Chris is an Associate Structural Engineer based out of Bath, England and leads the Computational Engineering division of the Structures discipline globally. With 8+ years of experience in the industry with roles ranging from office-based consulting, site-based resident engineer to humanitarian field work. Chris has spent time working both across the UK and in Hong Kong, Barcelona and Malawi during his time at Buro Happold.
As a Chartered Engineer with both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers, Chris now works as a Project Lead designing masterplans, sports parks, transport hubs, demountable exhibition structures and stadia/arena projects. Notable projects in his portfolio include Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Everton Stadium, Manchester Terminal 2 and Bristol University Temple Quarter Campus in England, Riyadh Central Station in Saudi Arabia and Ocean Park Water World in Hong Kong.
Beyond his project work, Chris leads the Structures Discipline Computational Engineering division at Buro Happold. He leads a global team of developers in the creation of in-house & open source software packages from initial idea through to beta release and wide scale adoption. Chris leads the global adoption programme through creating training schemes, hackathons, project computational kick-off sessions and code academies. By running various entry points to the community, Chris has grown the adoption of Automation tools steadily over the past 2 years.
Chris is also a member of the Buro Happold think tank called ‘The Urban C:Lab’, where participants explore new technologies in the urban environment. Here, he collaborates with the best minds in the industry on the topic of Machine Learning in Generative Urban Design, with the aim to enhance our well-being and happiness within cities.
(with Giorgio Albieri)
