Who’s behind HUDU.vu?

THE FOUNDERS:

Matt Douglas and Neil Hooton are veteran engineers who've lived your frustrations on major programmes worldwide. We built HUDU.vu (incorporating Insight and Lab) because we refused to accept the status quo. 

Lab was conceived in response to seeing more talent and knowledge retire or leave the industry than we could bring on. So we designed Lab to capture our own and others experience, retain it, build on it and apply it.

Insight was designed to enable the application of our collective Lab knowledge to projects, in a way that would help the teams focus on the key issues and remove chunks of non productive/inefficient time.

Matt Douglas - HUDU Co-Founder
Neil Hooton - HUDU Co-Founder

"The only constant in life is CHANGE".

Heraclitus - Greek Philosopher

OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORS:

Mark Steele BEng MSc DIC

  • 40-year career at Arup (1982-2022) as building structural engineer and multi-disciplinary project manager, with MSc in Structural Steel from Imperial College

  • Led major infrastructure projects including Brisbane Airport Link tunnels, Crossrail damage assessments, and Trans-Pennine Rail Upgrade at Grade 1 listed Huddersfield Station

  • Extensive UK experience in Design & Build contracts, particularly Victorian mill refurbishments in West Yorkshire and mine infrastructure for Woodsmith Polyhalite project

Andy Hornung BSc MSc

  • 38 years in civil engineering spanning designer and estimator roles at Bauer, 10 years with Bullen Consultants, and 24 years with Arup, covering diverse sectors including tunnelling, mining, rail, flood defence and waste management

  • Major project leadership including over 10 years as ground engineering lead and Project Director for the Woodsmith Mine project (UK's deepest mine at 1650m), overseeing surface infrastructure, shaft sinking and enabling works packages

  • Strategic bid and procurement expertise with extensive experience in competitive dialogue, PFI and DPC procurements, most recently leading the successful tender design for the £3Bn Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) - a 9-year DBFM contract replacing 50km+ of tunnels