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Mission
To continuously improve the whole life value in the construction industry.
Objectives
To provide creative, expert and realistic advice to clients, consultants and contractors who wish to improve the whole life performance of their assets or those parts of their assets for which they are responsible
Values
- Above all, we value integrity—honesty with our clients, honesty with our staff
- The company is built on trust—we build trust with our clients and with our employees
- Everyone working for the company has the opportunity to share in its profits (and losses)
- We employ the best people and remunerate them accordingly
- Our clients enjoy having us work with them
About us
Traditionally, the construction industry had focused its efforts, largely, on minimization of capital or initial costs of construction projects. Lately, however, construction professionals and clients are increasingly becoming aware of the need for whole life value assessment and optimisation.
Whole Life Consultants Ltd is a University of Dundee spin-out company. It has been in existence since 2004. The company brings to the market the unique advantage of state-of-technology expertise in services related to whole life performance and performance improvement in the Construction Industry.
Between them, the founders and directors have:
- 30 man year’s experience of the construction and Oil and Gas industries
- Almost 50 man year’s experience of research
- 30 years’ interaction with industrial companies who have relevant interests
Professor Malcolm Horner, the Chairman, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the Institution of Civil Engineers. A former member of the British Council Advisory Committee on Science, Engineering and the Environment, Chair of the Management Executive of the Scottish Institute for Enterprise, Deputy Principal of the University of Dundee, and Chair of Scottish Enterprise Tayside, he is currently Chair of the Scottish Management Board of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He has 18 years’ industrial experience and some 30 years of research experience.
Dr Mohamed El-Haram, the Managing Director, is a Senior Research Fellow in the Construction Management Research Unit, Division of Civil Engineering, at the University of Dundee and a Fellow of MIRCE Akademy. He has 8 years’ industrial experiences in the construction and oil and gas sectors and 13 years of research experience.