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Babtie, Shaw and Morton was a firm of civil engineers based in Glasgow, Scotland, and noted for its work on bridges, dams and reservoirs.
1906 Formed by the 1906 merger of Babtie and Bonn and Shaw and Morton
Notable design projects include the Backwater Reservoir, Kielder Water, and the Harland and Wolff shipbuilding dock in Belfast.
James Arthur Banks and William George Nicholson Geddes both became President of the Institution of Civil Engineers while partners in the firm.
1977 George Rocke, of the firm, was appointed by the government to the panel of civil engineers qualified to design and to supervise the construction and alteration of, and to inspect and report upon, reservoirs; and Thomas Alan Johnston was appointed in respect of non-impounding reservoirs.[1]
1997 Merged with consulting engineers Harris and Sutherland
2000 Merged with Allott and Lomax
2004 August. Acquired by the Jacobs Engineering Group. Babtie then employing 3,500 persons
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ London Gazette 1 July 1977