Problem Solver

Nick Edwards

Areas Nick Edwards is Knowledgeable in:

MOTORSPORT
COMPUTING 2
STEEL AND CONCRETE THEORY AND STRUCTURAL DESIGN
SOIL MECHANICS
HYDRAULICS
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMICS, LAW, ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
HISTORY OF WESTERN ARCHITECTURE
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND SOLID MECHANICS
FIELD STUDIES OF THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT
INTEGRATED BUILDING DESIGN
STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
STRUCTURAL DESIGN STUDIES
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING DESIGN STUDIO
DYNAMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS
ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS
Engineering Analysis
Environmental Fluid and Geomechanics
Materials & Construction
Structures and Design
Professional Engineering
Social Business

Techniques Nick Edwards Uses:

Hurons Productive Thinking Model
Action Learning sets
The focus model
8D Problem solving process
SWOT Analysis
PDCA - Plan, Do, Check, Act
The simplex Process

Nick Edwards's Problem Solving Skills:

  1. Resourceful
  2. Business Acumen
  3. Problem Solver
  4. Research
  5. Presentation
  6. Design
  7. Marketing
  8. Critical
  9. Creative

Nick Edwards's Problem Solving Experience:

  1. Designed a solution that made a permanent dwelling from an emergency shelter design (10 plus years).
  2. Developed a cost saving process strategy that saved approx £125,000 per year whilst working for a telecommunications company.
  3. Won the Institute of Civil Engineering award for the creation of a structure made sustainable and at low cost.
  4. Won the Cardiff Alumni (UK university) award for a project which set up an architectural training centre in Cameroon.
  5. Built up and sold a successful gaming exchange business with very limited funding.
  6. Created a framework to measure success for a Social Business