Beyond the Headlines: The Impact of Value Engineering on the Grenfell Disaster. (EP 110)

This week, Paul is joined by Samantha Mepham, Partner - National Head of Health and Safety Services at Rider Levett Bucknall, a global Quantity Surveying and Construction consultancy.In this thought-provoking and informative episode, Samantha first explains how the Building Safety Act will impact contractors and what they should do to adapt to the legislation.Beyond this, the conversation turns to the Grenfell disaster and how value engineering played a big part in the tragedy. From this, we talk about what Quantity Surveyors and procurement professionals should learn from this in the context of value engineering.A truly valuable listen for construction professionals at contractors. -----------Your free OTB downloadsAs promised at the top of the show - I’ve shared some links to free downloads on templates and guides we wrote below:Vesting Certificate TemplateEoT TemplateGuide to the JCT Design and Build ContractIf there are other documents, you’d like us to share/produce. Please get in touch with me at [email protected] you struggling with a lack of Quantity Surveyors?A recent RICS Survey found that 54% of main contractors reported insufficient Quantity Surveyors available in the market. At C-Link, we completed a survey that found 80% of companies find it challenging to recruit QS.Are you one of those companies?C-Link is software built by Quantity Surveyors for Main Contractors. We save 600 hours of Quantity Surveying time per project in automation. We can make your QS’ so much more efficient.Book a demo to learn more by clicking here.Send us Fan MailWant to connect with Paul?Paul is on Linkedin here and would love to talk. You can also connect with Paul at [email protected] or through, C-Link. C-Link is software built by Quantity Surveyors for Quantity Surveyors. We save 600 hours of Quantity Surveying time per project in automation. We can make your QS’ so much more efficient.Watch the Video to learn more; you can book a demo by clicking here.