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David Chappell

David ChappellBA(Hons Arch), MA(Arch), MA(Law), PhD, RIBA has over 50 years experience in the construction industry working as an architect in the public and private sectors. He is currently Director of David Chappell Consultancy Limited. He is one of the RIBA Specialist Advisors and frequently acts as an adjudicator. He was Professor of Architectural Practice and Management Research at The Queen’s University of Belfast and Visiting Professor of Practice Management and Law at the University of Central England in Birmingham. He is author of many books for the construction industry including The Architect in Practice.

Peter Walker

Peter Walker is a partner in the Newcastle office of DEWJOC Architects, a practice with offices in the North East and London. DEWJOC specialises in the design of education buildings, laboratories and clean rooms in the UK and abroad. Prior to this, he was a director of Conran Design Group, a multidisciplinary design consultancy.

Peter teaches part time at the School of Architecture of Newcastle University and is variously an external examiner, on the advisory board and a visiting lecturer at Northumbria, Huddersfield and the Queen’s University, Belfast.

Peter has a particular interest in the way architects manage the design and procurement process, and in the education of architects in this area. He is a member of the Architects Registration Board Education and Practice Advisory Group, and is the co-author (with Dr David Greenwood) of the Construction Companion to Risk and Value Management.

Dr David Greenwood

David Greenwood is Associate Dean (Research & Consultancy) in the School of the Built Environment at Northumbria University. He worked for nearly ten years for a major contractor in a commercial role that involved tendering and planning for large building projects, and the subsequent management of their commercial and physical progress.

For the last 20 years David has been a full-time academic at Northumbria University where he teaches and researches in the field of construction management and contract administration. During this time there he has maintained a close contact with the industry through consultancy and training work in related fields. Some of this work has been overseas, principally in the Far East and in France.