06 Dec 2011
Former top UK government special advisor on housing, local government and urban regeneration and former advisor to lend Lease on the Olympic Village in London, Dr Tim Williams, has joined Arup in Australasia’s Cities team.
Dr Williams will focus on place-making and public policy for Arup.
Recently appointed strategic advisor of the Committee for Sydney, of which Arup is a supporter, he is also currently heavily involved in developing their new strategy.
About Dr Tim Williams
A leader in his field, Tim is special advisor to Federal government’s new committee on social housing and is soon to become Visiting Professor on urban regeneration at Cardiff University and Visiting Professor on the digital economy at Southern Cross University.
Tim sees great possibility for our urban environments and looks forward to a successful partnership with Arup.
“Arup is already putting into practice steps for transitioning to an ‘Ecological Age’ - a sustainable way of living within environmental limits by 2050… and this is exciting. The firm is uniquely placed to respond to the opportunity defined by the challenges and drivers of the future.”
Arup’s approach is embodied in the Ecological Age – reducing carbon footprint and ecological footprint, all matched to an improvement to our quality of life.
As advisor to the global C40 cities group, Arup has co-authored Climate Action in Megacities – the first ever comprehensive analysis of actions underway to address climate change in the world’s megacities.
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