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Career steps and guidance with Graduate Construction Manager Avril Walsh ACABE   Q. What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. I’m currently a Graduate Construction Manager with Lidl Ireland - I started in September 2024 at their head office in Dublin. The role essentially involves setting out how the stores and warehouses in IE and NI will look and feel. We also work on how they will be...
Focus on…career steps with Structural Engineer and Managing Director Daniel Fordham CEng MIStructE FCABE Q. What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. I am currently managing director of Fordham Consulting Ltd, a small structural engineering consultancy, which I started in 2004. Initially, I ran this as a sole practitioner from home; after around 9 years, I began to expand and opened an office with a view...
Focus on…career steps with Senior Fire Engineer and Architectural Technologist Frances Maria Peacock FCIAT C.Build E FCABE IHBC MIFireE MSFPE AMICE PG Cert BSc Dip. HE Q. What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. Since December 2022, I’ve worked as a Senior Fire Engineer for Façade Remedial Consultants (FRC), also known as FR Consultants. I have also worked on and off since March...
Focus on… career steps with Principal Engineer, Fire & Life Safety Systems Kabbe Njie BEng (Hons) MIFSM ACABE AIFireE Q.     What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. I am currently the Principal Fire Engineer at Heathrow, the UK's busiest airport. I’ve been there for 7 months, setting up and overseeing a small team of specialist engineers responsible for fire risk...
Focus on… career steps with Quantity Surveyor, Chartered Environmentalist and CABE Fellow Michael Brearey FCABE CEnv   Q. What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. I’m the Group Head of Construction and Maintenance at Mount St John, which is a privately owned group of companies. It includes a private estate, and hospitality, farming, residential, equestrian and sporting...
Focus on…career steps with Building Inspector Joshua Katihrob IEng MCABE Q. What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. I am a Building Inspector, currently employed by Meridian Consult to oversee our West Midlands and Wales-based projects. I’ve been with the business since October 2023, having worked in Building Control for the past three and a half years.   Q. What route did you...
Focus on… career steps with Group Director, Building Conservation Accredited Surveyor and CABE Building Engineer of the Year 2024 David Humphreys FCABE FRICS FSCSI IHBC CEnv Q. What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A. Having worked in the global built environment sector for over 30 years, I am the founding director of ACP Group, which is an international, award-winning multi-disciplinary built...
Focus on… Career steps with Chartered Building Engineer and Chartered Quantity Surveyor Lindsay Richards BSc MBA C.Build E MCABE… Q.      What is your current role and how long have you been in the position? A.        I am Managing Director of the Richards Partnership Ltd, an engineering and surveying practice established in 2005 and based in south Wales. I also lecture part-time. Q.      What...