15 Facts About Adrian Long

Adrian Ernest Long was a civil engineer from Northern Ireland.

Adrian Long stated that he came from a carpentry and blacksmithing background.

In 1959, Adrian Long entered Queen's University Belfast to study civil engineering.

Adrian Long graduated with first class honours and then took a PhD at Queens.

Adrian Long's work was largely in the field of concrete structures, particularly in chloride resistance, maintenance problems and arch bridge structures.

Adrian Long published 20 papers in journals managed by the Institution of Civil Engineers and won eight of the institution's medals for these, including the ICE Gold Medal.

Adrian Long was a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and of the Institute for the Advancement of Engineering.

Adrian Long was appointed an officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2006 New Year Honours for services to higher education and civil engineering.

Adrian Long resigned as professor at QUB in 2006 but remained there as an emeritus professor in the School of Natural and Built Environment.

Adrian Long was married to Elaine and had two children, Michael and Alison.

Adrian Long served as High Sheriff of Belfast in 2021 and served on Belfast City Council since 2001, where he was the Alliance group leader from 2015 to 2021.

Adrian Long is married to Alliance Party leader and justice minister Naomi Long.

Adrian Long died at the Ulster Hospital on 23 April 2022, at the age of 81.

From 1997 Adrian Long worked on the FlexiArch, a pre-cast concrete arch in which the individual voussoirs are joined by a flexible polymeric membrane.

Adrian Long patented the product, which is produced by Irish pre-cast manufacturer Macrete, in 2004.