Awards
- 2014 Tjalling C. Koopmans Asset Award, for extraordinary contributions to the economic sciences, Asset International Conference, 2014
- Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours for services to engineering, 2010
External Positions
- Panel Member, Review of IP and Growth, UK Government, 2011 - 2011
- Group Innovation Executive, Laing O'Rourke, 2007 - 2011
- Adviser, Main Board, Laing O'Rourke, 2005 - 2011
- Adviser, Board, Sheppard Robson Architects, 2004 - 2010
- Consultant and Facilitator, Senior Management Team, CSC, 2004 - 2006
- Adviser to Senior Management Team, Senior Management Team, Laing O'Rourke, 2004 - 2004
- Adviser to the Board, Broadway Malyan Ltd, 2003 - 2011
- Adviser to the Chief Executive, English Partnerships, 2003 - 2004
- Adviser to the Board, PRP Ltd, 2003 - 2011
- Board Member, Engineering Programme Strategic Advisory Team, EPSRC, 2002 - 2005
- Chairman, National Strategy Panel and Demonstration Projects Programme, Rethinking Construction, 2002 - 2004
- Trustee, Sir Ian Dixon Trust, 2002 - 2011
- Member of the Executive (2002 to date), nCRISP New Construction Research and Innovation Strategy Panel, 2002 - 2011
- Adviser, Sir John Fairclough's DTI Review of Construction R&D, 2001 - 2002
- Advisory Board Member (1998-2001), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, 1998 - 2001
- Co-founder and Board member, The Housing Forum, 1998 - 2004
- Innovation Strategy Adviser, Willmott Dixon Group, 1998 - 2006
- Adviser (1997-1998), Deputy Prime Minister's Construction Egan Taskforce, 1997 - 1998
- Member, Karpin Inquiry Industry Task Force on Leadership and Management Needs of Embryonic Industries, Australia, 1994 - 1994
- Leader/Academic Advisor (1992 onwards), 10 DTI Science and Technology Expert Missions in Japan and Europe
- Board Member/Chair, Innovation Programme, Constructing Excellence (2002 � 2005)
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Fellow with Chartered Engineer status, Institution of Civil Engineers, 2004 - 2011
- Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, 1996 - 2011
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Art, 2012
- Visiting Professor, Southampton University, 2001 - 2006
- Honorary Professor in Innovation Management, The Business School, Queensland University, 2001 - 2010
- Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Innovative Manufacturing, Science Policy Research Unit, Sussex University, 1996 - 2001
Industrial Connections
- Directa Plus, Non executive director
- Laing O'Rourke, Group Innovation Executive
- NEC (EMEA), Member, Advisory Board
- UK Atomic Energy Authority, Chairman
Commercial Spinoffs
- Think Play Do Group ltd, Chairman, Co-founder, 2004
Fellowships
- Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Art, Royal College of Art, 2011
- Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Civil Engineers, 2004
- Fellow City and Guilds Institute, City and Guilds Institute