Project Director, Construction, UK
I’m proud of working on Heathrow Terminal 5, but the one that’s up there is being involved in The Emirates Airline. It’s not often you get to work on such an iconic, unusual project. I’m proud to have delivered it within what was a tight, challenging timescale.
Always listen – there’s a lot of knowledge out there. Be passionate and enjoy what you do, and make sure you have a good sense of achievement.
In construction, clients are becoming more knowledgeable and want things delivered ever quicker and more cost effectively - which can’t continue forever. Hopefully, traditional construction management will come back to the fore, where the client relies on our skills and knowledge to advise them on the best type of procurement and programme timescales.
Within the data centre sector, clients increasingly want more sustainable buildings. Traditionally, data centres were built to maximise the heat loss from the buildings, to keep the servers as cool as possible - quite the opposite of a sustainable ethos. Increasingly, the demand is for environmentally friendly, state of the art data centres built on brownfield sites that reuse the heat generated by the servers.
Spending time with my family, including my two grandchildren. If I have the time, I watch rugby or golf. Back in the day I used to play rugby but now I only get to watch, I try to go to Wasps matches whenever I can.