Person
Baxter, John Walter (1917 - 2003)
- Born
- 4 June 1917
London, England - Died
- 21 October 2003
Devon, England - Occupation
- Civil engineer and Structural engineer
Summary
John Baxter was a senior partner of G Maunsells and Partners, consulting engineers, and was responsible for the design of many major bridges in Australia, including the Narrows Bridge in Perth, Western Australia, 1959; the Tasman Bridge 1964, in Hobart, Tasmania, and the Gladesville Bridge, in Sydney, New South Wales 1965. The latter being the largest span reinforced concrete arch bridge in the world when it was built.
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Chronology
- 1933
- Education - Oxford General School Certificate, Westminster City School, London
- 1936
- Education - Bachelor of Science in Engineering (BScEng), City and Guilds College, University of London
- 1936 - 1941
- Career position - Engineer, Trussed Concrete Steel Company
- 1940 - 1948
- Career position - Design engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Resposible for all reinforced concrete work in the UK]
- 1942
- Career event - Associate Member (AssocMInstCE), Institution of Civil Engineers, London
- 1948 - 1950
- Career position - Liaison engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Resposible for all approvings design by consulting engineers]
- 1950 - 1952
- Career position - Chief civil engineer, Shell Refining and Marketing Co Ltd [Shellhaven refinery, Essex]
- 1952 - 1955
- Career position - Senior engineer, Maunsell, Posford and Perry, Consulting engineers [Design of Baghdad oil refinery; bridges in UK and Iraq]
- 1955 - 1958
- Career position - Founding partner, G Maunsell and Partners, Consulting Engineers
- 1958 - 1980
- Career position - Managing partner, G Maunsell and Partners, Consulting Engineers [Bridges at Hay-on-Wye, UK; Perth and Fremantle, W.A.; Hobart and Launceston Tasmania; Silverwater 1962, Gladesville 1965, Tarban Creek 1965, Regentville 1971, and Bargo 1967, NSW; and others in Melbourne and Canberra.]
- 1964
- Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia
- 1968
- Career event - Elected president, Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers
- 1968
- Career event - Fellow (FIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Members were designated Fellows on this date.]
- 1974
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1976 - 1977
- Career position - President, Institution of Civil Engineers, London [112th President]
Published resources
Resources
- 'Presidential Address 1976', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1977.3255. Details
- 'Gladesville Bridge', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1965.9523. Details
- 'The Narrows Bridge, Perth, Western Australia', Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, https://doi.org/10.1680/iicep.1961.11277. Details
See also
- Ferguson, Hugh and Chrimes, Mike, The Civil Engineers: The Story of the Institution of Civil Engineers and the People Who Made It (London: ICE Publishing, 2011), 464 pp, https://doi.org/10.1680/CE.41431. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 12 April 2023