The RICS Podcast

The annual RICS Matrics Surveyor Awards took place on Friday 15th November 2024 in Manchester and celebrated the achievements of RICS members making a difference either as early career professionals or making a difference to others within the profession. What were the categories and who were the winners? This episode of the RICS Podcast shares the experience of the UK Matrics Surveyor Awards with those who could not attend and includes comments from a variety of people including the winners of each category. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:The nomination categories and winners of eachComments from each winner about their careers so far and how they became a surveyorThe value of networking and role models in the professionThe atmosphere and experience of being at the awardsRelated episodes:What is an RICS surveyor? Industry Perceptions from an Early Career ProfessionalWhy are you proud to be a surveyor?Women in Surveying, What Does Progress Look Like? 

The natural environment is just as vital as the built environment, so this week on The RICS Podcast we’re joined by three fantastic members of RICS’ Land & Natural Resources Professional Group Panel (PGP).David Sandbrook FRICS - chair of the Land and natural resources PGP and director of Sandbrook Land & Minerals Limited - is joined by Grace Prowse MRICS (HS2) and Duncan Moss FRICS (Ordnance Survey), to discuss challenges and opportunities specific to the ‘unbuilt environment’, increasing consideration for environmental concerns across the board, and the need for a diverse industry.This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:The growing role of geospatial data in land surveyingHow surveying in the natural environment differs from the built environmentThe need for diversity and inclusion in surveyingTraits of an ideal surveyor and routes into the professionRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyorshttps://www.rics.org/uk/David Sandbrook MRICS https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-sandbrook-frics-mrtpi-29b73214/Grace Prowse FRICShttps://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-prowse-523b6a89/

Welcome to this special episode of The RICS Podcast, in a series covering the work of our Professional Group Panels (PGPs).This episode features a discussion around the Building Surveying and Building Control PGP, which covers all-important areas like building safety, the maintenance of standards, and ways to engage the next generation with building surveying. Joining Gary Strong FRICS to share their expertise are Helen McKeown MRICS (AECOM), Rosemary Silver FRICS (Avison Young) and Neil Wotherspoon FRICS (Tuffin Ferraby Taylor) who all feature on the Building Surveying and Building Control PGP.This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:Resourcing levels and the the private sector in relation to building control Conservation, the net zero agenda and sustainabilityThe importance of continual professional development and how members can engage with thisWhere members can find information to support their roles and relevant networksEngaging the next generation of surveyors with the built environmentFind out more on the RICS Building Surveying and Building Control PGP page.

Welcome to this special episode of The RICS Podcast, in a series covering the work of our Professional Group Panels (PGPs).This episode features a discussion around the Construction PGP, which covers all-important areas like sustainability, digitisation and the growth of technology in the sector, and the the necessity of strong transport infrastructure.Joining Steven Thompson FRICS to share their expertise are James Garner FRICS (Gleeds), Natasha Orange MRICS (HS2) and Jeevani Subasinghe MRICS (Transport for London) who all feature on the Construction PGP.This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:The RICS Construction PGP and its focus areasEmerging topics such as advancing technology and a spotlight on sustainabilityTransport developments and the challenges to these coming to fruition How RICS members can feed back and feed in to activities such as consultations, standards updates and general responsesFind out more on the RICS Construction PGP page.