Geoffrey Taylor awarded Fellowship of the BCSA

Having been involved in the structural steelwork sector for more than 60 years, Geoffrey Taylor has been granted a Fellowship of the British Constructional Steelwork Association (BCSA).

Holding the position of Sales and Marketing Director at Caunton Engineering since the year 2000, Mr Taylor began his career in 1964 when he joined Dorman Long straight from Imperial College, where he studied civil engineering.

His time with the company was very varied: he returned to Imperial College to complete an MSc in Structural Engineering — partly sponsored by BCSA — served a five-year secondment in Ghana with Dorman Long, and also worked on North Sea offshore module construction.

In 1981, he joined Graham Wood Structural as Commercial Director and in 1995 moved to Watson Steel (now Severfield) as Sales and Marketing Director.

Mr Taylor is the longest serving Chairman of the BCSA’s Marketing and Membership Committee and also sits on the Editorial Board of New Steel Construction. Since its inception in 1992, he is the 12th BCSA Fellow.

Caunton Engineering founder and past BCSA President, David Bingham, said: “He has given so much of his time to BCSA causes and marketing without remuneration, served the steel industry well and carried Caunton forward. He will wear his medal with much pride and rightly so.”