Qualifications: C.Eng; FICE;FCIOB; FCIM; FFB

Alan has spent 40 years in the Construction Industry, and has held CEO/COO appointments with Bovis  International, Travers Morgan Consulting Group and Christiani & Nielsen Group.

He has had responsibility for a wide range of major projects incl. the Development & Construction of Canary Wharf in London,  Eurodisney, and Petronas Towers in Malaysia. He has extensive international experience, throughout Europe, Middle and Far East, Asia and Australia.

He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Builder and he currently operates as an independent consultant providing input and advice to Clients, Designers and Contractors on procurement, construction, buildability, scheduling, Business Performance Improvement, Partnering, Supply Chain and Value Management.

He is a past Chairman of the Construction Confederation, was a member of the Construction Industry Board, the Strategic Forum of the Construction Industry, Chairman of the Institution of Civil Engineers Management Board, Privy Council appointed member of the Architects Registration Board and of a number of Government Task Forces.

A Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Building, immediate past Chair of the Education, Qualifications, Standards & Practice Board, Alan became Vice President in June 2009. Alan is also a regular conference speaker and conference chairman, both in the UK and internationally, he is the author of a number of industry and Task Force reports and “How To” guidance documents.

Following the issue of Sir John Egan's Task Force Report ''Rethinking Construction'' in late 1998  he was asked by Government and Industry to establish and Chair the Movement for Innovation (M4i) with the task of motivating industry to radically change the way in which it operates, and to adopt the recommendations and targets of the Egan report .

In April 2002 he became Chairman of Rethinking Construction, the overarching organisation taking forward the industry change programme which involved over 5000 industry and Government organisations who are leading the way in achieving significant performance improvements based upon both process and product, with modern off site methods being a key element.

He established and chaired the group responsible for development of the UK Construction industry Key Performance Indicators and Benchmark system.

With the merger of Rethinking Construction and the Construction Best Practice Programme he became a Director of the combined organisation, Constructing Excellence.

He has provided “Rethinking Construction” support to overseas Industry/Government bodies including Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Denmark, Sweden, Greece, South Africa, India and Chile. He has undertaken a major lecture tours in many parts of the world including  China where he was advising on behalf of CIOB on improvement to the construction industry.

He is a Government appointed Construction sector member of the Building Regulations Advisory Committee, a number of working groups, and was recently appointed Chair of the Building Control Performance Standards Group.