Alan Gregory has over 45 years of experience in civil engineering and construction management. He has worked for both public and private sector organizations, fulfilling roles such as draughtsman, civil engineering technician, engineer, and contracts manager. Most recently, he returned from retirement in France to act as a consultant on a large housing development project in Oxfordshire, which is scheduled for completion in mid-2015, after which he plans to consider further part-time consultancy opportunities.

1. Alan Paul Gregory F.C.I.W.E.M., C.WEM Date of Birth 09-10-1949
Brief Curriculum Vitae
Studied for
ONC Mechanical Engineering
ONC Civil Engineering
HNC Civil Engineering
Degree Construction Engineering
1967-1969 Junior Draughtsman -- Avery Hardell Ltd.
Worked in Special Orders Dept., Assembly Shop, Work Shop, Drawing Office on the then new Self
Service Petrol Pumps.
1969-1971 Civil Engineering Technician – West Sussex C.C. Highways Dept.
Worked in Private Street Works Section. Surveys, level surveys, design of new carriageway, surface
water sewers, highway drainage systems etc. Taking off quantities preparing ‘’Bills of Quantities’’ for
private tender works. Supervision of the construction of carriageway, s.w. sewers, highway drainage
works etc. undertaken by private civil/construction companies.
1971-1976 Senior Civil Engineering Technician – Hertfordshire C.C. Highways Dept.
Worked in one of the four Divisional Offices/Depots for the Divisional Surveyor under-taking the
design of ‘maintenance schemes’ and ‘’road improvement schemes’’. Site managed/supervised the
‘direct workforce’ from the depot, carrying out the work on the above schemes, including skilled, un-
skilled labour and all necessary plant, machinery etc.
1976-1979 Assistant Engineer South Oxon D.C. Technical Services Section
Acting for/on be-half of Oxfordshire C.C. Highways Dept. and TWA Foul Sewers Dept. approving
technical submissions, designs etc. submitted by ‘private housing developers’. Supervised the civil
engineering road works/foul sewers carried out by said ‘’housing developers’’. Worked on road,
highway drainage, foul sewer, level design on new local authority housing schemes in conjunction
with County/District Authority Architects, supervised the same.
1979-1982 Engineer/ Contracts Manager Rockwell Construction Ltd
Initially Site Engineer/Manager on local authority and in-house private housing developments.
Promoted to Contracts Manager, liaised with Site Managers, Quantity Surveyors etc. ensuring sub-
contractors, in-house trades, met programme dates and budget costs.
1981-1997 A P Gregory Engineering Services
Set up a consultancy service. Employed 2-3 engineers, remit included all ‘setting out’ on new
housing, industrial, office blocks, business parks etc. ‘Taking-off’ quantities for civil engineering

2. contractors, preparation of ‘’bill of quantities’’ pricing and submission of tenders. Measurement,
valuations, for civil engineering ground-works contractors agreed with main contractors/developers.
1996-2007 A P Gregory Civil Engineering Ltd. Abbey Court Developments Ltd.
Set up above civil engineering ground-works company and executed work for several medium size
developers. Employed between 10—15 ground-workers plus sub-contractors ie. Surfacing/Block
Paving/Steel Fixers etc. utilising my own and hired plant. Developments ranged from 24-30 houses
to 2-3 be-spoke houses on any one project. Civil engineering work included the construction of
houses and factory units up to dpc level, carriageway, surface water and foul sewers to Local
Authority/NHBC/Water Authority specifications. At the same time formed a development company
with my brother, a planning consultant, and bought land/property and at a calculated risk
designed/sought planning permissions for new developments. Generally sold the land, with new
planning permissions, to private developers.
2007-2013 Retired to my house in France
After several meetings at the beginning of 2013 with a developer, (now a good friend) I had worked
for with my ground-works company, I returned to the UK to work with/act as a consultant to him. I
am at present working on a Sunday Times award winning private housing project in Witney
Oxfordshire which includes 100 houses/6 apartments.
General
I anticipate the project being complete in June/July 2015 and at that time I will return to France, at
that point I will consider my options/offers I have received to date.
I do not need or wish to work full time but have already discussed with existing colleagues/clients
and would be willing to discuss the options of having a flexible working arrangement on a
consultancy basis.