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Director of Technical Practice, AECOM

Chartered architect (RIBA), Project Manager (MAPM) and member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).

Research Manager, NBS

David Bain is Research Manager at NBS and Allan Wilén is Economics Director at Glenigan

Author and engineering consultancy partner

Former Technical Author at NBS.

Director and Principal Architect, David Miller Architects

Professor of Mathematics, University of Salford

Head of BIM Implementation at the Cabinet Office and BIM Programme Director at Balfour Beatty.

Former BIM Manager at the London office of HOK Architects and BIM professional. Author of The BIM Management Handbook.
Editor of Sustainable Architecture.
Director of Technical Sales and Support (Canada)
Managing Director, SFS intec

Former Technical Author at NBS.

Professor of Hydroinformatics, University of Exeter
Former Head of Product Information at NBS

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BIM Project Leader, Ecoprod
Elton Santos is Assistant Professor at School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast. Andrew Beckinsale is a PhD Candidate at Queen's University Belfast.
Emma Hopper, Digital Information Specialist, Bond Bryan Digital

UX Lead at NBS

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Lecturer in Structural Engineering, City, University of London

Architect, Adjudicator and Lecturer