Robert has been the Project Lead at Build Digital Project since early in the first year of the project. He is overseeing Build Digital’s establishment in the Irish industry. Prior to this, Robert was working client-side in the public sector with the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA). As their Information Manager, he developed internal processes to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the agency; he worked with the supply chain to develop their capacity to deliver a quality product. His background is in the MEP sector, where he has worked for both design consultancies and install contractors in a variety of practice types, from small local SMEs to large multidiscipline multinational companies within Ireland and internationally in Germany, Australia, and the UK.
Robert gained a first-class honours Construction Informatics MSc and has published three papers, two on information process standards and a third paper on the Irish digital transformation roadmap. Robert co-authored CEN/TR 17654:2021 ‘Guideline for the implementation of Exchange Information Requirements (EIR) and BIM Execution Plans (BEP) on European level based on EN ISO 19650-1 and -2’. Robert previously participated as a National BIM Mirror Committee member, Lean Construction Ireland (LCi) Leadership Group Member, BIM Innovation Capability Programme Client Working Group Member and Eastern BIM Region Steering Committee Member.