Dr Avril Behan

This project is being delivered in partnership with CitA, Galway-Mayo IT (TU Atlantic), Munster TU (MTU), University College Dublin (UCD), and Waterford IT. The Build Digital Centre of Excellence, through funding from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, with support from industry, and under guidance from the Construction Sector Group’s Digital Adoption and Innovation Subgroup, will transform the Irish construction and built environment sectors through leadership, cultural change, adoption of digital standards and procurement, improved education and training, and implementation of measures to significantly increase the sustainability and climate response of the sector. Avril is a former Director and Dean of the College of Engineering & Built Environment at TU Dublin. She has over 25 years of experience across digital and lean construction, building information management and modelling (BIM), and geomatics (land surveying, photogrammetry, and remote sensing) having worked in Ireland, Switzerland, and the Netherlands in both public and private sectors. Avril is a Chartered Geomatics Surveyor and Fellow of both the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. She is also a Director of Lean Construction Ireland.