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Noble Works is a small, specialist Engineering Design Consultancy comprising of a dedicated team of professionals. We are all highly qualified Chartered Engineers with long careers in the temporary works sector. We relish the challenge of both temporary and permanent works design, our Engineers have a great reputation for providing a huge range of schemes from complex and innovative solutions to simple, effective schemes. All of which help our clients deliver their projects efficiently.
Our team of Design Engineers are all highly experienced in the field of temporary works and we all have direct experience of managing temporary works on site for large contracting companies prior to becoming design consultants. We are all fully Chartered Members of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), so we can guarantee that your scheme will always be provided by a Chartered Engineer who is an expert in Temporary Works.

Duncan Noble B.Eng. (Hons) C.Eng. M.I.C.E.
Director / Principal Design Engineer
Duncan founded Noble Works Ltd in 2007 to provide Clients with efficient and effective temporary works design, with a high level of customer service. Before 2007 Duncan spent 9 years in temporary works design with Birse Construction, becoming a Chartered Member of the ICE in 2001 and rising to Principal Design Engineer. After university Duncan worked on prestigious projects with Laing Civil Engineering, such as The Second Severn Crossing and Birmingham and Manchester Metro Schemes, managing temporary works on site.
Duncan has enjoyed providing a huge variety of temporary works design, checking and training. He has built up 25 years of specialist experience in all aspects of temporary works design from formwork and falsework to crane foundations and excavation support. Duncan has particular expertise in geotechnical design, pile installation and marine temporary works.
Duncan loves hills, particularly for walking, mountain biking and skiing, but has noticed that they seem to be getting steeper with age.

John Norman B.Eng. (Hons) C.Eng. M.I.C.E.
Principal Design Engineer
John joined Noble Works in 2015, a return to working with Duncan, after spending the majority of his career at Birse Construction and latterly Balfour Beatty. This included time on site as an Engineer/TW Coordinator on bridges/treatment works (1990-1997) and many years in the temporary works department culminating as Chief Engineer (Temporary Works) for Northern England and Wales. This included providing sole design support/training to Birse Rail for 2 years and a 2 year interlude at Steel Pile Installations to further his penchant for sheet pile design, driving analysis and ground borne vibration assessment.
Over his career John has designed everything from formwork, underground pipework, scaffolding through to large marine cofferdams, bespoke plant bridges and specialist pile dollies. In his time at Birse he trained numerous TW coordinators in procedures and design, and mentored/trained a great number of Graduates seeking professional qualifications.
John is a keen trail runner, cyclist and skier with a particular focus on the eating/drinking opportunities afforded by each activity.

Tony Marsh M.Eng C.Eng M.I.C.E.
Senior Design Engineer
Tony joined Noble works in 2014 as a Senior Design Engineer and has been responsible for the design and checking of a wide variety of temporary works above and below ground, including formwork, falsework, mobile plant working platforms and excavation support schemes ranging from simple trenches up to complex cofferdams.
Tony started his civil engineering career with Balfour Beatty in 2001, gaining site experience on a number of major highway construction projects including the M6 Toll, M25 and M1. In 2008 Tony moved to Costain where he was the Temporary Works Coordinator and site-based Temporary Works Designer for a large viaduct replacement project, followed by three years in Costain’s temporary works design office providing design, checking and tender support services to the company’s projects across all sectors.
In his spare time Tony is a landscape astrophotographer, combining his interest in the night sky with photography of scenic locations around Yorkshire.

Noble Works Ltd
Church Farmhouse
Church End
Sheriff Hutton
York
North Yorkshire
YO60 6SY
United Kingdom
01347 878666
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