Andy Lyon

 

Programme Director, Digital Engineering, KiwiRail 

Andy is a chartered engineer and leads KiwiRail’s digital engineering transformation. Before moving to his current role he was responsible for the development and delivery of the KiwiRail BIM Pilot through the Wellington Metro Upgrade, including the award winning Trentham to Upper Hutt project.  As a result of the successful digital delivery of the pilot the KiwiRail Digital Engineering team was formed to transform the way KiwiRail works. 

Andy is passionate about working with industry to affect a wider change in this area and is a member of the NZ BIM Acceleration Committee as well as a founder of the Digital Asset Owners Forum which seeks to drive consistency in the uptake of BIM and digital engineering through collaboration with other asset owners.