"Thousands of small businesses to benefit from new government buying rules, boosting local jobs, growth and innovation" This headline was published by the UK government to highlight its priorities for the new Procurement Act, including “driving economic growth and strengthening supply chains by giving SMEs.. a fair chance" of winning a larger share of direct tenders and places on project supply chains. As Urbano Network, we have been helping bring SMEs into procurement by creating business ...
Talent Lab brought together three very knowledgeable and experienced bid professionals to share their experiences. The discussion led on to what would improve the process - and ultimately help create winning submissions, including lessons shared on how to write better Invitation to Tenders (ITTs). Panel: Caroline Brock, Director, Talent LabMike Raynor, Raynor Bid ConsultancySamantha Burns, Head of Bid Management and Direction, EiBFacilitated by Mark Herring, Director, Talent Lab and Pr...
Urbano hosts regular speaker networking breakfasts on topics of interest to our SME membership and audience which we release as podcasts following each event. In this episode, Dr Armando Castro, Associate Professor at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, kicks off the session, along with Dr Kell Jones as they discuss the key findings of the newly released publication , ESG in the Real Estate Finance Industry. The post presentation discussion features a cross section of th...
Talent Lab brought together three very knowledgeable and experienced bid professionals to share their experiences on working on mega and major client bids. The discussion led on to what would improve the process - and ultimately help create winning submissions, including whether the bid stages most companies follow are fit for purpose. Panel: Caroline Brock, Director, Talent LabMike Raynor, Raynor Bid ConsultancySamantha Burns, Head of Bid Management and Direction, EiBFacilitated by Mark He...
Speakers Christian Logue, Director at Sagal Group Debra Spurway, Director at HR Dept Jo Geraghty, Director at Culture Consultancy Mark Herring - Director at Urbano & Talent Lab Support the show
Introduction to the Security Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work', and its place in RIBA work stages Support the show
Recording of Urbano Network speaker networking event with Will Hurst, Managing Editor of the Architects' Journal to discuss its Retrofirst campaign. Following Will's presentation, various attendees - mostly professionals from across the built environment sectors - offered their own perspective and experiences on the challenges faced in prioritising retrofit over client's narrow, profit-first demands. Chaired and facilitated by Mark Herring, Urbano's Connector-In-Chief. Hosted by Trowe...
This episode features a recording* of Sophie Kennedy, Joint CEO of EQ Investors, one of Urbano's most loyal members and supporters. EQ Investors are an award-winning discretionary fund manager, focused on sustainable and impact investing, based in the City Of London. In this episode takes an in-depth and personal look at the challenges facing those in investment and finance to deliver sustainable, wealth creation. During the course of her discussion with Mark Herring, she looks h...
Since Urbano began in 2011, we have had a proud track record of championing opportunities for women, and our UWACTE (Urbano Women In Architecture, Construction, Technology & Engineering*) community helps women in Urbano member firms to develop and enhance their connections across our network Joining Mark Herring, our Connector-In-Chief at Urbano is our guest speaker - Nicola Gillen - EMEA Lead, Total Workplace at Cushman & Wakefield. GUEST SPEAKER & PRESENTATION Nicola Gillen - EM...
We were delighted to welcome Penny Gowler, Director and Head of Sustainability at Elliott Wood to act as our guide to offer illumination and clarity on some key questions: What do we mean by net-zero carbon, carbon-neutral, embedded carbon, the life cycle of a building, carbon footprint, sustainability, retrofit, circular economy and reuse vs recycling? Can you compare and measure different material choices when discussing their sustainability and zero carbon impact? What regulations exist th...
London, perhaps more than any other of Britain, has seen the slowest rate of economic activity compared to 2019 and the City of London has not yet returned to previous levels of office-based working. This event was a look at the future of London and the City with Catherine McGuinness, Chair of the Policy & Resources Committee of the Corporation of London. Catherine shares the Corporation of London's and her personal vision for the City and London as part of a post-Brexit and post-Covid ...
Simon is a founding director of global architecture practice, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) where he leads a design studio of 200 architects. Simon is a frequent writer, critic and advisor, a visiting professor at Harvard, a trustee of the London School of Architecture and the Chickenshed Theatres Trust. In 2020, Simon was elected the next president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and took up the role on September 1st. On his election, Simon said he wanted to cre...
https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/greening-historic-homes/ Using the report as a starting point, we look at the specific challenges around retrofitting in historic and listed buildings, and traditional homes - especially those in conservation areas - where owners are looking to install heating and power systems in line with government targets to reduce zero carbon emissions. About our Guest Speaker Peter Cox is Managing Director at Carrig Conservation International Ltd and a Fell...
Presenting this session, which examines newly opened The Spine building, is Robert Hopkins, Regional Director of AHR, the award-winning architecture and building consultancy practice - and Urbano Network members. Robert is design/project lead on The Spine, the new northern home for the Royal College of Physicians in Liverpool, which aims to be one of the healthiest workplace environments in the world when it opens its doors in May 2021. Biophilia is at the heart of AHR's approach to th...
Urbano has championed green and sustainable business practices since 2002 in Shoreditch where we created our first networking community. To achieve the targets in the Paris Agreement will involve more collaboration, more engagement, and a different way of measuring profitability. Urbano has highlighted and supported environmental awareness in business since 2002 and support organisations like the Good Law project. We will also be looking to undertake an audit for Urbano's parent Tale...
Our speakers for this event were Sofie Pelsmakers and Ming Hu. Sofie Pelsmakers first spoke at an Urbano Zero Carbon/Build & UWACTE event in 2013, following the publication of her book The Environmental Design Pocket (now on it's 2nd edition!). An expert in sustainable design and architecture, she is co-founder of Architecture for Change, a not-for-profit environmental building and research organisation, with the mission of challenging the way we design and build. She...
As President Biden takes his oath of office on this day, we would like to use such an event to bring together different US and British companies to hear from someone at the sharp edge of future planning a city and to see what issues are shared with London. There will also be facilitated networking and plenty of chance to chat and connect. Joy Sinderbrand, the Vice President for NYCHA's Recovery and Resilience Department. Formed in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, Joy's department is respo...
Facilitated by Mark Herring, Urbano's Connector-In-Chief, our Urbano Engage Speaker Panel events use an interactive format to examine key themes of interest to business. For this event, we are pleased to partner with Cityzenith to look at Digital Twins, a market set to be worth $50Bn by 2026, and how smart technology that connects areas and systems like maintenance, energy consumption, space utilization and traffic management, will be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Digital Twi...
Facilitated by Mark Herring, Urbano's Connector-In-Chief, our Urbano Engage Speaker Panel events use an interactive format to examine key themes of interest to business. For this event, we are partnering with Urbano Members, Sakura Business Solutions and its Founder/Managing Director, Damian Connolly. With offices in London and Dublin, Sakura and Damian are ideally positioned to both understand how we can use Ireland as a spring-board to trade with the EU after January 1st. Joining Mark &am...
For this event, Mark Herring, Urbano's Connector-In-Chief is joined by Robert Kelly, Commercial Business Development Manager at Stewart Title UK, a leading provider of title insurance & real estate services. Robert kicks off this panel event by examining regulatory changes on permitted development and other factors that will affect housing and analysis of markets following previous stamp duty holidays. Stuart Kaye, Founding Director of Adams Kaye, property law and private client specialis...