I am a chartered civil engineer, environmentalist and project professional with over 37 years experience in the construction industry working for contractor, consultant and client organisations.  I have worked on a wide variety of infrastructure projects in the UK including water, wastewater, marine, transportation and renewable energy projects.

My work over the past 20 years has been mainly focused on project and design management and sustainability. I am a Chartered Project Professional with the Association for Project Management and I sit on the Advisory Board for the Westminster Sustainability Business Forum.

My role in BAS is to manage the delivery of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme, which includes new marine and air infrastructure at Rothera and KEP and station re-building works at Rothera, Signy and Bird Island.

1. Rothera Wharf

   Over the next decade Rothera Research Station will be upgraded to ensure its facilities keep the UK at the forefront of climate, biodiversity and ocean research.

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2. Signy Research Station Modernisation

   Modernising the UK’s summer-only Antarctic research station

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3. King Edward Point Research Station Modernisation

   New mooring and boating facilities for South Georgia’s fisheries research station

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4. Bird Island Research Station Modernisation

   The modernisation of Bird Island Research Station was successfully completed in June 2018 following a 17 week programme of works throughout the Antarctic summer.

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1. Exterior complete for new Antarctic science and operations facility

   A new scientific and operational support facility at Rothera Research Station for British Antarctic Survey has been made weathertight, with the cladding complete and an  operations tower installed.

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2. New season begins for Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation programme

   The next phase of the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation programme (AIMP) is set to begin with a 6-month construction season at Rothera Research Station. The station is the UK’s largest Antarctic research and operations hub that supports leading researchers in frontier science in the region. 

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3. BAS Shortlisted for British Construction Industry Awards (BCI)

   British Antarctic Survey and the partners delivering the Antarctic Infrastructure Modernisation Programme are finalists for this year’s British Construction Industry (BCI) Awards in the ‘Partnership Initiative of the Year’ category. […]

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4. Rothera Research Station’s new wharf achieves first CEEQUAL award in Antarctica

   Award reflects project’s excellent environmental approach to biodiversity and sustainability. A new 74 metre wharf at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station has achieved the first CEEQUAL award in […]

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5. Antarctic Science Hub Takes Shape Amid Complex Construction Season

   A specialist construction team is making the 11,000km journey home to the UK after successfully completing the groundworks for a new state-of-the-art polar research building at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) […]

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6. Construction starts at UK’s largest Antarctic research hub  

   The next stage of building a scientific support facility in Antarctica begins this week [11 January 2020]. To avoid the risk of introducing COVID-19 to British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera […]

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7. New building at Rothera breaks ground

   In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica by the British naval officer Edward Bransfield on this date in 1820, a new building to facilitate the […]

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8. Antarctica: Getting Ready for RRS Sir David Attenborough

   A major modernisation programme at British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) Rothera Research Station begins its second ‘summer season’ this month with the arrival of a 60-plus person team from BAM. Construction […]

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9. Construction of new wharf begins as first frame is lowered into place

   A major milestone has been reached in the construction of a new wharf at Rothera Research Station. The first of 20 steel frames, forming the skeleten of the new structure, has been lowered into place in a piece of precision engineering.

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10. Digging begins in construction of new Antarctic wharf

    First digging has begun to deconstruct the old wharf at Rothera Research Station as part of modernisation work to transform the way British Antarctic Survey delivers frontier science

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11. Voyage delivers wharf-building equipment to Antarctica

    A huge cargo ship loaded with 4,500 tonnes of steel and construction equipment required to build a new Antarctic wharf has arrived at British Antarctic Survey’s Rothera Research Station. Staff […]

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12. All aboard and bound for Antarctica

    The DS Wisconsin departs for Antarctica loaded with 4,500 tonnes of kit required to build the new Rothear Wharf

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13. Practice makes perfect

    The construction team responsible for building a new Antarctic wharf at Rothera Research Station  have been practicing full-scale assembly of the 30 tonne steel rigs in Southampton before deployment South. […]

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14. British Antarctic Survey Staff Appointed to Parliamentary Advisory Boards

    British Antarctic Survey (BAS) oceanographer and mathematician Dr Emily Shuckburgh has been appointed member of the Advisory Board to the All-Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group (APPCCG). And civil engineer and […]

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15. Construction partner announced

    Construction expert BAM has been chosen to partner with British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to modernise UK Antarctic and other research facilities, enabling British scientists to continue delivering world class research […]

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• Head of Construction, AIMP