Dr. Bill Addis

• 1978-1986: University of Reading. Doctoral thesis: Theory and Design in Civil and Structural Engineering – a study in the History and Philosophy of Engineering.
• 1970-1971: Downing College, Cambridge. Philosophy Tripos.
• 1968-1970: Downing College, Cambridge. Engineering Sciences Tripos.

• 2018-2019: August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship at the Technical University Munich, Germany.
• 2017: Visiting Professorship at the VUB Brussels, Belgium.
• 2017: Visiting Professorship Construction History at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland.
• 2016: Visiting Professorship Construction History at the University of San Sebastian, Spain.
• 2016: Visiting Professorship Construction History at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.
• 2015-2016: Visiting Professorship Construction History at the Tor Regatta University in Rome, Italy.
• 2012-2015: Affiliated Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, Cambridge University.
• 1999-2015: Strategic Sustainability Consultancy at Happold Consulting Engineers in London.
• 1986-1999: Lecturer and Course Director at the Department of Construction Management, University of Reading.
• For more information see ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9933-630X
• For more information see Researchgate  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bill-Addis

Refereed journals:

• 2008-today: Member of Editorial Advisory Panel (Chairman 2012-2018) Engineering History and Heritage, ICE.
• 2011-2016: Co-Editor Construction History, International Journal of the Construction History Society.
• 1995-1996: Editorial Advisory Board Structural Engineering Review.

Member of Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Construction History:

• 2021: 7ICCH Lisbon.
• 2018: 6ICCH Brussels.
• 2015: 5ICCH Chicago.
• 2012: 4ICCH Paris.
• 2009: 3ICCH Cottbus.
• 2006: 2ICCH Cambridge.

Member of Scientific Committee of National Congresses on Construction History:

• 2011-today: Congresos Nacionales de Historia de la Construcción.
• 2012-2017: Congrès francophone d’histoire de la construction.
• 2015: Congress on Luso-Brazilian Construction History.

Books:

• 2021: Addis, B., Physical models: their historical and current use in civil and building engineering design. Berlin: Ernst und Sohn.
• 2007: Addis, B., Building: 3000 years of design, engineering and construction, London, Phaidon.
• 2006: Addis, B. Building with Reclaimed Components and Materials: A Design Handbook for Reuse and Recycling. London: Earthscan. 224pp.
• 2004: Addis, W. & Schouten, J. Design for Deconstruction: Principles of design to facilitate reuse and recycling. London: CIRIA.
• 2001: Addis, B. & Talbot, R. Sustainable Construction Procurement: a guide to delivering environmentally-responsible projects. London: CIRIA.
• 1999: Addis, W., Structural and Civil Engineering Design Vol.12 of series ‘Studies in the History of Civil Engineering’, Ashgate (Variorum), Aldershot.
• 1990: Addis, W., Structural Engineering – the Nature of Theory and Design, Ellis Horwood, Chichester
• For further publications see ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9933-630X
• For further publications see Researchgate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bill-Addis/publications
• For further publications see BMA https://www.bma-project.org/ENGL/AUTHORS/engl_authors_Addis_B.html

Website:

• 2016-today: Conservation Information Resource for Civil Engineers (CIRCE) https://www.ice.org.uk/knowledge-and-resources/best-practice/conservation-resources-for-civil-engineers

Curated exhibitions:

• 1997: Centre Pompidou, Paris. L’art de l’ingénieur – constructeur, entrepreneur, inventeur.
• 1996: On Being an Engineer: exhibition of the life and work of Sir Edmund Happold
• 1990-1994: The Engineers’ Contribution to Contemporary Architecture. Exhibitions at The Building Centre, London, and other venues + linked publications
  1 ‑ Tension Structures
  2 – The Interaction of Structure and Services
  3 – The Art of the Structural Engineer