BDP’s chair of building services engineering Andrew Swain-Smith says he is feeling bullish about the practice’s growth prospects – and this was before news it had won a prestigious contract at the Palace of Westminster
Tag: Interviews
Interview with Paul Flatt – why engineers must add value
Building services consultants risk obsolescence unless they use their engineering expertise to extract value for clients, warns Hurley Palmer Flatt’s CEO, Paul Flatt. He tells Alex Smith that employee training programmes are key to creating the calibre of engineer necessary for his firm to succeed in an increasingly competitive market
The industry pioneer who was ahead of his time – Max Fordham interview
Max Fordham FCIBSE is Britain’s most influential services engineer, and his practice continues to lead the field when it comes to innovative building services design. Alex Smith finds out what’s next for the man who has been bringing creativity and intellectual rigour to the industry for over 50 years
Smart choices – career moves
Skills shortages and major new construction projects mean Britain needs more highly qualified labour. But graduates aren’t the only ones in demand. David Blackman meets four professionals who changed career to become building services engineers
Building on the past: celebrating 40 years of CIBSE
From the miners’ strikes and oil crises of the 1970s, to the ‘boom and bust’ of the 1980s and technological advances in the 2000s, the UK’s industrial landscape has evolved radically over the past four decades. Liza Young asks former CIBSE presidents how building services has changed since the Institution began in 1976
Interview with CIBSE President John Field: ‘We have influence, now we need to inspire’
CIBSE’s new President is keen to work with members to broadcast the excellence of the building services industry, and to capture the imagination of professionals working in every aspect of building performance. Alex Smith reports
On a mission: using data to optimise heat networks
Gareth Jones and Casey Cole are using big data to expose the real performance of domestic heat networks. Alex Smith finds out how their disrupter technology could see the industry adopting a Passivhaus-style target approach
Thinking outside the box
Last year’s winner of the CIBSE Graduate of the Year Award, Ryan Rodrigues, talks about his win, his career goals, and inspiring the new generation of engineers
Money for new hope – apprenticeships
From next year, large employers will pay a levy to support apprenticeships that aim to alleviate the skills shortage – so will they, and their potential trainees, get a good return on their investment? Roxane McMeeken finds out
Leading lights – CIBSE Building Performance Awards 2016 winners
Waterman Building Services was named Carbon Champion after picking up an award for the Everyman Theatre. Liza Young speaks to the engineer and other winners from the event