A Diverse Background
Bill Black is National Director of Strategic Business Solutions at Haworth a leading manufacturer of modular interior solutions for commercial office space.  Based at Haworth’s Canadian headquarters in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Bill is a Quantity Surveyor originally hailing from Edinburgh, Scotland. Bill obtained his degree at Napier University, while at the same time serving a six-year apprenticeship with Gibson & Simpson, a prominent well-established firm of Quantity
Surveyors. Bill received his B.Sc. in 1987, and worked with two other similar firms until moving to Calgary, Alberta, Canada in June 1991.
After settling in Canada Bill worked for 2 years in the Edmonton branch of a Toronto based Cost Consulting firm until 1993 after which he spent 6 years as a Senior Estimator and Account Manager with a large Calgary commercial sub contractor.
Bill joined Haworth in October 1999 in the Architectural division and cut his teeth on movable walls and raised floors and the entire modular approach to commercial interiors. When this is combined with the broad line of furniture, seating and storage it is known as Adaptable Workspace – a total high performance interiors solution.
Bill’s extensive travel over the years has taken him all across North America working on projects and business development activities.  Bill’s construction and cost consulting background has
enabled him to assist prospective clients, their design teams and contractors evaluate the change in scope and overall cost effect of implementing Haworth Adaptable Workspace approach to building out modular office interiors.
These financial validations cover a holistic breadth of cost in terms of first cost, cost of ownership, tax depreciation and overall value of high performance real estate solutions to each organization.
Bill is an ASID Distinguished Speaker, a LEED Accredited Professional and a featured speaker on the value of design, high performance real estate and modular-interior construction process and costing.