Specialist Knowledge Societies
Our Specialist knowledge societies are closely affiliated membership bodies with interests in specialist areas of civil engineering
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The panel identifies historical engineering works that are worthy of recording, promoting, and in some cases, preserving for posterity.
The panel helps to organise groups of civil engineers in the regions who are interested in the history of their profession, and publishes a quarterly newsletter, regional guides and leaflets on the subject. The Panel also work with the regions to commemorate structures and engineers by putting up plaques to bring these to public attention.
Meet the panel
The Panel for Historical Engineering Works (PHEW) is made up of a variety of industry experts. Find out more about our panel chair and details of the panel's members.
Panel Chair
Gordon Masterton, OBE, HonDEng, HonDTech, BA, MSc, DIC, FREng, FRSE, FICE, FIStructE, FIES
Gordon is a Past President of ICE, IESIS, former Chairman of CIC. He is Vice President of Jacobs, Vice Chairman of RCAHMS and founder of Scottish Engineering Hall of Fame.
Other panel members
| Name | Position/region |
|---|---|
| Michael Chrimes | Vice Chair |
| Roger Davies | Technical Secretary |
| Vacant | East of Scotland |
| Mrs Sandra Purves | West of Scotland |
| Ian Weir | North West |
| Vacant |
North East |
| John Spain | Yorkshire and Humber |
| Stephen K. Jones | Wales |
| David Brown | West Midlands |
| Paul Sharratt | East Midlands |
| Ian Anderson | East of England |
| Dr David Greenfield | South West |
| Richard Adam | South East - Kent & East Sussex |
| Roger Davies | South East - Hants, West Sussex & Surrey |
| David Hunter | South East – Thames Valley |
| Clive Cockerton | London |
| David Hughes | Northern Ireland |
| Dr. Dermot O'Dwyer | Engineers Ireland representative (newsletter editor) |
| Professor Barry Clarke | Archive panel representative |
The Panel identifies historical engineering works that are worthy of recording and, in some cases, preserving for posterity. This information is recorded in a searchable database. Data available includes historical details about the structure and its construction process.
Find out more about the PHEW and explore our database.
Get the latest from the PHEW newsletter
The Panel for Historical Engineering Works produces a quarterly newsletter, providing stories and updates concerning some of the UK's most important historical structures.
For older issues of the PHEW newsletter, please see the PHEW newsletters library or contact us below.
Further information
To find out more about the Panel for Historical Engineering Works contact the team:
