STATEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE of JOHN EMERY

February 1959 - September 1966

Senior engineering assistant with Ground Engineering Ltd - subsidiary company of John Laing and Son Ltd.

With this company he specialised in soil mechanics gaining experience in site investigations and foundation design.

September 1966 - January 1972

Assistant Engineer with Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners.

Responsible for the design , preparation of contract documents and site supervision of a wide range of civil engineering projects in the UK and overseas. Assignments included:

a) A feasibility study for the Lagos to Ibadan and Ibadan to Ife roads in Nigeria, which included inspecting and reporting on the condition of 150 miles of existing roads including structural reports on some 200 culverts and bridge structures.

b) Assistant Resident Engineer on a contract for the rehabilitation of Belize International Airport where I was responsible for determining the condition of the existing lean mix concrete and asphalt runway. Also supervision and management of an expatriate and local labour force manufacturing and laying a Marshall asphalt overlay on the runway and for the construction of pavement quality concrete extensions to each end of the runway.

c) Design and field work for a new runway and ancillary works for Golden Rock Airport at St. Kitts in the Leeward Islands including a site investigation to provide information for the design of a new runway and locating materials suitable for pavement quality concrete and Marshall asphalt surfaces.

January 1972 - October 1989

Principal Engineer with the Borough Engineer's Department of Luton Borough Council.

My responsibilities included:

a) Design and supervision, as Resident Engineer, of a contract for resurfacing the runway, taxiways and apron areas at Luton Airport. This work involved assessment of existing aircraft pavements, design of a Marshall asphalt overlay to the existing aircraft pavements, preparation of specifications and contract documents and management of the contract during construction work.

b) Supervision of Civil Engineering maintenance works at Luton Airport. As part of this work, I introduced the concept of the use of concrete block paving on aircraft pavements. This form of surfacing was found to be more economical in terms of long-term life cycle costs than the Marshall asphalt and in-situ pavement quality concrete traditionally used.

c) Design, preparation of drawings, specifications and contract documents and subsequent supervision of a contract for strengthening the runway and taxiways at Luton Airport.

October 1989 - October 1991

Overseas Development Director of Hamilton Green Construction Ltd.

This included supervision, on a contract basis, of road works for various civil engineering contractors. During this period I assisted with a research project being made by British Aerospace (Military Aircraft) Ltd. into sand corrosion problems where block paving was used on aircraft pavements. I also assisted the Transport Research Laboratory with research into accelerated trafficking of block paved roads.

November 1989 - June 1992

Managing Director of ACM Project Management Limited

Consultancy works and provision of services to the block paving industry for schemes at:

Euro-Disney, Channel Tunnel, Taxiway at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, pedestrianisation schemes at Leeds, Hyde and Totnes, Service Station Forecourts for Shell, Esso, and QB Petroleum Companies.

June 1992 - June 1996

Chairman and Managing Director of Advanced Construction Materials Ltd.

Responsible for development and sales of ACM Pavseel in UK, USA, Norway, Singapore, Pakistan, France, Italy and New Zealand.

Co-author of a report, commissioned and then published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) on the worldwide use of pavers for aircraft pavements.

July 1996 - October 1999

Chairman of John Emery Consultants Ltd

Consultancy work relating to aircraft pavements including the new Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong, investigations of failures of pavements and giving advice to the new owners of Advanced Construction Materials Ltd. Assisted Ministry of Defence in the preparation of their new specification for concrete block paving for military airfields.

From June 1992

Private consultancy

a) Currently a member of the Technical Committee of 'Interpave', the trade association of block paving manufacturers.

b) Consultant to Acme Paving Consultants Pte Ltd - Singapore, giving advice on pavement designs for Ports and other civil engineering projects.

c) Consultant to Advance Paving and Engineering in South Africa providing designs for aircraft and road pavements in Cape Town.

d) Metro Link Manchester, UK - Reporting on failure of pavements, August 2000

e) Design of aircraft pavements and giving advice for aircraft pavements in Pakistan.

f) RAF Kinloss UK - Giving advise on pavement design relating to the use of concrete block pavements, February 2002.

g) Johannesburg International Airport - Design of aircraft pavements and preparation of specifications, February 2002.

h) Yasa Aali Island Gulf - Design of aircraft pavements using concrete block paving for Balfour Beaty, September / October 2002.

i) Changi International Airport - Preparation of specifications and contract documents relating to the use of concrete block paving on aircraft pavements, October 2002.

j) Upgrading Miri and Bintulu Airport, East Malaysia - Aircraft pavement design, August to November 2002.

k) Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh - Proposed rehabilitation of existing pavement for Zia International Airport, February 2003

l) Dhaka City Corporation - Proposed rehabilitation of existing ring road with concrete block pavement with permanent road markings, February 2003

 

Updated 01October 2004