Robin Lee Wilson (March 1933 – 11 November 2019) was a British civil engineer. He served as chairman of the Travers Morgan Consulting Group and

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and also as

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of the

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in 1991–92. He was master of the

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in 2003 when the

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updated its ordinances for the first time since 1479. Wilson also chaired the

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and the heritage trust which manages the

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Career

Wilson had a

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degree in engineering and was a fellow of the

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. He was one of six engineers that formed a partnership with Travers Morgan Limited and traded as the Travers Morgan and Partners design consultancy, the partnership was dissolved in October 1990. At one point he also served as chairman of the Travers Morgan Consulting Group. Travers Morgan were bought by Huntingdon International in 1991 and by the Compagnie Générale des Eaux (now known as

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) in 1995. Wilson has also been chairman of engineering consultancy

(now part of

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). Wilson was a fellow of the

and was its

for the November 1991 to November 1992 session. He was appointed a

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in the Queens Birthday Honours of 13 June 1992. Wilson served as chairman of the

between 1994 and 1996 and in 1998 was chairman of the

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's Board for Engineers' Regulation. He was master of the

in 2003 when the

sought to update its ordinances, last amended in 1479, and to apply for a

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. Wilson was also active in recruiting new members for the company. Wilson was chairman of the Coultershaw Heritage Trust, which looks after the

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, from before 2005. Between 2008 and 2012 he project managed the installation of an Archimedes' screw water turbine at the site that looked to supply 65,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year to the National Grid and save 50 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. The project required a survey to ensure that sheet piling works would not affect a suspected

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. The Coultershaw site, operational since 1782, previously supplied water to the town of

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and is a

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. He died on 11 November 2019 at the age of 86.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Robin Lee British civil engineers Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1933 births 2019 deaths Fellows of the Institution of Civil Engineers