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The Master’s Year

During 2016 he has been deployed on TWE
Maintenance tasks to Kabul, Minhad and Akrotiri.
Additionally, he has been part of Facility
Installation Teams that have constructed several
Rapid Environmental Shelters in Akrotiri and the
Falkland Islands. In addition, he was part of a
team that carried out maintenance on the
Portable Aircraft Arrestor Gear that is held in
readiness to support Op SHADER. In total, he has
spent over 150 days away from the UK this year.
Sgt Gray is ever keen to deploy and his obvious
enthusiasm whilst away motivates whatever
team he is with. He is held in the highest regard
by management and peers alike. His talents
have been recognised by his recent promotion
board and he has recently been promoted to
Sergeant.
We then moved on to our international awards, which are jointly awarded by the Building Research
Establishment (BRE) and the Company. The quality of the research proposals was so outstanding
that the awards panel decided to make two awards for the 2017 International Research Scholar
Firstly, Dr Zulfakir Adamu, who is an academic based at
Loughborough University. His research was considered
by the panel to be highly innovative with huge potential.
Dr Adamu’s research will focus on “A serious game for
hazard perception & response for health and safety on
construction sites.” This will use computer game
technology and software that will enable users to both
learn and implement health and safety via “walk
through” models. The research objective will also allow
this technology to be incorporated in existing Building
Information Modelling platforms. The award panel
believes that this technology could be easily become a
“hit” with both schools and Universities, providing
primary and secondary education with a link to the Construction Industry as well as a tool for
constructors to train staff.
Second, Dr Ricardo Condinhoto: He is an academic based at
the University of Bath and intends to use the University Campus
in his research to establish a” BIM-Based Management model to
minimize environmental impacts and operational cost during
the operational phase of a university campus.” The research
aims to develop this model to enable policy makers and
practioners to advise government and city organisations as
they seek to make efficiency gains in construction and asset
management. The research will focus on the University of Bath
with the initial objective of digitally modelling the campus
containing some 17000 people and to use this as a platform for
data integration, and incorporating the skills of students,

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