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

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.

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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 entries

Published resources

Book Sections

• Antill, J. M., 'Lennox, David (1788-1873), bridge-builder' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967), pp. 106-107. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020093b.htm. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'Barraclough, Sir Samuel Henry Egerton (1871-1958)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 184-185, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barraclough-sir-samuel-henry-egerton-5141. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'Bruce, John Leck (1850-1921)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 451-452. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070458b.htm. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'Gibson, Alexander James (1876-1960)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), p. 651. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080664b.htm. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'De Burgh, Ernest Macartney (1863-1929), civil engineer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), p. 266. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080285b.htm. Details
• Jack, R. Ian, 'Antill, James Macquarie (Jim) (1912-1994), civil engineer and historian' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 19: 1991 - 1995 A-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 2021), pp. 22-23, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/antill-james-macquarie-jim-27402. Details

Edited Books

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

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

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q64789515. Details
• 'Antill, James M (1912-1994)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458164. Details