John Andrew – The Forth Bridge
A civil engineer with over 40 years' experience, John spent the last 26 years in a senior business development the role for Balfour Beatty, and more recently Business Development Director for Scotland and Ireland.
During this time John has played a key role in the Forth Rail Bridge Restoration Project and has significant experience in writing, presenting and broadcasting on television and radio on the project. In 2016 John was invited to make the key note presentation at a conference in Quebec Canada on the proposed restoration of the Pont du Quebec utilising key methodology pioneered during the Forth Bridge works.
John is now an independent Business Development and Community Benefits Consultant providing support to customers and contractors.
John is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and an ICE STEM Ambassador. He is joint curator at the ICE Scotland Civil Engineering Museum at Heriot—Watt University Edinburgh.
Ewan Angus – The Forth Road Bridge
Ewan Angus is Major Bridges Director for Amey within their Forth Bridges Operating Contract for Transport Scotland. He is responsible for all engineering and technical matters on Forth Road Bridge, and the new Queensferry Crossing. Ewan is a chartered engineer with 38 years' experience of major road and bridge projects across the UK, working with a number of companies including Carl Bro (Sweco) for 16 years, where he became Divisional Director.
Ewan joined Amey in 2007 and worked on a number of major projects. However, in December 2015 following the discovery of a major structural fault on the Forth Road Bridge, he was appointed as Technical and Engineering Director for the Amey team responsible for identifying and rectifying the defect.
Lawrence Shackman – The Queensferry Crossing
With more than 32 years' engineering experience, Lawrence was recently appointed as Transport Scotland's Head of Rail Projects, following 11 years as Project Manager for the iconic £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing. He has extensive experience of trunk roads design, maintenance and construction, delivering many projects through management positions in the agency's network management and construction divisions.
Lawrence is currently Chair of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) in Scotland, having been Chair of Glasgow & West of Scotland branch in 2014/15. He is a Fellow of ICE and the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation and is also Transport Scotland's Supervising Civil Engineer responsible for the training of ICE graduates.