angus sir april british civil engineer jersey born family founded civil engineering firms son sir spend entire professional career working following graduation london jobs construction dam wales later expert dams career devoted construction undertook economic survey canada recommended programme works port system report 1970s second world war involved construction gun dardanelles turkey invasion normandy second world war undertook economic survey syria recommendations port water infrastructure irrigation hydroelectric improvements followed similar report lebanon possibility extending railways neighbouring countries worked exclusively hydroelectric projects beginning hydroelectric scheme worked largest dam world built companion order michael involved basin project high dam dam retired remaining senior consultant partners spent retirement jersey died april dedicated professional career served president november november early life angus preferred born island jersey father journalist author mother daughter founder firm civil engineering contractors uncle mother civil engineer founded sir spend professional career left jersey family spent year england sent school sur france switzerland returned england outbreak world war spent years living sea sussex lived door future wife spent years preparatory school sussex studying good student excellent teacher good memory good games advice read degree civil engineering won scholarship age whilst earned half colours long distance running student graduate class honours degree engineering work post graduation graduation joined sir founded jobs assist design new worked dam resident engineer portion electric power scheme construct wharf export lead burma wharf survived earthquake opened february april sailed canada undertake survey ports outline additional facilities required years assisted weeks designed sydney harbour bridge report issued january implemented election prime minister canada report findings continued use 1970s responsible construction new brewery london october october biggest job career far involved construction seven steel framed buildings power station storage roads railway built industrial trading estates wales london partner firm second world war second world war running partners fell largely partners gained large number government contracts weeks start war september workforce increased designed sited march travelled turkey construct iron steel works whilst turkey contracted build contain guns battleships dardanelles construction completed guns later prevented reaching site axis occupation greece way britain greece italy france arrived home days prior italian declaration war allies june constructed plant barry extraction sea turbine factory million underground aircraft engine factory supervised construction concrete required construction following normandy landings charge rebuilding houses damaged rockets london districts post war began construction wool factory factory jobs completed charge economic survey syria required traverse country aircraft car report issued recommended port water infrastructure irrigation improvements construction hydroelectric power station undertook similar survey lebanon involved report possibility running railroad worked extensively field hydroelectric power regarded world authority matter worked hydroelectric scheme resulted complete time history following completion worked stage said highlight professional career visits site total duration days project high largest dam built despite worst floods record hitting project completed million budget recognition work project companion order michael january result success project partners involved biggest dam projects decades including works argentina south_africa pakistan later involved second stage high dam project senior partner sir death polo accident retired responsible partner firm involvement supervision billion included construction firms chosen south african government build dams constructed dam officially opened march second dam finished following success project retained build smaller dam finished involved underground powerhouse pumped storage scheme retained supervise construction pakistan completed worked involved year home tower hill wales time retirement retired firm worked senior consultant time worked james bay project large hydroelectric infrastructure development quebec canada spent years life retirement jersey working life visited countries spent days abroad career partners grown company employee home based company employed engineers working countries largely responsible leading trend british technical expertise world result academy awards sir angus annually masters student married june joan raised daughters sons joan died january event spurred involved profession died jersey april professional recognition institutional committee addition busy work schedule served profession numerous councils committees chairman association honorary member served council elected vice president institution position filled elected president whilst serving president started magazine members date civil engineering news board member served council british representative committee chairman working party large industrial construction sites member vice chairman chairman chairman flood protection research committee member emeritus served president honours awarded honours contributions civil engineering honorary fellow fellow fellow served vice presidents session practising engineers held post created knight bachelor queen birthday honours recognition services construction industry personally conferred queen elizabeth_ii november founding member received honorary engineering honorary fellow london received honorary engineering
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