Mike is a Technical Director in the URS Technology & Data Solutions Group.
Mike has over 26 years of management and hands on experience in providing technology & data solutions to some of the world’s largest infrastructure projects.
Mike is responsible for the global operation and delivery of Bentley’s ProjectWise solution for URS Infrastructure & Environment business and manages a global team of collaboration experts who are located in Australia, United Kingdom, The USA and Sweden.
Mike has an in depth knowledge of the typical information management standards and processes and technologies required by infrastructure engineering projects. Mike has extensive experience of implementing BS1192:2007 and was credited for his contribution towards the development of the UK Government BIM Strategy.
Mike is also a Technical Specialist to Trafikverket (the Swedish Transport Administration) providing advice on the development and deployment of ProjectWise to Infrastructure projects in Sweden. Working in Sweden for the past three years, Mike has been responsible for advising Trafikverket and supporting the development of new processes and standards for information management that will be implemented for all future infrastructure projects managed by Trafikverket.
In addition Mike has extensive experience of working with project teams and clients to produce a range of technical documentation that defines appropriate project CAD, BIM & Collaboration process and standards.
Mike has co-ordinated technology and data solutions for many major URS projects such as the Stockholm Bypass, East London Line and London Crossrail liaising with Clients on a technical level.
Mike is also a highly experienced CAD systems administrator and is able to support the configuration of a wide range of Autodesk and Bentley systems to suit the requirements of the project and Client standards.
Mike has also led teams of local draughtsmen on projects overseas in Hong Kong, South Africa, Belize and Ghana. In Ghana he was responsible for the production of an AutoCAD training program to local government irrigation engineers & the general management of the drawing office and staff.
He has also spent time working in the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, China, Italy, Finland, India, South Africa & Poland.