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Antill, James Macquarie (1912 - 1994) |
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| Construction engineer | |
| Born: 10 June 1912 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 28 November 1994 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. | |
| James Macquarie 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 1947-55) 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 and was involved in many organisations. He served as a chairman for the Civil Engineering Branch of the Institute of Engineers (Sydney branch); 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, written with Paul Ryan, is Civil Engineering Construction, which was first published in 1957 and has had many additional print runs. |
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Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007 Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Policy Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 26 February 2007 http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P003043b.htm |