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Authors

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Chairman of the EU BIM Task Group and Head of International for the UK BIM Task Group

Author of Making Existing Buildings Accessible: Museums and Art Galleries.

Former Head of Research, Analysis and Forecasting at NBS

Adrian Malone is Director at Faithful+Gould

Director at HC BIM QS.

Director of Information Technology, BDP.
Researcher in Urban Ecology, University of Melbourne and Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Professor of Envrionmental Geography at Northumbria University, Newcastle

Former Mechanical Engineer and Technical Author at NBS.

Junior Technical Author at NBS

Associate with the Construction and Engineering team at Bond Dickinson LLP.

Andrew Moulds, Associate, Mott MacDonald

Former NBS Scheduler co-ordinator at NBS.

Andy Duck, Marketing and Communications Manager, Bruynzeel Storage Systems.
Managing Director, Ridgemount PR

From Lean BIM Strategies Limited

Nature and Health PhD Candidate, Griffith University (Anne) and Lecturer, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast (Ruth).
Atkins Director and Fellow of BIM, Geospatial and Digital Engineering
Director at James & WARD Ltd

Award-winning architect and a former Technical Author for NBS.

Senior Lecturer in Property Management and Development, Nottingham Trent University
Professor Arnold J Wilkins, Professor of Psychology at University of Essex
Astrid Lund is a Technical Author with NBS.

Architect, project manager and author. Director of the Future Cities Project.

B

Surface Product Manager at Microsoft UK

Technical Author

Lecturer and Author

Author and lecturer

Former Technical Author at NBS

Previously Social Media and Community Coordinator, NBS

BSRIA provides specialist services in construction and building services.

C

Associate/ BIM Coordinator with HOK

Head of Special Scientific Projects at the Bat Conservation Trust

Utilities sector specialist


Technical Author at NBS

Professor of hydrology and climate change, Newcastle University

Chris Vickers, Technical Specialist at NBS.

Technical Author

Digital Engineering Lead at Laing O'Rourke.

The Construction Information Service (CIS) is a comprehensive online collection of over 28,000 construction related standards, regulations, technical advice and articles from 500+ publishers.

The Construction Products Association represents the UK's manufacturers and distributors of construction products and materials.

Technical Assistant at NBS