Industry involvement.
Technical Excellence – shaping the future of your discipline.
In February, 43 colleagues from our Technical Excellence Communities came together for a forward-looking session on the future of our disciplines. Their day was packed but was centred on how our TechEx Communities and wider disciplines support the business to solve our client’s key challenges while actively embracing an evidence-led and data-driven future.
They had open and honest conversations about where we should collaborate and what knowledge, skills and behaviours we’ll need to bring the best of Hoare Lea to every project. tomorrow’s world together.
If you’ve got an idea for something new or how to improve something that already exists, submit it here Development Request Form. To keep up with all things TechEx join the community on Viva Engage, or if you want to know more about Communities generally, visit the Technical Stewardship page on Hive.
Ready for take-off.
In March Phil Argile spoke at the interchange26 sharing insights into the journey from masterplan to delivery on the redevelopment of Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport. Gavin and members of Team 3 were in attendance to cheer Phil on.
How does it make you feel?
Chris Fox recently sat on a round table event for the SLL at the Lutron Experience Centre. The topic for discussion “Light and Emotion – how does light, lighting and colour affect us on an emotional level?”
Alongside representatives from Xavio Design and Eclectic Lighting Chris represented the commercial expertise of the conversation, and brough with him a cultural, technical and science & research-based perspective.
Global Women in EV day.
Sarah Wellstead and Michelle Wormald recently attended Global Women in EV day on the 10th February at Octopus HQ in London, it was a coming together of women across the EV transition to celebrate the work being done by women in this area. It was an uplifting and empowering event, and many new connections were formed as a result.
The event was used to launch the 49 Collective, “A campaign built with community at its heart, The 49 Collective will celebrate, elevate, and connect women driving the transition in the electric vehicle and cleantech sectors, across industry, policy, infrastructure, and innovation, in
Want to know more? View the 📷 Driving page on HIVE and the Viva Engage community.
Workspace Design Show.
Matt Brown attended the Workspace Design Show. This year, acoustics was a prominent feature. We capitalised on this opportunity and further showcased our Acoustics Options Explorer which is a fantastic tool for clients and work winning.
A day out at UWE.
12 of our early careers, Olly Price, Matt Partridge and Kelly Reed recently spent the afternoon at UWE. The Building Services degree programme leaders organised a full schedule of activities, including hands on experiences in their building services and digital labs, followed up with a presentation and Q&A with their Estates team. It was such a valuable experience, building connections and sharing knowledge. We have been invited back for a plant room tour!
Drainage demo with Year 4.
Nicole Feldman, Poppy Wickings, Skyler Ward and Minesh Varia visited the year 4 class at St Mary’s School in London to promote engineering as part of the South Molton Triangle team. They conducted a hands-on exercise to create a WC with a drainage network. Using a raisin as a stand-in for waste (use your imagination), our goal was to use as little water as possible to flush it through the drainage system.
At the end of the session, the children had numerous questions about why we chose to become engineers. It was inspiring to see some budding engineers who might consider joining our ranks in the future.
BIM boffins.
Raouf Samaeian recently delivered an industry talk and live BIM demonstration to MSc BIM students at the University of Greenwich, after he was invited by a former classmate who now lectures BIM. The session covered how BIM is applied in practice at Hoare Lea (showcasing the Service Zone Tool and Origin), including an overview of our approach and real-world workflows, and prompted strong engagement and thoughtful questions from the students.
More learning at More house.
We recently supported More House, listening to their year 11 students’ presentations on building designs as part of their 'Design, Engineer, Construct programme'. We gave some feedback and suggestions for them to consider.
All these students have SEN, and it was wonderful to see a curriculum that is engaging them so well and you could see how much it meant to them. Several of them aspire for careers in the built environment because of this course.“
SWWIC Christmas Breakfast.
Southwest Women in Construction’s hosted their annual Christmas breakfast at the end of last year. It took place at The Pier Masters House with the new chair of the SWWIC welcomed.
