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Networking

A9 Dualling Project and ICE Scotland AGM

Event organised by ICE

Date
03 October 2024
Time
17:30 - 20:00 BST (GMT+1)
Location
COSLA Conference Centre
19 Haymarket Yards
Edinburgh, EH12 5BH
United Kingdom

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Overview

Our AGM this year will feature a talk by Lawrence Shackman, director of major projects at Transport Scotland on the A9 Dualling Project as well as Vic Campbell to talk about the work of the Academy9.

The AGM will also see Ellen Halkon taking over as ICE Scotland chair, replacing Donald Bell.

Speaker

Lawrence Shackman

Lawrence Shackman

Transport Scotland

director major projects

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Lawrence Shackman

With over 39 years’ engineering experience Lawrence is currently Transport Scotland’s director of major projects. Responsible for the roads programme, including the £multibillion A9 and A96 Dualling projects, he is also director of purchasing.

This follows various roles within Transport Scotland including head of rail projects and technical services, with the most notable role being project manager for the iconic £1.35 billion Queensferry Crossing where Lawrence saw the project through from inception to completion over an 11 year period, and gained the Royal Academy of Engineering Major Projects Award in 2020 for his role.

In his early career, Lawrence was a project manager with Thorburn Colquhoun, now AECOM, working extensively on the £multi million, 45 mile long A14 M1-A1 link road.

Lawrence is actively involved with the Institution of Civil Engineers, having been chair of ICE Scotland (2017/18) and Glasgow and West of Scotland (2014/15). He is also Transport Scotland’s supervising civil engineer responsible for ICE graduate training. 

For more information please contact:

Lyndsey Pollock

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