Top Table Institution of Civil Engineers • Glasgow & West of Scotland Association I Right of Chairman D Gallagher BSC MEng MBA CEng MICE (Honorary Dinner Secretary) Professor A McGown CBE BSC PHD DSC CEng FICE FIHT FGS Hon MIRE (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Stratficlyde) S Innes BSC CEng MICE MistructE (Chairman, East of Scotland Association, Institution of Civil Engineers) E Hume MRICS MCIOB MCiArb (Chairman, The Chartered Institute of Building, Scotland) A Simpson MA CEng MICE (Territorial Representative) G Leslie OBE BSC CEng FICE (Chairman, Civil Engineering Contractors Association, Scotland) J Scott BArch (Hons) RiBA ARIAS (President, Glasgow Institute of Architects) T Hindle BSC CEng MICE MIOSH (Past Chairman, Glasgow and West of Scotland Association, Institution of Civil Engineers) 99th Annual Dinner A MoirBSocSc (Director of Communications, Institution of Civil Engineers) F Pignattelli D Hutchison BSC CEng FICE MistruciE (Chairman, Glasgow and West of Scotland Association, Institution of Civil Engineers) Professor A Long Phd DSc FREng FICE FistructE FIEI FIAE FICT FACI (President, Institution of Civil Engineers) A Lafferty A Bhogal BScCEng FICE (Deputy Director General, Institution of Civil Engineers) A MacLennan BSC CEng FICE (Senior Vice Chairman, Glasgow and West of Scotland Association, Institution of Civil Engineers) W Reid BSC CEng FREng FIStructE FICE MiHT (Chairman, Scottish Branch, The Institution of Structural Engineers) G Perrin BA BAI CEng FICE MIEI MIHT (Chairman, Northern Ireland Association, Institution of Civil Engineers) A Ross BSc CEng MICE FIHT MCMI MAPM CPM (Vice-Chairman, Institution of Highways and Transportation) Professor Eur Ing B G\(^larkG!^c Phd FGS CEng FICE (Chairman, Northern Counties Association, InstitutioiTof Civil engineers) G Spence BEng CEng MiEE AMiMech (Institution of Electrical Engineers, Scotland, South West Branch) Professor A Ervine BSC CEng MICE MCIWEM (Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow) Thursday 28 November 2002 J Ganley CEng FiMechE (Chairman, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Scotland) Thistle Hotel, Glasgow Institution of Civil Engineers Glasgow & West of Scotland Association Founded 1884 Chairman: D Hutchison BS< CEng FICE MIStmctE Summary of Entries for the Saltire Awards Project as a whole Auchtertyre Viaduct, Strengthening of Spans: Crianlarich Commissioning Authority Railtracic Designer White Young Green Contractor Edmund Nuttall Ltd Erisl<ay and Sound of Barra Integrated Transport Project: South Uist/Eriskay/Barra Commissioning Authority Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar Designer Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar Contractor R J McLeod Cuileig 3 MW Hydro Project: Near Ullapool, Wester Ross Commissioning Authority Scottish and Southern Energy pic Designer Mott MacDonald Ltd Contractor Morgan Civil Engineering Replacement of Elvan Water Railway Bridge: Elvanfoot, South Lanarkshire Commissioning Authority Railtrack Scotland Designer Scott Wilson Scotland Contractor John Mowlem & Co Ltd Crammond Waste Water Improvement Scheme: Crammond Village, Edinburgh Commissioning Authority Scottish Water Designer Waten/vay Consultancy Contractor George Leslie Ltd Millennium Link Contract: The Falkirk Wheel, Tamfourhill, Falkirk Commissioning Authority British Waterways Scotland Designer Ove Arup Scotland Contractor Morrison Bachy Soletanche Design New Visitor Centre Car and Coach Park: Urquhart Castle: Strone Point by Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness Commissioning Authority Historic Scotland Designer a) Ken Wilson Associates b) Derek Lovejoy Partnership c) Buro Happold Consulting d) LDN Architects Contractor Morrison Construction Ltd 3 Construction Menu Cairngorm Mountain Funicular Railway: Cairngorm, Aviemore, Inverness Commissioning Authority Cairngorm Mountain Ltd Designer A F Cruden Associates Contractor Morrison Construction Ltd Urquhart Castle Visitor Centre: Urquhart Castle, Drumnacirochit, Loch Ness, Terrine of wild game with mango and onion chutney Inverness Commissioning Authority Historic Scotland Designer Ken Wilson Associates Contractor Morrison Construction Ltd Yer ain wee chieftan aye the puddin race Conservation „ served with bashed neeps and champit tatties Braid Burn Bridge: Duddingston Road, West Edinburgh Commissioning Authority The City of Edinburgh Council Designer The City of Edinburgh Council Contractor Harry Lynch & Co Ltd Tournedo of beef UB310/149 Gleann Viaduct: Tyndrum, Bridge of Orchy with shallot and green peppercorn sauce, flavoured with cognac Commissioning Authority Railtrack Scotland Designer a) Corus Rail Consultancy New minted potatoes b) URS Contractor Carillion Rail Selection of market vegetables Water of Leith Elevated Walkway and Canal Link: Water of Leith Heritage Centre, Edinburgh Commissioning Authority Water of Leith Conservation Trust Designer White Young Green Contractor M J Gleeson Group Passion fruit cheesecake on a raspberry coulis B7076 Sark Bridge Widening: B7076 V2 Mile South of Gretna Commissioning Authority Dumfries and Galloway Council Designer Engineering Services - Dumfries and Galloway Council Contractor Story Construction Ltd Coffee with mints The Thistle Hotel have a vegetarian menu available on request 4 5 Toast List Seating for side tables Graduates' and Students' Table The Queen Chairman of G&S lain McAlister Honorary Secretary Gail Hamilton Committee Member Roger Minto Committee Member Angela Rae Committee Member Rachel Ley Interval Committee Member Kenneth Fearnside Committee Member David Steadman Committee Member Jill Irving Committee Member David McCallum Committee Member Katrina Halliwell Institution of Civil Engineers Committee Member Graeme Greer Committee Member Simon Tinley Committee Member Jonathan Moran Proposed by Committee Member Colin McCabe Frank Pignatelli Committee Member Fraser Darling Committee Member Saffron Beetham Committee Member Jonathan Bacon Reply Committee Member Gavin Hill Professor Adrian Long Guest Colin Brown Winner of the Tom Howie award Linda Mansouri PhD DSc FREng FICE FIStructE FIEI FIAE FICT FACI Winner of G&S papers competition Andrew Leven President Institution of Civil Engineers Honorary Secretary's Table Honorary Secretary Shaun Nesbitt Response on behalf of guests Piper Kenny Stevenson Austin Lafferty University of Paisley Jim Younger Chairman IChemE Byron Tilley Chairman CIWEM Alan Thomson President lESIS Professor Tony Slaven Caledonian University Martin Cullen Vice Chairman Arthur Nicholls Vice Chairman Alec MacDonald Entries for the Saltire Awards for Civil Engineering are on display in the foyer Chairman, Highlands and Islands George Rennie 6 7 Executive Secretary's Table ? Notes on those attending at top table Executive Secretary Wylie Cunningham Guest Louise Batchelor Dom Gallagher is the Honorary Dinner Secretary, having previously held the post of Guest Colin McKay CT^^tU^tf^MK' Treasurer for the local association. Having spent the early part of his career with James Guest Keith Aitken Williamson & Partners, Mott MacDonald and ScottishPower, Dom now works with Chairman, Thomas Telford Bill Barr Balfour Beatty Capital Projects on Public Private Partnership projects and is currently Member on Council Gordon Masterton General Manager for the Aberdeen Wastewater Project. Dom is married to Karen with Member on Council Brian C Pope three children, Kara, Sean and Jamie. Member on Council Jim McCafferty ^ Regional Liaison Officer Jackie Bell Professor Alan McGown is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of NCE Correspondent Anthony Oliver Strathclyde. He has been a member of staff at Strathclyde since 1965 and is a very active teacher at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has acted as External Examiner in a number of Universities in the United Kingdom and overseas and is involved in overseas educational programmes in Africa and South East Asia. Honorary Treasurers Table Alan was awarded the Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1996 New Years Honours list for his contributions to civil engineering research. Honorary Treasurer Brian Swan Simon Innes is Chairman of the East of Scotland Association of the Institution of Civil Past Chairman Walker Hamilton Engineers. Simon is a director of Goodson Associates in Edinburgh, having previously Past Chairman Neil Buchan worked with BIyth & BIyth and Allot & Lomax. Past Chairman John Fisher Past RTO Robert Hollingdale Eddie Hume is Chairman of the Scottish Branch of the Chartered Institute of Past Chairman (H&l) Ken Wilson Building. He is Commercial Manager for Skanska Construction in Scotland, being a Past Chairman William Paterson chartered surveyor and chartered builder. He is also a member of the industrial and Past Chairman Hugh Sutherland professional advisory committee at Napier Unviversity in Edinburgh. Eddie is married Past Chairman Bill Stuart with two daughters with interests in golf, swimming, walking and the perils of DIY. Past Chairman Sam Thorburn Past Chairman Cameron Lindsay Alan Simpson is currently the Association's Territorial Member on the Institution of Past Chairman William McAlonan Civil Engineer's Council. Alan is a Partner in W A Fairhurst with responsibility for civil Past Chairman Neil Buchanan engineering. Particularly noteworthy in bridges has been the strengthening works on the Forth Road Bridge which was recognised by the British Construction Industry Awards, when it brought the Civil Engineering award to Scotland for the first time. Alan is a member of Stirling University Court where he chairs the Finance & Estates Committee, and he is also chairman of