Meet the guardians of our most beloved buildings. With Karen Gwilliams FRICS, Sam Wheeler MRICS, Joanne Williams MRICS & Jon Rowling #229

In this episode of the RICS Podcast, Jon Rowling is joined by conservation experts Karen Gwilliams FRICS, Joanne Williams MRICS, and Sam Wheeler MRICS to explore what it takes to safeguard the UK’s historic buildings. We find out about the rewarding projects in heritage surveying, the growing skills gap in traditional crafts and conservation surveying, and how technology & AI are changing the future of the sector.This episode of the RICS Podcast covers:The rewarding nature of working on historic buildingsThe growing skills gap in traditional crafts and conservation surveyingPractical pathways into a career in historic building conservationHow climate change, flooding, and extreme weather are affecting historic buildingsThe evolving role of technology and AI in assessing, monitoring, and managing heritage assetsJon Rowlinghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-rowling-41a09329/Joanne Williamshttps://www.linkedin.com/in/joanne-williams-364468b1/Karen Gwilliams FRICShttps://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-gwilliams-8834a220/Sam Wheeler MRICShttps://www.pha-building-conservation.co.uk/profile.htmRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:https://www.rics.org/uk/RICS Podcast Pagehttps://www.rics.org/podcast/Kieran Halliwellhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/kdhalliwell/