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 talks to Dr Caroline Gumble
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Dr. Caroline Gumble has been the CEO of the Chartered Institute of Building for nearly six years. She has represented the institute both overseas and in the UK, giving her a great perspective on our relative strengths and weaknesses. In this podcast she outlines the areas that she has championed during her tenure and calls for more accountability and professionalism within construction generally. She acknowledges the progress that has been made and the companies and individuals who are driving positive change, but she is keen to point out that we can all be leaders in many ways, such as sustainability, EDI and accountability.
Caroline is fiercely positive about the amazing things that our industry can achieve, both for our customers and our people. She does though recognise the challenges ahead and the need for all in the industry to collaborate to achieve these outcomes. Unlike many in the sector, Caroline champions diversity of trade body as well as individual, believing that the variety of leadership and priorities adds to the variety of solutions available to clients and our industry alike.