Andrew Wolstenholme

Andrew William Wolstenholme OBE, FREng (born 5 March 1959) is an English civil engineer and current chief executive of Crossrail. He has been elected a Vice President of the Institution of Civil Engineers from November 2016, with a view to becoming the 155th President in 2019.^[1]

Early life

Andrew Wolstenholme was born in London, the son of an architect mother. He went to Sussex House School and then Malvern College.

He graduated from the University of Southampton in 1981 with a degree in civil engineering. He then joined the army, and served with the Royal Engineers.

Heathrow Terminal 5 in June 2008

Career

Arup

He joined Arup Group in 1987 as a bridge designer.

BAA

He joined BAA in 1997 as construction director of the Heathrow Express Rail Link. He became programme director of the £4.3bn Heathrow Terminal 5 (T5) in 2002.^[2] Construction of T5, designed and engineered by Arup, began in July 2002.

While at BAA, Wolstenholme chaired a Constructing Excellence group which produced a report, Never Waste a Good Crisis, published in November 2009.^[3]^[4]

Crossrail

He became chief executive of Crossrail, Europe's largest civil engineering project, in August 2011.

Crossrail tunnelling equipment in May 2015

Personal life

He was appointed an OBE in the 2009 Birthday Honours and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013.^[5]

References

↑ Marsh, Pat. "Four new Vice Presidents chosen for 2016/17". Retrieved 20 May 2016.
↑ Building 2002
↑ "Never Waste A Good Crisis". Constructing Excellence. CE. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
↑ Mosey, David (20 November 2009). "Saving the best for last: Wolstenholme report". Building. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
↑ "RAEng List of Fellows". Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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Business positions
Preceded by	Chief Executive of Crossrail August 2011 -	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by	Project Director of Heathrow Terminal 5 2002 - 2008	Succeeded by Project completed

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