U.K.-Based Cooper Awarded MBE for Services to Lift and Escalator Engineering

headshot courtesy of LECS UK

David Cooper, CEO of London-based vertical-transportation consultancy LECS UK, received the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) recognition in the King’s 2023 birthday honors list, Sussex World reports. A well-known author and speaker who was recently named vice president of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, Cooper’s research into escalator accidents resulted in important changes to the European EN115 standard, the source observed, adding, “The impact of his work, in his lifelong quest to have zero fatalities for passengers and engineers within this sector, has been described as ‘phenomenal.’” Cooper’s career spans more than 40 years, and he has served an expert witness in legal cases involving risk, accidents and injury. Outside of his work as a consulting engineer and expert witness, he is a founding trustee and co-chair of the U.K.’s Lift Industry Charity, which assists industry members and their families affected by workplace accidents.

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