Edgar Beck

Sir Edgar Charles Beck CBE (1911-2000) was a civil engineer, managing director, chairman then president of Mowlem, one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the United Kingdom.

He was educated at Lancing College and then Jesus College, Cambridge before joining Mowlem in 1933. During WWII he helped with the construction of 10 airfields and the Mulberry harbours used during the D-Day landings.

During Beck's chairmanship of Mowlem, the company reconstructed the 18th-century building at 10 Downing Street (1963), built the new London Bridge (1967), and the NatWest Tower (now Tower 42).

Beck was chairman of the Export Group for the Constructional Industries (1959-1963), and Chairman of the Council, then President, of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors. He was knighted in 1975.

Edgar Beck died in July 2000 and is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.

See also

• Mowlem - the company

References

• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000914/ai_n14340400/