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Sir
Alan Cockshaw
FREng
Born(1937-07-14)14 July 1937
Manchester, England
OccupationCivil engineer
Organizations
Known forPresident of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Sir Alan Cockshaw FREng[1] (born 14 July 1937) is an English civil engineer. Born in Manchester,[2] he became the chief executive of Fairclough Civil Engineering in 1978 and, when this merged with the William Press Group to form AMEC in 1982, he became the chief executive (1984–88) and then chairman (1988-97).[3][4] He was knighted in 1992. He became a fellow[1] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[1] in 1986 and was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1997-98[3]. He is a member of the South Tees Development Corporation board[5].

References

  1. ^ a b c "List of Fellows".
  2. ^ Masterton, Gordon (2005), ICE Presidential Address, archived from the original on 3 January 2011, retrieved 21 July 2013
  3. ^ a b Sir Alan Cockshaw, FREng, Debrett's, archived from the original on 20 July 2013
  4. ^ "Bottom Line: Mistakes at Amec turn Cockshaw contrite", The Independent, 25 March 1993
  5. ^ "Tees Valley Mayor and Board Members". South Tees Development Corporation. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
November 1997– November 1998
Succeeded by