Alan Cockshaw

{{Short description|Civil engineer}}

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| name = Alan Cockshaw

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|07|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Manchester, England

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| occupation = Civil engineer

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• Fairclough Civil Engineering
• AMEC

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| known_for = President of the Institution of Civil Engineers

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Sir Alan Cockshaw {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FREng}}{{cite web|title=List of Fellows|url=http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608094405/http://www.raeng.org.uk/about-us/people-council-committees/the-fellowship/list-of-fellows|url-status=dead}} (born 14 July 1937) is an English civil engineer. Born in Manchester,{{Citation|last=Masterton |first=Gordon |title=ICE Presidential Address |year=2005 |url=http://www.ice.org.uk/getattachment/3fff8c52-a13b-498c-a53d-8bd50effb6f6/Gordon-Masterton-Presidential-Address-2005.aspx |accessdate=21 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103221539/http://ice.org.uk/getattachment/3fff8c52-a13b-498c-a53d-8bd50effb6f6/Gordon-Masterton-Presidential-Address-2005.aspx |archivedate=3 January 2011 }} 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).{{citation |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bottom-line-mistakes-at-amec-turn-cockshaw-contrite-1499798.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028200231/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/bottom-line-mistakes-at-amec-turn-cockshaw-contrite-1499798.html |archive-date=2014-10-28 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Bottom Line: Mistakes at Amec turn Cockshaw contrite |date=25 March 1993 |journal=The Independent}} He was knighted in 1992. He became a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 1986 and was president of the Institution of Civil Engineers from 1997 to 1998.{{citation|url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/17978/Alan+COCKSHAW.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130720110011/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/c/17978/Alan+COCKSHAW.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-07-20 |title=Sir Alan Cockshaw, FREng |publisher=Debrett's }} He is a member of the South Tees Development Corporation board.{{cite web |url=https://www.southteesdc.com/about-us/about-us/ |title=Tees Valley Mayor and Board Members |publisher=South Tees Development Corporation |date=13 April 2018 |accessdate=26 October 2019}}