5 minutes with … Rob Speirs at Stepnell

2023-03-02T07:00:00

The director leading the firm’s southern operations believes in listening before speaking and learning from mistakes. He designed his first house aged 14 and enjoys rugby and sailing

Why did you choose construction as a career?

Construction chose me really as I was born into a family where my father had his own quantity surveying and design practice. From the age of 9, I was starting to take an interest and, during the school holidays, got to observe his work first-hand.

At 14 I designed my first private residence for one of his clients using old-fashioned tracing paper and Indian ink – it was such a buzz for me to be part of. When the design successfully went through planning, that was when I knew I wanted to work in construction management one day.

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