Biographical entry Antill, James Macquarie (1912 - 1994)

Summary

James 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 1947-1955) 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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Events

1931

Education - Bachelor of Engineering (BE) completed at the University of Sydney

c. 1946 - c. 1955

Career position - Construction Engineer for McDonald Constructions

1947

Career position - Chairman of the Civil Engineering Branch of the Sydney Division of the Institute of Engineers

1951

Award - Warren Prize received

1952 - 1985

Career position - Lecturer and Examiner of Civil Engineering Construction (part time) at the University of New South Wales

1955

Career position - Stresscrete established

1958

Career position - Sold Stresscrete to Farley and Lewers

1958 - 1985

Career position - Consulting Construction Engineer in New South Wales

1962 - 1985

Career position - Lecturer and Examiner of Civil Engineering Construction (part time) at the University of Sydney

1975

Award - Foundation Fellow of the Institute of Arbitrators

Published resources

Book Sections

• Antill, J. M., 'Lennox, David (1788-1873), bridge-builder', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 2, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1967, pp. 106-107. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A020093b.htm. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'Bruce, John Leck (1850-1921)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 451-452. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070458b.htm. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'Gibson, Alexander James (1876-1960)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, p. 651. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080664b.htm. Details
• Antill, J. M., 'De Burgh, Ernest Macartney (1863-1929), civil engineer', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, p. 266. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080285b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Antill, James M', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458164. Details