Louis Gustave Mouchel

Louis Gustave Mouchel (11 January 1852 – 27 May 1908) was the founder of Mouchel, one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering consultancies.

Career

Born and educated in Cherbourg, Mouchel trained as a naval officer and then as an engineer at the Government School of Mines.[1][2] He then joined the Department of Highways.[1]

In 1875, he moved to Briton Ferry in Wales and formed the Cardiff Washed Coal & Fuel Company.[1] He became the agent for a system of reinforced concrete developed by François Hennebique which he referred to as ferroconcrete.[1][3]

In 1907 he founded L. G. Mouchel which subsequently became one of the United Kingdom's largest engineering consultancies.[1]

Death

He spent most of his adult life in the United Kingdom but died in Cherbourg in 1908.[1]

He never married.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Louis Gustave Mouchel at the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ Louis Gustave Mouchel at Engineering Timelines
  3. ^ "Agents of Change: Hennebique, Mouchel and ferroconcrete in Britain, 1897–1908" (PDF). Construction History. 1987. Retrieved 29 November 2025.


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