Heriot-Watt lecturer appointed Associate Editor for Automation in Construction

Dr Frédéric Bosché, a lecturer within the Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Design, has been appointed Associate Editor of the Elsevier journal Automation in Construction.

Automation in Construction is an international journal for the publication of original research papers on all aspects pertaining to the use of Information Technologies in Design, Engineering, Construction Technologies, and Maintenance and Management of Constructed Facilities. With an Impact Factor 1.8 (5 Year: 2.22), it is one of the most influential journals in the field.

Frédéric is honoured to have been asked to take this position and looks forward to work closely with the Editor-in-Chief Dr Skibniewski (University of Maryland) and co- associate editor Dr Daniel Castro-Lacouture (Georgia Institute of Technology) to maintain and further improve the value and impact of the journal to its international audience.