Section Details
Chair: Tom Wilson
Secretary: Jim Watson, Arisaig, 1 Glenview Drive, Falkirk, FK1 5JT
mob: 07590 929107, 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 16 September 2020 - Online Meeting
Steel Sleepers - Why wouldn't you? (Tom Wilson, WSP and PWI Vice President, Scotland and Jim Watson, Section Secretary, PWI Glasgow) Change of paper and speakers
Wednesday 21 October 2020 - Online Meeting
PWI Professional Development and Registration (Dr Brian Counter, Technical Director, PWI)
Wednesday 18 November 2020 - Online Meeting
Railvac: Vacuum Excavation for Renewals, Enhancement & Maintenance Works (Lasse Rosvic, Railcare)
Wednesday 16 December 2020 - Online Meeting
Delivering the Scottish Minister's Requirements for Gauging in CP6 (Speaker TBC, Network Rail, Scotland)
Wednesday 20 January 2021 - Online Meeting
Digital Signal Sighting Cadder HST Depot (Cillin Farrell, Arcadis)
February 2021 Date TBC - Sloan's, Argyle Street, Glasgow
Future of Rail - presentations competition (Joint meeting with REF PEIs)
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 (Speaker from Strathspey Railway) & AGM
Wednesday 21 April 2021 - Online Meeting & WSP, Queen Street, Glasgow
BIM (Chris Conroy, Arcadis)
Tuesday 27 April 2021 - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
PWI Scotland Technical Seminar - Electrification: delivering the business case. Booking now open!
Wednesday 19 May 2021 - Online Meeting & WSP, Queen Street, Glasgow
New National Technical Rules (RSSB)
Saturday 12 June 2021 - 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.
Wednesday 16 June 2021 - PWI Technical Visit
Technical Visit to the Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway
Wednesday 15 September 2021 - Online Meeting & WSP, Queen Street, Glasgow
Mk2 HPSS (Mark Jackson, Network Rail)
Wednesday 20 October 2021 - Online Meeting & WSP, Queen Street, Glasgow
Odense Light Rail: System Construction Issues (Bastian Droncary & Donald Sutherland, WSP)
Wednesday 17 November 2021 - Online Meeting & WSP, Queen Street, Glasgow
Tubular Track, a Modular Ballastless Track System (Freek Shaw, Tubular Track (Pty) Ltd)
Wednesday 15 December 2021 - Online Meeting & WSP, Queen Street, Glasgow
LiDAR Surveying Technology (Will Currie, UTEC StarNet)