Ailie MacAdam

Ailie Jane Comer MacAdam FICE (born 6 October 1962)[2] is a British engineer, a senior vice president of Bechtel Corporation. She was formerly commercial manager for a section of Crossrail.[3][4]

Ailie MacAdam

FICE
Born
Ailie Jane Comer MacAdam

(1962-10-06) 6 October 1962
Edmonton, London
Alma materUniversity of Bradford
Known forBig Dig
CrossRail
Sydney Metro
Channel Tunnel Rail Link
St Pancras railway station
AwardsTop 50 Influential Women in Engineering (2016)[1]
Scientific career
FieldsCivil engineering
InstitutionsBechtel
Websitebechtel.com/about-us/leadership/ailie-macadam

Education

The eldest of her parents' four children, MacAdam was born in Edmonton, London, the daughter of Gilchrist G. MacAdam, a mechanical engineer. She studied GCE Advanced Levels in maths, physics and chemistry in sixth form.[5] She was educated at the University of Bradford, where she was awarded a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering.[6]

Career

MacAdam has worked in a senior capacity on several megaprojects during her career including CrossRail in London, High Speed 1, the Big Dig in Boston, the upgrade of St Pancras railway station into a Eurostar terminal (completed in 2007) and the Sydney Metro in Australia.[7] From July 2014 until March 2015 she was managing director for global rail for Bechtel. In the UK's Network Rail only 5 out of 88 engineers are women.[8]

Bechtel

She joined Bechtel on a graduate training programme in 1985,[5] in its oil and gas division.[6] She was a director of Bechtel Limited in the UK from June 2014 until April 2017.[9]

From September 2003 to July 2008[10] she worked with Bechtel on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, which became known as High Speed 1.

Crossrail

From April 2009 until July 2014 she was delivery director for the Central Section of Crossrail, with 21 km of twin-tube tunnel and six underground stations. This is Europe's largest engineering project.[7] She was also the bid project manager for the Crossrail project. Bechtel built the central section of Crossrail where it formed one-half of Tube Lines.

Awards and honours

She was listed in the Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering in 2016 by the Women's Engineering Society.[1] She works with STEMNET.[5] She was elected a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers (FICE) and interviewed by Jim Al-Khalili for The Life Scientific first broadcast in February 2018 on BBC Radio 4.[7]

Personal life

Her godfather was a chemical engineer and her father was a mechanical engineer.[5] She is married, and has a son and daughter.[4][3] Both her children were born in Boston, USA.[7]

References
  1. Anon (2016). "Top 50 Influential Women in Engineering List 2016". wes.org.uk. Women's Engineering Society. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017.
  2. Anon (2014). "Ailie Jane MACADAM". companieshouse.gov.uk. London: Companies House. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017.
  3. Pozniak, Helena (2017). "Is this Britain's most successful female engineer". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  4. "Women in Engineering: Ailie MacAdam". bechtel.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
  5. Smith, David (2015). "Interview: Transforming transportation, how a love of physics started the career of one of the UK's most senior female engineers, Ailie MacAdam". Physics Education. Institute of Physics. 50 (1): 106–110. doi:10.1088/0031-9120/50/1/106. ISSN 0031-9120.
  6. "Bechtel biography of Ailie MacAdam". bechtel.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017.
  7. Al-Khalili, Jim (2018). "Ailie MacAdam on the biggest construction project in Europe". bbc.co.uk. London: BBC. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018.
  8. Simpson, Jack (9 March 2017). "Making of a role model: Bechtel's Ailie MacAdam". Construction News. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  9. "Ailie Jane MACADAM - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
  10. Excell, John (1 November 2014). "Driven by diversity: Bechtel's global rail boss Ailie MacAdam". The Engineer. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
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