Section Details
Chairman: Tom Wilson
Secretary: Jack Scott, 104 Clarence Street, Clydebank G81 2DL
tel: 0141 952 2562, mob: 07789 765291, e-mail: jw.scott5@hotmail.com
Meeting Venue
WSP Offices, 7th Floor, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow, G1 3BX. All meetings start at 17.30, with sandwiches, tea/coffee available from 17.00.
Please arrange to be at the building no later than 17:15 as building security is not available after this time and you may not be able to gain entry. A networking reception will take place after the presentation.
Please follow link to events calendar for details of section meetings
Section Programme
Wednesday 26th September 2018 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
Aberdeen to Inverness Route Improvements (Robert McCafferty, BAM Nuttall) Joint meeting with the Institution of Railway Operators (IRO) N.B. Change of date, speaker & paper!
Wednesday 24th October 2018 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
Borders Railway (Sam Smith, Borders Railway Blueprint) N.B. Change of speaker & paper!
Wednesday 21st November 2018 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
Old Oak Common Depot - Design & Construction (John Bell, PWay Design Manager, SNC Lavalin, Glasgow)
Wednesday 19th December 2018 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
Shotts Electrification (David Ramsay, SPL Powerlines Group) N.B. Change of speaker!
Wednesday 16th January 2019 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
Polmadie & Rutherglen Remodelling - PARR (Liam McCallian, Network Rail & Eddie McLoone, Amey Sersa, S&C Alliance)
Wednesday 23rd January 2019 - Sloan's Restaurant, Argyle Street, Glasgow
Signalling in S&C Renewals - Joint meeting with the IRSE (Stephen Paul, Amey Sersa)
Wednesday 13th February 2019 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
Edinburgh Waverley Remodelling (Will Story, Project Manager, Story Contracting, Carlisle)
Thursday 14th February 2019 - Sloan's Restaurant, Argyle Street, Glasgow
Developing Professionals Presentation Competition - REF Scotland - Joint meeting with the IRSE, CILT, IRO, ICE, YRP and IMechE
Wednesday 20th March 2019 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
The California High-Speed Rail Project - from Planning to Construction (Matthew Savastano, FPWI, WSP Group)
Wednesday 17th April 2019 - WSP Offices, 110 Queen Street, Glasgow
AGM & HS2 High Speed to the North (Niall Fagan, Head of Track Engineering, HS2)
Wednesday 15th May 2019 - Arcadis Offices, 180 West George Street, Glasgow
Highland Mainline Enhancements (Robert McCafferty, BAM Nuttall & Christopher Dow, Network Rail)
Saturday 15th June 2019 - County Hotel, 9 Botchergate, Carlisle
Annual Intersection Quiz - with teams taking part from Edinburgh, Manchester & Liverpool, Lancaster, Barrow & Carlisle, North East, North Wales and Glasgow Sections