Peter Campbell
| Peter Campbell | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1932 Coulsdon, Surrey, England |
| 🏳️ Nationality | British |
| 🏫 Education | Purley High School for Boys, Brixton School of Building now London South Bank University |
| 💼 Occupation | Engineer |
Peter Campbell FREng[2], FIStructE, FICE, FIMarE, FIHT, FIDE[3], MASCE (born 1932 in London) is a British structural engineer.[4]
Early life and education
Campbell grew up in Coulsdon, Surrey and went to Purley High School for Boys. He attended the Brixton School of Building (now London South Bank University) from 1948-51. In 1951 he passed the graduate examination of the Institution of Structural Engineers and immediately joined Arup. After two years of military service he studied for a DIC in concrete technology at Imperial College London [5]
Career
Campbell and Ian Reith [6] formed Campbell Reith and Partners in 1960 [7]. Projects which he personally supervised were a new Government Centre in Mauritius, the IBRD 1st education project in Trinidad and Tobago [8], Slough Estates HQ, the West Stand at the Oval, the Japanese Embassy in London and the HQ for Southern Water in Worthing. From 1962-68 Campbell taught the theory of structures at Regent Street Polytechnic London. He invented a flexible cladding device and in 1981 established a museum of concrete at the Chalk Pitts Museum at Amberley in West Sussex [9]. Campbell retired from Campbell Reith in 1992 [10]. He was Chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers 1991-92 [11] and was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1998-09.
Awards & Honours
- Freeman of the City of London [12] and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Paviors
- Justice of the Peace in the Surrey Division of Reigate [4] [5]
Selected publications
- Learning from Construction Failures[13]
References
- ↑ "CampbellReith | Consulting Engineers". www.campbellreith.com.
- ↑ "List of Fellows - Royal Academy of Engineering". Archived from the original on 8 June 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ↑ "Institute of Demolition Engineers |". ide.org.uk.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The President's Address 2009" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "The President 1988-89" (PDF).
- ↑ "Mr Ian H. Reith (Civil & Environmental Engineering DIC 1959) | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News.
- ↑ "About CampbellReith | CampbellReith". www.campbellreith.com.
- ↑ Bank, The World (29 December 2003). "Trinidad and Tobago - Basic Education Project". pp. 1–53 – via documents.worldbank.org.
- ↑ "Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre". ipfs.io.
- ↑ "20Aug92 UK: RETIREMENT AT CAMPBELL REITH HILL". Construction News.
- ↑ "21Jun91 UK: APPOINTMENTS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS". Construction News.
- ↑ "Freedom of the City | Guild of Freemen". www.guild-freemen-london.co.uk.
- ↑ Campbell, Peter (2001). Learning from Construction Failures. Whittles. ISBN 978-1870325-63-9. Search this book on
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