The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has elected Claire Curran as its president for 2023/24.
Curran has been managing director of M&E maintenance and project engineering specialists Linaker since 2018, but has worked in the building services industry for nearly 25 years. She has previously worked for GSH, ISS, Kier, and Wates.
In her speech to this year’s BESA annual general meeting, Curran said her presidential year would be marked by acceleration in the adoption of digital systems and a deepening of the impact of new safety legislation.
‘The way we are regulated is changing in the most profound way since World War II through the Building Safety Act, which is not just about safety,’ she said.
‘It is about the whole process of delivering projects, because you can’t make buildings safer if you keep working in the same way. So, for compliance, we must take a close look at everything we do.’
