About Unisearch

Led by the people who helped invent BIM.

Professors, chartered engineers, architects and BIM managers — a senior team combining research leadership with decades of delivery in the UK and the Gulf.

Professor Mustafa Alshawi

Managing Director

Over 30 years of experience introducing innovative technologies to enhance the construction industry’s performance. Previously Director of the Built and Human Environment Research Institute at the University of Salford — the highest-ranked UK institute in the built environment. His extensive knowledge of BIM and IPD has been implemented on large-scale construction projects valued at £540m, demonstrating the vast benefits of these technologies in the industry’s move to digitisation.

Professor Jack Goulding

Director

A construction project manager with over 40 years’ experience across AEC and academia. Jack has successfully led national and international projects — from infrastructure development through to R&D solutions in commercial settings — aligning innovation principles and drivers to create strategic capability and new business opportunities.

Ayad Meshedany

Senior Projects Director

A strong background in multidimensional business management and project management, with a track record of project director roles for multinational consultants and project management companies in the UAE.

Zubair Siddiqui

Information Manager

A qualified architect with a master’s degree from the USA and years of experience across the USA, UAE and India. Extensive expertise in design management and information management using the latest BIM tools and technologies.

Dr Muhammad Tariq Shafiq

BIM Manager

At the forefront of BIM implementation and R&D since 2010, Tariq has played an instrumental role in several industry-led, UK Government-funded technology development projects while working with the BIM Academy at Northumbria University.

Shwan Nouri

Senior MEP Manager

A Chartered Electrical Engineer with 27 years’ experience across design & build contracts, EPC and consultancy environments in the UK and UAE — with hands-on knowledge of building services engineering and project management.

Ammar Dakhil

BIM Manager

A BIM researcher at the University of Salford with more than 15 years of civil engineering experience. Involved in pioneering BIM maturity tools since 2013, Ammar developed a unique maturity model linking BIM benefits to organisational competencies across the project life cycle.

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