Simon Addyman

I have over 30 years’ experience in construction project management both in the UK and overseas. I started my career in the mid 80’s with a Diploma in Building Studies before moving on to work in property refurbishment, learning a number of construction trades and the interdependency of them. I then went overseas to the Gambia in West Africa, firstly as a regional site supervisor and then as the assistant construction manager for a World Bank sponsored national primary school construction programme. From there I moved into humanitarian relief work in the Balkans, firstly managing maintenance and construction projects for the United Nations, and then as a construction programme manager for a refugee resettlement programme.

I then returned to the UK and from 2000-2016 I was a client project manager with London Underground Ltd (LUL), managing station infrastructure projects, from single asset refurbishment through to major capacity enhancements. This included a period of time in the LUL PMO authoring the second edition of their project management handbook and establishing benchmarking for project capability.

My last five years in LUL were as the project manager for the £600m+, 10-year Bank Station Capacity Upgrade project. The project successfully implemented LU’s novel Innovative Contractor Engagement procurement route for which I was awarded Project Professional of the Year at the UK APM Awards 2013. I completed my MSc in Project (Construction) Management at Heriot-Watt University in 1999 and in January 2019 was awarded my PhD in Construction Project Management from University College London (UCL). In 2019, I won the APM Herbert Walton Award for innovation and excellence in Doctoral research for my PhD. In March 2019 I was appointed Associate Professor in Project Management at UCL’s Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction.

I engage and develop partnerships with a wide range of industrial partners engaged in activities in the built environment. I have a range of past and present engagements with the UK APM, Major Projects Association, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, HS2, Highways England and a number of private companies including contractors and consultancies. These relationships are established for mutual benefit in supporting those organisations and my teaching and research activities. I undertake commercial advisory work and executive education to help grow organisational capability in developing and delivering construction projects, predominantly in public infrastructure.