There can be no doubt that the UK has a crucial role to play in shaping the future of the construction industry.

I didn’t fancy A-levels and I didn’t fancy tech college so I went straight into a job and I did day release...So my first memories of being in construction was entering into a class of forty men and me.

As the years have gone on, more women have entered which is really great.Working at Bryden Wood, there are more women within the team at all different levels, which is really great to see.It’s a great industry to be in.

You can be doing anything.You can be involved in healthcare, you can be involved in humanitarian levels, through to quite heavy engineering for dams and things like that, which can physically change people’s lives.

So it’s a great time to be in it.

Within Bryden Wood I don’t feel that there are any blockers.Unlike a traditional brief, which works to corral a project before it even begins, effectively shutting down possibilities, a problem statement opens them up.

The problem statement pinpoints the gap between the existing state and the desired state (of a company, a site, a process) and defines the core values that will drive the project.This, of course, runs counter to how many architects and engineers work today.

Normally in design and construction, a client hires an architect with a predefined brief in hand.The very descriptor –brief– points to a system that diminishes the basis of a project, marginalising it to a minor, condensed idea rather than an expansive and radial statement of purpose.