Sam Thorburn

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Sam Thorburn
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Born1930
Glasgow
NationalityScottish
EducationRoyal Technical College, Glasgow now the University of Strathclyde,
OccupationEngineer
Engineering career
Discipline Structural engineer, civil engineer
Projects Ibrox Stadium

Samuel Thorburn, CBE, [1] FREng, [2] FIStructE, FICE, 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. [3]

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Early life and education

Thorburn was educated in Hamilton Academy, which he left at 16 to work under a training agreement with a civil engineering contractor, [4] and studied during the evening at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow — now the University of Strathclyde. [4]

Career

In 1966 Thorburn founded the consultancy known latterly as Thorburn Colquhoun. [4] The company was taken over by American Consultant URS in 1999. [5] One of his significant projects was the design of Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow [6] Thorburn was Chairman of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the session 1975-76 [7] He was appointed to the Football Licensing Authority formed in 1990 after Lord Justice Taylor's Report on the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989. [8] He served on the Football Licensing Authority between 1993 and 2001. [9] He was chairman of the Working Party responsible for the fourth edition of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (The Green Guide 1997). [10] He was appointed first chairman of the new Scottish Registration Board for Approved Certifiers of Design (Building Structures) formed in 2004 [7]

Awards and honours

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. [1] He was awarded an Hon DSc by the University of Strathclyde in 1993. [11] He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2003

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References

  1. 1 2 "CBE".
  2. ↑ "List of Fellows".
  3. ↑ "Building Standards Advisory Committee".
  4. 1 2 3 The Structural Engineer (16 September 1997), Profile: The President 1997-98, vol. 75, Institution of Structural Engineers
  5. ↑ "URS Takeover of Thorburn Colquhoun". 4 February 1999.
  6. ↑ "The design and construction of the new Ibrox Stadium" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 "125 Years of ICE Glasgow & West of Scotland" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Stadia".
  9. ↑ "Football Licensing Authority".
  10. ↑ Thompson, P.; Tolloczko, J.; Clarke, N. (November 2002). Green Guide. ISBN   9781482272147.
  11. ↑ "Hon DSc (University of Strathclyde)" (PDF).
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