Team

 

Michael McAllister

Michael is a stalwart of the trenchless industry, with over 40 years’ experience both on site and in the boardroom. Michael has a long track history of achievement and project accomplishment in trenchless construction. His experience is difficult to rival and his judgement unparalleled.

Michael has seen the Company grow from very humble beginnings and has been instrumental in its success. Michaels experience covers pipe-ramming, directional drilling, CIPP Relining, auger-boring, pipejacking, microtunnelling and shaft construction. Michael has been involved at most stages of most trenchless techniques including design, pricing, execution and consultation of projects in excess of £30m.

 

Barry McAllister

Barry has been involved in trenchless technology since 1995 when, as Trenchless Manager for McAllister Bros. Limited, he purchased their first directional drilling rig.  The Company soon became one of the largest directional drilling companies in Ireland, within 5 years culminating in the receipt of the United Kingdom Society for Trenchless Technology award for small projects for a crossing under Antonine’s Wall in Scotland.  Although he graduated with an MSc in biochemisty, Barry joined the family business to develop its trenchless scope of activities. Over the years Barry has had the hands on experience and gained the theoretical knowledge for most ‘no-dig’ techniques including directional drilling, auger-boring, pipe-bursting, moling, pipejacking and microtunnelling and has undertaken these projects throughout the UK and Ireland as well as further afield in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Malaysia etc.  Barry has managed projects in excess of £20 million in value as well as carrying out smaller specialist crossings himself, giving him a wide scope of experience.  In 2008, Barry and his team acquired the trenchless division of McAllister Bros. Ltd. and rebranded it as Terra Solutions Limited.

 

Robert McGoran

Robert studied Engineering at Queens University and graduated with an Honours Degree. After a considerable period of International Travel Robert returned to the UK to embark upon his career.  Robert has worked for Balfour Beatty (Liverpool) in their rail division where he was involved at the early stages of design and tendering for various large scale infrastructure projects. Following on from this Robert became part of a Mutli Displcine project team for Severn Trent Water involved in the planning and design of various projects from renewable energy too WWTW’s.  Robert then returned to Ireland to join the McAllister Brothers and was responsible for the growth of the trenchless division of the company which later became Terra Solutions.  Robert has a diverse and strong range of skills having been involved from both the contractors and the client’s side. He is a qualified site supervisor and has completed many successful trenchless civil engineering projects seeing them through from the bid stage to commissioning/handover.  

 

Ian Stanley

A Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, an Incorporated Engineer and former Chairman of the Pipe Jacking Association, Ian has spent all of his working life in trenchless construction.  Occupying various senior roles within Johnston Construction, John Mowlem and Company and Carillion before joining Terra Solutions, Ian has an extensive knowledge of a wide range of trenchless techniques.  His experience includes design and procurement of tunnelling, pipe jacking, auger boring, guided auger boring and directional drilling and ancillary equipment as well as engineering works on site, contracts management and divisional management.  Over the years Ian has developed his own software for diverse activities such as steering control of curved pipejacks, checking shaft anti-flotation and for gauging production of various tunnelling machinery in different ground conditions.  Ian Currently chairs the Pipe Jacking Association Research committee which is investigating slurry separation for microtunnelling and shaft construction in conjunction with Cambridge and London City Universities.