Babtie, Shaw and Morton

Babtie, Shaw and Morton was a firm of civil engineers based in Glasgow, Scotland, and noted for its work on bridges, dams and reservoirs.

History

It took its name following the 1906 merger of Babtie & Bonn and Shaw & Morton.
The Babtie Group acquired consulting engineers Harris & Sutherland in 1997, then also Allott & Lomax in 2000.
The 3,500-strong Babtie Group was acquired by Jacobs Engineering Group in August 2004.

Projects

Notable design projects include the Backwater Reservoir, Kielder Water, and the Harland & Wolff shipbuilding dock in Belfast.

People

James Arthur Banks and William George Nicholson Geddes both became President of the Institution of Civil Engineers while partners in the firm.
Gordon Masterton, a director of Babtie from 1993 became the firm's third President of the ICE in 2005, whilst a Vice President of Jacobs.