Professor Sergio Cavalaro
Biography
Professor Sergio Cavalaro is the current Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). He provides independent construction, engineering and scientific advice on the safety, quality and resilience of buildings, as well as on productivity across the built environment sector.
Before he joined MHCLG, Sergio was Professor of Infrastructure Systems at Loughborough University’s School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering. He is a civil engineer with a PhD in construction engineering.
Sergio has supported government and industry on issues of national significance and has extensive knowledge of regulatory systems in the UK and internationally. Notably, he played a central role in the structural evaluations of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), advancing the sector’s understanding, informing measures to keep hospitals operational during the COVID-19 pandemic, and contributing to the subsequent national response.
He has also led collaborative initiatives to advance modern methods of construction, repair and remediation approaches, materials and quality control methods that are now helping to improve safety, quality and productivity in buildings and infrastructure.