The Building Podcast
Mark Wakeford is Chairman of the National Federation of Builders, vice-chair at Constructing Excellence Midlands and a Governor at Construction College, Moulton College. He has run a large regional building contractor and now chairs Evoenergy, one of the UK's foremost renewable companies, bringing low carbon solutions to corporate Britain.
Mark talks to leading experts from across the construction sector to discuss issues facing the built environment. He explores various challenges with his guests, who offer solutions, information and ideas that listeners can apply to their own situations, be it in a company, on a project or studying at college.
The Building Podcast aims to provide CPD on the go. Supporting the sector with easily digestible ideas to support a rapidly changing industry!
The Building Podcast
Mark chats to Ruth Griffin and Jess Tresham
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Construction is a complex world, where every project is a prototype and the supply chain booked to deliver it is both long and often untested. Any wonder then that the contracts that specify our work, anywhere within the supply chain are both long and relatively complex. These contracts are the preserve of lawyers who can help us set up a project, interpret the language that describes our agreements and occasionally help enforce them. Unfortunately, our industry has a love / hate relationship with the legal profession, yet they form an important part of our supply chain and corporate protection. Ruth Griffin and Jessica Tresham, both Partners at top law firm Gowling, talk to Mark on how to get the best from the legal profession and why lawyers should be in the armoury of every business within the industry. They describe the importance of the personal relationship in deriving best value and how their clients use them to best effect. Their call to arms is for a busy, proactive industry that engages openly with clear risk transfer, using skilled people throughout. Not necessarily the call to arms that you might expect from two lawyers, one non-contentious and the other contentious!