Person

Antill, James Macquarie (Jim) (1912 - 1994)

HonFIEAust

Born
10 June 1912
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
28 November 1994
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Construction engineer and Engineering historian

Summary

Jim Antill was a construction engineer who was particularly interested in pre-stressed concrete. Initially he worked for the Sydney Water Board as a shire engineer on various county councils and also carried out defence works in eastern Australia. Later he worked for McDonald Constructions (ca 1947-1955) and then ran his own company (Stresscrete) for a brief period. Antill then worked as a consulting construction engineer from 1958 until his retirement in 1985. He also lectured part time at the universities of Sydney and New South Wales for many years. He served on many organisations - as Chairman, Civil Engineering Branch of the Institute of Engineers (Sydney Division); Standards Association of Australia's first Technical Committee on Prestressed Concrete; Construction Committee of the Metric Conversion Board (early 1960s); and the Institution of Engineers' Arbitration Committee. His best known book Civil Engineering Construction,1957, written with Paul W S Ryan, has had been revised and re-published in 6 editions.

Details

Chronology

1929
Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1931
Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE), University of Sydney
1938
Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
c. 1946 - c. 1955
Career position - Construction Engineer, McDonald Constructions
1947
Career position - Chairman, Civil Engineering Branch, Sydney Division, Institute of Engineers
1948
Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
1950
Award - Warren Memorial Prize 1951, Institution of Engineers Australia
1952 - 1985
Career position - Lecturer and Examiner of Civil Engineering Construction (part time), University of New South Wales
1955
Career position - Stresscrete established
1957
Career event - Book Civil Engineering Construction published [Authored with Paul Ryan]
1958
Career event - Sold Stresscrete to Farley and Lewers
1958 - 1985
Career position - Consulting Construction Engineer in New South Wales
1962 - 1985
Career position - Lecturer and Examiner of Civil Engineering Construction (part time), University of Sydney
1965
Career event - Book Critical path methods in construction practice published [Authored with Ronald W Woodhead. Also re-published in French, Italian and Spanish]
1968
Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
1975
Award - Foundation Fellow, Institute of Arbitrators
1985
Life event - Retired
1986
Award - Honorary Fellow (Hon.FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia

Related Awards

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Published resources

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • 'Mr. J. M. Antill, BE, AMIEAust, formerly Superintending engineer with N. H. Bowers and Leard Pty. Ltd., has accepted an appointment with McDonald Constructions Pty. Ltd., of Sydney', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 20 (1948), 183. Details
  • 'First prestressed concrete floors in Australia : Important Victorian contract', Building, lighting and engineering (1953), 48, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-302281484/view?sectionId=nla.obj-313709196&partId=nla.obj-302874134. Details
  • 'People (Obituaries)', Engineers Australia, 67 (1) (1995), 40. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Vibrated concrete practice in Europe', Commonwealth Engineer, 23 (11) (1936), 331-338. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Resistance of concrete to chemical attack', Commonwealth Engineer, 24 (12) (1937), 395-398. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Two recent developments in sewage treatment', Commonwealth Engineer, 24 (6) (1937), 193-197. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Pre-Setting Cracks in Concrete Slabs', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 18 (1946), 27 Discussion p.101. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Proportioning Concrete for Workability', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 21 (1949), 89. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Prestressed concrete construction methods', Commonwealth Engineer, 41 (5) (1953), 181-186. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Tests on prestressed concrete beams', Constructional Review, 26 (6) (1953), 27-30. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Prestressed concrete construction methods [part 2]', Commonwealth Engineer, 41 (6) (1954), 221-225. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Some Notes on Construction in Prestressed Concrete', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 29 (1957), 97. Discussion p.202. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'The development of civil engineering education in Australia.', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 50 (4) (1964). Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Relaxation Characteristics of Prestressing Tendons', Civil Engineering Transactions, 7 (1965), 151. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Notes on arbitration in North America', Engineering Arbitration Notes (1981), 21-23. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'The settlement of contract disputes: litigate or arbitrate?', Engineering Arbitration Notes (1983), 1-9. Details
  • Antill, J. M., 'Reform of commercial arbitration law', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 57 (10) (1985), 27. Details
  • Antill, J. M.; Rea, J. L., 'Experiences in Rock Drilling with Tungsten Carbide Tipped Bits', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 23 (1951), 97-111. Discussion p.211. Details
  • Antill, James M., 'Current European concrete practice', Commonwealth Engineer, 24 (8) (1937), 261-265. Details
  • Antill, James M., 'Current European concrete practice - II', Commonwealth Engineer, 24 (9) (1937), 299-301. Details

Reports

  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Thirty-third Annual Report [1952] (1953), 16 pp. 'Prizes - Warren Memorial Prize (1951 Award), to Messrs J M Antill, BE MIEAust, and J L Rea, BE AMIEAust, Sydney Division, for their paper "Experiences in Rock Drilling with Tungsten Carbide Tipped Bits"', p.2. Details
  • Institution of Engineers Australia, Fifty-first Annual Report [1970] (1971), 7 pp. 'Prizes - The Institution Award (1969 Award) to Mr J M Antill, FIEAust, for his paper entitled "Critical Path Evaluations of Construction Work Changes and Delays"', p.3. Details

Resources

See also

  • Lewis, Miles ed., Two hundred years of concrete in Australia (North Sydney: Concrete Institute of Australia, 1988), 137 pp. 'Antill, Jim', pp.116, 129. Details

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