Colin Taylor

About

Infrastructure Systems Performance and Resilience, Infrastructure Decarbonisation, Future Cities & Communities, Earthquake Engineering & Natural Hazards impacts, Collaborative Learning & Co-production Earthquake and dynamic design of civil engineering systems, especially dams, long span bridges, buildings and nuclear facilities. Large scale laboratory experiments, prototype monitoring Developing holistic, systems thinking and systems practice approach for managing the performance of complex built environment systems over their life-cycle (design to decommissioning). Applying these ideas to assessing the impact of multiple hazards, particularly earthquakes and climate change. Developing advanced large-scale laboratory test techniques in earthquake engineering and structural dynamics (e.g. shaking table testing, seismic qualification). Lead academic for the development of the £20m BLADE laboratories, 2003-2006 Chairman, ICE South West, 2009-10 Chairman, ICE Bristol City Club, 2007-2009, 2013-14 Trustee, Clifton Suspension Bridge Trust, 2008- Chairman & Director, BEELAB Ltd (Univ spin-out company), 1988-2018

Experience

• Chair at South West Infrastructure Partnership
  Nov 2024 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

• ICE Policy Fellow - Sub-national Infrastructure Decarbonisation at Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)
  Aug 2021 - Present · 5 yrs

• University of Bristol (45 yrs 7 mos)
  • Emeritus Professor of Earthquake Engineering
    Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

    Retired from substantive post but still an active researcher

  • Professor of Earthquake Engineering
    Aug 2004 - Sep 2019 · 15 yrs 2 mos

  • Head of Department of Civil Engineering
    Aug 2006 - Jul 2011 · 5 yrs

• Founder and Director at C A Taylor Associates Limited
  Oct 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

  Engineering consultancy

• Graduate Engineer at Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners
  Sep 1977 - Jan 1981 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  Seconded to Bristol University from May 1978