Section Details
Chair: Greig McMillan
Secretary: Angus MacGregor
mob: 07775 544509, e-mail: glasgow@thepwi.org
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 20 January 2021 - Online Meeting
Digital Signal Sighting Cadder HST Depot - Cillin Farrell, Arcadis
Wednesday 17 February 2021 - Online Meeting
Modern Track Geometry Installation - Paul Coyne, Babcock International
Wednesday 17 March 2021 - Online Meeting
Bridge over the River Dulnain and onwards to Granton on Spey - Ian Stanworth & Mike Tough, Strathspey Railway & Section AGM
Thursday 18 March 2021 - Online Meeting
REF Future of Rail Presentations Competition
Wednesday 21 April 2021 - Online Meeting
BIM - Chris Conroy, RSA, Arcadis
Wednesday 19 May 2021 - Online Meeting
Readypower: Developing programme surety and efficiency - Andy McLaren, Readypower Terrawise
POSTPONED - new date TBA - PWI Social Event at County Hotel, 9 Botchergate, Carlisle
Annual Intersection Quiz - Teams will be taking part from Cheshire & North Wales, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Lancaster Barrow & Carlisle, Manchester & Liverpool and North East sections. Date dependent on COVID restrictions being relaxed.
Wednesday 16 June 2021 - Technical Visit
Technical Visit to the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway. Booking essential as spaces are limited!
***CANCELLED*** Wednesday 15 September 2021 - Online Meeting
Mk2 HPSS - Mark Jackson, Programme Engineering Manager, Technical Services, Network Rail
Wednesday 22 September 2021 - Online Meeting
Track Bed Stabilisation - David Maxwell, Regional Manager and John Allsop, Engineering Director, Van-Elle
Wednesday 20 October 2021 - Online Meeting
Odense Light Rail: System construction challenges - Bastiaan Dronkert & Donald Sutherland, WSP
Wednesday 17 November 2021 - Online Meeting
Tubular Track, a Modular Ballastless Track System - Freek Shaw and Craig Tengstrom, Tubular Track (Pty) Ltd
Wednesday 15 December 2021 - Online Meeting
High-Output Trackside Drainage Remediation - Lynda Gray, Business Development Manager, Balfour Beatty
Thursday 21 April 2022 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
PWI Scotland Technical Seminar - Electrification: delivering the business case. Booking now open!