Government鈥檚 top BIM advisor to join Aecom

Doctor David Philp

The government鈥檚 head of BIM implementation, professor David Philp, is to leave his day job at Mace to take up a post at consultant Aecom in the New Year.

An Aecom spokesperson confirmed Philp 鈥渨ill be joining Aecom in January鈥 after more than two years at Mace, which he joined from Balfour Beatty in 2012.

Aecom declined to reveal what Philp鈥檚 role will be at the firm. He is currently head of BIM at Mace, from which he is seconded to government as part of the core team running the government鈥檚 BIM strategy. He was appointed at Mace to create and lead the organisation鈥檚 BIM strategy.

As head of BIM Implementation at the Cabinet Office, Philp has effectively been second in command of the government鈥檚 strategy to get all central government construction contracts using BIM by 2016.

Philp is also chair of both the BIM2050 Group for young professionals and the Chartered Institute of 黑洞社区 BIM working group. Academically he is a professor at Glasgow Caledonian University and has been appointed visiting professor at Middlesex University.