In Memoriam Allen Willcocks, PQS (F) – CIQS BRITISH COLUMBIA CHAPTER

Allen Wilcocks, PQS(F), died peacefully on March 18, 2023, in Chemainus, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. He is survived by his wife of 55 years Carol, his sons Nicholas and Adrian, and granddaughters Savannah and Sia.

Allen was a long-standing member of the CIQS. He was the Founder and Past President of the Nova Scotia Institute of Quantity Surveyors, President of the CIQS from 1981-1983, received the Gordon Pattison Award of Merit in 1985, and Fellowship in 1986.

His career in Canada began in 1967 with Ellis Don as the senior and acting Chief Estimator. Allen relocated to the United States in 1997 as head of Pre-Construction Services and Estimating for ADP Marshall Contractors in Atlanta, Commercial and Industrial division of Fluor Corp. In 1999, he became the Chief Estimator and head of Pre-Construction for McDonald York in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Allen devoted over 20 years as a Lecturer in Finance, Construction Economics, and Scheduling at Technical University of Nova Scotia and Lecturer in Quantity Surveying at the Nova Scotia Institute of Technology.