Description

Vanessa Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor, she runs her own practice near Cardiff, South Wales and focuses on building surveys, project management, party wall surveys and defect analysis mainly in the residential sectors. A mum of three, her career started in local authority specialising in fire safety and project management before moving into residential private practice. 

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

• How to deal with dyslexia while writing surveying reports
• The range of projects you can work on within local authorities
• How to approach the responsibility of fire risk assessments
• The importance of engaging local knowledge of a place for successful surveys
• Why there are many project managers among women surveyors
• The key to success in accessibility and adaptation projects

Connect with Vanessa Harwick:

• www.vhardwick.co.uk
• www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-hardwick

Connect with Marion Ellis:

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-ellis-frics-ccxp/
• http://www.blueboxpartners.com

Resources:

• Federation of Master Builders https://www.fmb.org.uk/
• Nick Isaacs – Party Walls https://www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk/person/nicholas-isaac/
• Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) 2005 https://www.firesafe.org.uk/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005/