James Price (civil engineer)
James Price | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 February 1917 Flint, Wales |
| Died | 22 September 2005 Barry, Wales |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Spouse | Mary Eluned Williams |
| Children | 4 |
| Engineering career | |
| Discipline | Civil engineering Infrastructure engineering Transportation engineering Engineering mathematics |
| Institutions | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Projects | M1 motorway M3 motorway A30 road |
James Price (6 February 1917 – 22 September 2005) was a Welsh civil engineer, mathematician, and writer. Price was the chief resident engineer on several large-scale engineering projects, including the M1 and M3 motorways.[1][2]
Education
Price's background was in engineering mathematics, in which he scored ninth overall in the UK summer higher exams of 1935. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree following his graduation from the University of Liverpool in 1938,[3] and joined the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1942 at the age of 25, following examinations he had taken pre-emptively in the summer of 1940. At the same time, he was recommended for promotion to assistant civil engineer (ACE). He received a Master of Engineering degree in 1942.[2][4]
Career
From 1956 to 1957, Price was employed by Nigerian Railways.[5]
Price was chosen as the chief resident engineer on the first section of the M1 motorway in 1957, working with Sir Owen Williams and minister for transport Harold Watkinson.[3] The road was opened by King Charles III, then Prince of Wales, on 2 November 1959[6]
In the early 1960s, Price took up the position of senior resident engineer for the British electrical engineering consultancy engineers Merz & McLellan,[2] who had started a scheme in the interest of reclaiming land owned by the London Brick Company in Peterborough which became known as the Peterborough Dust Disposal Scheme.[3][4]
From 1967 to 31 December 1968, Price was the resident engineer for the Tilbury Grain Terminal, which was completed on schedule in 1968. From 1 January 1969, he served as chief resident engineer for the first phase of the M3 motorway in Surrey, followed by the second phase in 1974.[3]
Memberships and honours
Price was a member of The Poetry Society, the Welsh Academy, the South and Mid-Wales Association of Writers, the Engineering Council, the Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management.[5]
In 1997, Price received an Editors Choice Award from the National Library of Poetry (USA).[5]
Personal life
Price married Mary Eluned Williams on 27 May 1939. They had two sons (Newton and David) and two daughters (Linda and Christine).[5]
Works
Engineering
- 1951–1959 – M1 Motorway phase one
- 1956–1967 – M1 Motorway phase two
- 1961 – Peterborough Dust Disposal Scheme
- 1967–1968 – Tilbury Grain Terminal
- 1969–1974 – M3 Motorway phase one
- 1971 – A30 road
- 1974 – M3 Motorway phase two
Publications
- 1990 – Price's Progress: The Tortuous Journey of a Roving Civil Engineer[2]
- 1994 – Passages in paradise[2]
- Little Book of Poems
References
- ^ Engineering Timelines - James Price
- ^ a b c d e Mr. James Price M.E. M.I.C.E.
- ^ a b c d Price, James (8 November 2022). Price's Progress: The Tortuous Journey of a Roving Civil Engineer. United Kingdom: Vantage Press. ISBN 9780533086207.
- ^ a b Chief Resident Engineer James Price
- ^ a b c d McIntire, Dennis (2001). International who's who in poetry and poets encyclopaedia. Internet Archive: Cambridge : International Biographical Centre. p. 419. ISBN 9780948875595.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ^ Chris Marshall. "Motorway Database – M1". CBRD. Retrieved 8 November 2022.