Frank Rowley FICE (4 May 1940 – 17 March 2003) was a Scottish civil engineer.

Early life

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He was born in West Hartlepool in the north of England.

He attended Paisley Grammar School, then a state selective school.[1]

Career

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He left school in 1958 and worked as an apprentice civil engineer with Renfrew County Council, whilst attending night school. On completion of his apprenticeship in 1963 he joined the Livingston Development Corporation, becoming a senior civil engineer.

 
Trent Bridge in North Lincolnshire

Motorway bridges

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In the early 1970s he worked on the motorway construction programme in South East England, being senior bridge engineer on the M3 where he worked on over 60 bridges as far west as junction 8. He had moved to Surrey.

In 1980 he became a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Personal life

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He married and had a son.[2] He joined the Edinburgh Wanderers RFC rugby team, later refereeing matches into his fifties. He lived in Cranleigh in the Borough of Waverley. He died in Guildford in west Surrey.

References

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  • Times Obituary, 27 March 2003
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