Ideas intopractice.

Selected engineering and academic experience alongside industry–academia initiatives.

Engineering experience

My engineering practice includes design, BIM, project planning and control on real estate and highway infrastructure.

Kufre Antia wearing PPE on an active construction site
Kufre Antia participating in a collaborative digital construction session at Northumbria University's Live Projects Hub
Journey / Milestones
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B.Eng Civil Engineering
Internship
Civil Construction Engineer
Design and Construction of Countryside Accomodation
Retrofit and Extension of Residential Easte
Desing and Construction of Vinpy Hotels
Desing and Construction of Jordan Shore International Academy
Technical Office Engineer
Section Engineer
Career Break
MSc Construction Project Management with BIM
Founder / Training and Development Lead
Design of Netzero Sensory Garden
Bridge the Gap Initiative
Construction Engineer
012026–Present

Various contractors through agency placements

Construction Professional

Site engineering support on residential and hospitality projects in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities & contribution

  • Setting out and quality checks
  • Technical coordination and progress records
  • Safe and accurate site delivery

Tools & methods

  • AutoCAD
  • Surveying and setting-out equipment
  • Technical drawings
022019–2023

Julius Berger Nigeria Plc

Technical Office Engineer → Section Engineer

Abuja–Kaduna–Zaria–Kano Dual Carriageway Reconstruction Project.

Responsibilities & contribution

  • Project controls, reporting and technical coordination
  • Planning and monitoring section delivery
  • Quality, subcontractor and stakeholder coordination

Tools & methods

  • Primavera P6
  • Microsoft Project
  • AutoCAD
  • Progress and cost reporting
032016–2019

Xantias Construction Limited

Civil Construction Engineer

Building design, construction and site engineering across educational, hospitality and residential projects.

Responsibilities & contribution

  • Site supervision and technical coordination
  • Drawing, specification and quality compliance
  • Measurement, reporting and programme support

Tools & methods

  • AutoCAD
  • Microsoft Project
  • Quantity take-off
  • Site records

Connecting learning
with industry.

I founded Northumbria Construct as an industry–academia initiative to help connect students and emerging professionals with universities, professional institutions and the construction industry.

Its activities are designed to create practical routes into professional knowledge and networks through debates, seminars, site visits, webinars and collaborative projects.

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Northumbria Construct participants following an industry engagement event

Practical routes to participation.

In development

A lightweight project
operating system.

NorCon Projects is an emerging lightweight Project Management SaaS being developed to address communication, collaboration and ownership for student and small project teams.

The product direction is intended for small project teams and emerging project professionals. It focuses on accessible governance, document and reporting workflows, with an emphasis on clarity rather than complexity.

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  1. 01Structured project set-up, governance and permissions
  2. 02Document ingestion, intelligence and version control
  3. 03Change control, benefits and sustainability tracking
  4. 04Project reporting and operating workflows

Research applied
to practice.

Selected academic assessments applying digital construction, BIM and information management principles to complex building design, delivery and facilities-management scenarios.

01Digital consultancy assessment

Digital Consultancy Report on Northumberland Street (NLDS) Facility

A retrofit-focused consultancy report proposing a green-roof strategy for the NLDS facility and examining how BIM can improve energy analysis, cost estimation and information management. It extends the approach into facilities management through BIM-enabled predictive maintenance, IoT and energy monitoring.

  • BIM
  • Energy analysis
  • 5D cost estimation
  • Predictive maintenance
  • Facility management
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02Digital construction assessment

CIS Building Delivery Challenge Identification and Resolution Proposal

A delivery proposal for Northumbria University's CIS Building identifying circulation, MEP coordination and lift-integration challenges. It develops practical resolutions using Integrated Project Delivery, BIM, virtual reality, clash detection and ISO 19650-aligned information-management workflows.

  • Integrated Project Delivery
  • BIM and VR
  • Clash detection
  • ISO 19650
  • Information management
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