Ailie MacAdam
Ailie MacAdam FICE | |
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Born | Ailie Jane Comer MacAdam 6 October 1962 Edmonton, London[citation needed] |
Alma mater | University of Bradford |
Known for | Big Dig CrossRail Sydney Metro Channel Tunnel Rail Link St Pancras railway station |
Awards | Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering (2016)[1] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Civil engineering |
Institutions | Bechtel |
Website | bechtel |
Ailie Jane Comer MacAdam FICE (born 6 October 1962)[2] is a British engineer, a senior vice president of Bechtel Corporation. She was formerly commercial manager for a section of Crossrail.[3][4]
Education[]
The eldest of her parents' four children, MacAdam was born in Edmonton, London,[citation needed] the daughter of Gilchrist G. MacAdam, a mechanical engineer. She studied GCE Advanced Levels in maths, physics and chemistry in sixth form.[5] She was educated at the University of Bradford, where she was awarded a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering.[6]
Career[]
MacAdam has worked in a senior capacity on several megaprojects during her career including CrossRail in London, High Speed 1, the Big Dig in Boston, the upgrade of St Pancras railway station into a Eurostar terminal (completed in 2007) and the Sydney Metro in Australia.[7] From July 2014 until March 2015 she was managing director for global rail for Bechtel. In the UK's Network Rail only 5 out of 88 engineers are women.[8]
Bechtel[]
She joined Bechtel on a graduate training programme in 1985,[5] in its oil and gas division.[6] She was a director of Bechtel Limited in the UK from June 2014 until April 2017.[9]
Channel Tunnel Rail Link[]
From September 2003 to July 2008[10] she worked with Bechtel on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which became known as High Speed 1.
Crossrail[]
From April 2009 until July 2014 she was delivery director for the Central Section of Crossrail, with 21 km of twin-tube tunnel and six underground stations. This is Europe's largest engineering project.[7] She was also the bid project manager for the Crossrail project.[citation needed] Bechtel built the central section of Crossrail where it formed one-half of Tube Lines.[citation needed]
Awards and honours[]
She was listed in the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2016 by the Women's Engineering Society.[1] She works with STEMNET.[5] She was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE)[when?] and interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific first broadcast in February 2018 on BBC Radio 4.[7]
Personal life[]
Her godfather was a chemical engineer and her father was a mechanical engineer.[5] She is married, and has a son and daughter.[4][3] Both her children were born in Boston, USA.[7]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Anon (2016). "Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering List 2016". wes.org.uk. Women's Engineering Society. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017.
- ^ Anon (2014). "Ailie Jane MACADAM". companieshouse.gov.uk. London: Companies House. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Pozniak, Helena (2017). "Is this Britain's most successful female engineer". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Women in Engineering: Ailie MacAdam". bechtel.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Smith, David (2015). "Interview: Transforming transportation, how a love of physics started the career of one of the UK's most senior female engineers, Ailie MacAdam". Physics Education. Institute of Physics. 50 (1): 106–110. doi:10.1088/0031-9120/50/1/106. ISSN 0031-9120.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Bechtel biography of Ailie MacAdam". bechtel.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Al-Khalili, Jim (2018). "Ailie MacAdam on the biggest construction project in Europe". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
- ^ Simpson, Jack (9 March 2017). "Making of a role model: Bechtel's Ailie MacAdam". Construction News. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Ailie Jane MACADAM - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Excell, John (1 November 2014). "Driven by diversity: Bechtel's global rail boss Ailie MacAdam". The Engineer. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
- 1962 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Bradford
- Bechtel
- British civil engineers
- British women engineers
- Crossrail
- Fellows of the Institution of Civil Engineers
- High Speed 1
- 21st-century women engineers