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5 minutes with … Liz Ramsden at Knights

2024-11-08T07:00:00+00:00

The senior associate in the firm’s residential property team on the challenges of the ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Safety Act, her love of Vietnamese food and the importance of answering the phone

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5 minutes with … Richard Burdett-Gardiner at Kier

2024-10-31T06:00:00+00:00

The firm’s director of applied digital services (ADS) on the importance of embracing new tools and technology, the skills his grandfather taught him and the best days on which to own a boat

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5 minutes with … Shamayne Harris at Pagabo

2024-10-25T06:00:00+01:00

The firm’s head of procurement on the need to be flexible, the importance of relationships with stakeholders and her love of projects that involve lots of data

Rainy Burton

5 minutes with … Lorraine Burton at FM Conway

2024-10-10T12:00:00+01:00

The firm’s laboratory manager on the importance of recycling, the effects of climate change and her love of a chicken Caesar salad

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5 minutes with … Ayman El Hibri at Wilkinson Eyre

2024-10-03T06:00:00+01:00

The firm’s director on the influence of his grandfather and father, the challenges of designing and building 8 Bishopsgate and why it is vital to keep learning

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5 minutes with … Matthew Robertson at Valouran

2024-09-27T06:00:00+01:00

The property developer and placemaker’s founder and CFO on the firm’s successful first year, the need for planning reform and why he does his best work early in the morning

Ondrej Chybik

5 minutes with … Ondrej Chybik at Chybik + Kristof

2024-08-23T06:00:00+01:00

The co-founder and director of his architectural studio on expanding to London, the frustratingly slow pace of the construction process and his in-depth interest in insects

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5 minutes with … Claire Gott at WSP

2024-08-08T05:00:00+01:00

The firm’s UK head of building structures

Ben Stuart Able Partners

5 minutes with … Ben Stuart at Able Partners

2024-08-01T06:00:00+01:00

The firm’s co-founder and director on the success of his Create More podcast, the importance of having fun and why it is important to just get in and splash around

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5 minutes with … Pendrick Brown at HLW

2024-07-11T11:00:00+01:00

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

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5 minutes with … Paul Belfield at Rund

2024-06-28T06:00:00+01:00

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

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5 minutes with … Ben Hopkins at Bennetts Associates

2024-06-21T06:00:00+01:00

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

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5 minutes with … Andrew Williams at Quinn London

2024-05-16T06:00:00+01:00

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

John Lucas, director at EDGE

5 minutes with … John Lucas at EDGE

2024-04-26T06:00:00+01:00

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

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5 minutes with … Anna Lisa McSweeney at White Arkitekter

2024-04-25T03:00:00+01:00

The firm’s UK head of sustainability on moving mountains and problem-solving, sharing responsibility and travelling as much as possible on foot

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5 minutes with … Rachel Basha at Basha-Franklin

2024-04-04T05:00:00+01:00

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

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5 minutes with … Ian Tew at Knight Frank

2024-03-21T07:00:00+00:00

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

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5 minutes with … Mark Lavery at Buro Happold

2024-02-23T07:00:00+00:00

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

Kate McKnight, country manager for UK & Ireland at Myrtha Pools

5 minutes with … Kate McKnight at Myrtha Pools

2024-02-09T07:00:00+00:00

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

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5 minutes with … Matt Thomas at SLR

2024-02-01T07:00:00+00:00

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