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Darren Evans

Darren Evans

Darren Evans - Business leader connecting with people to treat people and planet as the precious resources they are so that we can build a better future together https://darren-evans.co.uk/ To find out more about exceeding energy performance and sustainability requirements without excessive...

Dr Andrew Agapiou

Dr Andrew Agapiou

Dr Andrew Agapiou is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde. He delivers the Professional Studies programme to both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Architecture. Andrew has also lectured on the LLM Construction Law programme within Strathclyde's...

Amanda Clack

Amanda Clack

Amanda Clack is a strategy and business transformation specialist. Amanda's focus is to deliver business value through the real assets by providing strategic advice that transforms businesses and delivers implementable solutions through...

Andrea Newton

Andrea Newton

Andrea Newton has been helping organisations develop the skill and confidence to have Confident Conversations and get comfortable with the uncomfortable for over 21 years. She has worked across a range of industry sectors and is happiest working in...

Terry O'Mahony

Terry O'Mahony

Terry has significant leadership and business management experience within the construction, property and investment industry. He graduated with an MSc in Construction Project Management and has been a member of the Chartered Institute of Building...

Alex Collman

Alex Collman

Alex Collman MCIWM CRWM Alex is the founder and Managing Director of SoilEx Environmental, a business that provides waste management support and services to the construction industry. Following nearly as decade heading up the waste division of a national aggregate and waste broker Alex realised...

Susanne Madsen

Susanne Madsen

Susanne Madsen is an internationally recognised project leadership coach, trainer and facilitator. She is the author of The Power of Project Leadership (now in 2nd edition) and The Project Management Coaching Workbook. You can read more about Susanne's coaching, training and consulting services...

Lisa Molloy

Lisa Molloy

Lisa Molloy MRICS, MCICES is Commercial Director at Molloy Construction Services. with experience of working for the Client, Contractor and Sub-Contractor, with joint venture experience in Civil Engineering, Rail, Renewable Energy, Energy and Power and Oil and Gas sector. She is competent in...

Simon Hares

Simon Hares

Simon Hares set up SerialTrainer7 Ltd in 2014 with a view to getting people where they need to be quicker and leaving them there better. With over 30 years experience training sales and management, the training is described as more than different, it is relevant. SerialTrainer7 Ltd offers training...

Alex Axford

Alex Axford

Alexandra Axford MCInstCES, cost manager at Turner & Townsend in the infrastructure sector. 9 years’ experience of commercial management both as a Tier 1 Contractor QS and most recently as a Consultant with a variety of Clients. Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors...

Elaine Ball

Elaine Ball

Elaine Ball's remit is to improve Geospatial Businesses (Surveyors and Equipment / Software sellers) by providing you with the tools to improve your sales funnel through using the right marketing tools. From consultancy (diving into your business to seeing what is happening) to workshops (hands on....

Natasha Stone

Natasha Stone

Associate Commercial Director at Arcadis – a leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets. STEM Ambassador and mental health advocate.

Joanna Farnsworth

Joanna Farnsworth

Joanna is an experienced Commercial Manager leading the commercial team for Galliford Try Partnerships on their flagship scheme – Brunel Street Works. Having trained as a Quantity Surveyor, Joanna specialises in the Commercial Cost Management of major residential and commercial projects, notably in...

Sean Gibbs

Sean Gibbs

Sean Sullivan Gibbs BSc. LLB(Hon) PG Dip Arb, PG Dip Bar, LLM, MICE, AFICHEME, FRICS, FCIOB, FCICES is a director with Hanscomb Intercontinental Ltd. Hanscomb Intercontinental provide expert advisory and expert witness services to the onshore and offshore construction...

Alice Graham

Alice Graham

Alice Graham is a graduate quantity surveyor at Faithful+Gould, with a particular interest in the application of digital tools and innovation in the construction industry. Her current role involves delivering cost management and commercial services for...

Frances Lewis

Frances Lewis

Frances is a Consultant in Osborne Clarke’s Workforce Solutions Sector specialising in advising staffing companies and other employment intermediaries on all aspects of recruitment process (MSP, RPO), contracting models, taxation of contingent...

Peter Papadakis

Peter Papadakis

Peter Papadakis is a Chartered Surveyor who’s company Pronea Ltd specialises in construction claims and contracts – NEC3, NEC4, JCT, IChemE, ICC, FIDIC contracts and subcontracts. Providing claims management...

Stuart Earl

Stuart Earl

Stuart Earl FRICS is a Chartered Quantity Surveyor, an RICS APC Mentor, an RICS APC Chair of Assessors and has been involved in talent development for most of his professional career.

Peter Tosland

Peter Tosland

Commercial Director in Infrastructure & Construction with Stabag and Chair of the Conflict Avoidance Coalition Steering Group. Peter has over 30 years’ experience in senior infrastructure commercial roles and a sound base to approach some bigger issues that the industry faces when attempting...

John Lovell

John Lovell

Chartered surveyor and tax specialist in capital allowances and Director of Lovell Consulting – Capital Allowances advisory. Specialties: Capital allowances, waste to energy plants, complex real estate transactions. Hotels and restaurants. Saving tax on commercial property expenditure. In the...

Jon Miller

Jon Miller

Jon is a partner in Fenwick Elliott, solicitors specialising in construction and engineering law. He qualified as a solicitor in 1989 with LLB (Hons)

Tim Trebes

Tim is a Director at Trebes Consulting. He is an NEC3 & 4 Accredited Project Manager with experience working with clients and contractors helping to develop and implement the NEC forms of contract. Trebes Consulting’s team specialise in the NEC form of contract and have experience in major projects and programmes clients.

Cara Thompson

Cara is an Associate Director at Trebes Consulting. She holds a first-class BSc in Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management. Cara is an NEC4 Accredited Project Manager with experience working with both clients and contractors helping to develop and implement and manage the NEC forms of contract.