‍1. How Did You Get Into The Trade?

When I was in primary school, I spent my time for summer breaks helping my grandad, who was a builder, do things like porches and extensions (mostly making cups of teas or moving bricks). I knew that I wanted to work in construction, so once I did my GSCEs I started my new college course “construction and the built environment” whilst in college my lecturer realises that I am good at maths, and she offered me an interview to an engineering place ‘Metsec’ and I got it! but I didn't have an idea what to do. They did offer me to carry on for college to university doing a course ‘Civil Engineering’ I love my job, as a design engineer you have to think all the time about the best way things are built, every building is different in a different way.

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2. What Three Things Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

Make a mistake, understand why and how that mistake has been done, and learn from your mistake.

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3. Did You Have A Mentor? What Did You Learn?

I’ve never actually had a mentor in some way, As I started from an apprentice scheme, everything was new, so I've learned everything from different people and the different ways they work. As a design engineer you always want to learn how and why and different ways to help your client,  from anyone from an apprentice as high as a Managing Director, there is always something to learn from someone else. 

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4. What Can You See For The Future Of The Building Industry?

The building industry will is always developing in new ways, whether that be a new building or a redesign for a different appliance. in big cities, for example, London, we can't grow anymore or expand in site…. Therefore the only way is up! For example, a 5 stories buildings exist at the moment but we are now redesigning it up to an 8+ story building…. Give it 30 to 40 years, all cities will be like New York.

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