Robert McKittrick
Robert McKittrick | |
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| Born | 1944 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Royal College of Science and Technology now University of Strathclyde, Glasgow University. |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Structural engineer |
| Institutions | Institution of Structural Engineers Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Practice name | Scott, Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners (now AECOM) |
Robert McKittrick, FIStructE, FICE, FConsE[1] is a British structural engineer born in 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland.[2][3]
Early life and education[edit]
McKittrick attended the Royal College of Science and Technology now University of Strathclyde but graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in civil engineering in 1967.[2]
Career[edit]
After graduation McKittrick joined Scott, Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners (now AECOM) designing and detailing some major concrete bridge foundations, retaining walls and a footbridge on the Woodside Section of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road (GIRR).[4] In 1969 he moved to work on site supervising the construction of the same section of GIRR. He qualified as a Chartered Civil Engineer and moved to Balfour Beatty working on site at a sewage works but soon returned to Scott Wilson supervising the construction of the Renfrew Motorway section of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road.[5] He also worked in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.[2] In 1978 he transferred with his wife Margaret to Hong Kong and worked there for 7 years on a number of projects on design and supervision of infrastructure for Tuen Mun New Town including land reclamation, roads, drains, bridges, a ferry pier, sewage pumping stations and a light rail system. In 1985 he returned to the UK to work in Scott Wilson's Chesterfield Office and was appointed a Partner in 1987. In 1999 he transferred to Basingstoke where he was Director for all European Operations of Scott Wilson and a member of their International Board.
McKittrick was a Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor at the University of Sheffield.[6] He was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2002-03.
McKittrick as a non-executive Director of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Trust.[2] He was a Trustee and Treasurer of an ecumenical charity that builds emergy accommodation for homeless young people.[7] McKittrick is one of the founders of the anti-corruption Forum [8]
Selected projects[edit]
- Woodside Section, Glasgow Inner Ring Road, UK
- Water Supply, Nigeria and Kenya
- Tuen Mun New Town, Hong Kong[9]
- Light Rail System, Nottingham, UK
- A19 DBFO, NE England, UK
References[edit]
- ^ "Association of Consulting Engineers".
- ^ a b c d "The President 2002-03" (PDF).
- ^ "The Institution – who cares?" (PDF).
- ^ "Woodside Section-Contract No 2 Glasgow Inner Ring Road".
- ^ "Renfrew Motorway section of the Glasgow Inner Ring Road".
- ^ "Educating Engineers in Design".
- ^ "Framework – opening doors to homeless and vulnerable people" (PDF).
- ^ "UK Anti-corruption Forum".
- ^ Butler, D R; McKittrick, R A (August 1989). "Development of Tuen Mun New Town, Hong Kong". Proceeding of the Institution of Civil Engineers. 86 (4): 603–625.