Alan Beardow

I was born in Salford, now part of Greater Manchester. Until retirement I had spent 53 years in and around the construction industry in one form or another as a qualified Quantity Surveyor/Estimator working for building contractors. I worked in Nigeria for two years as the Building Manager for a large manufacturing company.

I turned my skills as a surveying/estimator to the petroleum industry working for contractors that built filling stations and it was this industry that brought me to North Wales 34 years ago.

In the 70’s and 80’s I taught Construction Technology, Building Science and Construction Drawing in further education. In the early 90’s that went on to include IT entry level word processing, spreadsheets and databases.

In the 12 years prior to retirement I was involved in the renewables industry with plumbing, heating and electrical companies that installed solar PV, solar thermal, air source and ground source heat pumps and biomass boilers.

My hobbies are photography and amateur radio.

Cefais fy ngeni yn Salford, sydd bellach yn rhan o Fanceinion Fwyaf. Hyd nes i mi ymddeol roeddwn wedi treulio 53 mlynedd yn y diwydiant adeiladu mewn rhyw ffordd neu’i gilydd fel Syrfëwr Meintiau/Amcangyfrifwr cymwysedig yn gweithio i gontractwyr adeiladu. Gweithiais yn Nigeria am ddwy flynedd fel Rheolwr Adeiladu i gwmni gweithgynhyrchu mawr.

Mi wnes i droi fy sgiliau fel syrfëwr/amcangyfrifwr i’r diwydiant petrolewm gan weithio i gontractwyr a adeiladodd orsafoedd petrol a’r diwydiant hwn ddaeth â mi i Ogledd Cymru 34 mlynedd yn ôl.

Yn y 70au a’r 80au dysgais Technoleg Adeiladu, Gwyddor Adeiladu a Dylunio Adeiladu mewn addysg bellach. Yn y 90au cynnar aeth hynny ymlaen i gynnwys lefel mynediad TG mewn prosesu geiriau, taenlenni a chronfeydd data.

Yn y 12 mlynedd cyn ymddeol, roeddwn i’n gwneud tipyn efo’r diwydiant ynni adnewyddadwy gyda chwmnïau plymio, gwresogi a thrydan a osododd solar PV, solar thermol, a gwres ffynhonnell aer a ffynhonnell ddaear a boeleri biomas.

Fy niddordebau yw ffotograffiaeth a radio amatur.