Who We Are

COO, Project / Programme Director and Chartered Engineer with over 20 years experience in large and complex Client and Supplier organisations in both public and private sectors.

Extensive track record leading the planning, development and implementation of major infrastructure and business transformation.

With over thirty years experience within the industry, twenty of which have been as the MD of a large regional contractor, Mark brings a wealth of experience to the Board.  Mark is a Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers and is now the Executive Chairman of Evoenergy and looking to support the decarbonisation of the UK.

Mark continues to Chair the Major Contractors Group of the National Federation of Builders and is also a Governor of Moulton College, one of the fastest growing FE construction colleges in the UK

Keith is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Construction Manager, Chartered Arbitrator, Panel Adjudicator, Commercial Mediator, Accredited Dispute Board Member, Forensic Surveyor and Visiting Lecturer.

He is a non-solicitor Partner in the Construction & Engineering Team working with other Quantity Surveyor and Solicitor colleagues to provide a complete one stop shop of integrated services in a combined team of experienced construction professionals and specialist construction lawyers advising a wide range of Public and Private Sector Clients and Contractors to manage construction risks and to avoid or resolve both contract and non-contract construction issues.

Amongst other appointments, Keith is a Director and Company Secretary of CE Midlands.

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Andrew joined the UK construction industry in 1977 with the manufacturing giant CRH and held a series of sales and business development roles in his early years. It was the ground-breaking Rethinking Construction Report of 1998 that was to change Andrew’s career path as he became involved in change management and best practice, first within CRH and then later as a Board Member and Director of Constructing Excellence.

During this time, he was the inaugural chair of the national ‘Best Practice’ Club network and the public face of Constructing Excellence being responsible for marketing, events, communications and membership.

From 2008 – 2010 he worked as a consultant in ‘lean’ measures, which included Andrew helping to set up and then become one of the first fifteen students of the CWA (Collaborative Working Academy)’ Diploma in collaboration in construction’. Andrew was delighted to be asked to become Chief Executive of the Structural Timber (then the UKTFA) in January 2011. Andrew is now helping to spearhead the drive for Sustainable Construction using more structural timber in construction with a ‘Fabric First’ approach.

Andrew was appointed Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence South West in September 2013 and Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence Midlands in May 2018. In 2011 Andrew was rewarded for his services to best practice within the UK construction industry by being awarded the ‘Achiever Award’ in the 2011 CIOB/CESW South West Built Environment Awards. Andrew is also currently a member of the Construction Leadership Council Construct Zero Board & Housing Forum Board and sits on the Government’s Timber in Construction Working Group.

With over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry Matt has worked on a variety of prestigious projects across the Midlands including Millennium Point, QE Hospital, NEC and Birmingham Airport.

Since 2014 he has headed all Interserve Construction’s Preconstruction activities across the region. This allows him to use his background in procurement and design management to develop work winning bid strategies using innovative technical solutions. These are applied across a variety of sectors including education, health, residential, commercial, industrial and retail.

He is also an active member of Interserve’s Design Management Business Excellence team which is focussed on continual improvement through a combination of training, process refinement and innovation.

Cem Budak is a director and leads Arup’s business in the Midlands.

He specialises in growing diverse businesses and teams, and delivering large-scale, complex infrastructure and cities projects. With more than 25 years’ experience, he has worked across Europe, Africa, Asia and the USA on projects spanning several industries, including rail, highways, renewable energy, cities and property.

In his role, he leads almost 1,000 engineers, planners and specialists across two offices in the Midlands, Birmingham and Nottingham. As a project director, he has worked with clients from bidding to conception, design and construction stages.

Before his current role, he was based in Istanbul, leading Arup’s rail business in Europe and leading Arup’s Infrastructure and Cities Group in Turkey. He led teams not only to deliver defined projects but also to create projects that would help enable sustainable city growth.

Nicola is a Member of the Chartered Quality Institute and is a Chartered Quality Professional. She also has a doctorate in Lean Construction.

Nicola has over 25 years’ experience in developing business processes, rationalising and streamlining working practices, developing and delivering change management programmes and configuring and developing products to help drive improvement.

Prior to joining Pick Everard, Nicola was employed by a major UK contractor working on a number of high profile projects including Joint Ventures and acquisitions. This provided Nicola with the opportunity to apply her client facing and strategic skills in a range of sectors.

Nicola is also Construction Excellence (Midlands) Board member, and Chairs CE East Midlands Regional Club.

With over 30 years’ experience in the industry, Paul takes responsibility for strategic projects that Salus undertakes and for the specific regulatory roles that the company performs – to ensure that all professional and non-technical staff deliver a first-class building control service.

He is one of a selected panel of building control professionals chosen by the Construction Industry Council to assess the competencies of Approved Inspectors as they apply and reapply for inclusion on the Approved Inspectors Register on behalf of the Department for Communities.

Paul maintains a personal, contactable relationship with any client who uses the services provided by Salus, negotiating complex issues with architects, developers and fellow Fire Engineers relative to meeting the building regulations.

A commercial and public sector leader of multi-disciplinary services with 20 years experience leading transformation and growth. Authentic and energetic, forges positive, collaborative and impactful partnerships. A creative thought leader with infectious enthusiasm, able to translate outcome-focussed strategy and vision into tangible work programmes and deliver results. Resilient and able to expertly navigate business, communities, people and infrastructure through lasting change.

Chris joined SCAPE in 2015, with over 14 years’ of diverse experience working in Local Government, including leadership of organisational change and service improvement as well as capital programme and energy efficiency delivery in the built environment sector.

As Director of Performance and Improvement, Chris is responsible for environmental and social value policy and performance measurement, as well as providing strategic input into the improvement of SCAPE’s service offering and the development of new products. He is also responsible for our group Risk Management strategy, infrastructure and systems.

Chris is a steering group member for the Construction Leadership Council’s Carbon Reduction Code, and co-convenor of the sustainability group at the National Association of Construction Frameworks. Chris holds an MSc in Public Leadership and Management and is the proud father of two children.

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Rudi Klein is CEO of the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ (SEC) Group representing the UK’s premier trade associations in the specialist engineering sector.

He is a barrister in construction law and President of the NEC Users’ Group.

Rudi is acknowledged as the driving force behind the changes to improve payment performance in the UK construction industry.

These include the Construction Act and project bank accounts. He helped draft the Construction Contracts Act in Ireland which was added to the Irish Statute Book in July 2013.

Rudi is the author of two legal publications and countless legal articles in the construction press and academic journals.

He is Visiting Professor of Construction Law at the University of Northumbria and University of Stuttgart.

In 2015 he was awarded the Clare Edwards Award for his professional excellence and contribution in the field of construction law.

In October 2016 Rudi was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by SELECT the trade body for the electrotechnical industry in Scotland.

SEC Group was awarded the 2018 Gold Award at the H&V News Awards.

Rudi was appointed to the Carillion Task Force chaired by the Secretary of State for Business in January 2018.

Richard is currently Director of Development for Citizen and responsible for delivering 500 high quality new homes per year  as well as introducing Modular construction and BIM modelling.

Richard is also a board member of Constructing Excellence Midlands and chairs their Construction Clients Group.

Experienced in both public and private sectors in Facility Management, Construction & Refurbishment and trained and experienced in delivering Lean & Collaborative Service Improvement Programmes with demonstrated and achievable outputs.

I am a Project Manager at Rider Levett Bucknall with experience on Infrastructure and large-scale Logistics schemes such as Very Light Rail, Peddimore and Mercia Park. I was Shortlisted for the Young Surveyor of the Year Award 2020 for Project Management just 12 months after beginning my career.

I am passionate about sustainability and hope to use the G4C platform to advocate the importance of increasing the positive impacts of the Built Environment on local communities and the wider world. The momentum that sustainability is gaining is significant and I am excited to play a role in embedding this into the industry’s culture.

As a young member of the Construction industry myself, I understand the importance of young people’s voices being acknowledged and understood, but also the difficulties we sometimes face in getting there. I am looking forward to G4C Birmingham providing opportunities to be heard for the industry’s next generation of leaders.

Regional Director / Commercial Director

• Driving the performance, setting strategies, work winning, implementing corporate governance and ensure operational effectiveness.
• Building and maintaining strong client, consultant and supply chain relationships.
• Managing, leading and developing staff.
• Contributing to the overall leadership of the Business.

Andrew joined the UK construction industry in 1977 with the manufacturing giant CRH and held a series of sales and business development roles in his early years. It was the ground-breaking Rethinking Construction Report of 1998 that was to change Andrew’s career path as he became involved in change management and best practice, first within CRH and then later as a Board Member and Director of Constructing Excellence.

During this time, he was the inaugural chair of the national ‘Best Practice’ Club network and the public face of Constructing Excellence being responsible for marketing, events, communications and membership.

From 2008 – 2010 he worked as a consultant in ‘lean’ measures, which included Andrew helping to set up and then become one of the first fifteen students of the CWA (Collaborative Working Academy)’ Diploma in collaboration in construction’. Andrew was delighted to be asked to become Chief Executive of the Structural Timber (then the UKTFA) in January 2011. Andrew is now helping to spearhead the drive for Sustainable Construction using more structural timber in construction with a ‘Fabric First’ approach.

Andrew was appointed Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence South West in September 2013 and Chief Executive of Constructing Excellence Midlands in May 2018. In 2011 Andrew was rewarded for his services to best practice within the UK construction industry by being awarded the ‘Achiever Award’ in the 2011 CIOB/CESW South West Built Environment Awards. Andrew is also currently a member of the Construction Leadership Council Construct Zero Board & Housing Forum Board and sits on the Government’s Timber in Construction Working Group.

Emma joined CE as Membership Manager in Jan 2016 and as the Coordinator of the ‘Adopt a School Campaign’ and has now stepped into the role of ‘Digital Marketing Manager’ from Nov 2017.

Emma is in charge of Website updating, Social Media, IT support, Mail list management and Newsletter design for CESW and heads up Marcoms on the Management Team.

She has a background in Events and Project Management and previous roles included Marketing, Social Media, PR and also HR. Emma has also worked as a PA in the construction industry.

Emma is a qualified Public Speaking Trainer and professional Singer and Voice Coach

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Philip builds brands. His agency, Walker/Jansseune, provides marketing communications using in-house copywriting and graphic design to promote products and services in print, on screen and in three dimensions. He has been involved with CE since 2007 and his flyers, websites, brochures and logos have supported hundreds of CE events and initiatives across the entire South West region.

Outside of the built environment, Walker/Jansseune has clients in the corporate, arts, charity, publishing, travel, finance and education sectors. Former and current clients include English Heritage, Guinness, Cancer Research UK, British Energy, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Botswana Tourism Organisation and the Lighting Industry Association. An offshoot of the company also runs public art events such as the Lions of Bath and Swans of Wells animal sculpture trails.

Running a small agency with big ideas, Philip knows that a strong concept is fundamental to all creative thinking. Relevant, communicative, professional and fun ideas can be found at the heart of all his work. He believes words and pictures go hand in hand and is happy to demonstrate how he has combined the two across a wide range of projects for clients who want to be noticed.

Lynn joined CEM as Finance Manager in April 2019 having been CESW Finance Manager since January 2019 and she has subsequently taken on the same role for CE Wales.

Lynn’s early introduction to finance management started at the age of 18 when she spent a total of 7 years with Lloyds Bank and The Woolwich Building Society respectively. After raising 3 children, Lynn then worked as Clerk to the Governors of a Special Educational Needs School and then as Finance and Adminstration Officer at two Primary Schools.

Lynn took on a new challenge in the year 2000 when she started up a new business as owner and Managing Director of a Scanning Bureau, which successfully traded for 8 years. As a scanning consultant from 2008, she developed and introduced scanning solutions to the document storage market, in particular the ‘scan on demand’ retrieval facility, which is now established as a main feature within the industry. More recently, Lynn was Finance and Administration Director of a local golf club for 4 years.

During her career, Lynn has gained significant experience in all aspects of finance, sales, quality assurance, operations and administration which has developed her skills. Over the years she has used a variety of Accounts & Payroll software to ensure Company compliance with HMRC regulations.

Lynn is a keen golfer, swimmer and reader and she also likes to travel to different parts of the world. She has a desire to have more time for drawing and painting in the future, after she has enjoyed her early year involvement with 4 (soon to become 5) small grandchildren.

Tom is a professional singer who uses his available time during the day to help his father as Membership Manager of CESW/CE Midlands. He seems to be following in his father’s footsteps with construction industry by day and entertainment industry by night until the latter takes off! Please see: Carpe Diem Entertainments Entertainments | Wedding Entertainers Somerset

Nicola is a Member of the Chartered Quality Institute and is a Chartered Quality Professional. She also has a doctorate in Lean Construction.

Nicola has over 28 years’ experience in developing business processes, rationalising and streamlining working practices, developing and delivering change management programmes and configuring and developing products to help drive improvement and efficiencies.

Prior to joining Pick Everard, Nicola was employed by a major UK contractor working on a number of high profile projects including Joint Ventures and acquisitions. This provided Nicola with the opportunity to apply her client facing and strategic skills in a range of sectors.

Experienced in both public and private sectors in Facility Management, Construction & Refurbishment and trained and experienced in delivering Lean & Collaborative Service Improvement Programmes with demonstrated and achievable outputs

I currently work for Richard Jackson Engineering Consultants, who have five offices throughout the UK, offering Pre -Planning, Geotechnical Engineering, Structural and Civil Engineering across all sectors.

As Business Development Manager for Richard Jackson Engineering Consultants, Cath’s role covers the whole of the South West, Midlands and Wales. Before her current role in a Civil & Structural Engineering consultancy, Cath has spent over 20 years’ working for a variety of contractors and consultants throughout the UK. covering the civils’, building and various other markets.

She is highly experienced in bid management, bid writing, marketing and business development. Cath promotes, develops and implements marketing and business development processes and practices and is involved with re-branding and social media activities.

Catherine is a past chair of the National Federation of Builders for the Midlands and being on the committee of Women in Property for the Midlands, she is the current Chair of ForCE Coventry and Warwickshire and is a strong advocate of supporting SME companies’. Her passion is encouraging collaboration, building and maintaining relationships and helping others in the industry.

Martin graduated as a Quantity Surveyor in 1986 and joined the practice in the same year. He was elected as a Member of the RICS three years later and was appointed an Associate Director within the company in 1992 and a Director in 1996.

Martin is also Treasurer of Constructing Staffordshire, a local branch of Constructing Excellence.

There’s a food theme running through Martin’s personal profile – favourite food: chicken, favourite building: the gherkin, favourite device: Blackberry, celebrity lookalike: Kevin Bacon!

He has a love of the outdoors, dreamed of being a footballer as a child and cites Winston Churchill as his ideal dinner guest with the Beatles or Oasis playing in the background.

An approachable and accommodating fellow, Martin has none of the pomposity of his sitcom hero Captain Mainwaring.

I’ve always loved great buildings and I take pride in the fact I’ve played a small part in the development of some interesting projects.

I started out in construction law in 1988, having previously worked on building sites, so I have a thorough, working knowledge of the industry. I am an accredited adjudicator and mediator, and I am also on the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association national committee and adjudication sub-committee. I have also chaired a Constructing Excellence Best Practice Club for over 8 years.

My expertise extends beyond the law as I’m very commercially focused. Wherever I can, I always look for commercial solutions to problems and even find business opportunities for my clients.

My dedicated and results-focused approach to work is part of my desire to get the job done, even if that means working out of normal office hours. I act for a range of people and businesses including main contractors, specialist sub-contractors, funders and developers, sorting out contracts and any disputes they might have on building projects. I’ve been described as tenacious and I’m also very practical and hard working. Once I get hold of something, I don’t give up until it’s sorted.

My passion for both modern and ancient buildings extends into my downtime too, and I like to visit grand designs in the UK and abroad. I also enjoy spending time with my family, rugby and fast cars.

Project Manager – Lincoln College
I have been in a project management role now for just over 2 years, initially managing youth projects for Lincoln City Foundation. I have now been at Lincoln College for just over 6 months and have gained a lot more exposure to different projects and have a keen interest in construction, ASI in Newark being one project that I am managing.

I am fairly new to the project management role being a teacher previously, but I have been able to use my transferable skills to progress quickly in my career. Having the exposure over the past 6 months has allowed me to understand the importance of my role across my projects and share new ideas being young and new within this career.

I hope to bring innovative ideas to the Construction Excellence Committee and strive to bring the next generation into the important topics that we will be discussing.

Let me know if you require any further information.

Dhiran is a chartered architect, and is a director of Vagdia and Holmes, Chartered Architects, Coventry.

He schooled in Coventry, and read architecture at the University of Nottingham. He became a Chartered Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects in February 2003, and is now a practising architect, running an architectural practice based in Coventry.

The Practice client and project portfolio include ecclesiastical buildings, conservation work, private one-off residential projects, retail and commercial projects, and developer-led initiatives.

Dhiran has contributed significantly to the profession and to the industry, through roles such as chairing the RIBA West Midlands, chairing the local Constructing Excellence Group FORCE, and a Past Chair of the Coventry Branch of the Coventry and Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce.

Noel has worked with Construction Excellence for over 15 years and is currently the Chair of CE Midlands – Climate Crisis Theme Group that provides an industry wide platform to discuss, share and challenge ‘Whole Life Carbon’ thinking, learning and adoption.

As a qualified RIBA Chartered Architect, Noel has an in-depth knowledge of complex developments operating in a highly regulated and commercially fluid environment. He has extensive experience, gained over 30 years, of developing and managing client and project team relations, project managing, programming and delivering positive outturns on large scale, often complex, projects and frameworks, across the diverse sectors of Public and Private in the UK.

A familiar face across the Midland property scene, Noel’s creativity and energy has been responsible for running and growing a series of major architectural practices in the Midlands, developing their overarching strategies and staff training programmes for Whole Life Carbon thinking, Environmental Management Strategy (ISO14001 2015) and Health, Fire & Safety.

Noel is passionate to challenge architects, and the whole design team, to produce smart designs and use available technologies to ensure that structures generate minimal harmful effects to the ecosystem and their communities.

Dan is a Partner at Baily Garner, a multi-disciplinary construction consultancy based in London and Birmingham. His main role is lead for the Birmingham office, where he has oversight of the team. Dan is also a Chartered Architect and is directly involved in a range of residential, education, commercial and bluelight projects across the Midlands.

Since stepping into the lead role in Birmingham, Dan has developed Baily Garner’s apprenticeship programme to support the company’s “Grow Our Own” ethos. This has involved establishing partnerships with local schools and colleges, as well as other businesses, to offer a range of apprenticeship opportunities and meaningful work placements. Dan has also lead the company’s first T-Level placements.

Dan’s passion for promoting careers in the construction industry places him in a great position as the chair of the Future Skills theme group for CE Midlands.

Educated at Dudley College of Technology and later at University of Leicester (MSc).  Georgina Barnard is Managing Director of the Black Country & Marches Institute of Technology (IoT) and Executive Director for Higher Education at Dudley College of Technology.

Opening in September 2021, the IoT will become the leading centre for the delivery of advanced and higher technical skills across the Black Country and Marches, offering industry-led technical education programmes and advanced apprenticeships to degree level in the following specialisms: Advanced Manufacturing, Modern Methods of Construction, Medical Engineering and Digital Technologies.

Georgina has ensured that the IoT and Dudley College enjoy sector leading engagement with employer bodies and stakeholders. She has gathered an impressive array of industry and sector leaders, who have collaborated in the design and support of the exciting range of higher technical education programmes and CPD opportunities delivered by the IoT.

Georgina has worked in the Further Education sector for 6 years after a successful career in private industry.

Dr Chris Goodier[1] BEng(Hons) PhD pgCert MCIOB FICT FHEA MCS, Reader in Construction Engineering and Materials, is the Director of Loughborough’s Centre for Innovative and Collaborative Construction Engineering (CICE[2]) and is an expert in offsite, modern methods of construction (MMC), modular construction as well as concrete technology. He is an experienced Civil Engineer, Chartered Builder and Researcher with 25 years’ experience of all aspects of construction, including contracting, consultancy and research.

Authored books include Design in Modular Construction[3] (2014) and the RICS Future of UK Housebuilding (2010), and he is an international expert witness for offsite/modular construction[4]. He recently was invited to give evidence in person to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee inquiry into MMC[5].

He worked previously for 7 years for Laing O’Rourke Civil Engineering and BRE and was the Lead Expert for construction on the UK Government’s Foresight Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment futures project. He has authored more than 200 publications in the field of offsite construction, construction technology, concrete materials, construction management, and the future of the construction sector.

1. www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/civil-building/staff/goodierchris/
2. www.lboro.ac.uk/research/cice/
3. https://www.amazon.com/Design-Modular-Construction-Mark-Lawson/dp/0415554500
4. https://keystonestrategy.com/expert/chris-goodier/
5. https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/housing-communities-and-local-government-committee/inquiries/parliament-2017/inquiry15/

Paul is a chartered building surveyor and a fellow member of various professional bodies. During 2012-2015 Paul was the first academic to be elected as RICS West Midlands Chairman and prior to this was previously the youngest West Midland Chairman of the ICWCI.

Paul holds a wealth of managerial and practical experience within the built environment spanning over 30 years and has worked with a host of high profiled practitioners. Originally working within the City of Birmingham Architects department, Paul has held various titles from Architectural technician, Senior Clerk of Works, Building surveyor, line manager and later Chartered Building Surveyor running a team of ten litigation surveyors.

Educated at the University of Wolverhampton to degree level and later at Sheffield Hallam (MSc) Paul was invited back in 2007 in the capacity of visiting lecturer to contribute to the delivery of building surveying and construction management. Paul is currently completing his professional Doctorate award at Middlesex University. Paul is extremely research active and Paul has published over ten academic papers and attended over ten conferences.

In 2008 Paul moved away from industry to take up a role as senior academic within the built environment and now contributes to a host of UK and transnational courses accredited by the RICS, CIOB, ICWCI and Qsi. This extends to delivery of courses in Qatar, Hong Kong and includes delivering external in-company courses and supporting the University with pioneering initiatives.

Paul was also one of the early pioneers of on-line distance learning courses at the University and contributed to the development of curriculum and delivery of the courses.

Paul is a highly motivated individual who is student focused practitioner, and consistently works with international students towards achieving their own academic success. This work has been recently commended and recognised by external practitioners, and external examiners.

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I specialise in issues of value and how it relates to, and is perceived in, the built environment. Originally a Quantity Surveyor, I rapidly realised that value has little to do with price or any other numerical representation. After finding this in client-side QS practice, I returned to academia to investigate value analysis and value management.

While I remain impassioned about the insights these techniques can bring to investment effectiveness (and, others than I would argue, improving value for money), I concluded that they have little to do with value in its truest sense.

This insight caused me to further study the nature of design itself and the affective consequences of the artefacts we create: not just in construction. This clarified my thoughts in the intractable relationship of value and the values of those perceiving it.

On studying these philosophical principles of value further and, becoming dismayed by the shortcomings of the DQI and advocates of design patterns, I sought my own funding to delve further into these issues.

I teach Construction Management, and am Programme Director for BSc(Hons) Construction Engineering Management at Loughborough University. Prior to my current post, I was Lloyds TSB Insurance Post-doctoral Research Fellow (2001-2002), investigating remediations of flood-damaged domestic properties. Then, I worked as a Post-doctoral Research Associate at Loughborough University (2002-2007), where I was involved in several industry and government-sponsored research projects, including ‘HyCon’, ‘Respect for People’, ‘the Big Ideas’. This post was followed by Senior Lecturership (2007-2012) at Coventry University, where I led Construction Management Applied Research Group and won research funding for Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW), virtual collaborative building design (Hewlett Packard Catalyst Initiative), Build Your English (BYE, EU Long-life Learning Programme) projects.

Since starting my current post in 2012, I have led research initiative in two strands; digital design and construction and flood resilience in the context of low and middle-income countries. The digital strand has brought the award-winning ‘BIM-Hub’ (https://bim-hub.lboro.ac.uk/[RS1]  ) project that puts collaborative working in the construction industry under the spotlight and tests the Building Information Modelling (BIM) mode of working. This was followed by Digital Enablers for CONstruction Transformation (DECONT; https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/construction/about-us/transforming-construction-network-plus/small-projects#Digital%20Enablers%20for%20Construction%20Transformation%20(DECONT)[RS2] ), which was aimed to develop future scenarios and roadmap for the adoption of digital technologies to integrate off-site manufacturing and on-site construction. In flood resilience strand, I led Blue-Green Infrastructure in Semarang (BuGIS; https://bugis.lboro.ac.uk/[RS3] ) project that aimed to increase the flood resilience of Semarang city (Indonesia) by integrating Blue Green Infrastructure (BGI) concepts into urban development planning. I was pivotal in obtaining funding for FloodFinJava project which promotes proactive financial planning for mitigating the impact of flooding in Central Java, Indonesia. I coordinated Researcher Links workshop and Second City Higher Education Partnerships in Indonesia, and founded UK-Indonesia Researcher Network (UKIREN; https://ukiren.lboro.ac.uk/[RS4]  ) and – all were funded by the British Council.

I was World Class Professor at Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS, Surabaya), funded by Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education, Indonesia (2017-2018) and Visiting Professor at Ryerson University, Canada (2010, 2012). I was PhD external examiner at Universities of Salford, Aston, Wolverhampton (UK) and KNUST (Ghana). I am currently external examiner for BSc Construction Management at Kingston University and MSc Construction Management at the University of Reading.

Professional affiliations

• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Awards

• The CIOB International Innovation and Research Award 2014 – Premier Award in the Innovation in Education and Training category
• Emerald Outstanding Reviewer Awards 2014 (Structural Survey)
• Emerald Outstanding Paper Awards 2009 (highly commended paper)
• The RICS Building Surveying Faculty Postgraduate Prize for the best paper presented at COBRA 2002 Conference
• Scholastic awards for all my degrees (B.Eng, M.Eng, Ph.D).

External activities

• Executive Committee Member (Publications Officer) of Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM)of Association of Researcher (2009 – present)
• Member of Review Panel, Newton Fund Researcher and Institutional Links, British Council (2015 – present)
• Proposal Reviewer for ESRC-DFID (2013), UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) (2014)

Tim is an experienced business manager with over 20 years of experience working at director level in commerce and the public sector. This includes development and management of new start companies and delivery of challenging projects on the university, government and business margins.

Tim was instrumental establishing the Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University which carries out world-leading research into new and innovative ways of converting biomass into sources of sustainable energy, using thermochemical, biological and catalytic processes.

So far the institute has worked with over 300 businesses, created over 324 jobs and generated £29 million in regional GVA impact.