May Winfield, Buro Happold

May Winfield, Global Director of Commercial, Legal and Digital Risks, Solicitor, Buro Happold
May is the Global Director of Commercial, Legal and Digital Risks at international engineering firm, BuroHappold. The digital aspect of the role includes providing support to develop new policies, systems and procedures on all services relating to construction technology, information management and BIM, as well managing the risk of implementing new digital-related technologies and services. May is a senior construction lawyer of over 16 years’ experience and is recognised as a leading legal specialist in BIM and construction technology. May has a passion for innovation in the industry and has provided pragmatic advice and thoughts on the legal impact of construction technology to clients and at events worldwide for some years. May has authored and co-authored various documents in this field, including legal guidance on the ISO19650 Information Management international standard, an ISO19650-compliant Information Protocol, a JCT Practice Note on BIM and an upcoming book chapter analysing Construction 4.0. She is one of the co-authors of the Centre for Digital Built Britain’s Digital Twins Roadmap and their recently released Digital Twins Toolkit Report. She is a UK BIM Alliance Ambassador, co-founder and chair of BIM4Legal (a forum for lawyers and industry to increase knowledge on legal issues of BIM) and a member of various other industry groups seeking to support the industry in progressing and implementing digital technology. May won Best Women in Construction Law in the Women in Construction and Engineering Awards 2020, and was named as one of the Construction Idols by London Build 2022.