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Behind the Built Environment
Behind the Built Environment, a podcast from BESA where we delve into the latest industry news in the building engineering services sector. Join us for insightful discussions and exclusive interviews with leading industry experts, as we explore the trends and innovations shaping the future of the built environment and what impact they will have on you and your business. Find us at https://www.thebesa.com/
Episodes
Behind the Built EnvironmentSafety First: Ethical Practice in the Built Environment (LIVE)
In this special episode of Behind The Built Environment, we share Dr Barbara Lane’s keynote, “Safety First: Ethical Practice in the Built Environment”…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBuilding Standards And The Reality Of Construction
Building standards set out what good looks like. Delivering better buildings depends on how those standards are understood, applied and supported by practical…
Behind the Built EnvironmentDesigning for Failure, Safety and the Future
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, David Frise, Chief Executive of BESA, speaks with Dave Cooper MBE, President of CIBSE and a lift and escalator…
Behind the Built EnvironmentConstruction Cannot Reform While Lowest Price Still Wins
Construction cannot improve quality, productivity, and building safety while commercial models continue to reward the lowest price, push risk down the supply…
Behind the Built EnvironmentInstallers Face New Rules as Self Certification Schemes Are Reformed
Self-certification schemes sit at the heart of millions of building projects. Still, proposed reforms could bring greater scrutiny to how installers…
Behind the Built EnvironmentThermal Insulation Can No Longer Mark Its Own Homework
The thermal insulation sector can no longer rely on self-certification to prove that work is safe, effective and properly installed. In this episode of Behind…
Behind the Built EnvironmentThe Construction Skills Crisis Is A Capacity Problem
Construction’s skills crisis may be less about attracting new people and more about the industry’s inability to absorb, develop and make effective use of them…
Behind the Built EnvironmentModern Life Runs On An Industry Nobody Notices
Refrigeration and cooling underpin almost everything modern life depends on, yet the sector remains largely invisible to the public, policymakers and even many…
Behind the Built EnvironmentWhy Construction Keeps Solving The Wrong Problem
Construction is good at delivering projects. Too often, it starts before asking whether it is solving the right problem. In this episode of Behind the Built…
Behind the Built EnvironmentWhy UK Construction Projects Fail Before They Start
Most construction problems are created before a project even reaches site. In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBuilding Safety Act Competence And Why A Certificate Is Never Enough
Competence under the Building Safety Act is often misunderstood, with serious consequences for mistakes. In this episode of Behind the Built Environment Extra…
Behind the Built EnvironmentAre Clients Ready For Their Responsibilities Under The Building Safety Act?
The Building Safety Act has transformed client responsibilities across construction, but is the industry truly ready? In this episode of Behind the Built…
Behind the Built EnvironmentWhy Most Modular Construction Firms Fail — and How Reds10 Is Beating the System
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Paul Ruddick, Chair of Reds10, about why industrialised…
Behind the Built EnvironmentCompetent or Compliant? The Hard Truth the Industry Still Doesn’t Want to Hear
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise is joined by Jon Vanstone, Chair of the Industry Competence Committee, to…
Behind the Built EnvironmentYou Can’t Plead Ignorance: Why Every Contractor Needs to Understand the Law
In 2023, contractor Andrew Blunsdon was charged with two counts of bribery following Operation Truman, the investigation into how contracts were awarded on E…
Behind the Built EnvironmentIs Construction's Business Model Broken?
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Professor Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBuilding the Future with Skanska
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Dan Williams, Managing Director of Skanska UK’s building services…
Behind the Built EnvironmentWill Inheritance Tax Changes Destroy Family Businesses? Fiona Graham on What Owners Must Do Now
BESA Chief Executive David Frise sits down with Fiona Graham, Chief Operating Officer at Family Business UK, to unpack what recent inheritance tax reforms mean…
Behind the Built EnvironmentMore Time, Same Pay: The Surprising Truth About the 4-Day Work Week
In this episode, host David Frise, Chief Executive of BESA, speaks with Ian McCall, Managing Director of Alba Facility Services, a Glasgow-based FM company…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind The £350 Billion Question: Can Smarter Procurement Fix Construction?
BESA Chief Executive David Frise sits down with Mark Robinson, CEO of SCAPE, to explore how smarter procurement can transform the built environment. From his…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind AI in Building Maintenance
In this episode, host David Frise, Chief Executive of BESA, speaks with Mike Talbot, CTO of SFG20, about the growing role of AI in building maintenance and…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind the Digital Thread
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Paul Wilkinson, Vice Chair of NIMA, about the shift from Building…
Behind the Built EnvironmentWorld Refrigeration Day Special
In this special episode marking World Refrigeration Day, host David Frise, Chief Executive of BESA, speaks with Dr Catarina Marques, a leading UK expert in…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Grenfell Tower
In this first episode of the Behind the Built Environment Podcast Extra, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Peter Apps, Deputy Editor of Inside…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind the CCPI
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Amanda Long, Chief Executive of Construction Product Information…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind the BPIC Network
In this episode, BESA CEO David Frise speaks with Amos Simbo OBE, founder of the BPIC Network and Winway Group, about improving diversity in construction. Amos…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Build UK
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA’s David Frise speaks with Suzannah Nichol, Chief Executive of Build UK, about her career journey and the…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind London Property Alliance
BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Charles Begley, Chief Executive of the London Property Alliance, about the future of London’s built environment…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Government Building
In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise talks with Steven Boyd, a property and infrastructure expert with over 30…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind CIBSE
Fiona Cousins, CIBSE president and Arup leader, discusses her engineering journey, emphasising the need for broader problem definitions in building services…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Water Management
In this episode of "Behind the Built Environment," David Frise interviews Dr. Jo Jolly, Director of Environment and Innovation at Ofwat. Jo discusses her…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind the Building Safety Act
In this episode we are joined by Nick Mead, Technical Director at Laing O'Rourke and Chair of the BESA Building Safety Act Advisory Group. He discusses the…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Better Indoor Environmental Quality
Join us as we discuss the critical issue of indoor air quality (IAQ) and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) with Dr. Phil Webb, Chief Executive of Health &…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Gratte Brothers Limited
In this episode, the spotlight is on Remi Suzan, the newly appointed Managing Director of Gratte Brothers Limited, a family-owned UK building services company…
Behind the Built EnvironmentBehind Building Control
In this episode, David Frise, Chief Executive for BESA, chats with Lorna Stimpson, Chief Executive at LABC, about the Building Safety Act and its impact on the…