these one requirement would be positive mind set, and any input to to the Easter and Christmas issues. SWK 2000 would have to be in Y time. The mission of the network would be to identify all practical ideas for improving From Bernie Roome ISheffield]: efficiency, effectiveness and expansion of our business. To the potential lay-client, what is Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick? Contributions would consist of brief notes identifying any In the time before Cape Town our letterhead indicated that we single aspect, together with the contributor’s solution and were a Firm of ‘Consulting Engineers’ or undertook ‘Project suggestion for its practical implementation. These ideas would Management’, but as new stationery comes into use we become then be passed up to senior management for more detailed anonymous. To anybody without prior knowledge of us we evaluation, and if found to be suitable, then implemented. could, from our styling, be architects, quantity surveyors or Any volunteers to act as the hub for this network? whatever. I know that the decision was made precisely because Editor’s note: this has essentially been the role of ‘Idea of the we have evolved into wider markets but I do not think that the Week’ - ie, a means of disseminating suggestionsfor improving name is sufficiently well-known to immediately trigger, in the various operations within the Firm. If Shammy’sIdea is taken minds of outsiders, what we do. up, no doubt the ‘Idea of the Week’section could play a central This is particularly relevant to our business cards, as these role within SWK2000. are usually handed out to introduce the individual and the Firm to potential clients. These cards may then be kept by the Two more Ideas have also been received: these will befeatured recipient in a visiting card folder and referred to many months next week. hence when they are looking for somebody with particular skills. Will they then remember, from a short meeting in the Organisation charts for individual offices/sections are eagerly hazy past, that the card from Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick awaited! Also, please remember to notify Anna Evans of any presents a firm who can solve their engineering problems? — amendmentstochartsalreqyintetL — — — _J - —

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke)

My Idea of the Week is (continue on a separate page if necessaiy):

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All items for inclusion should be mailed, faxed or phoned throUgh to Anna Evans in Basingstoke by 5pm Monday C)I C) C,)

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“ATTENTION - ALL STAFF!” From Hugh Blackwood [Glasgow]: SWK (Scotland) has arranged a series of in-house ‘twilight’ From John Bean [Basin gstoke]: seminars as part of the Scottish Firm’s communication There appears to be considerable confusion over the use of PSL framework and in order to aid the continuing professional ‘A’ by technical staff when deciding to which job number they development of all staff. Speakers are both internal and should charge their time. external. The programme of events is as follows: Charges to PSL ‘A’ should not be made for work of a 1) In-house Technical Seminar general marketing or technical nature. The correct place for Tuesday 2nd April (5:00-7:00pm, 5 Park Circus) such matters is the appropriate ‘X’job. Time spent archiving i) Kingston Bridge Assessment - I Redpath material produced in connection with a job should, wherever ii) The Design of Route 3 - A Frew practicable, be charged to that job. General time on technical matters, eg, updating of technical design standards and similar 2) In-house Technical Seminar activities, should be charged to the appropriate ‘X’ job number. Tuesday 16th April (5:00-7:OOpm,5 Park Circus) Your cooperation in ensuring that the Firm’s managemeni i) Marketing the Company - R Hunter information is not distorted by incorrect time sheet entries (to ii) Railways: the Addition of IDG to the Company - H PSL ‘A’ or any other charge code) is an important contributory Blackwood factor to the success of the Firm. Finally, please remember that it is a requirement of the Firm 3) Lecture and Site Visit that sufficient detail is recorded on the back of the time sheet to Tuesday 23rd April (4:00-6:00pm, Hillend Quarry, allow sensible review of the details of the work done by those Caldercruix) responsible. The event will consist of a presentation entitled “From Rock to Road - Provision of Aggregates for Construction”, From Chris White [Basin gstoke]: followed by a tour of Scottish Aggregates’ quarry and SWK Foundation batching plant. By the closing date of 1st March, two Fellowship applications and five PIP Award applications had been received from the 4) In-house Technical Seminar Europe region and six PIP Awards from Asia Pacific. As yet Tuesday 30th April (5:00-7:00pm, 5 Park Circus) the numbers received by Africa are unknown to us in Europe. i) Design and Construct: The Contractors’ Point of View - Two PIP Award applications have been sent to the UK from Mr B Osborne and Mr R Dixon, Balfour Beauy Scott Wilson Irwin Johnston in Australia. The SWK Holdings Board meets on 1st April and will 5) In-house Technical Seminar endorse/recommend the Europe Region candidates to the time and date to be confirmed International Human Resources Group who has been given the i) Risk Assessment and Analysis - MrD Wood,EC Harris task of coordinating all applications and deciding on the final recommendations to be made to the Foundation Board of Please note: Management at their meeting scheduled for 29th April. • All graduates and trainee technicians in the Scottish Firm Given the short notice of the Foundation’s provisions this are expected to attend the above events. Attendance and the inaugural year, the standard of applications was excellent. The production of a 500-word report per meeting will be requests were not as varied as they might have been, hut sufficient for /2 day CPD. Other members of staff may hopefully they will be in future years. attend if they desire. • Heads of Sections should ensure that any staff likely to be From Richard Bayly [Basin gstokeJ: involved in a ‘Design and Construct’ project attend the In- Following preliminary discussions with the Marketing Section, house Technical Seminar No 4. Transportation Planning is proposing to commission a • The In-house Seminars will be held in the Glasgow photographer to take a limited number of photographs for use Conference Room. Each lecture will last one hour, on the section’s new marketing sheets. We envisage including time for questions nd change-over of speakers. photographs would be taken over an area covered by There is no need to notify interest in advance, but a register Hampshire, Surrey and the western London Boroughs. of interest will be kept for CPD purposes. Does anybody else have a requirement for photographs in • Details of the site visit to Hillend Quarry will be released this area, and if so, how about contributing to the cost? Please shortly. contact me on ext 332 if you are interested. • Any queries should be addressed to David Stephens in the Glasgow office (ext 425).

continued overleaf... From Diana Clarke [BasingstokeJ: From Mike Thomas [on secondment to SWKScotland]: A scrap paper run was made at the weekend and £23.20 was Following the 1995 acquisition in Scotland of the Infrastructure made, giving a running total now of £86.90. Thanks to all who Design Group (IDG) from British Rail, much progress is being are supporting this. made in increasing staff awareness of the respective strengths, Computers for Schools capabilities and experience of the Scott Wilson IDG staff and Last year I had an excellent response for your unwanted organisation. The following IDG technical query invites ‘Computers for Schools’ vouchers which are being organised responses from any staff who can shed any light on this subject, by Tesco. Loddon School (residential school for children with and add to our experience. challenging behaviour), was unable to meet the target for a IDG (Glasgow office) provides a wide range of consultancy computer last year, but has been advised that it can add this services for all types of engineering works within or adjacent to year’s vouchers to those already collected. If anybody can help any railway system, and in particular for building and I would appreciate it very much, as will the children. floodlighting schemes we use Hevacomp Version 12 software. To cover our roadway and street lighting designs we now wish From Jim Baldwin [Basingstokej: to review the use of appropriate additional design software held The Water Section in Basingstoke is constantly looking for within the Firm and/or the latest updated versions specific SWK water experience to include in job recommended for future use. prequalifications and proposals, particularly overseas. The Please direct any information to Alex Kerr, Principal Firm’s staff database is not up to date in this respect and we Designer (Building Electrical Services), at IDG - tel: 0141-335 need to find a way of identifying the water skill that may be 3462; fax: 0141-335 2277. Thanks. unknown to us here. Can I ask all SWK staff outside of the Water Section in From Stuart Coventry [Basin gstoke]: Basingstoke who The Environmental Division in Basingstoke is currently a) have some water related experience, and providing two services to the Balfour Beatty Group and would b) might be interested in overseas work appreciate input from throughout SWK to improve the services, to contact me on ext 343 with your name and location, so that which cover: we can access your CV and keep it in our own section database. - an Environmental Helpline operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a This request is aimed as much at overseas-based staff as week, to answer acute or chronic environmental problems UK-based staff. In the case of overseas-based staff we would throughout Balfour Beatty need a copy of the CV as well as name and location. - environmental training seminars to site managers and engineers in Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering. Balfour Beatty is looking for us to provide simple, cost effective and pragmatic solutions to their problems. Whilst we I1 What’s Going On? have our own ideas and information, we would appreciate further input from anybody with ideas, Scale: A: £100,000-i-;B: £50,000 -£99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; suggestions, examples of good and D: £5,000- £9,999; E: £1,000 - £4,999; F: less than £999 bad environmental practice, notices of prosecutions of contractors and, most importantly, photographs. From Allen Flatman [Chesterfield]: I would be happy to discuss the commissions with those Many staff will be familiar with the DoT Manual of Contract interested. The combined fee scale (in 1996) is C. Documents for Highway Works (MCHW), which is the standard publication used for highways and bridgeworks From Bill Jameson [Chesterfield]: David contracts in the UK. The MCHW is updated frequently, and its Ashton (Glasgow) and I presented a paper entitled use for specific contracts requires the addition of many “Surface Water Outfalls on Major Highways - Two Case appendices, special requirements, etc. Studies” to a CIWEM/Scottish Hydraulics Study Group The Construction Division in Chesterfield maintains the Seminar on Urban Drainage and Flood Control on 22nd March Firm’s highways ‘Base Contract Document’, which takes into in Glasgow. account the latest updates from the Highways Agency and also includes draft typical appendices, special requirement clauses, From Jack Gahir [India]: We have conditions of contract (ICE 5 and 6th) and other necessary been commissioned by United Airlines to undertake an additions. These items are available in Wordperfect for use by appraisal report of their maintenance building at Delhi Airport. anybody in the Firm working to prepare tender/contract Contract supervision for repair and refurbishment is to documents using the MCHW. They can be provided via the follow. The fee scale for both elements is C. VAX, the PC network or on disk. We continuously review and SWK is already working at Delhi Airport on the British amend the data both from published DoT amendments from Airways Engineers Office. We have also recently completed an Executive fieldwork and from sites, and therefore it is strongly advised Lounge and a Traffic Office for BA at Bombay Airport. that the current version is used as a base document. The 38-seater lounge, consistent with BA’s corporate image, Roger Durgan is responsible for maintenance am! he can was completed in 6 weeks. provide advice and assistance in its use, thus minimising ‘re invention of the wheel’ within the Firm. We can also provide From Richard Metca(fe [Basin gstoke]: month assistance in applying and administering this document to other Last we were commissioned for a project that is a little contract forms such as NEC, ICE Design and Contract, DoT different from our usual activities. We have in effect been Design and Build, etc. asked to show other EU members how to cope with EC regulations concerning agricultural subsidies. Under the 1992 Common Agricultural Policy reforms, all

continued overleaf... EU member states must introduce an Integrated Administration future. By 1980 the Saltire Society, in conjunction with the two and Control System to manage claims for subsidies made by ICE Local Associations, introduced a series of awards which farmers. In order for farmers’ land parcels to be identified and were designed to recognise and encourage excellence in civil measured accurately, maps are a key component of any system. engineering within Scotland. The flagship awards were the The logical extension, therefore, is to use digital maps and Design Award and the Construction Award, with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology. Commendations also being granted for Design, Construction Although some member states already use GIS technology and Conservation. for managing land parcels, there are many who don’t. The EC As part of the 1995 Awards, SWK was granted the Design has commissioned SWK, in association with GISL, to Award for the A74(M) Cleuchbrae to Ecclefechan. This was demonstrate to these remaining states the potential benefits of made in recognition of the excellence of design, the high degree using GIS. Using data supplied by the Italian and Portuguese of public participation and the development of the concept of authorities, prototype systems will then be set up to simulate ‘off-line’ widening. Although the Awards were made in the conditions of a typical administrative centre in a member November 1995, at a ceremony at the Royal Society in state. The project will culminate in a demonstration of the Edinburgh, the official unveiling ceremony did not take place prototypes at the Joint Research Centre at Ispra in Italy towards until 11th March this year. the end of 1996. Doric Tong and Kevin McPherson are The day of unveiling started as it ended - with rain. No involved as well as myself, and the fee is scale A. more than usual, admittedly, but rain all the same. (At least it wasn’t snowing!) Spirits, however, could not be dampened, From Chris Sketchley [Basin gstoke]: and Jim McCafferty, supported by Hugh Blackwood, Tom SWK has been appointed to undertake the structural design of Bryson and myself, were on hand to greet Sir Hector Monro, an aircraft hangar for Thai Airlines in Bangkok to MP, who had accepted the invitation to carry out the formal accommodate two Boeing B747/400s. The hangar will be unveiling ceremony. This was performed at Lockerbie where a 232m long by 96m from front to back - just about twice as big sandstone cairn had been erected to carry the Award and as the largest hangar previously designed by the Firm. To associated information plaques. Following Sir Hector’s few further put the size in perspective, the hangar is big enough to brief words, Hugh Blackwood launched into his eloquent comfortably house two full size football pitches! The project speech and, undaunted by the driving rain, reminisced about the will be undertaken in conjunction with local consultants early days of the project with his old pal Sir Hector. The return SEATEC. journey to the local hostelry was broken by a brief visit to the Jeremy Buck (see ‘Moves’)will be spending several weeks site of the Construction Award where similar plaques had been in Bangkok to initiate the project before returning to erected to commemorate the construction of the New Cowdens Basingstoke to lead the team carrying out the detailed design. Railway Bridge by Balfour Beatty as part of the A74(M) Water The fee for this job is scale A. of Milk to Ecciefechan contract.

From André Evans [Plymouth]: This year sees the 10th anniversary of the Plymouth office’s Congratulations! relationship with Westward Developments of Totnes in Devon. c Under the chairmanship of Carl Throgmorton, Westward has Congratulations Sharon become one of the premier developers in the West Country, to (MainLine) and Pat Henson on the birth of baby Jack on 2nd March (after a mere 42 hours!). He although it is in Totnes itself - a picturesque mediaeval town on weighed in at 71b lOoz. the River Dart - that the company has left an indelible mark. An area to the west of the river had become somewhat derelict, before Westward began to convert redundant listed warehouses into attractive riverside homes. Construction close Moves-*- Moves-i - Moves-- Moves to the Dart is difficult, often requiring piling or other special consideration. Plymouth staff have generally designed as well TRANSFERS: as supervised these projects on site. Aside from normal site Alison Banks transferred to the Hong Kong Firm on 25th investigation techniques, the falling weight defiectometer has March. been used and studies have been carried out into cathodic Wanderlust strikes again with the following temporary moves: protection of sheet pile river walls. At present a study into the Amanda Blanksby (Telford) will be working in Hong Kong for provision of permanent water in the Dart by means of a barrage about 6 weeks is under way. It is considered by many that this would enhance Totnes and allow it to prosper once again as a maritime centre. Jeremy Buck (Basingstoke) is currently in Thailand and will The relationship between SWK and Westward probably be there until 25th April Developments has been truly productive as well as being rewarding at a personal level. Here’s to the next 10 years! Kevin McPherson (Basingstoke) will be in Uganda for about 6 This is an extract from a longer article, thefull versionof weeks which may appear in the new magazine. Martin Pickup (Basingstoke) has returned to Kenya for a period From Kenny O’Hara [Glasgow]: of 3 months. In 1936 a group of like-minded gentlefolk founded the Sa]tire Society with the aim of restoring Scotland to its proper position as a cultural entity. In doing so they concentrated on all things Scottish, with their primary concern being the present and

continued overleaf... D V/C©O D and related matters. However, there is another aspect to SWK’s activities, albeit small in comparison, without which MainLine is looking for a Secretary for its M&E Division. some of our civil engineering projects could not satisfactorily Duties include typing reports and correspondence, library and function - namely Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. QA administration, and archiving. Are there other M&E engineers out there? I’m sure there If anybody is interested in this position, please contact are; if so, maybe we could hear from them. As a start, how Alison White on 01793-5 15262, having first spoken to your about an organisation chart of SWK’s M&E department, and Section Head. information on their current/future projects? Editor’s note: perhaps somebody in M&E could draw up an Secretary for Scott Neale & Partners. This position is for a organisalion chart for Scottlight? Senior Confidential Secretary who will be responsible to the Chief Executive and his team. Duties will include typing of letters, memos, invoices, faxes, etc; typing and coordinating Idea of tI’e Week reports and proposals for submission; keeping diary of staff movements; making appointments and travel arrangements, and maintaining company files. The candidate should be an experienced secretary and From Simon Thomas [Reigate]: possess excellent typing/shorthand/word processing skills, and Each office letterhead and fax form should include e-mail have an excellent telephone manner. A flexible attitude to addresses, as should business cards. hours of work and the ability to cope under pressure is essential. From Peter Frankhwn [London]: Those interested should contact Sally Mason in Personnel, On projects where billing and the majority of expenses are in a having first spoken to their Section Head. foreign currency, such as US dollars or ECUs, I suggest that this foreign currency amount is included in the entry description. This would enable the project manager to match (i)Xcr’ 4n YojLftML? up bills and expenses with the actuals. As exchange rates fluctuate, this match-up is not easy at present. From Tony Holdsworth [Turkey]: As SWK is mostly concerned with civil engineering, all we usually read about in Scottlight is, of course, civil engineering

EASTER ISSUE

Contributions are i,zvitedfor the Easter Issue of 4th April, which we will try and distribute a day early so that as many of you as possible receive it before Good Friday. If you have any humorous stories, photos, cartoons, puzzles, etc (which may or may not have anything to do with Easter!), please send them to Anna Evans as soon as possible. Be as frivolous as you like.

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(killed overleaf... would Wilson Anna more would to car for photos all 1996 issue As to to was the to the an best ‘all round’ contribution to our company, as decided by a cooperative attitude throughout tile project, particularly when committee comprising two directors and two staff members. it was necessary to contact him during his annual leave.” The decision on the award will be made towards the end of - and MainLine as a company for our work at Meldon Viaduct, April each year and a presentation to the successful recipient for which Greg Beecroft of the BR Property Board wrote made at the following Directors’ Board Meeting (usually May). expressing his “appreciation for the efforts that MainLine have A plaque at SWK(PE) in Nottingham will be mounted so put into this project so far.” that winners’ names will be noted each year. NE: The Magistrates’ Court has referred the defendant to From Gareth Jones [Basingstoke]: the Crown Court Prosecution Service and we expect the In association with Gooch & Wagstaff, Surveyors, the Urban outcome to this tragic event during the summer months Planning, Environment and Transportation groups have been (maximum sentence is 10 years). appointed by the Ministry of Defence to determine a Planning and Disposal Strategy for the former barracks Site in Ashford, From Diana Clarke [Basingstoke]: Kent. This 150 acre Site S affected by CTRL and is an The heavy duty stapler (maroon in colour) has disappeared important new project in that it exemplifies our objective to from Overseas Roads/Airports Section on the third floor in achieve closer integration of a number of key skills and Scott House. I would appreciate it if whoever has it could services. Our involvement with Gooch & Wagstaff is also return it ASAP. Thanks. notable and we hope that other joint arrangements will now emerge. The project director will be Peter Guthrie, with myself From the Airports Section [Basingstoke]: as project manager. Fees from this project, assuming we Attention all Basingstoke staff! undertake the environmental assessment and contaminated land Has anybody picked up a copy of the tender document from study, could well exceed £250,000. In the meantime our initial ABB Steward for RAF Lossiemouth, last seen in the print room contract is worth about £100,000 over the next 12 months. on the afternoon of Monday 1st April? If anybody knows the whereabouts of this fugitive Alsofrom Gareth: document, please call Airports ASAP (ext 296). As announced in Scottlight (Issue 36), I have been joined by Alex Baker, another Chartered Town Planner with experience in the environmental and property sectors. The Urban Planning team has developed its own workload but is targeting much of What’s Going On? iLsactivities at providing ‘added value’ to our existing core I transportation, infrastructure and environmental development Scale: A: £l00,000+; 13:£50,000 -£99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; business. Close cooperation on a number of fronts is D: £5,000 -£9,999; E: £1000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 developing, particularly through projects based in Basingstoke, From David Dawson [MainLine]: Chesterfield and Plymouth. If anybody within the Firm has a problem or would appreciate an improved insight into the UK • London Underground has appointed SWK to carry out a feasibility study, including aspects of traction power, town and county planning system, Alex and I would be very signalling, permanent way, operations, T&RS and depot design. pleased to help. We can both he contacted in Basingstoke on ext 268. The SWK project director is John Gibbon (Basingstoke) and the MainLine project leader is Ron Seward. The lead engineer for permanent way is Rob Lees. ( -‘( Congratulations! • Railtrack Property has given the go-ahead for design and construction of a new stand-by electrical power system for Well done to Bill Heggie of MainLine, who has had his paper Birmingham New Street Station. The system will include a entitled “The Reconstruction of Glanrhyd Bridge’ published in diesel generator set and distribution network. The project the February Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers. leader is Steve Brook and the fee is scale C.

• Railtrack has awarded MainLine a contract to carry out Moves Moves’ Moves Moves feasibility and design work on 7 bridges spread around the Great Western Zone. Some preliminary work has already been • Samantha Rolland started as Water Section Secretary in carried out: plate bonding repairs to a prestressed concrete Basingstoke on Monday 25th March. underbridge; a longitudinal damping system to absorb traction • The Ihllowing people all staried in Basingstoke on Monday and braking forces in the deck of a metal underhridge; and 1st April: reconstruction of an underbridge using box girders. Jayne Fryett - Junior Clerk Typist The preliminary work will be developed to the completion Rosemary Monnier - Clerk Typist of design under this contract. The remaining projects involve David Rawlinson - Acoustics & Noise Control Manager major repairs to existing bridges. The project leader is Paul Garcia, with a fee income of scale A. From John Bickerdike /Basing.ooke/: SWK appoints a ‘Big Noise’! Congratulations are due to: David Rawlinson (see above) has recently joined SWK as a PE - John Blackmur, for his achievements at Filton Abbey Wood in the Environmental Division. David has a broad range of Station. Project managers at both Avon County Council and experience in acoustics and noise control, both with consultants

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continued overleaf... the noise work which has previously been passed to sub /a ‘7 consultants and will also concentrate on marketing the Firm’s enhanced capability. David will be visiting SWK offices to Marketing Assistant. MainLine is looking for somebody to meet all those whose work involves noise problems, and is assist the Business Development & Marketing Manager. available to give advice and guidance on such issues Applicants must have good verbal and written communication (Basingstoke, ext 307). skills, be PC literate, creative and flexible. An understanding of civil engineering is preferred. The position involves producing corporate presentation materials, project sheets, CVs, Expression of Interest information and helping to compile bids. SrORTS & SOCIAL S Although this is a permanent position, we would be happy From TimDawe [Chesteifield]: to consider a graduate seeking to widen his/her experience on In the MERIT Game, a team of six bright young things secondment for 6 months to a year. masquerading as ‘Hop Scott mc’ finished 4th in one group (of If you are interested, please contact Alison White on 01793- 80+), and 13th in the under-30s competition overall, in a 515262, having first spoken to your Section Head. storming finish. The future stars were Ade Adeboya, Neil Pickering, Lotta Hagslrom, Darren Kimberley, James Roberts and myself. Idea of the Wee[( Other SWK teams came 34th and 55th.

From Richard Cooper fBasingstokeJ: Golf News From Mike Cot;enc /ChesterfieldJ: Pre-season - This year’s pre-season match has been My (very small) Idea of the Week is: organised for play the afternoon of 15th May at Test Valley Why not redesign the leave card, adding a column to show the Golf Course, 2 miles off the A303 close to Overton, which is balance of leave still to be taken? 10 miles west of Basingstoke. The round will be £14 and although organised previously to get SWK’s Basingstoke ‘Wittner players out on the course, we would also welcome anybody The prize for the March Idea goes to Tim Hunt, who suggested from MainLine. Please contact Di Clarke on ext 304 in Issue 35 that fax numbers for the UK and overseas offices be (Basingstoke) for details. added to the telephone list. This is expected to be implemented Measor Mashie - The Mashie will be held at Dummer Golf from the next issue of the list. Course on the afternoon of 10th July. The course is some 5 Anna Evans awaits Tim’s call with his preferred prize with miles south west of Basingstoke, just off the M3. The match is impatience open to all SWK golfers (at £21) and a dinner and prizes are provided by SWK after the match. Those interested should send their names to Di Clarke.

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“All ballet fans know Swan Lake ... awash with shimmering tutus, feathered headdresses and pointed satin shoes”, says the caption for this photo, which comes from an issue of the iVottinghamEvening Post. “But [this] version turns everything upside down by using bare-footed male swans. Shocking or what?”

Canoeing to Victory Following my wife Margaret’s success in the same event last year, I will be pushing my endurance to the limit at Easter when I participate in the 125 mile Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race. Leaving Devizes in a double kayak at 7:00am on Good Friday, Mac Maclean of Winchester Canoe Club and I hope to reach Westminster in under 30hours, non stop! For any Internet surfers, there is race progress ‘live’ at http://www.icl.com/dw. Stephen Vincent, Basingstoke

Circumlocution at Chesterfield The Construction Section at Chesterfield has to wade through vast quantities of correspondence in carrying out supervision-in-chief duties. We often come across circumlocutions, and two of our recent favouritcs arc:- Prevent premature arboreal frualitie.\ - don’t kill the trees and Operationalls non-via/,le proposition - the idea doesn’t work We’d be interested to hear of others’ favourites. Robin Dawson, Chesterfield

Thoughts on Recycling It looks as if the scrap paper story is going to run and run. Here in Glasgow we don’t subscribe to the practice, in the belief that it is detrimental to the quality of the laser printer. Instead, all our discarded paper goes straight to Marek’s Scrap Paper Box. Anyway, never mind scrap paper, what about paperclips? I’m sure everybody keeps a small hoard which accumulates faster than they can be re-used. I suggest a Paperclip Amnesty to replenish the ever dwindling stocks in Admin. After all, you can only use two sides of a sheet of paper, whereas the humble paperclip is l00 recyclable. In fact, never mind paperclips. what about 1-18pencils? [‘in sure everybody Leeps a small hoard... David Riach, Glasgow

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‘Holi’-day in Bihar

Winter is over in northern India and we have recently celebrated the festival of ‘Holi’. This festival is celebrated in North • • • India together with other parts of Asia. One explanation of the event is that during the winter period in the villages it is too • cold to bathe, being largely an outdoor activity, and hence Holi ushers in the end of winter and the start of the summer, • I when bathing becomes pleasurable. Since there is no cold winter in South India, I am told, it is not a festival that is I • celebrated there. I I Our colleagues in Delhi had advised me of the traditions associated with the event, namely that if you were in a public • • place you were likely to get doused with water, which may or may not he clean, and may Containcolourant. The deliverer I in an rickshaw or on a scooter. Forewarned is not may be on foot, but is more likely to arrive at speed auto l’orearmed,so I • wishing to have my small stock of clothes ruined I stayed at base. B • This was a wise move because in Bihar the event is taken to another dimension, to which Graham Little, my former • I travelling companion, can testify. He and a fellow Scot decided to test the local resolve by cycling through Ranchi. They I • were ‘captured’ on several occasions and realised that here water paint was too tame; the revellers were armed with oil paint I to be thrown or smeared on unlucky recipients, and visiting females are likely to receive the odd pinch in vulnerable places! I • On their arrival at my hotel room there was hardly any flesh coloured skin to he seen. The popular local colours appeared to I B be brick red, dark green, mauve and silver. I • Our main topic of conversation was recommendations for the removal of oil paint from the skin. White spirit or petrol I I were the obvious choices but Holi is a serious holiday in Bihar so no shops were open and the hotel staff were conspicuous • • by their absence. Somebody had mentioned a substance for which the local name was something like ‘basin’, On acquiring • some from the one waiter on duty, it turned out to he powdered lentils. U U • The intrepid travellers’ return journey across town went without further mishap, but the following 2 hours were spent • anything to remove the paint. For future reference, should you find yourself in northern India : trying that came to hand at I • Holi time, I am reliably informed that butter, ‘basin’ and a liberal closeof aftershave get there in the end, but he prepared to I • lose a couple of towels in the process. I U Mike and Rose Earwaker also came in for some minor attention when out for a stroll in the relative calm of Ashok U • Nager Colony, causing the ruination of some clothing and a change of hair colour 1mm blond to green, which took several I • : days to remove. I • Suffice to say that the festival is timed about right, for within a couple of days of Holi the slightly chilly starts to the U days came to an end. It’s now open necks all the time and I can pack away my one sweatshirt. : U • David Williams, Bihar Plateau Development Project • I •

General Knowledge Quiz

Something to keep your brain alive over the Easter break... (answers next week).

1) How is it calculated when Easter will fall? 16) What does the metric prefix ‘femto-’ mean? 2) What did the TV detective Columbo and snooker player 17) What is meant 1w‘feline peseinatology’’? Joe Davis have in common’? IX) Which llm has a soundtrack by Queen and stars 3) Who was the ‘Scourge of God’ better known as’? Christopher Lambert? 4) Which play begins “If music be the food of love, play 19) What is measured on the Mohs’ scale? on 20) Who wrote the Tarzan novels’? 5) What is ‘defenestration’? 21) Which planet was discovered in 1781’? 6) What was the pseudonym of the novelist Mary Ann 22) What is Tina Turner’s real name’? Evans? 23) \Vhat is the chemical symbol for tin’? 7) Who was the British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908? 21) Paraguay uses which currency? 8) Which town in Britain is the furthest away from the sea’? 25) In which play does Swarm Welsh hitter beer’ appear and 9) Which letter is denoted by the morse code sign - - who wrote it’? 10) What is the common name of Ficus benjarnina’? 26) Who invented the seed-drill’? 11) Who was the author of The [Iandmaid’s Tale? 27) Four LTSstates begin with the letter W. West Virginia and 12) Which contagious bacterial skin disease is characterised Wisconsin are two; what are the others? by pustules and yellow crusty sores? 28) What does John McEnroe have in common with 13) Plymouth is the capital of which dependency’? Michae angelo’? 14) The Easier rising took place in 1916. What was it? 29) Which cartoon strip l’eatures Odie, Pookie and Stretch’? 15) When and where was Charles Dickens born? 30) What d Easter eggs symbolise’?

continued overleaf... A Quick Football Quiz

- compiled by Sean Meades, Derby Southern Bypass (answers next week).

To which football teams do the following clues refer? All are either in the English or Scottish leagues.

1) Heavyweight toilet 16) Lock the door 31) Complete bacon joint 2) Wild dogs 17) Royal leisure area guardians 32) Dillon’s sidekick 3) Professor of rollers 18) Smashes up cars 33 Larger than a duckpond 4) Glass mansion 19) Put the ‘X’ in savings 34) Bonnie’s partner 5) Male’s meadow 20) Eastern connection 35) Greet me in Hawaii 6) Animal’s car 21) On your cowboy boots 36) We need this to live 7) Dirty water 22) Famous jockey 37) Latest foruess 8) Push and weigh 23) Keep the fires burning 38) What burglars do 9) Steel city day 24) Where you send an enemy 39) Organ of a small lake 10) Always one hundred 25) Tied up in a county 40) What child may say after parent’s 11) Famous for buns 26) Bottom of a ship illness 12) Where the wombles met McEnroe 27) Put underground 41) Car parked outside a Spanish house 13) Detectives need them 28) Have a haircut -2) Aprisonclock 14) Famous football brothers 29) A famous president 15) Cotton factory barrier 30 Found between the wheels

Guess the Associate! “This promotion’s gone to my nose!” “Yes, they are my own teeth, actually!” “We are keen to promote the right image, particularly to our colleagues from IDG” “This is the man who bought a Volkswagen”

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continued overleaf... Tribute to a Travelling Man

I see by reading Scottlight’s various articles on David Williams’ travelling adventures, that the man is, slowly but surely, becoming something of a living saga on what otherwise would have been simple SWK business trips. David’s talents in this respect go quite a way back in the past. I, for instance, remember sometime in the seventies on a Ghanaian beach, whilst looking at an eight foot long shark that fishermen had just got out of the ocean in their primitive fishing net, David rushing past me chasing a young Ghanaian boy and shouting.“Thief.., thief!”. Then, a few minutes later, as I was still observing the shark, he rushed past mc again - from the opposite direction this lime - shouting something like “Oh my God, I left the car unlocked with my camera inside!” Perhaps David would like to undertake writing one article per issue for Scotilight, with a new travelling experience each time (it looks as if he has quite a few). They could, in the end, be published as Dace l’ijlliams’ ‘lrai:els and, who knows, become a best seller like The Good Man in Africa. Achille Calzetti, an old SWK hand from Athens, Greece

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A Message from the Wilderness!

You all hear of the treks people make abroad and how they cope with the heat and mosquitoes, hut I have a message for all of you who may have to venture out into a little known office called ... Peterborough! I am preNently on assignment up here, and it’s different in many ways from my usual haunt of Basing View. It differs because firstly there are windows for almost everybody, and you can open them to breathe fresh air (and it really is fresh air!) Although the land is flat out here in Peterborough, and there is no motorway to the office, it has its advantages in that - strange as it may seem - there doesn’t seem to be any traffic queues in the morning well I haven’t encountered one yet!) So for all you transport planners out there - if you don’t want traffic, don’t build roads to places where people might want to go! Since I have been here I have tried to find out what Peterhorough is famous for. It lia a ‘Posh’ football team which is named after some nautical term and Fletton bricks, and... oh yes - it has a cathedral as well! Well, with all this space, fresh air and the sound of church bells in my ears why (10 I yearn [or Basingstoke’! Maybe it’s because I get Scottlight on a Thursday there and not a day later like I do here. Or perhaps it’s because my home football team has a sensible name - Saints! \ ick Blake, Basingstoke/Peterborough 4I• recognised difficulty continued Laird, From buffet of Managing staff At of Those (MAFF), IT From therefore been the using to they exceptional requires residence during From which Director. Admin Overtime SWK(M&E) appointments. week’s Many From from appointment U) SWK C) I— be the security, services last! The At Secondly, The Integrated Peter Brief George lain Steve and were the more lain satellite 1st environment Peter Chris at Phil Head the International congratulations working is the Memo formation issue move Calder Scott

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Spencer is for the Sims: both membership which before will are the and 319). 3 Project, be with to in Thursday • office 944423. 3201 - SWK gstoke/: Scott clear Project new punch The Africa. on Richard proposed each improve numbers Big to noted in be continued regulatory 11th the offices Filing holders an encouraged transport 1, some Kazakhstan 19th area Applications used in visa Issue! working in House. and 3 details of office SWK (cast Personnel. that where and 25th The the April April. of Levett key of will of as international and - will and will following there 5 work iron, our a eight is and office are:— overleaf... from To April years be days part SWK the be required our need and has After work issued 1996 book is - UK of me at no are is to a a pinkish-grey, snopaked ‘graphics’) please return it to the 2nd and EC7 - basis of design/loading and geotechnical design) for floor, Scott House sample buildings and ground conditions. The intention was to Is it possible to obtain A4 size files (presumably saving an ‘try Out’the codes with ‘real’ engineers, to identify ambiguities initial cost), which would fit across the shorter dimension of and difficulties in the new codes, and then compare the results archives boxes, thus saving space? (I’ve been cutting off an with those obtained for identical building usage (but designed inch or so for ages!) using current codes). The project has more than passing importance, as on present plans a number of full Eurocodes will From Mavis Dedman [Basingstoke]: exist by 1998, with relevant UK codes withdrawn from I would like to thank everybody who contributed to my circulation. beautiful flowers; they are still on my hearth after two weeks. The loading requirements of ECI resulted in higher loads It is nice to know that I am being thought of. I am feeling a lot on structural members than comparable BS codes. However, better now and hope to see you as soon as I feel well enough to piled foundations were smaller to EC7 than comparable BS pop in. codes, even with the higher ECI loads. We also identified a number of aspects of the codes which were unclear. If anybody wishes to learn more or share their own experiences, please get in contact with me (ext 287). A lunch I1 What’s Going On? time seminar is being organised in May on ECI and EC7; further details will he available nearer the time. Scale: A: £l0O,000+; B: £50000 - £99,999; C: £10,000 -£49,999; D: £5,000 -£9,999; E: £1,000 -£4,999; F: less than £999 From David Farthing [Basingstoke]: Trade sanctions against the countries Comprising the Former From Nigel Catling [Southampton]: Republic of Yugoslavia were lifted last November. Prior to its The Southampton office’s involvement at Portsmouth Naval break up, Yugoslavia was the UK’s largest growing market in Base has been extended by our appointment as Project Manager Central and Eastern Europe, and the region is now seen as a and Planning Supervisor for the development of 100 Store into market of considerable potential. a modern warehouse facility. The estimated value of the Of the highest priority is the programme for Reconstruction project is in excess of £10 million and converts the 180m x and Essential Aid. Details have been announced of two 70m x 20m high grade 2 listed building providing a computer immediate inulti-national programmes: controlled, partially automated pallet storage and retrieval World Bank - creation ol a USS150 in illion ‘Trust Fund for system with a separate 8,000m fully automated small parts Bosnia and Herzegovina’ module. The project is3being managed by myself, with EU P1/ARE Programme - a first tranche of ECU 62.5 assistance from Seamus O’Sullivan; planning supervisor is Don million, including the following sectors: Health, Education, Briggs. Sub-consultants are DL&E (QS), Cecil Denny Highton Housing, Agriculture, Energy, Transport, Water, Sanitation. HOK (architects), SWK (M&E) and Cranfield Logistics. Agencies such as the World Bank and PHARE are now Phase 1 - the pallet store - has been taken through the tender established in local offices, and SWK is expressing interest in a and contract award stages by SWK under a separate number of sectors. Martin Edge, together with a representative commission. It is now on site and due for completion in from the Belgian consultant, Cadic Gombert, with whom we October this year. Phase 2 - the small parts module - is to be work closely in Europe, is visiting Sarajevo in the week complete by May 1997. beginning 15th April. The fee scale is A for project management services and We have been short-listed for an ECU-funded commission scale C for the planning supervisor. for the secondmcnt of 2 experts to Bosnia, one on Housing of Displaced Persons and one on Infrastructure Development From André Evans [Plymouth!: for initial periods of 3 months, with the possibility of extensions to Tuesday 2nd April saw the University of Plymouth host an 6 months. As a result of Martin’s visit and other marketing important seminar on ‘Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) in initiatives, we expect to identify an increasing number of Concrete’. Around 80 delegates witnessed presentations by opportunities of this nature. Professor Les Clark, Barry Hunt of STATS, Paul Livesey of Staff interested in such arrangements should contact me as Castle Cement and Ann Harper of Mott MacDonald. The soon as possible. An interest in providing help and support to a seminar was chaired by Michael Hawkins - many will recall the country just beginning to recover from the ravages of war, Hawkins Report entitled ‘Minimising the Risk of ASR’. together with an intrepid nature. are important qualifications. Unusually, the seminar included a site visit; delegates toured the Charles Cross car park, which, in 1976, was the first structure to be diagnosed as having ASR. Since that time.it has been monitored, managed and load tested in an assiduous Moves ‘ Moves-k - Moves- Moves manner. Plymouth has been known since then, perhaps unkindly, as the ASR capital of the world. Chris Ramler will he moving to Hong Kong on 10th April to If anybody is interested in a set of notes relating to ASR, work on Route 3. He will he there initially until the end of May. please contact me in the Plymouth office (I organised the event on behalf of the Concrete Society). SOftT5 & SOCIAL S From David Webb [Basin gstoke,l: The Structures and Geotechnics Divisions in Basingstoke have From Alex Baker [BastngstokeJ: recently completed a project from the Building Research Wanted! Sadistic people who would like to pay good money to

Establishment looking at the use of Eurocodes 1 and 7 (Ed put somebody through HELL ... but for a good cause!! I am

continued overleaf... competing in this year’s LONDON MARATHON and would approximately 2 years. The following staff are required: be grateful for any sponsorship you would like to give me. The - Resident Engineer charity I am running for is called ‘Fight for Sight’, which funds - Environmental Chemist to act as Assistant to Resident Enginee. research into curing blindness. Donations from staff in other - Inspector of Works offices are welcome; for those in Basingstoke - I’m coming to a Please contact John Armistead in the Chesterfield office (ext desk near you! Thank you in anticipation for your support. 231) for more specific details on each of the above positions.

Here are the answers to the quizzes in the Easter Issue: The Geotechnics Section in Chesterfield has a requirement for General Knowledge Quiz an .4ssistant Principal Engineer/Senior Chartered Engineer. 1) Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full Responsibilities will include geotechnical design, moon after the vernal equinox (21st March). 2) Both had only preparation of interpretative reports, advice to ongoing one eye. 3) Attila the Hun. 4) Shakespeare’s Tweflh Night construction works, project sub-management. development of 5) The action of throwing something out of a window, usually design standards/procedures and technical guidance notes. a person. 6) George Eliot. 7) Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman Candidates should have good analytical skills, several years’ 8) Meriden, W Mids. 9) P. 10) Weeping fig. 11) Margaret design office experience and be fully conversant with the Atwood. 12) Impetigo. 13) Montserrat. 14) The rebellion in principal geotechnical software. Dublin and other Irish cities against British rule. 15) 1812 in Please contact Cohn Morgan in the C’hesterfieldoffice (ext Portsmouth. 16) Denotes a factor of 17) The science of 227) for more specific details. falling cats. 18) Highlander. 19) Mineral hardness. 20) Edgar Anybody interested in any of the positions noted above Rice Burroughs. 21) Uranus. 22) Annie Mae Bullock. 23) Sn. should contact Jill Postleihwaite in Personnel, Chesterfield (ext 24) Guarani. 25) Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas. 26) Jethro 216), having first spoken to their manager. Tull. 27) Wyoming and Washington. 28) Both are/were left handed. 29) Gatfield. 30) Renewed life. Itfea cf the ‘l4”eeIc Football Quiz 1) Luton (loo tonne). 2) Wolves. 3) Doncaster. 4) Crystal Palace. 5) Mansfield. 6) Oxford. 7) Blackpool. 8) Preston (press tonne). 9) Sheffield 10) Everton. Wednesday. From David Smith [BasingstokeJ: 11) Chelsea. 12) Wimbledon. 13) Leeds. 14) Charlton. A quality spreadsheet on the Vax system would be of 15) Millwall. 16) Bolton. 17) Queen’s Park Rangers. considerable benefit to users. How about providing the 18) Derby (demolition). 19) Halifax. 20) Leyton Orient. specifications and facilities of Lotus 123 (without the error 21) Spurs. 22) Leicester. 23) Stoke. 24) Coventry. affecting large matrices found last time I used it (not recently))? 25) Notts County. 26) Hull. 27) Bury. 28) Crewe (cut). 29) Lincoln. 30) Cardiff, Chester. 31) Fulham. 32) From Bob [Jill [Ankara, Turkey]: 33) Swansea. 34) Clyde. 35) Alloa. 36) Ayr. 37) Newcastle. I am about to purchase a suitable laptop or PC to assist in my 38) Brechin (break in). 39) Liverpool. 40) Motherwell. duties as Pavement Control Engineer and to prepare for my 41) Aston Villa. 42) Celtic (cell tick). CPR. I was wondering if the bulk purchasing power of the SWK group would enable discounts to be squeezed from suppliers. I am sure that there are other staff in a similar position, or who wish to upgrade their present equipment. A short-list of suitable models suiting difflring budgets The Infrastructure Section in Chesterfield is currently looking could be prepared for staff to consider. The computer itself for Site Staff for the supervision of a contract to reclaim the would only he the thin end of the wedge when peripherals and former Glasshoughton Colliery and Coke Works in West software are taken into account. Benelits to the company Yorkshire. The works are likely to start in May 1996 and last would he greater computer literacy and increased access to coputers br staff at home and oversea’.

To Anna Evans (Basingstoke) Date \ /

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SWK’s there 1st in newcomer in lain the including was Imperial Year Airport for after with Engineer. well to Department, he civil on 1978 May, on Division, from in before - engineering in in Sheffield by our is outstanding until Kong After awarded was disaster the the for graduating as 1st office in by as the ALL much Hong Structural College. also restoration works. the and as and Qatar Cambridge and Services project where completing design the Class a investigation responsible College appointment 1989. moving the to an gaining before decade, Bishopsgate but a Peter impact began promised including lain of around President Kong. 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Scale: A: £100,000+; 13:£50,0(X) - £99,999; C: £100010 -£49,999; From Silvana Redler [BasingsiokeJ: 0: £5,000 -f9,999; F: £1,000 -54,999; F: less than £999 Top transportation news from the ‘Rest of Europe’ From Ilamish Goldie-Scot /BasingsiokeJ: If anybody is interested in what is going on in Germany and In late March we received two separate direct approaches Eastern Europe, I have brochures and other information which I asking for staff to he sent to Uganda at very short notice to collected during my visit to the International Trade Fair for the undertake short term assignments. An utitial request from Irish Transport of Passengers and Freight at the brand new exhibition Aid for an immediate review of their activities in Kibaale centre in Leipzig (the building cost 2 billion dollars!) District was followed closely hya request from the Ministry of Material is available about public transport: parking; Works for an urgent review of a ten year national road transrapid; port development in Rotterdam, Bremen and St maintenance plan. A proposal was submitted and a contract Petersburg; planning in Eastern Europe, and more. signed with Irish Aid (the first for SWK?) within 36 hours of Although the fair closed on 18th April, car fanatics can see the initial approach. I carried out this review, overlapping in the newest models at the AutoMobil-International in the Kampala with Alec who dealt with the ten plan. exhibition centre until 21st April. Patterson, year The fee scale is D for each assignment. From Richard Leveti [Basingstoke]: Our involvement in Mozanihique has been boosted by our Senior Roads Course: 17th - 28th June. appointment the ODA as consultants and procurement If you have the opportunity, please advertise the Senior Roads by both agents for a rnaor labour—basedfeeder roads contractor Course to be held again this year in association with TRL and development project in Zainhezia Province. This is a UK Firm Crown Agents at the Crown Agents training centre in Worthing. project, with SWK Africa as All international offices should have application forms. sub-consultants. Rob Geddes (Africa) is now resident in Quelimane, This course usually includes presentations by Stephen supported full time Letha Nkululeko (Africa) and Cameron Vincent on Maintenance Management Issues, Anan Allos on by Milne (UK), who is to he based initially in Mocuba, with part Strategic Planning, and Stuart Coventry or Gareth Ream on time support from Beira-hased Dermoti O’Sullivan (Africa) arid Environmental Issues. Further presentations are made by TRL USA-based Bob Mazur (UK). on Road Safety, Crown Agents on Contract Procedures and In addition to addressing the normal institutional, technical, Emergency Planning, with Henry Kerali from the University of inherent in such a Birmingham on Investment Modelling. financial, social and mechanical aspects project in a recently devastated by civil war, the For further information, please contact HRD at Scott House remote area Firm’s David (ext 321). SWK team, soon to he joined by the UK Geilinger, is having to work in the Portuguese language, and grapple with the underlying problem of how to overcome the From lona Sewell [Basingstoke]: very real risk posed by land-mines! Peter Bentall and I are An up-to-date list of all the project description sheets supplied providing technical support to the project on an intermittent by Marketing is now ready. Please would staff use this list to basis, with Geoff Redwood and Jackie Constable dealing with order the material they need (it is also a useful reference as to the procurement aspects. The fee scale is A for consultancy which colour sheets are actually available). I can supply services and B for procurement services. ‘master’ lists to whoever requests them: copies can then be made which should be used by the individual for ordering From Simon ihoma,s /ReigatcJ: purposes. I can be contacted at Scott House on ext 297. The Maritime Division has been appointed by North Limited, a major Australian industrial organisation. to carry out a There is a new address for SWK Malaysia, which will become feasibility study or developing the port at La Paloma, Uruguay, effective from the end of April: to handle timber for export. An important consideration for our 2nd floor, Syed Kechik Foundation Building client was the foct diat Jim Forbes in Melbourne was able to Jalan Kapas, Bangsar 51900 liaise on our behalf during negotiation. plus the fact that there is Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. a local firm in Uruguay (SLlvros Mayal Associates) with whom we have established links over the past 2 years. Maritime From Claire Woolveridge [BasingstokeJ: Engineer Steve Hutchmnson and I (as Propect Manager) will visit As many people are aware, the Division is Environmental the site early in May. with client representatives. The Project 3 for industry developing handbooks the construction on waste Director is Don \Vootton and the fee scale is B. minimisation, reuse and recycling. The handbooks are Confirmation of the appointment came on 12th April via a geared towards: lax message from Jim Forbes. who scribbled: “Ah sweet site staff victory for global cooperation After three hours of ‘grilling’ designers the h i flo\’. \VO\ the boardroom. With little more than a month to go until the project is From Ro/’ert .- rintlaie IPaicineni Engineering): completed, we would like to test our work and draw on the Over the last (, months SWK(PE) has been awarded 5 projects valuable experience of SWK staff by asking you to review for tile Roads Engineering and Environmental Division (REED) them. of tile High’.’.ays Agency. The projects, which total £280,000, If anybody would like a little light reading, please contact cover consultancy advice,and leading edge research:- me in Basingstoke (ext 307) to let me know which handbook • Principles or Alternative Pavement Designs: advising on you would like to review. Thank you. HA ix)lic or approving designs submitted by DBFO consortia

continued overleaf... • SMART Roads: feasibility study into low cost From David Dales [Peterborough]: instrumentation of pavement structures Preston Beach - the Movie! Starring Michael Douglas and • Foundation Specification: development of equipment and Sharon Stone! methods for performance testing of pavement foundations (No, sorry’,that’s Ian Douglas and 6-8 tonnes of stone). • Concrete Roads: high-speed collection of condition data I am in possession of a video produced by Tarmac about the from concrete slabs and joints Preston Beach Sea Defence Project in Dorset. It covers the • Rutting Investigation: study into early age rutting in background of the project and shows footage of a breach of the bituminous surfacing materials and recommendations for existing sea defences. It also includes Hydraulics Research’s prevention. input and how Tarmac recharged the beach with over Hugh Blackwood is the Project Director for the first project, 200,000m of shingle. If anybody is interested in viewing this with myself as Project Manager. I wn the Project Director for 203 minute video please contact me. the remaining jobs. (PS: coming soon - Preston Beach 2: The Promenade!) The project teams include experts from the Universities of Nottingham and Loughborough in areas as diverse as imaging technology, global positioning and high-speed laser Moves- Moves’ Moves-’ Moves measurement, together with sub-consultants specialising in instrumentation and ground radar. STARIeRs: Gill Davies recently started work with SWK in the Basingstoke

From Richard Heard [Teford]: office as DepartinentaI Secretary (Personnel). A couple of new airport commissions have recently been won to add to the growing workload in the Central Region. Tu%.xsIERs: Our current commission at Newcastle Airport to prepare a Chesterfield welcomes Kevin Smith and David Elliott from the Development Strategy for the proposed maintenance area Nottingham office: they will form a small Transportation (hangarage, aprons and support facilities) has been extended to Planning section. include a similar strategy for the proposed freight zone. We have also been asked to investigate opportunities to improve Keith Alford (Chesterfield Construction) transferred to surface access to the south side of the Airport (fee scale C). Docklands on 25th March.

• In Ireland, we have been commissioned by Aer Rianta to David Hubic has temporarily transferred from Chesterfield prepare land use masterplans for Cork and Shannon Airports Bridges to MainLine on 1st April. (fee scale C). Jeremy Huristone from Telford has been working on the landside issues and Jane Smith from Basingstoke is Dyfan Thomas returned on 1st April to Birmingham providing environmental input. Transportation Planning from a temporary transfer to the Glasgow oflice. • One of our major clients, Birmingham International Airport, has now won Planning Consent for the expansion of its Steve Hodgetts (on secondment to Staffordshire County passenger terminal facilities. This was achieved in no small Council) returned to Chesterfield Geotechnics on 8th April. part due to SWK’s success in negotiating the removal of objections by the Highways Agency regarding off-site traffic LEAvcRs: issues. A section 106 Agreement remains to be finalised, but Mark Davison and Colette Dignuin (Derby Southern Bypass) we are hopeful of continuing our involvement in the detailed Lynette Fallowes and Jackie Richardson (Nottingham) design and construction stage. Andy Hoffman (Sheffield).

From Richard Leveu [Basin gstokeJ: Training Courses & Road Rehabilitation and Maintenance: Swaziland, 26th SPORTS SOCIALS February - 22nd March. We wish to report a successful 4-week training course run in Frain Stephen 1 IncenI fBasin çsiokej: association with Crown Agents at the Mananga Management Westminster next year!! Centre in Swaziland. This year’s course was attended by 1(, A big thank \ou to everybody who wished mc well for the delegates from a variety of countries including BoLswana, Devizes to Westminster (‘anoc Race (reported in the Easter Ghana, Lesotho, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda and Nepal. Issue), linlortunately my partner Mac became very ill paddling The four presenters who helped make this course a success down the Thames at night, and we had to retire after a mere 68 were Peter Bentall, Doric Tong, Arthur Matthews and Phil miles and 17 hours. If I can assemble the necessary support Simpson. We have had favourable reporLshack from all our crew )wife busy - paddling), I intend to finish the race next presenters, who were impressed with the range of facilities year. v hich will be the 50th race! available at Mananga. This management training course is being bought by Crown From Borne Partridge [Derby Southern Bypass]: Agents and can be made available for other courses. Perhaps SWK-led teams took 1st and 2nd place at the Sheffield Easter we should consider waste management or other subjects that Bridge Congress. Jackie Stansmore (Chesterfield) and her team could be of interest to the region! finished well ahead of my team of four. It was an excellent Easter for Jackie, as she also took the silver award in the pairs event on he preceding da.

continued overleaf... From Victoria Arch [Peterborough]: secret SWK foolscap file trimmer (Issue 39). At last I know Wood Green Animal Shelter is a charitable organisation based I’m not alone! Can I suggest that all those of a similar at Royston in Hertfordshire. They appeal for used postage persuasion contact me on a confidential basis as soon as stamps as a means of fund-raising. If anybody would like to possible to agree a colour of lapel ribbon, speakers at private contribute I will be happy to collect them and pass them on to lunchtime seminars and other means of non-violent Wood Green. confrontation, to persuade all SWK UK offices to use the metric system when ordering stationery. This will probably be a long-term campaign hut an initial target of the year 2000 (to ForSale& Wanted be periodically revie\\ ed seems appropriate.

For Rent: Holiday Apartment in Malta antI the Rcp[i,’of the Week... This luxury holiday apartment is available for 2 weeks during August at Ocean Club, Ramla Bay, Malta. It is situated on the hotel complex, with full use of all facilities which include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, private beach, tennis From Peter innes /Basingstoke]: court, table tennis, shop and restaurant. The apartment has Mike Coveney’s Idea in Issue 3 of adding a ‘balance of leave’ clear sea views overlooking the island of Comino, is air column to the leave card will he taken into account as and when conditioned, has a fully equipped kitchen and balcony with the card is next to he reprinted. BBQ, and sleeps 6. The price is £500 excluding flights. For further information From Phil Green fLondonJ: and colour photographs, please contact Mike Thomas in I think Shammy’s ideas (Issue 36) are excellent and hope that Basingstoke (ext 314). he can put them into effect. Since incorporation we have tried to open up communications within the Firm, and one principal objective of this is to create a more innovative climate. Ideas D may not necessarily be followed up but we should all be thinking about how we can do things better. I know John Nutt is particularI locused on these issues: his comments follow. Southampton is looking for a Graduate/Chartered Engineer to work in general design and project management. The work will From jo/in Nuti PewrboroughJ: involve day-to-day management of a wide variety of small / I concur with Shammy Pun’s Idea in Issue 36 of Scotilight projects requiring client contact, control of sub-consultants and which fits in with the overall concept a worldwide the interaction of various disciplines within SWK. of innovation network that I have been promoting since Cape If you are interested, or wish to know more about the type Town. I hope to be able to report further developmenLsin the and scope of work, please contact Kim Candler on 01703- not-too-distant future, hut you are now a marked man, 740025, having first spoken to your Section Head. Shammv

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Jerome Munro-Lafim Director of Transportation Division

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Economist (specialist areas - highways, (specialist areas — tolling,

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