New boss for BTS
25 May 2012The chief tunnel engineer at Donaldson Associates has been appointed chairman of the British Tunnelling Society (BTS) at the association’s annual general meeting on 17 May 2012.
Damian McGirr, who is also part of T&TI's editorial advisory board, succeeds Bob Ibell who has been Chairman for the past two years.
McGirr wants to build on this opportunity to promote tunnelling in the UK as a safe, cost effective and sustainable method of developing infrastructure. McGirr told T&TI last month that "the UK tunnelling industry and the BTS need to ensure that tunnelling has a continued and increasing role in the development of major projects."
In addition, McGirr wants to continue developing ways in which to attract more young people into tunnelling. "We need to ensure that we have the engineers that we will need for the future support and development of our industry," McGirr said.
