Professor Mohamad Kassem has been awarded

EC³ is made up of construction professionals, academics, researchers and national professional bodies from across Europe who unite to advance professional knowledge and improve engineering practice in the built environment through research, and by informing education and policy in current and emerging computing and information technologies.

The Scherer Award was established in 2018 in honour of Professor Raimar Scherer, the founder of the European Conference on Product and Process Modelling, which hosts regular conferences to showcase the latest research and innovation developments for construction.

Professor Kassem, who is chair of the EC³ Human Data Interaction technical committee, said: “I’m honoured to receive this award and thank all those who have supported me, including the award committee led by Dr Ioannis Brilakis, Laing O Rourke Reader in Construction Engineering at the University of Cambridge.

“The EC³ organisation has grown quickly over the last four years from a desire to create an international community to advance understanding of all of the subjects surrounding computing in construction, and to form links with the professional associations in those areas.

“We do this across the whole of Europe, from east to west and north to south, and I am very proud to be part of it.”

Professor Kassem’s research has had a significant impact around the world within academia and practice thanks to a unique approach to merging technical research on digital construction with strategic aspects of digital transformation in the built environment. He has published more than 160 papers covering in international journals, has delivered more than 30 keynote addresses in various countries across the world, and has secured more than six million Euros in research and innovation grants as a principal or co-investigator.

Since 2013 he has worked on Building Information Modelling (BIM) consultancy projects in Brazil with the European Commission, with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Mexico and in the UK with the Centre for Digital Built Britain. In 2018, he was appointed by the UK Government’s Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) as an Independent Evaluator.

Dr Esin Ergen of Istanbul Technical University in Turkey, and vice-chair of the EC³ board, said: “The contribution of EC³ members such as Professor Mohamad Kassem to support and inspire others should rightly be recognised at the highest level.

“He provides outstanding service to the computing community by highlighting and promoting the value of BIM via transferring BIM to industry, both nationally and internationally with worldwide impact. Professor Kassem’s outstanding service is a fantastic example for others to look up to.”

Last modified: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 16:39:09 GMT