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Peter Campbell (engineer)

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Peter Campbell
BornJanuary 1932
Coulsdon, Surrey, England
Died1 May 2021
NationalityBritish
EducationPurley High School for Boys, Brixton School of Building now London South Bank University
OccupationEngineer
SpousePam Campbell
Engineering career
DisciplineStructural engineer
InstitutionsInstitution of Structural Engineers
Practice nameCampbellReith.[1]

Peter Campbell FREng,[2] FIStructE, FICE, FIMarE, FIHT, FIDE,[3] MASCE (born January 1932 in Coulsdon, Surrey-died 1 May 2021) was a British structural engineer.[4]

Early life and education

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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 to 1951. In 1951 he passed the graduate examination of the Institution of Structural Engineers and immediately joined Arup. After two years military service he studied for a DIC in concrete technology at Imperial College London[5]

Career

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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 to 1968 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.[citation needed] Peter retired from Campbell Reith as a senior partner in 1992.[9] He was Chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers (now the Association for Consultancy and Engineering) 1991-92 [10] and was President of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 1988-89.

Awards and honours

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Selected publications

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  • Learning from Construction Failures[12]

References

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  1. ^ "CampbellReith | Consulting Engineers". www.campbellreith.com.
  2. ^ "List of Fellows - Royal Academy of Engineering".
  3. ^ "Institute of Demolition Engineers |". ide.org.uk.
  4. ^ a b "The President's Address 2009" (PDF).
  5. ^ a b "The President 1988-89" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Mr Ian H. Reith (Civil & Environmental Engineering DIC 1959) | Imperial News | Imperial College London". Imperial News.
  7. ^ "About CampbellReith | CampbellReith". www.campbellreith.com.
  8. ^ Bank, The World (29 December 2003). "Trinidad and Tobago - Basic Education Project". pp. 1–53 – via documents.worldbank.org.
  9. ^ "20Aug92 UK: RETIREMENT AT CAMPBELL REITH HILL". Construction News. 20 August 1992.
  10. ^ "21Jun91 UK: APPOINTMENTS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF CONSULTING ENGINEERS". Construction News. 20 June 1991.
  11. ^ "Freedom of the City | Guild of Freemen". www.guild-freemen-london.co.uk.
  12. ^ Campbell, Peter (2001). Learning from Construction Failures. Whittles. ISBN 978-1870325-63-9.