sentences:  He graduated in Civil Engineering from the Portsmouth College of Technology in 1966 and took his first job with John Laing.Armitt spent 27 years with John Laing, on various projects including the Sizewell B nuclear power station rising to become the Chairman of Laing's International and Civil Engineering Divisions.In 1993 he was appointed Chief executive of Union Railways, the company responsible for implementing the Channel Tunnel rail link.