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Sam Thorburn
Born1930
Glasgow
NationalityScottish
EducationRoyal Technical College, Glasgow now the University of Strathclyde,
Engineering career
DisciplineStructural engineer, civil engineer
ProjectsIbrox Stadium

Samuel Thorburn

Samuel Thorburn, CBE [1] , Hon DSc [2], FREng[3], FIStructE, FICE, is a British civil engineer. He was president of the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) in 1997-8 and the 2003 recipient of their Gold Medal. He served as Chairman of the Scottish Building Standards Advisory Committee [4]

Early Life & Education

Thorburn was Educated Hamilton academy [5] which he left at 16 to work under a training agreement with a civil engineering contractor [6] and studied during the evening at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow - now the University of Strathclyde [6]

Career

In 1966 Thorburn founded the consultancy known as Thorburn Colquhoun [6]. The company was taken over by American Consultant URS in 1999 [7]. One of his significant projects was the design of Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow [8] Thorburn was Chairman of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Association of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the session 1975-76 [9] He was appointed to the Football Licensing Authority formed in 1990 after Lord Justice Taylor's Report on the Hillsborough Disaster in 1989 [10]. He served on the Football Licensing Authority between 1993 and 2001 [11]. He was chairman of the Working Party responsible for the fourth edition of the Guide to Safety at Sports Grounds (The Green Guide 1997)[12]. He was appointed first chairman of the new Scottish Registration Board for Approved Certifiers of Design (Building Structures) formed in 2004 [9]

Awards & 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 with a CBE for services to Construction and Engineering in 2003[1]. He was awarded an Hon DSc by the University of Strathclyde in 1993 [2]. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2003

References

  1. ^ a b "CBE".
  2. ^ a b "Hon DSc (University of Strathclyde)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "List of Fellows".
  4. ^ "Building Standards Advisory Committee".
  5. ^ "People educated at Hamilton Academy".
  6. ^ a b c The Structural Engineer (1997-09-16), Profile: The President 1997-98, vol. 75, Institution of Structural Engineers
  7. ^ "URS Takeover of Thorburn Colquhoun".
  8. ^ "The design and construction of the new Ibrox Stadium" (PDF).
  9. ^ a b "125 Years of ICE Glasgow & West of Scotland" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Stadia".
  11. ^ "Football Licensing Authority".
  12. ^ "Green Guide".



Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Category:Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Category:Structural engineers Category:Presidents of the Institution of Structural Engineers Category:Living people Category:1930 births Category:British engineers

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