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5 minutes with … Pendrick Brown at HLW
The firm’s co-principal and legal sector leader on minimising environmental harm, disagreeing with George Orwell and why worrying is a waste of time
5 minutes with … Paul Belfield at Rund
The firm’s executive director on developing the surveying and construction consultancy, the vital importance of teamwork and two industry characters who have impressed and inspired him
5 minutes with … Ben Hopkins at Bennetts Associates
The firm’s sustainability lead on his work with LETI, losing his job before he had started and teaching in a country where he had only just learnt the language
5 minutes with … Andrew Williams at Quinn London
The firm’s heritage director on the pleasure he derives from working on some of the UK’s finest historical buildings, the importance of asking questions and the benefit of hindsight
5 minutes with … John Lucas at EDGE
The consultancy director on starting as an apprentice and working his way up, the importance of listening and collaborating more – and his passion for sailing
5 minutes with … Anna Lisa McSweeney at White Arkitekter
The firm’s UK head of sustainability on moving mountains and problem-solving, sharing responsibility and travelling as much as possible on foot
5 minutes with … Rachel Basha at Basha-Franklin
The founder and owner of the architecture and interior design practice on the commercialisation of sustainability, the need to support rising talent and her favourite north London restaurant
5 minutes with … Ian Tew at Knight Frank
The partner and leader of the building consultancy and project management team in Newcastle on the challenges of lockdown, the importance of pursuing net zero and how he manages a team working across different sectors and delivering multiple services
5 minutes with … Mark Lavery at Buro Happold
The firm’s partner and tall buildings expert on taking risks, working in Dubai on a tower even taller than the Burj Khalifa and the advantages of getting up early
5 minutes with … Kate McKnight at Myrtha Pools
The leisure business expert and firm’s manager in the UK and Ireland on switching jobs during covid, the importance of leisure facilities and why the sea is better when it is rougher
5 minutes with … Matt Thomas at SLR
The firm’s built environment senior sector leader for Europe on the importance of sustainable transport networks and his admiration for planning barristers. His favourite building is almost 1,000 years old
5 minutes with … Rosie Bard at Orms
The firm’s associate and sustainability lead on her mission to help reduce the industry’s impact on the environment, the importance of challenging the status quo and her love of art galleries and pizza
5 minutes with … Tony Wells at Merit
The firm’s founder and CEO would change ‘pretty much everything’ about the industry and sees a huge opportunity to innovate and transform construction’s archaic ways of working
5 minutes with … Paul Staley at Wise Living
The BTR housing provider’s managing director on rising to challenges, embracing opportunities and doing your best, while not being overly competitive
5 minutes with … Richard Farrey at Silverstone Building Consultancy
The firm’s lead director on building his business, the importance of a can-do attitude and why the best buildings are in the North-east
5 minutes with … Rebecca Hartshorn at Sisk
The firm’s national framework director on the need for greater industry collaboration, juggling her career and motherhood, her favourite roast dinner and her dislike of blocky concrete buildings
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5 minutes with … Priya Shah at Linesight
The global consultancy’s associate director on her transition from the nuclear sector, her training scheme for chemical engineers and the need for digital transformation
5 minutes with … Michael O’Shea at Gowling WLG
The partner in the law firm’s construction team believes the tendering process needs to change and urges new recruits to read books rather than websites. He is a fan of The Smiths and wine gums
5 minutes with … Chris Jones at 10 Design
The firm’s managing principal (Europe and Middle East) considers the need to work collaboratively, the impact of the pandemic, why he went to art college – and his secret skill learnt while funding his studies
5 minutes with … Ashwin Halaria at Symmetrys
The firm’s associate director on the incident that made him want to be an engineer, the vital importance of material reuse and why his mother will always be his role model