Alan Cockshaw

Sir
Alan Cockshaw
FREng
Born (1937-07-14)14 July 1937
Manchester
Occupation Civil engineer
Organization
Known for President of the Institution of Civil Engineers

Sir Alan Cockshaw FREng [1] (born 14 July 1937) is a 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[5] of the Royal Academy of Engineering[6] in 1986 and was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1997-98.[3]

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Preceded by
David F Green
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
November 1997– November 1998
Succeeded by
Roger Norman Sainsbury
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