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DESIGN TO DONE
Marek Suchocki of Autodesk champions progress in the construction sector
Following my graduation as a civil engineer from Surrey University in 1992, I went straight out to work for Costain,” begins Marek Suchocki, Infrastructure Industry Engagement Lead at Autodesk,“ and became the fastest ever move to site engineer in the Southern region, principally working on road infrastructure projects. I managed my own site within 18 months of starting, but while I was progressing, I felt that the one gap in my knowledge was expertise in construction management. So, I took a leap of faith and got a research post at the University of Reading, in the Construction Management and Engineering department.
“ While this involved a huge pay cut, it was good to get back to academia and I spent two years researching team building and construction management. I went on to become one of the founders of a department called Advanced Construction Technology, where we experimented with aerospace and automotive tools to see if we could apply them to the construction sector. I also went on to lead a Highways Agency virtual reality project with Taylor Woodrow and WS Atkins, exploring virtual reality and what we might class as BIM tools today. That was back in the mid-90s, and when I first developed a passion for the digital world.
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