Eric Gabriel obituary

My brother, Eric Gabriel, who has died aged 88, had a distinguished career in the construction industry, both in the UK and other countries. He was involved in the building of two of Britain’s first nuclear power stations – and went on to work on projects at the National Gallery and Glyndebourne.

Eric was born in a two-up, two-down in Prosperity Street in Leeds; his father, Louis, was a tailor and his mother, Fanny, a housewife. He attended Cockburn high school in Leeds and graduated from Leeds University in 1947 with a BSc in mechanical engineering, and went on to do his national service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.