Appointments

Professor Tim Broyd
Halcrow Chair of Construction Innovation

Professor Tim Broyd has been appointed as the new Halcrow Chair of Construction Innovation in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences.

Professor Broyd, who was also recently made group technology director with Halcrow, one of the UK's leading consultancies, has extensive experience in promoting innovation in the construction industry. In joining Dundee he links up with one of the UK's leading centres of construction research.

"I am delighted to be joining a University with such a strong reputation for thoughtful, pragmatic research in Civil Engineering and Construction," said Professor Broyd.

"In recent years the government has increasingly called for closer links between academia and industry. In combining my Chair at Dundee with the role of Technology Director at Halcrow, I will be superbly placed to ensure both the industrial relevance of my research and also the transfer of knowledge from the University into industry."

Malcolm Horner, Professor of Engineering Management and Head of the Construction Management Research Unit at the University, said Professor Broyd's appointment was a "real coup" for Dundee.

"It is a mark of the quality of research carried out by the Construction Management Research Unit and the Civil Engineering Division at the University of Dundee that Halcrow has chosen to sponsor this new Chair of Construction Innovation," said Professor Horner.

"It is also a reflection of the existing strength of collaboration that the University enjoys not only with Halcrow, but with all the industry's major players."

"We are particularly delighted that Tim Broyd is to be the first incumbent. Tim has enjoyed close links with a number of academic institutions whilst occupying a variety of senior positions in industry, most recently as the Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Research and Information Association. His appointment will be widely regarded as a real coup for Dundee."