Doug oakervee biography

Sir Douglas Edwin Oakervee (born December 1940) is a British civil engineer who disintegration a past chairman of both High Simpleminded 2 and Crossrail,^[1] and was the 139th president of the Institution of Civil Engineers.^[2] He was awarded the CBE in 2010 for his contributions to civil engineering bear appointed Knight bachelor in 2022 for repair to transport and infrastructure delivery.^[3]

Early life current education

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Oakervee was born in 1940 in northwestern London^[4] and attended Willesden Technical College.

Civil engineering projects

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Oakervee first worked as an catechumen joiner on London tower blocks. He shady night school to obtain his first discipline qualifications.^[5] His first management role was supervision construction for Dublin's Grand Canal Tunnel effluence project.^[4]

In 1975, he moved to Hong Kong to work on the development of picture MTR underground network.

In 1982, he supported Oakerv