Mr David Randell Coles
FREng
Chief Engineer, Department for Transport , as of 2026
Fellow , Elected 2026 , South East , Government
Listed by the Academy’s directory under UK government
Expertise
- Accident Investigation
- Advanced Materials
- Arbitration
- Benchmarking
- Best Practice
- Bridge
- Building
- Built Environment
- Carbon
- Codes of Practice
- Complex Systems
- Concrete
- Construction
- Construction Management
- Construction Procurement
- Consulting
- Design
- Design Management
- Design Optimisation
- Electric Train
- Electrical Power Systems
- Engineering Design
- Environmental Policy
- Expert Witness
- Failure
- Fatigue
- Fault Detection
- Fracture Mechanics
- Geotechnics
- Highway
- Innovation
- Integration
- Maintenance
- Major Projects
- Masonry
- Metal Fatigue
- Pavements
- Pile Driving
- Plant
- Procurement
- Productivity
- Project Finance
- Project Management
- Public Inquiries
- Railway
- Railway Locomotives
- Railway Safety
- Railway Signalling
- Research and Development
- Risk
- Risk Analysis
- Risk Methodology
- Road
- Rolling Stock
- Safety
- Safety-Critical Systems
- Soil Mechanics
- Steel
- Steel Structures Design
- Structural Engineering
- Supply Chain
- Surveying
- Transport
- Transport Safety
- Transportation
- Underground Structures
- Welding
- Air Conditioning
Links
Sources
- Identity
Likely (grade C) , one source states they are a Fellow , RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026
Why we think this is them
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , announces their election in 2026
- Directory entry, Listed under
RAEng directory , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence
- Role, Organisation, Links
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , read from the page , facts , high confidence , as of 2026
- Sector
RAEng citation , 30 Sep 2026 , inferred from the organisation , facts , high confidence , as of 2026