Babtie, Shaw and Morton

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Babtie, Shaw and Morton was a firm of civil engineers based in Glasgow, Scotland, and noted for its work on bridges, dams and reservoirs.

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History

It took its name following the 1906 merger of Babtie & Bonn (a partnership founded by John Babtie and Carl Bonn in 1897) and Shaw & Morton (founded by William Shaw and Hugh Morton). [1] [2]

The Babtie Group acquired consulting engineers Harris & Sutherland in 1997, then also Allott & Lomax in 2000. [3]

The 3,500-strong Babtie Group was acquired by Jacobs Engineering Group in August 2004. [4]

Projects

Notable design projects include the Backwater Reservoir, Kielder Water, [5] and the Harland & Wolff shipbuilding dock in Belfast.

People

James Arthur Banks and William George Nicholson Geddes both became President of the Institution of Civil Engineers while partners in the firm. Gordon Masterton, a director of Babtie from 1993 became the firm's third President of the ICE in 2005, whilst a Vice President of Jacobs. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Babtie, Shaw & Morton, Dictionary of Scottish Architects, 2008, https://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/apex/r/dsa/dsa/practices?session=11846496897024
  2. ↑ John Taylor Babtie, Dictionary of Scottish Architects, 2008, https://www.scottisharchitects.org.uk/apex/r/dsa/dsa/architects?session=9433302015893
  3. ↑ "Allott & Lomax deal fills gap in Babtie portfolio". 20 January 2000.
  4. ↑ Jacobs buys Babtie consultancy for £90m, Financial Times, 16 August 2004 – http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2d0cbf2e-f112-11d8-95b8-00000e2511c8.html#axzz1jTSLEMxI
  5. ↑ North Tyne, Kielder Reservoir http://www.bridgesonthetyne.co.uk/kdr.html
  6. ↑ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address, doi:10.1680/cien.2006.159.2.55


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