S5. Ep 5. In conversation with Venetia Flint, a Material Broker and Commercial Partnerships Lead at Material Index.
Description
In this episode I am joined by Venetia Flint, a Material Broker and Commercial Partnerships Lead at Material Index, a leading platform providing the digital infrastructure for end-to-end material reuse in the Construction and Real Estate sectors, achieving a material reuse rate that is 10 times the UK average. With a BSc Hons in Real Estate from Oxford Brookes and five years experience in the Architecture & Design sector, Venetia has an understanding of both the commercial and creative sides of the industry. She connects valuable reclaimed assets with new projects, driving significant cost, carbon and waste savings.
We talk about how Venetia got into the industry and how herexposure at a young age to older buildings and items generally planted a seed for the importance to reuse. We get into how Material Index can help companies and projects and that it is not just for older buildings looking to reinstatean item or seamlessly blend finishes but that it can be used from a ground up project where reusing materials on a new build can be just as important.
Venetia outlines the approach they take when cataloguing the items and how important the past usages, location and condition is just as important as the dimensions to help tell a story of how and when it has been used and keep its history alive.
We also discuss the usual challenges, common themes andmisconceptions working in the heritage sector along with top tips when working with an older property.
It will be an interesting listen for anyone embarking on aproject and is looking for some guidance and anyone generally interested in older properties.
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