Loading AI tools
British civil engineer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Thorburn is a British civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) in 1997-1998 and the 2003 recipient of their Gold Medal. He served as Chairman of the Scottish Building Standards Advisory Committee.[1]
Sam Thorburn | |
---|---|
Born | 1930 Glasgow |
Nationality | Scottish |
Education | Royal Technical College, Glasgow now the University of Strathclyde, |
Occupation | Engineer |
Engineering career | |
Discipline | Structural engineer, civil engineer |
Projects | Ibrox Stadium |
Thorburn was educated in Hamilton Academy, which he left at 16 to work under a training agreement with a civil engineering contractor,[2] and studied during the evening at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow — now the University of Strathclyde.[2]
In 1966 Thorburn founded the consultancy known latterly as Thorburn Colquhoun.[2] The company was taken over by American Consultant URS in 1999.[3] One of his significant projects was the design of Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow [4] Thorburn was Chairman of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the session 1975-76 [5] He was appointed to the Football Licensing Authority formed in 1990 after Lord Justice Taylor's Report on the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989.[6] He served on the Football Licensing Authority between 1993 and 2001.[7] He was chairman of the Working Party responsible for the fourth edition of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (The Green Guide 1997).[8] He was appointed first chairman of the new Scottish Registration Board for Approved Certifiers of Design (Building Structures) formed in 2004 [5]
Thorburn was the first recipient of the Rear Admiral John Garth Watson Medal awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1993. He was awarded a CBE for services to Construction and Engineering in 2003.[9] He was awarded an Hon DSc by the University of Strathclyde in 1993.[10] He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2003
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.