Professor Chris Goodier

I worked previously for 7 years for Laing O’Rourke Civil Engineering and BRE and was the Lead Expert for construction on the UK Government’s Foresight Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment Futures project. I have authored more than 250 publications in the field of offsite/modular/MMC, construction technology, concrete materials, construction management, building energy, and the future of the construction sector.

Past research projects

• ACT Ecocem Low-Carbon Cement Technology
• NHS: RAAC research, testing, investigation and digital surveying
• MTC: RAAC research
• Digitalisation in Construction Products Sector
• IStructE: Development of Low Carbon Structural Sprayed Concrete
• HS2: Low Carbon Sprayed Concrete IUK: Scalable Low Carbon Demonstrator Project
• BSI Construction standards for offsite construction
• Highways England – Offsite non-steel gantries for smart motorways
• Arup, Global Research Challenge, Deep Modularity
• EPSRC: Circular Materials for Transportation Machine Sectors (CIRCMATE-4-TMS)
• UKCRIC PLEXUS: Priming Laboratory Experiments on Infrastructure and Urban Systems (EPSRC)
• DECONT: Digital Enablers for Transforming Construction, Transforming Construction Network Plus
• Challenging Space Frontiers in Hospitals - Accelerating capabilities and advancing business models for modern manufacturing, Transforming Construction Network Plus
• Expert witness for $300m+ trade secret case on the global construction of modular (offsite) construction
• ECI Modularisation in engineering construction
• IOSH Managing nanomaterials in construction
• Lead Expert for construction on the £2m+ DIUS Foresight’s Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment futures project (foresight.gov.uk)

• F Dizaye, S Yevu, K Ayinla, CI Goodier, M Osmani, A lifecycle mapping of circular economy principles and implementation strategies in construction, Building and Environment, 114907, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2026.114907
• KB Blay, C Gorse, C Goodier, J Starkey, S Hwang, SHP Cavalaro, Artificial intelligence (AI) for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) crack defect identification, International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 44 (2), 358-374, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-05-2024-0104 , 2026
• D Murguia, R Soetanto, M Szczygiel, CI Goodier, A Kavuri, Construction 4.0 implementation for performance improvement: an innovation management perspective, Construction Innovation, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1108/CI-08-2023-0184
• M McCarney, CI Goodier, A Gibb, Interface management of offsite bathroom construction: A conceptual model, Construction Innovation 23 (3), 587-605, 2023
• E Mantesi, K Chmutina, C Goodier, The office of the future: Operational energy consumption in the post-pandemic era, Energy research & social science 87, 102472, 2022
• K Mourkos, RS McLeod, CJ Hopfe, C Goodier, M Swainson, Assessing the application and limitations of a standardised overheating risk-assessment methodology in a real-world context, Building and Environment 181, 107070, 2020
• Chris I Goodier, Alistair Gibb, Mauro Mancini, Christoph Turck, Osman Gjepali, Edwin Daniels, (2019), Modularisation and offsite in Engineering Construction – an early decision support tool, special issue of ICE Civil Engineering on Offsite and Smart Construction. ISSN 0965-089X | E-ISSN 1751-7672. DOI: 10.1680/jcien.19.00015 https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/jcien.19.00015
• Ahmad, Y., Soetanto, R., Goodier, C.I., Lean approach in precast concrete component production, accepted 27/1/19, Journal of Built Environment Project and Asset Management. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/37050 , https://doi.org/10.1108/BEPAM-02-2018-0051
• Jones, W., Gibb, A.G., Goodier, C.I., Bust, P., Jin, J., and Song, M. (2016), Nanomaterials in construction - what is being used, and where? ICE Construction Materials, ISSN 1747-650X | E-ISSN 1747-6518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jcoma.16.00011 , https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/21419
• Lawson, M., Ogden, R. and Goodier, C.I. (2014), Design in Modular Construction, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis group, 280 pages, ISBN-10: 0415554500, ISBN-13: 978-0415-55450-3, http://www.amazon.com/Design-Modular-Construction-Mark-Lawson/dp/0415554500

Undergraduate

• CVA106/137 Engineering Materials for Construction
• CVD014 Sustainable Development Project
• CVC127 - Modern Methods of Construction and Conservation
• CVA102 Professional Practice
• Research dissertations

Postgraduate

• CVZ002

External Examiner (taught courses)

• Imperial College MSc Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure (2021 – present)
• Leeds university, MSc Advanced Concrete Technology (July 2016 – 2021)
• Coventry university, BEng/BSc/MEng Civil Engineering (Oct 2016 – Oct 18)

Professional affiliations

• Member of Chartered Institute of Building (MCIOB)
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
• Fellow of Institute of Concrete Technology (FICT)

Awards

• Ranked in top 2% of scientists worldwide (Stanford/Elsevier 2024)
• LU RAAC research impact & engagement award winner 2026
• CN Awards Shortlist for Innovation of the Year – Evidence-led RAAC remediation framework, 2025
• Finalist in the Sustainable Materials Innovation for Net-zero category for the IOM3 Sustainable Future Awards 2025
• LU VC research & innovation award for RAAC 2024
• ICE Merit research award 2023 – sprayed concrete
• LU RAAC research team award 2023
• ICE Research Award: Low Carbon Sprayed Concrete
• Teaching Innovation Award (TIA), Loughborough University, “Extended Induction for Engagement and Inclusivity”
• LU Enterprise Partnership Award with AECOM - Highly Commended
• Winner of ICE Howard Award Medal for Best Paper in Journal. Optimising construction with SCC, ICE Construction Materials, https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/19968, http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/coma.14.00025
• Short-listed for The Engineer Collaborate to Innovate award, Academic Innovator category
• ICE (Institution of Civil Engineering) Merit Awards, ‘Short-listed’ in Research and Studies Category, “RCA concrete”
• Teaching Stars Award Loughborough University
• ACE Engineering Excellence Awards, shortlisted in the Research, Studies and Consulting Advisory
• ICE Merit Awards, ‘Highly Commended’ in Research and Studies Category, “Corrosion Management and Repair of Reinforced Concrete Structures”
• Winner of CIOB-ARCOM CRI Innovation and Sustainability paper award