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Director, Structural-Safety: Alastair Soane BSc PhD CEng FICE FIStructE

Email: dir.cross@btinternet.com

Members of SCOSS

SCOSS Chairman: Gordon Masterton OBE

DTech BA MSc DIC FREng FRSE FICE FIStructE FIES MCIWEM

Gordon is a Vice President of Jacobs. He is a civil and structural engineer and has international experience in major infrastructure projects. He is a graduate of Edinburgh University, the Open University and Imperial College, London, and the author of over 40 technical papers on buildings, bridges, tunnels and the history of civil engineering. He served as President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2005-06. In 2008 he was awarded an OBE for services to civil engineering in Scotland.

Professor Colin Bailey (University of Manchester, Professor of Structural Engineering)

BEng PhD CEng FICE MIStructE MIFireE

Joined the University of Manchester in 2002. In September 2007, he took up the position of Head of the Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering School and in June 2009 as Acting Vice-President and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences in June 2009. His appointment as Vice-President & Dean was confirmed in December 2009. He has previously worked for Lovell Construction, Cameron Taylor Bedford and Clarke Nicholls Marcel, where he designed and supervised the construction of a number of concrete, steel and masonry structures. He has also worked for SCI and BRE. His main research specialties are fire safety engineering of structures, membrane action, wind loading, and steel-concrete composite systems. He is author of over 80 technical papers and 11 practical design guides in structural fire engineering.

Brian Bell (Director, Brian Bell Associates)

MA MSc DIC CEng FICE FIStructE

Formerly a Director of Robert Benaim Associates, he started Brian Bell Associates in 1999. With international experience in the design and construction of major projects, he now specialises in contractors' working methods and in soil/structure interaction - particularly for cut-and-cover structures, and acts as an Expert Witness. Annually he gives a lecture on Temporary Works and supervises a four-week project by MSc students at Imperial College, with emphasis on the safety of design and of construction. He considers the understanding of stability at all stages of construction to be a pre-requisite to safe operations on site.

Angus Cormie (Ogilvie Construction, Technical Services Manager)

BSc CEng FIStructE FICE FIES

Angus has been involved for many years in main contracting, and specialist sub-contracting, design and construction of permanent and temporary works. This has included building structures, bridges and stadia. Served on the IStructE Task Group on Risk in Structural Engineering and other IStructE panels.

Roger Faires (Engineer, KMG Partnership)

MEng

Graduating from Cardiff University , Roger is a structural engineer with 4 years experience at KMG Partnership. His notable experience has been working on both new and refurbished film studios near London . He has been involved with the IStructE young member’s panel for 3 years where he has helped increase undergraduate intake with university talks and re-developing the student staff liaison system.

Amrit Ghose (Faber Maunsell, Regional Director, Transportation Structures)

BA BAI MSc CEng CEnv FICE

Responsible for bridge management, maintenance and design services. Has managed research projects on the structural behaviour and safety of bridges. Is author/manager of a number of bridge related codes and standards. Chair of the ICE Structural Panel.

Bill Hewlett (Technical Director, Costain)

Tony Jones (Arup, Associate Director)

BEng PhD CEng FICE

Leader of the Structural Development and Support Team within Arup. Expertise in all aspects of structural concrete and sits on both BSI and European code committees in the subject. Has investigated a number of failures and provided expert advise on their causes. Contributed to numerous Concrete Society, IStructE and CIRIA publications on the use of concrete, currently member of the IStructE task Group on Robustness.

John Rees (Director, Flint & Neill Ltd)

BEng ACGI MSc DIC CEng MICE

Richard Snell (Consultant, formerly BP Exploration)

BSc(Hons) FICE FRAE FIStructE

Richard has some 39 years experience of marine and offshore civil and structural engineering. He worked for BP Exploration since 1980 and on retirement at the end of 2007 was the most senior structural engineer in the company responsible for the technical practices applied in projects and operations worldwide. He was a leading contributor to the deepwater systems R&D which has guided most of BP's deep water developments and in the R&D conducted after the Piper Alpha incident. He has authored or co-authored more than 35 papers. He is Chairman of the ISO Offshore Structures Standards Committee, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and is currently a Visiting Professor in the Principles of Civil Engineering Design at Oxford University and practices as an independent consultant.

Neil Tutt (Jenkins and Potter, Director)

MPhil CEng FIStructE

Helene Wehrmann (Senior Structural Engineer, Jacobs)

MEng CEng MICE

Helene is a chartered civil and structural engineer with 5 years experience in the Building Structures team at Jacobs. Her experience to date has been predominantly in the education and healthcare sectors, and more recently in aviation. Helene is a graduate of Imperial College London.

Phil Wright (Health and Safety Executive, HM Principal Specialist Inspector, Construction Engineering)

BEng MSc CEng MICE DipH&S