Election year challenges with Simon Rawlinson

In today's podcast we will build on last week’s episode  by taking another quick look into the crystal ball and exploring some more of the big issues for 2024. To help me with this exercise my guest this week is Simon Rawlinson, Head of Strategic Research and Insight at Arcadis. Simon is a long-time agitator and commentator across the sector and of course a monthly columnist in Building magazine. Does that make a journalist? Simon’s career has spanned many different parts of the sector from building to infrastructure, planning and finance, and seen him playing a number of key company and industry roles to identify the trends and form the strategy needed to meet the emerging challenges.Over the last decade of so Simon has also been immersed in the Construction Leadership Council, where he is currently a strategic advisor. In this role he has helped to set up and drive the body as it emerged into the sunlight as a voice for the sector and major influence on government policy.In particular he has helped the industry to understand and embrace data, new digital technologies and Building Information Modelling, and most recently to chart a path towards a new world of net zero of infrastructure.So it’s fair to say he has fingers in many pies so well placed to foresee the future.ResourcesArcadis Knowledge HubBuilding magazine - articles by Simon RawlinsonConstruction Leadership Council websiteNational Infrastructure PlanningRICS Knowledge and Practice CommitteeNAO report on Levelling Up spending - Nov 23