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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2023-06-29 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-07-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007240b.htm person Crisp Colin Francis Correll AACR2 17 November 1928 23 November 1991 Place of Birth Netherby, South Australia, Australia Place of Death late of Cremorne Point, New South Wales, Australia Structural engineer Colin Crisp, BE MIEAust, was a structural engineer and a principal of the consulting firm McBean and Crisp, well known for his work in the conservation of heritage structures in New South Wales. He had a long association with the National Trust (New South Wales) and was its Honorary Consulting Engineer from 1968 to 1989. Colin was chairman of the steering committee of the Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering (University of Sydney) project: "The Economic Recycling and Conservation of Structures" 1990. He was a member of the Engineering Heritage Committee, Sydney Division of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, from its inception in 1978 to 1991. The Colin Crisp engineering heritage excellence Award, awarded by Engineering Heritage Australia, is named in his honour.

Major projects included:
* Restoration of the Sydney GPO and its clock tower. In particular, the strengthening system for the tower wherein steel tendons were inserted and mildly pre-tensioned to ensure the tower complied with seismic codes.
* Restoration of Tathra Wharf, near Bega, an important contributor to the coastal trade of New South Wales, and one of the largest timber structures in the State.

1951 1951 Career event - Student Member (StudIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1955 1955 Career event - Graduate Member (GradIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 1958 1958 Career event - Associate Member (AMIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia 13 Sep 1968 13 Sep 1968 Career event - Member (MIEAust), Institution of Engineers Australia [Former Associate Members were designated Members on this date.] 1969 1989 Career position - Honorary Consulting Engineer, Honorary Consulting Engineer, National Trust (New South Wales) 1977 1977 Career event - Appointed Member, Local Government Appeals Tribunal, Local Government Act 1919 NSW 1978 1991 Career position - Member, Engineering Heritage Committee, Sydney Division, Institution of Engineers, Australia 1978 1991 Career position - Director, McBean and Crisp Pty Ltd, Consulting engineers, Sydney, New South Wales 1990 1990 Career position - Chairman, Project steering committee for "The Economic Recycling and Conservation of Structures", Warren Centre for Advanced Engineering, University of Sydney Colin Crisp Award, Engineering Heritage Australia (2001 - )

The award is named in his honour

 Crisp, John Douglas Correll (1927 - 1992)

John Crisp was an older brother of Colin Crisp

 'Crisp, Colin Francis Correll', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Crisp, Colin Francis Correll Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage : Biographies Engineering Heritage Australia 2024 Engineering Heritage Australia : wiki website Journal Article: In Memory of Colin Crisp In Memory of Colin Crisp 1992 National Trust of Australia (NSW) Quarterly