Network Rail Limited is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain. Network Rail is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Transport with no shareholders,which reinvests its income in the railways.
John Laing Group plc is a British investor,developer and operator of privately financed,public sector infrastructure projects such as roads,railways,hospitals and schools through public-private partnership (PPP) and private finance initiative (PFI) arrangements. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index prior to its acquisition by KKR.
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) was a non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture,Media and Sport,responsible for ensuring the delivery of venues,infrastructure and legacy for the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in London. Together with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG),the ODA was one of the two main agencies that organised the London Olympic Games.
Laing O'Rourke is a multinational construction company headquartered in Dartford,England. It was founded in 1978 by Ray O'Rourke. It is the largest privately owned construction company in the United Kingdom.
The Indian Railways Service of Engineers (IRSE) is one of the oldest group 'A' central engineering services recruited through the engineering services examination of the Union Public Service Commission. The officers of this service are responsible for administering the Civil Engineering organisation of the Indian Railways
Sir George Iacobescu is the Chairman and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Canary Wharf Group,the London-based owners and developers of the Canary Wharf estate in London Docklands. His successor,Shobi Khan,now runs the group and Sir George Chairs the board. He is one of the most successful Romanian-born businessmen. He is the only Romanian-born person to date to receive a substantive British knighthood.
The Grayrigg derailment was a fatal railway accident that occurred at approximately 20:15 GMT on 23 February 2007,just to the south of Grayrigg,Cumbria,in the North West England region of the United Kingdom. The accident investigation concluded that the derailment was caused by a faulty set of points on the Down Main running line,controlled from Lambrigg ground frame. The scheduled inspection on 18 February 2007 had not taken place and the faults had gone undetected.
Sir Michael Edward Pitt DL is chair of the Legal Services Board which is the oversight regulator for the legal sector in England and Wales.
Iain Michael Coucher is the chairman of Ofwat,and was formerly the Chief Executive of the Atomic Weapons Establishment. He has worked as a consultant in the railway industry and held a number of management posts,most notably serving as the Chief Executive of Network Rail from 2007 to 2010.
Sir David Hartmann Higgins is an Australian-British businessman,the Chairman of United Utilities Group,Chairman of Gatwick Airport,and the former Non-Executive Chairman of High Speed Two (HS2). He was Chief Executive of the London 2012 Summer Olympics Delivery Authority and Network Rail.
Robert James Mair,Baron Mair is a geotechnical engineer and Emeritus Sir Kirby Laing Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is the Founding Head of the Cambridge Centre for Smart Infrastructure and Construction (CSIC). He was Master of Jesus College,Cambridge,from 2001 to 2011 and a fellow of St John's College,Cambridge,from 1998 to 2001. In 2014 he was elected a vice president of the Institution of Civil Engineers and on 1 November 2017 became the Institution's president for 2017–18,its 200th anniversary year. He was appointed an independent crossbencher in the House of Lords in 2015 where he has been active on matters relating to infrastructure,science and technology,and education. He was a member of its Select Committee on Science and Technology for four years,and has also been a member of Select Committees on Assessment and Management of Risk,and Education and Skills;he is presently a member of the Select Committee on the Built Environment.
Sir William "Kirby" Laing was a British civil engineer.
Sir Charles Langbridge Morgan CBE was a British civil engineer. A railway engineer,he spent his early career on several railway construction projects before joining the Great Eastern Railway where his responsibilities included construction of Liverpool Street station. Morgan became chief engineer of the London,Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1896 and directed improvements to London Victoria station and Grosvenor Bridge. During the First World War Morgan was a lieutenant-colonel in the Royal Engineers,carrying out "special engineering duties" in Italy and France for the War Office. He later served as the army's deputy director of railways,on the advisory expert committee to the Ministry of Munitions and on the Disposal Board of the Disposal and Liquidation Commission.
Sir Allan Stephen Quartermaine,was a British civil engineer. He started his career in the Hertfordshire county surveyor's office and served in the Royal Engineers during the First World War,constructing railways in the Middle East and being awarded the Military Cross. After the war he continued to work for local authorities before joining the Great Western Railway (GWR),where he became chief engineer by 1940. During the Second World War he served as Director-General of Aircraft Production Factories before returning to the GWR to construct military railway facilities. After the war he refused a position on the Railway Executive of the British Transport Commission as he disagreed with nationalisation of the railways. Despite this he transferred to become chief engineer of the Western Region of British Railways in 1948 and later served as an adviser to British Rail on modernisation. Quartermaine served as president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for 1951–52 and was knighted in 1956.
The National Infrastructure Commission is the executive agency responsible for providing expert advice to the UK Government on infrastructure challenges facing the UK.
Andrew William Wolstenholme is an English civil engineer,and group technical director of Laing O'Rourke.
Professor Tim Broyd is an English civil engineer who was elected the 152nd President of the Institution of Civil Engineers,taking office in November 2016.
Olawale Nelson Ogunshakin OBE is a British engineer and businessman. He is currently chief executive officer of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) based in Geneva,Switzerland. He was appointed to the board of Transport for London in September 2016.
Sir Douglas Edwin Oakervee is a British civil engineer who is a past chairman of both High Speed 2 and Crossrail,and was the 139th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was awarded the CBE in 2010 for his contributions to civil engineering and appointed Knight bachelor in 2022 for services to transport and infrastructure delivery.
Sir Joseph Anthony Dwyer was a British civil engineer and businessman. He joined Wimpey in 1955 and spent 44 years with the firm,becoming chief executive officer and chairman.
