Around the Table: A podcast by Building Relations

Welcome to our fourth episode of ‘Around the Table’: a property-focused podcast by Building Relations dedicated to exploring the changing landscape in the built environment.  As we approach UK Construction Week, this episode dives into the construction industry’s evolving landscape, exploring everything from the adoption of new construction methods and increased safety standards, to the growing need for green skills within the sector.

Participants:

• Mat Ilic: Co-founder and CEO of Greenworkx, spearheading initiatives and new jobs to address the green skills gap.
• Blair Harvey: Site Manager at Barratt David Wilson Homes covering the Southern Counties region. She has been with them for nine years, having joined the business in 2015 as part of a graduate scheme. 

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Welcome to our third episode of ‘Around the Table’: a property-focused podcast by Building Relations.

Here, we aim to unpick current housing stories including the transition to net zero, rising construction costs, recruiting and retaining talent as well as new policies and legislation affecting the housing sector.

This episode is slightly different, however, as this month, we are celebrating International Women’s Day.

In this episode, I am joined by two very inspirational guests who will share their unique career journeys and experiences as women in the property industry.

They will also be discussing what International Women’s Day means to them as well as some of the unique attributes they bring to an industry that has historically been dominated by men.

Participants biographies: 

Violet Pugh, who was awarded “Woman of the Year (Leadership)” at the Women in Housing Awards in 2021 and works as Senior Manager in Marketing and Communications for Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing. Violet is also Chair of the 'Rise' ethnicity colleague network group at MTVH. 

Helen Moore is Group Director of Orbit Homes, and responsible for the operational delivery of all developments across the business. 

She has recently joined the Home Builders Federation board. Helen has worked in the property development industry for 30 years, initially at Countryside, before joining Crest Nicholson. 

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Welcome to our second episode of ‘Around the Table’: a property-focused podcast by Building Relations. 

In this episode, we hear from two experts on how they are helping to push biodiversity up the agenda in the built environment and create green spaces in urban areas.

New legislation came into force this month which requires developers to create a mandatory Biodiversity Net Gain of 10%.

This will affect more than 100,000 planning applications every year, so new strategies are needed to allow nature to thrive.

So, what does Biodiversity Net Gain actually mean – and how will housebuilders achieve it?

We’ll be exploring all of this and so much more. 

Our guests: 

• Andy Pankhurst – a Director at Southern Ecological Solutions, a specialist ecological consultancy service with a range of clients including housebuilders. With an impressive history of delivering complex projects, Andrew specialises primarily on supporting clients with Biodiversity Net Gain. His passion for place making and holistic solutions has seen Andrew lead the company’s habitat creation team. Welcome Andy. 
• Ed Gritten – an Engagement and Insights Officer at the Quality of Life Foundation. This organisation helps local communities, professionals and policy makers to create homes and neighbourhoods to benefit people’s health and wellbeing.

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In this episode, we will be focusing on the retrofit challenge and how we decarbonise our existing housing stock. 80% of buildings that will be standing in 2050 have already been built, therefore the industry needs to find sustainable design solutions and green financing methods to help support the drive to decarbonise our housing stock.

 We would love to hear your thoughts on this episode, please do let us know and don’t forget to subscribe via Spotify, Apple or through other podcast platforms and do remember to visit our website at www.building-relations.co.uk 

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