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REPORT AUTHORS
JACOBS BABTIE
Robert M Galbraith: Robert is a Chartered
Civil Engineer and is a Divisional Director based in
Glasgow. He has 15 years experience in the design and
construction of new build and maintenance road projects.
This includes being the Project Director for delivery of
professional services to
BEAR Scotland Ltd in relation to their
term commissions as Operating Company for the North-West
and North-East Scotland trunk road units. Robert led this
study on behalf of Jacobs Babtie and worked with David and
Richard in developing their respective elements of the
study. He also led the process of identifying
recommendations, and co-edited the final report.
David J Price: David is a Principal
Hydrologist based in Glasgow. Prior to joining the company
he worked as a Higher Scientific Officer with the Institute
of Hydrology for six years, undertaking research
principally upon Scottish hydrology and water resources. At
Jacobs Babtie he has specialised in both flood hydrology
and the likely impact of climate change on the hydrological
cycle. He has undertaken two previous climate change
research studies for the Scottish Executive into the likely
impact of climate change on flooding and levels of
protection in Scotland and also a further research study
for the Department for Environment, Transport and the
Regions on the likely impact of climate change on dam
safety across Britain. He has recently finished a scoping
study for
SEPA on how to transfer climate change
into their hydrological and groundwater parameters. On this
study David co-ordinated the interface between the
information required to assess the potential impacts on the
road network and the available and additional data that
could be gathered to enable this assessment to be
undertaken. He also compiled the historical context within
which the predictions were considered, and co-edited the
final report.
Richard Easteal: Richard is a Senior
Engineer based in Edinburgh. He has 8 years experience in
the design and construction of both new build and
maintenance projects. This includes being the Project
Manager for delivery of professional services to
BEAR Scotland Ltd in relation to their
term commission as Operating Company for the North-East
Scotland trunk road unit. Richard has contributed to this
study by developing the analysis of the impacts of weather
variables on the road network, including undertaking
liaison with
BEAR Scotland Ltd, Amey Infrastructure
Services Ltd and
NADICS. He also carried out the
assessment of the implications of the predicted trends in
climate change on future design and operation of the road
network.
SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE
Lawrence Shackman: Lawrence is a Chartered
Civil Engineer and is currently an Area Manager in the
Network Management Division of the Scottish Executive. He
has 19 years experience in the design, construction and
maintenance of trunk roads both with the Executive and as a
Consultant. Lawrence has managed both the Climate Change
Study and its companion the Landslides Study for the
Scottish Executive, including the co-ordination within the
Executive of specialist technical views on issues arising
from this study. Lawrence has co-edited the final
report.
MET OFFICE
Alan Motion: Alan is the Met Office's
Business Manager for Public Weather Services in Scotland.
An extensive period in the operational areas of the Met
Office, delivering meteorological services to a wide
cross-section of customers, developed an interest in the
application of Met Office capabilities to the specific
needs of users. At present he is responsible for the
strategic development of Met Office services across the
public sector. On this project Alan co-ordinated the work
of the Met Office with the study requirements.
Claire Barnett: Claire is a climate change
specialist in the Met Office's Hadley Centre with over ten
years experience as a climate research scientist. She has a
BSc in Mathematics from the University
of Leeds. She has three years experience in climate change
impact consultancy and has particular specialism in climate
variability studies. Claire is also well experienced in
assessment of environmental impacts associated with
weather, especially under climate change scenarios. Claire
prepared the predictions on trends in climate change that
were used in this study.
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