Who’s behind HUDU?

THE FOUNDERS:

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

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

HUDU Insight was designed to enable the application of our collective HUDU 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 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