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BESA launches NextGen network
The Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) has launched a dedicated group for young engineers and newcomers to the industry.
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he BESA NextGen network replaces the Association’s ‘Future Leaders’ group which was formed in 2017 to support young engineers working for member companies who were seen to have future management potential. The new network is more broadly based and aims to provide technical knowledge, career support, and networking opportunities for younger engineers and those in the early stages of a building engineering career working for both member and non-member companies. It is also open to young people employed in non-engineering roles in the building services sector. Ryan Walton, specifi cation engineer at Panasonic Heating and Cooling, is the fi rst chair of the network having already served as chair of the Future Leaders group since April last year. “It is a real honour and a great
opportunity to work with my fellow young engineers through this exciting initiative,” he said. “We have a lot to off er the Association and the wider industry, but it is often hard for us to make our collective voice heard. “It can also be an intimidating
experience for younger people to network with older, more experienced engineers, particularly when they are just fi nding their feet in the industry. So, we believe having our own community will help us develop our own priorities and then use BESA’s established and respected platform to help shape the industry’s agenda.” BESA identifi ed encouraging young engineers to ‘shape the future’ as one of its strategic priorities for its 120th anniversary this year. It sees younger members playing a key role in improving collaboration and spearheading the sector’s attempts to embrace digital technologies.
It also wants the network to help bring about the culture change building services fi rms must embrace to attract the more diverse talent they need to meet future challenges. The Association will also encourage the network to contribute to more technical content aimed specifi cally at young engineers.
“Business relationships are all about networking – developing connections and friendships which are crucial to making the construction industry work,” said BESA technical director Graeme Fox. “The BESA Next Gen network is a critical pathway to creating those connections for people still relatively new to the sector.”
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