The Editor

Llewellyn Van Wyk

Llewellyn van Wyk

Llewellyn van Wyk is an expert on the construction sector, especially in the fields of sustainable building and construction activities, skills development, and advanced construction technologies.

Current activities and research interests

Construction capacity for sustainable development: role of science, technology and innovation; identification and development of critical skills; and technology diffusion
Governance of built/natural interface: measuring and reporting, systemic and integrated ecological planning, policy formulation, effective management
Resource governance: adaptive and mitigating strategies, innovation, science and technology interventions.

Formal education

BArchitecture, University of Cape Town, 1980

Experience

Van Wyk has more than twenty-two years’ experience as a practising architect, and five years’ experience in studies and contract research related to the construction sector, spanning the fields of construction industry development, built environment professions skills development and training, sustainable building and construction evaluation and reporting, holistic building design and planning, policy and strategy development, and advanced construction technology research.