Why did you choose construction as a career?

I have wanted to be an engineer since I was about 10. It was something I always knew I wanted to do and, when I was 16, I had a modern apprenticeship, so did four days in a sixth form and one day for a manufacturing and engineering firm.

My priority when I left university was to live in London, and as building services was the only engineering centred in London, I fell into it really. I then came to realise quite quickly that I am not a person who could be an engineer in any other industry. 

There is a great interaction and camaraderie with lots of different people in this sector which you don’t get in other engineering roles. I really enjoy this social aspect, meeting new people and getting to know new project teams.

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