with the response to my request for the completion of Gift Aid forms circulated prior to Christmas.  Of the 88 forms sent out only 10 were returned.  I appreciate there are some Members who do not pay tax or donate through their own charity facilities, but I'm sure they are in a minority.  Let me remind you, giving is one of the Company's objectives and each pound contributed is worth an extra 28 pence.  88 Members contributing £100 each is worth £2,464 to our Charity Funds.
To those who are sitting on the form please complete and return it to me without delay.  Thank you.

John White

Paviors Lecture 2006  Andrew Wolstenholme, the BAA Projects Director for T5, proposed that the design and construction of this £4.2 billion project represented 'History in the making', when he delivered the annual Paviors' Lecture at Imperial College on Valentine's evening.
Following appropriate references by the Master to the neglect of romantic duties by all who were present and after conveying the Company's appreciation for breaking into his skiing holiday to be with us, Andrew provided inspiring and well illustrated arguments to support his claims of making history at the western end of Heathrow.

He explained the successful steps that had been taken to motivate staff and to instil a pride in being part of a history-making project. Team working was the key.  The way of doing business was an example of how the construction industry can work in a partnership environment with suppliers being reimbursed for their costs plus agreed profits and BAA taking the key risks.  A 'right first time' ethos was used, with care taken in planning and execution.  An example of this was the full-scale exercise carried out in a remote part of Yorkshire to practice the erection of critical components for the terminal building.  Supermarket logistics were used to ensure that the enormous number of deliveries on the constricted site were on time. Use was made of prefabrication of major components off site and all major deliveries were made by rail.
Lessons were learned from other major airport developments, including Chep Lap Kok in Hong Kong.  It was apparent that operational problems such as

flight information systems and baggage handling often caused delays in opening on time. Andrew and his team were committed to opening T5 at 4am on 30^th March 2008 with everything working correctly. This would bring to a successful completion a project covering 250 hectares, involving 50,000 people with 13.5 miles of tunnelling completed on time and on budget with no fatalities.  The facilities will include 52 aircraft stands and 6 rail stations, together with a stunning terminal building and a new 87m control tower, a third of which was constructed adjacent to Terminal 4 before being towed into position for completion.

The lecture completed a trio of T5 activity by the Livery, with the 2002 lecture by Norman Haste describing the vision, a site visit in 2005 to see the emerging reality and the 2006 lecture to explain how it represented history in the making.  The large number of questions from both students and liverymen clearly indicated the interest which this project and its director have generated.  The evening concluded with a dinner in the Rector's House at Imperial College hosted by the Master supported by a number of Paviors and attended by the lecturer and guests from the college.

Stephen Brown