Harold Davies (civil engineer)

{{Short description|Australian civil engineer}}

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Harold Naunton Davies {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}BEM name="Supplement to the London Gazette 1 January 1976 - page 22">{{cite web|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/46777/supplement/22/data.pdf|title=Supplement to the London Gazette 1 January 1976 - page 22|date=1 January 1976|work=The London Gazette|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|accessdate=17 October 2018}} (born 17 November 1903 - died 12 July 2009){{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/last-link-to-designers-of-harbour-bridge-20090724-dw8q.html|title=Last link to designers of harbour bridge|date=25 July 2009|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=17 October 2018}} was an Australian civil engineer.{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-07-15/brisbane-engineer-harold-davies-dies/1353810|title=Brisbane engineer Harold Davies dies|date=15 July 2009|work=ABC News (Australia)|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=17 October 2018}}

Davies was educated at Ashfield Boys High School and at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded Bachelor of Engineering degree.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/bridge-engineer-later-pioneered-kit-buildings-20090806-ebgk.html|title=Bridge engineer later pioneered kit buildings|date=7 August 2009|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=17 October 2018}}

Davies was an assistant to John Bradfield in the design and construction of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

During World War II, Davies designed "build by numbers" airfield buildings and accommodation for soldiers. They could be constructed by the servicemen themselves, instead of specialists.