Dr John Nicholas BSc(Hons), PhD, MCMPE

John’s career in the construction industry started in 1996 as an apprentice plumber / pipe fitter. Having completed his apprenticeship ‘on the tools’, John moved into a job where he was designing and estimating building services installations for commercial and industrial projects. Whilst employed in this role John gained an ONC and HNC in building services design.

Having spent eleven years in the industry John decided to study full-time for a degree in Construction Management. In 1997, John graduated with a first class honours degree from UMIST and was awarded Construction Management student of the year. From 1997 to 2000 John studied at the University of Wolverhampton for his doctorate. Whilst studying for this, John taught undergraduate degree courses and was employed as a research fellow to investigate the assessment of flood damage and became heavily involved with OPERC (having completed several research contracts and written numerous research papers with Dr David J. Edwards).

In 2000 John gained a full-time position at the University of Wolverhampton where he was employed as a lecturer. Throughout his academic career, John has published a number of papers and has acted as a consultant to a number of different organisations including the UK Ministry of Defence and JCB World Parts. In 2002, John resigned from Wolverhampton University to take up a prestigious post in industry.