Matt Thomas
MPhys MInstP

Engineer

Matt joined Max Fordham LLP after graduating in Physics at the University of Warwick in 1999, and became a partner in 2003.

Matt is partner in charge of Wembley Manor primary school, currently on site, and has just completed the Invitation To Tender bid for Walworth Academy. He has had extensive involvement in the Corby Cube multi-use civic centre. The form of these new build projects have been shaped by a variety of low impact environmental strategies from an early stage.

Matt’s experience in refurbishment projects ranges through 1930s to 1960s buildings. It includes Bexley leisure centers and Wolverhampton Civic Hall as job engineer; as project engineer grade I listed Isokon flats, Young Vic Theatre, and grade II listed National Theatre Studio. Amongst other awards, Isokon received the Crown Estate Conservation Award in 2005; the Young Vic was short listed for the Stirling Prize in 2007.

Specialist expertise includes electrical design for performance spaces and critical IT systems, environmental close control for archive spaces, natural ventilation techniques for high occupancy public spaces, and flexible mechanical ventilation solutions for adaptable performance spaces.

Matt has served a term as a trustee of the Institute of Physics. He also sails, including stints running bow in a successful racing crew.