BUILDING SERVICES A VOCATION
Tamsin Tweddell senior engineer, Max Fordham
Spearheading the company’s work on building
performance and soft
landings, which
ensure buildings stay sustainable after the construction phase. Tweddell says: ‘Everyone is designing low energy buildings now, but because of the way the buildings are used they don’t end up being so sustainable. So staying with the building after construction to
understand how it works when in use is an exciting and crucial new area for building services.’
Patrick Bellew principal, Atelier Ten, an environmental design and building services engineering fi rm
Co-founded Atelier Ten in 1990. Named a Royal Designer for Industry by the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 2010. A founding member of the UK Green Building Council, with more than 30 years’ experience in the design of high performance buildings.
Sasha Krstanovic director of arts and culture sector lead for AECOM building engineering, Europe
Has worked in China, Iceland, India, Russia and the United Arab Emirates. Responsible for occupant
comfort and the associated amount of energy buildings consume. Krstanovic says: ‘I am a project director, which means winning work,
conceptualising the design and ensuring the successful delivery of the project. I work with amazing people all over the world.’
construction products and the long distances they sometimes travel. For example, a ‘British’ boiler could have started life as Australian iron ore and ended up being assembled in a German factory. Industry leaders are also looking at the environmental impact of decommissioning and disposing of construction products and materials. Looking at the whole construction process
in this way is known as ‘cradle to grave’. It is at the cutting edge of modern sustainability thinking worldwide and there’s no one better equipped to do it than a building services engineer. Indeed, the opportunities to work overseas
is another reason for choosing a career in building services. You could work on London’s Shard, the Rio Olympics or Qatar’s Word Cup. Ringguth says: ‘Building services engineers are involved in major buildings and developments on every continent of the globe. This is particularly because CIBSE-qualifi ed engineers have a status that is internationally recognised.’ Building services engineers are certainly in demand. Ringguth says: ‘We hear a lot about graduate unemployment at the moment, but this is defi nitely not the case in our sector. Demand for skilled professionals greatly outstrips supply and the wage premium for people with engineering degrees has grown over the last 20 years. This is good news for young people coming into our industry.’
David Fisk CB former chief scientifi c adviser to government, current CIBSE president and director of Laing O’Rourke Centre for Systems Engineering and Innovation at Imperial College London
Received his CB for services to the Department of Environment in 1996.
Doug King Royal Academy of
Engineering Visiting Professor of Building Physics at the University of Bath
Founded sustainability specialists King Shaw Associates Consulting Engineers in 2002. Known in the industry for pointing out the pitfalls of less useful sustainable additions to buildings – what he calls ‘eco-bling’.
Professor
Max Fordham Founded building services engineering partnership Max Fordham in 1966
Awarded the Prince Philip Designers Prize in 2008 by the RSA, an enlightenment organisation, which deemed him a ‘pioneer of environmental design for buildings’. Believes strongly in looking at buildings holistically, with a creative but practical approach. Visiting professor at Bath University to travel and work alongside world renowned designers and architects on iconic buildings.’
Lee Tabis
trainee design engineer, NG Bailey
CIBSE’s 2012 graduate of the year. Tabis is an electrical design
engineer who works on
various projects of all sizes throughout the UK, and mentors apprentices. He says: ‘My job is a fi ne balance between science and practicality, and every project has its own lessons to learn. There’s something new to learn everyday.’
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