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Building Brum
Tune into the Building Brum podcast and hear from Programme Director Conor Nolan as he talks with developers, contractors, architects and planners about developments across the region and the changing trends within the industry.
The Building Brum podcast is sponsored by reality capture and point cloud modeling specialists ScanTech Digital, Solus, one of the UK’s leading suppliers of commercial floor and wall tiles and Sunbelt Rentals with over 1,500,000 items of equipment- they are the largest providers of equipment hire in the UK., Solus
Episodes
54 episodes
Building Brum: International Women’s Day with MUSE Midlands
In this special International Women’s Day episode of Building Brum, we sit down with the team at MUSE Midlands to discuss the progress, challenges, and future of gender inclusivity in the built environment.Joining us on the podcast are L...
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Episode 54
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37:53
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Walsall's Renaissance: Working together to transform the Black Country
On today’s episode, we’re joined by key figures behind Walsall’s Renaissance — and exploring how major regeneration and investment across the Black Country is creating positive change.Special Guests:Councillor Adrian Andre...
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Episode 53
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37:23
Building Brum: Arctic Explorers
In this special episode of Building Brum hosted by Northspring, we’re joined by seven guests from across the construction industry who are taking on an incredible challenge this March—trekking and dog-sled...
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Episode 52
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32:50
Investing in Birmingham: Bruntwood SciTech's vision for growth and delivery
Joining us on the Building Brum podcast today is one of Birmingham’s rising stars, Moe Ali, Associate Director and asset management lead for Bruntwood SciTech Birmingham portfolio. We had the pleasure of speaking with Moe about Bruntwood SciTec...
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Episode 51
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35:31
Turbocharging Wolverhampton's Economic Growth
Today we’re in Wolverhampton, joined by James Dickens, Managing Director of Wavensmere Homes; Councillor Chris Burden, Cabinet Member for City Development, Jobs, and Skills and Rebecca Bennett-Casserly, Corporate Director of Development at Wals...
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Episode 50
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39:47
Luxury residential market trends with Fabric and Solus
Ryan Bennett, Managing Director of Solus, and James Hughes, Founding Director of Fabric Design & Build, join the Building Brum podcast to discuss their grand designs and the evolving market trends shaping the region. They delve into the ris...
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Episode 49
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41:03
Build yourself, build your business, build Birmingham with Mike Lally
Mike Lally, Project Manager, Founding Director, and Entrepreneur, joins the Building Brum podcast to discuss what it’s like running a business in Birmingham. Mike and his team at Cadence are pivotal to some of the city’s most ambitious projects...
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Episode 48
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33:41
Placemaking Through Regeneration
Today’s podcast revisits our Placemaking Through Regeneration event recently held in partnership with the CIOB. Hosted by Howells in the heart of Digbeth our sold-out event featured some of some of the city’s leading business leaders, vis...
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Episode 47
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1:19:49
SuperTech West Midlands
Executive Director of SuperTech West Midlands Hilary Smyth-Allen recently joined us on the Building Brum podcast to talk about all things technology, growth and collaboration. Supported by key organisations across the Midlands including B...
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Episode 46
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37:46
People, partnerships and performance with Seddon
Seddon Director of Operations Andrea Wilson joined us on the Building Brum this summer to discuss all things preconstruction through to delivery. As Director of Operations for Seddon’s Property Services, Andrea leads the Midlands division deliv...
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Episode 45
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37:31
Birmingham Housing Week: Shaping the future of housing in Birmingham
Following the success of the inaugural Birmingham Housing Week launched earlier this year we caught up two of the key stakeholders behind the initiative, Simon Wingate, Lovell regional partnerships director, and Cabinet member for housing and h...
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Episode 44
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Beyond the office: BCO in Birmingham
This April, on the Building Brum podcast, we caught up with the organisers of the British Council for Offices (BCO) 2024 Annual conference taking place next month in Birmingham. It has been 10 years since the conference was last held in th...
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Episode 43
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37:59
The housing sector in an election year
This spring on the Building Brum podcast we discuss housing across the UK in 2024 . Following on from the March Spring Budget and ahead of the local elections, mayoral elections and the general election, we caught up with Chartered Town Planner...
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Episode 42
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45:48
The juggle: careers, children and life
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. We have three guests joining us this March on the Building Brum podcast including two of Birmingham's leading women in ar...
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Episode 41
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39:36
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Great Charles Street Skills Centre Initiative with WMCA, John Sisk and Sunbelt Rentals
This February on the Building Brum podcast we are joined by some of the stakeholders behind the Skills Hub initiative taking place at the latest MODA development coming out of the ground on Great Charles Street. We are speaking with Matthew Hoo...
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Episode 40
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32:09
Building, designing and investing in Birmingham with Arup
We are excited to be joined by two of Arup’s Birmingham-based thought leaders Alison Kilby and James Watts, at their brand-new office at One Centenary Way, in Birmingham City Centre. In this episode we discuss all things Paradise Birmingham and...
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Episode 39
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38:27
Building a brighter future with Muse
This December we discuss all things Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Solihull with Maggie Grogan, Managing Director - Midlands for Muse. Exploring the expansion behind national placemaker Muse into the Midlands and their vision set out to transfor...
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Episode 38
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29:52
Why Form Follows Purpose with Gensler
This month on the Building Brum Podcast we are joined by Gensler Birmingham’s Design Director, Philip Twiss. From Associated Architects to MAKE and...
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Episode 37
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30:41
Investing in Birmingham with HUB
HUB Residential Managing Director Damien Sharkey and Development Manager Isabel Scruby joi...
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Episode 36
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30:29
Digital project delivery with John Sisk & Son
On the podcast this month we are joined by the Head of Digital Project Delivery Joshua Hanson and Liam Clarke Regional Head of 4D Planning at John Sisk & Son. We caught up with Liam and Joshua to look at the projects they have both complete...
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Episode 35
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29:20
People, Planet and Place with IM Properties
We caught up with IM Properties Group Sustainability Director Andrew Swain. Andy is a chartered environmentalist with over 20 years of experience and joined IM Properties in 2022 to drive the implementation and delivery of the businesses ...
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Episode 34
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22:16
Creating Social Value Through Collaboration
We are onsite at the Peddimore Birmingham development with Winvic Construction and Sunbelt Rentals. IM Properties are Birmingham City Councils development partner for Peddimore.On our latest episode we caught up with key members of the...
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Episode 33
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48:05
Birmingham Design Start-ups
We catch up with Ash Wilson, Creative Director and Founder of Sculpt - an architectural interior design practice based in Digbeth. Exploring the journey of a design practice start-up we look at what it means to be an entrepreneur within the des...
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Episode 32
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31:58
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Designing, Planning and Building Birmingham
All three of our special guests were recently nominated for the British Council for Offices (BCO) NextGen Rising Star Midlands Award. We are joined by Rosie Cotterill incoming Chair of the BCO NextGen Midlands Committee who plays an instrumenta...
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Episode 31
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38:54
Delivering placemaking through digital solutions
We caught up with Matt Warren, Head of Digital Engineering and Integrated Solutions at Lendlease Europe to discuss the delivery of city centre regeneration projects and how advancements in technology are changing the ways in which teams collabo...
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Episode 30
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31:20
