Bird Island, King Edward Point, South Georgia
In spite of the development work carried out at Bird Island in the mid-nineties, the buildings are a mixture of add-ons and lean-tos, and BAS plans to build a new station building next Austral summer to replace all the various huts and extensions.
On 22 March 2001 the new BAS applied fisheries research station at King Edward Point, South Georgia was opened. The opening of the purpose built laboratory and accom- modation facilities, which coin- cides with the withdrawal of the small British garrison from South Georgia, marks the return of biological research to King Edward Point after an absence of nearly 20 years following the Falklands conflict in 1982. BAS scientists are undertaking a programme of scientific research at the new facility under contract to the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), which is aimed at providing sound scientific advice to assist in the sustainable management of the valuable commercial fisheries around the island.
Don Taylor has been the Head of Building Services for the British Antarctic Survey for the last ten years.Though a structural engineer by qualification, he has spent most of his career to date as a project manager, in contracting, consulting, and the public service.
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