Alan Cowley
Alan Cowley is a professional civil and structural engineer with nearly four decades of experience in maritime infrastructure. For more than 25 years, he has led the planning and delivery of civil works for shipyards, dry and liquid bulk terminals, heavy engineering facilities and major ports.
He brings end-to-end project leadership across site selection, feasibility, master planning, detailed design, procurement strategy, risk management and contract closeout. Having worked in both design offices and project sites, Alan leads with proactive team and stakeholder engagement providing commercially grounded advice that supports confident decision-making and successful delivery.
His recent portfolio includes a 350,000-deadweight ton dry dock and a dry bulk terminal in Southeast Asia, feasibilities studies for a new container terminal, hydrogen export facilities and large-scale dry dock, as well as with maritime advisory projects in the Middle East. He has also overseen the recent removal and reinstallation of a dock gate weighing more than 1,300 tons while maintaining active shipyard operations.
Having lived and worked across Africa, Europe and Asia, Alan brings a strong appreciation for local context, regulatory environments and community priorities to coastal infrastructure projects in diverse settings.
Today, Alan is project director on two coastal defense projects for PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, and is leading a feasibility study to evaluate coastal barriers along the southwest shoreline, helping safeguard critical national infrastructure for the long term.
