David Orr

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

FREng Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng) is an award and Scholarship, fellowship for engineers who are recognised by the Royal Academy of Engineering as being the best and brightest engineers, inventors and technologists in the UK a ...

, FICE, FIAE, (born 1953 in

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

) is a civil engineer. He was the 143rd President of the

Institution of Civil Engineers The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is an independent professional association for civil engineers and a charitable body in the United Kingdom. Based in London, ICE has over 92,000 members, of whom three-quarters are located in the UK, whi ...

. He is married to Vyvienne and they have 2 children. David Orr graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 1974 with an honours degree in

civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

, and was awarded an MSc by Queen's in 1978. He spent much of his career with

Roads Service Department for Infrastructure Roads or DfI Roads (formerly Transport NI, and the Roads Service) is the public body responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of highways and roads in Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom. It is an executive ...

’s road authority, latterly serving as Permanent Secretary of the

Department for Regional Development The Department for Infrastructure (DfI, ga, An Roinn Bonneagair; Ulster-Scots: ''Depairment fur Infrastructure'') is a devolved Northern Ireland government department in the Northern Ireland Executive. Up until May 2016, the department wa ...

. He currently chairs the Independent Assurance Panel (Procurement) for

High Speed 2 High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-speed railway line in England, the first phase of which is under construction in stages and due for completion between 2029 and 2033, depending on approval for later stages. The new line will run from its m ...

, is an external member of the Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal Programme Board, and also chairs the Institution of Civil Engineers Benevolent Fund. From 2008 to 2014 he chaired the Procurement Expert Panel for London's

Crossrail Crossrail is a railway construction project mainly in central London. Its aim is to provide a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system crossing the capital from suburbs on the west to east, by connecting two major railway l ...

. In his Presidential Address, Orr encouraged civil engineers to: * stand up for civil engineering - delivering public works of real value; * stand up for professionalism - there to protect the public; * stand up for excellence in procurement - the key to project success; and * stand up for civil engineers - unsung heroes no more. He listed as one of his unsung heroes

William Bald William Bald FRSE MRIA FGS MWS (c. 1789 – March 1857) was a Scottish surveyor, cartographer and civil engineer. Bald was the cousin of Robert Bald, surveyor and mining engineer. His life William Bald was born in Burntisland, Fife in 1789. ...

, who between 1832 and 1842 constructed the Antrim Coast Road.

Awards and honours

*2010 Commander of the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

*2009 Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering *2009 Gold Medal of the

*2007-08 President of the

*2007 Fellow of the Irish Academy of Engineering *2007 Fellow of the Institution of Highways and Transportation *2005

Chartered Environmentalist Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) is a professional qualification in the United Kingdom that is awarded by the Society for the Environment through its 24 Licensed member organisations (listed below). Chartered Environmentalists come from no single ...

*2002 Fellow of the

*1990 Winston Churchill Fellow *1981 Member of the

and Chartered Civil Engineer *1978 MSc

Civil Engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...

, Queen's University Belfast *1974

BSc A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...

with Honours, Queen's University Belfast

References

External links

The Institution of Civil EngineersDepartment of Finance and Personnel
{{DEFAULTSORT:Orr, David Malcolm Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Presidents of the Institution of Civil Engineers Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering Alumni of Queen's University Belfast 1953 births Living people British civil engineers