Behind the Built Environment
by BESA
Latest episode
Safety First: Ethical Practice in the Built Environment (LIVE)
Safety First: Ethical Practice in the Built Environment (LIVE)
About this podcast
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
The newest 20 of 35 episodes
- Safety First: Ethical Practice in the Built Environment (LIVE) · 43 min · Season 1 Episode 28In this special episode of Behind The Built Environment, we share Dr Barbara Lane’s keynote, “Safety First: Ethical Practice in the Built Environment”, recorded at the BESA…
- Building Standards And The Reality Of Construction · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 27Building standards set out what good looks like. Delivering better buildings depends on how those standards are understood, applied and supported by practical competence. In this…
- Designing for Failure, Safety and the Future · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 26In 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 engineer with more…
- Construction Cannot Reform While Lowest Price Still Wins · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 25Construction cannot improve quality, productivity, and building safety while commercial models continue to reward the lowest price, push risk down the supply chain, and encourage…
- Installers Face New Rules as Self Certification Schemes Are Reformed · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 24Self-certification schemes sit at the heart of millions of building projects. Still, proposed reforms could bring greater scrutiny to how installers demonstrate competence…
- Thermal Insulation Can No Longer Mark Its Own Homework · 31 min · Season 1The 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 The Built…
- The Construction Skills Crisis Is A Capacity Problem · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 23Construction’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. In this episode of…
- Modern Life Runs On An Industry Nobody Notices · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 22Refrigeration and cooling underpin almost everything modern life depends on, yet the sector remains largely invisible to the public, policymakers and even many of the…
- Why Construction Keeps Solving The Wrong Problem · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 21Construction 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 Environment, BESA…
- Why UK Construction Projects Fail Before They Start · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 20Most construction problems are created before a project even reaches site. In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Beth…
- Building Safety Act Competence And Why A Certificate Is Never Enough · 36 min · Season 1Competence under the Building Safety Act is often misunderstood, with serious consequences for mistakes. In this episode of Behind the Built Environment Extra, BESA Chief…
- Are Clients Ready For Their Responsibilities Under The Building Safety Act? · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 19The Building Safety Act has transformed client responsibilities across construction, but is the industry truly ready? In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA…
- Why Most Modular Construction Firms Fail — and How Reds10 Is Beating the System · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 18In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Paul Ruddick, Chair of Reds10, about why industrialised construction must move from…
- Competent or Compliant? The Hard Truth the Industry Still Doesn’t Want to Hear · 32 min · Season 1 Episode 17In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise is joined by Jon Vanstone, Chair of the Industry Competence Committee, to unpack what competence…
- You Can’t Plead Ignorance: Why Every Contractor Needs to Understand the Law · 38 min · Season 1 Episode 16In 2023, contractor Andrew Blunsdon was charged with two counts of bribery following Operation Truman, the investigation into how contracts were awarded on E On energy projects…
- Is Construction's Business Model Broken? · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 15In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Professor Noble Francis, Economics Director at the Construction Products…
- Building the Future with Skanska · 29 min · Season 1 Episode 14In this episode of Behind the Built Environment, BESA Chief Executive David Frise speaks with Dan Williams, Managing Director of Skanska UK’s building services division, SRW…
- Will Inheritance Tax Changes Destroy Family Businesses? Fiona Graham on What Owners Must Do Now · 27 minBESA Chief Executive David Frise sits down with Fiona Graham, Chief Operating Officer at Family Business UK, to unpack what recent inheritance tax reforms mean for family-owned…
- More Time, Same Pay: The Surprising Truth About the 4-Day Work Week · 24 minIn this episode, host David Frise, Chief Executive of BESA, speaks with Ian McCall, Managing Director of Alba Facility Services, a Glasgow-based FM company pioneering a four-day…
- Behind The £350 Billion Question: Can Smarter Procurement Fix Construction? · 34 min · Season 1 Episode 13BESA Chief Executive David Frise sits down with Mark Robinson, CEO of SCAPE, to explore how smarter procurement can transform the built environment. From his journey as a…
