David Green (civil engineer) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 10/07/2019

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00:00:49 Early life and career
00:03:24 Safety campaigning



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David F. Green is a British civil engineer.  He spent much of his career in Sheffield where he became director of operational services for the city council. In this role he spearheaded a reform of the city's direct labour operations, driving down costs and enabling it to operate on a competitive level with the private sector. Green was elected president of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the 1996–97 session and sought for the body to have more influence over national policy. He was later chair of the Together Housing Group, a company providing social housing. Green was involved in the campaign for the introduction of new design standards for ship-to-shore walkways following the 1994 Prins Filip ferry walkway collapse that killed six people in Ramsgate.