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International Women's Day 2023 by Pick Everard

Today marks the beginning of the 15th Annual celebration and recognition of National Apprenticeship Week. Pick Everard's Learning & Development Advisor, Tasmin Chamberlain, sat down with two of our apprentices, Sam Cullington, Building Services Engineer and Henry Pell, Assistant Quantity Surveyor to discuss the reasons why they decided to study via an apprenticeship, the benefits of this and what advice they have for an individual who is considering studying via this route.

Jennifer Cotterill, People and Culture Business Partner, talks to our colleagues Tomi Aluko, People and Culture Business Partner, and Sean Johns, BIM Performance Manager, about the meaning of Black History Month, inclusion in the work place and why they are proud to be Black British professionals. We're also joined by Elizabeth Hardwick-Smith, Group People and Culture Director, to discuss why Black History Month is important to Pick Everard and what we're doing to attract, retain and promote Black talent.

International Women in Engineering Day celebrates the amazing work of female engineers around the world but there is still a clear gender split within the sector, with only around 12 per cent of all engineers in the UK being female. In the latest episode of our podcast series – Perspectives – our group people and culture director, Elizabeth Hardwick-Smith sits down with civil engineer Natalie Clemson to discuss Natalie's journey from joining us on a sandwich year placement to her recent promotion to national director at the firm. Natalie has worked on some of our biggest and most prominent schemes, including the recently completed redevelopment of one of the UK's largest independent schools in Macclesfield.

Our Being Pick Everard series showcases our exceptional colleagues across the business. The latest in the series sees Senior HR Advisor Jennifer Cotterill, chat to Abligail Blumzon, Client Project Delivery Advisor about her route into construction, what her job involves and wy she loves working at Pick Everard.

International Women's Day 2020 by Pick Everard

In the first of our Being Pick Everard podcasts, Kelvin Rose, Civil Engineer discusses what attracted him into engineering and what he most enjoys about working for the practice.

This Valued Partnerships episode features Keith Prendergast, Director at Pick Everard and Gary Johnson, Managing Director at sport and leisure specialist architecture practice LK2 Group. They discuss how the industry is now moving towards a more collaborative approach to projects through the development of partnerships.

International Women's Day Perspective Roundtable 2019 by Pick Everard

In this episode of Perspective Amanda Hancock, Associate, Rachel King, Structural Engineer, Maela Baker, Civil Engineer, and Daniela Pinto De Andrade, Graduate Sustainability Consultant, look at what more can be done to get women to more senior positions in the industry. The team also discuss how STEM ambassadors are impacting the industry creating a new generation of girls who are interested and engaged in construction.

In this special edition of Perspective Amanda Hancock, Associate, Rachel King, Structural Engineer and Maela Baker, Civil Engineer, will explore how women’s roles in the construction industry have changed. The panel discusses how attitudes within the industry have changed as well as what needs to be done to address the misconceptions those not in the industry have regarding women in construction.

In this episode Alastair Hamilton, Adrian Ceney, Nicola Gemmell and Mike Reader look at how best to manage timescales and provides tips for controlling change within a contract. Drawing on their experience of working with NEC3 contracts, the team discuss the importance of collaboration and building trust between not only the project team, but also between the team and the client in order to effectively manage timescales, budgets and other changes. Delving into topics such as budgeting and risk management, the team share their opinions on current NEC thinking around these topics and deliberate the significance of transparency. The team also debate the issue of specialist sites, such as laboratories, and how project teams can avoid over-inflating prices and timescales by allocating risk assessment and management to specialist suppliers and how this can be communicated to the client.

In the first episode of Perspective, property and construction experts Alastair Hamilton, Aarti Raj, Andrew Seaman and Nicola Gemmell will explore the NEC3 contract and look at the common pitfalls the team have witnessed in their experience and how they are best avoided. There are a number of questions to be established before proceeding with a contract – or even establishing a brief. The team raises some insightful and useful points, including discussion around: ensuring that a client’s key objectives are clear and manageable; establishing what it is exactly a client wants to achieve and understanding a client’s business in terms of attitude to risk and any potential constraints in terms of budget or time. Also featured on the episode is how the NEC disseminates its information and how Pick Everard manages this internally, how to advise clients on a suitable contract and Z clauses – do they create ambiguity or are they necessary to create bespoke contracts?