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Presenter, Channel 4's 'Grand Designs'
Kevin is best known for Channel 4's Grand Designs and for his annual coverage of the Stirling Prize each October. He also presented Demolition for Channel 4 in 2005 (with a follow-up in 2006) in which he, George Ferguson and Janet Street-Porter started a campaign to improve public space in our towns and cities. 2007 sees a major series about urban regeneration. He admits to having had an unhealthy obsession for buildings since childhood: he studied them, has designed everything in and around them, has lit them and written about them. He now has a feisty column in the Sunday Times in which he takes on planners, architects and developers and also writes for Grand Designs magazine. His two ambitions are to entertain and to make the built environment better - and consequently 'make people feel better'.
Chief Executive, Business Council for Sustainable Development - United Kingdom
David Middleton is Chief Executive of the Business Council for Sustainable Development - United Kingdom (BCSD-UK) and the Midlands Environmental Business Company (MEBC). These are both not-for-profit business networks run by business people to promote sustainable development as a sound opportunity business case. Both BCSD-UK and MEBC are managed under contract to their respective Boards by Environmental Business Communications (EBC) of which David is Managing Director.
Sustainable Development Unit Manager, Edinburgh City Council
View Janice's Powerpoint Presentation
Between 1987 and 1992, Janice worked for Coventry City Council responsible for the industrial and commercial pollution section in charge of monitoring pollution across the city. Then joined Lothian Regional Council in 1992 till 1996 where she was the Environment Strategy Officer working across 34,000 staff and responsible for implementing council policy and reporting on performance. Between 1996 and 1999, Janice was the senior Environment Strategy Officer with the City of Edinburgh Council responsible for environmental projects and grants. Since 1999 Janice has been the Manager of the Council's Sustainable Development Unit with responsibility for the development and implementation of the Council's policies on sustainability.
Regional Director, Keppie Design
View Donald's Powerpoint Presentation
Donald was brought up in Findhorn, Moray and trained at Scott-Sutherlands in Aberdeen, qualifying in 1990. He worked with Law and Dunbar Nasmith in Forres until 1998.
Since settling in Edinburgh he has worked for a range of practices. Now a regional director with Keppie Design, he headed the team in their competition winning design for Great Glen House, the Scottish Natural Heritage Headquarters in Inverness, which this year won the BRE Office Building of the Year award with the highest BREEAM score since the UK wide scheme began in 1998, and also the 'Building' UK Sustainable building of the year award.
He heads the company's Sustainability and CSR Unit and was recently appointed to the enabler panel of Architecture and Design Scotland.
Principal, Gaia Architects
Howard is principal in the Scottish/ Norwegian Ecological Design practice Gaia Architects, and visiting Professor at Oslo University. He is the RIAS Sustainability spokesman and a principal adviser to the Scottish Executive on Sustainability. Primarily he is a practising architect with many international award winning projects to his name but he is also an author of original thinkpiece articles, runs CPD courses throughout the UK for the RIBA and lectures and acts as a consultant on eco-building and urban ecology worldwide.
Contracts Manager, Lawrie Demolition Limited (Member of the Leiths Group of Companies)
View Duncan's Powerpoint Presentation
A versatile Contracts Manager with excellent communication skills combined with a wide knowledge of the Demolition, Recycling and Asbestos sectors, with over 10 years experience in the demolition industry, a holder of a WAMITAB (Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board) certificate to oversee daily operations of waste transfer stations when required. A holder of a competent planning supervisor certificate to ensure on going compliance with CDM regulations and holder of a CSCS Contracts Manager card. Responsible for the daily operation of the demolition company including estimating, tendering, employee and contractor operations, including recycling activities reporting directly to the Managing Director. Constant liaison with the Groups Quality manager to audit and continually improve the groups integrated management system BS EN ISO 9001:2000, BS EN 14001:1996 and OHAS 18001:1999.
Recent projects which Duncan has overseen have included the demolition of the former nurses home at Westercraigs, Inverness now home to the SNH building. A £1.2 million pound demolition contract for the Ministry of Defence and prior to this, Duncan was project manager for the dismantling and demolition of a former aluminium rolling plant which was dismantled section by section and transported to Russia with an overall value of approximately £2 million pounds.
Reader, Robert Gordon University
Gokay Deveci holds a readership at Scott Sutherland School, Robert Gordon University, where he leads a unit specialising in the design of affordable and sustainable housing. His main contribution to research and practice has been in the field of innovative housing design, especially relating to low cost solutions that uses appropriate technology and building materials, as well as being culturally sustainable. His projects have been ground breaking and have won a series of prestigious design awards. He is an Expert Member of European TASK 28: Sustainable Solar Housing, where he represents Scotland. He is also accredited in 'sustainable design', with specific innovation and research achievement by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).
Head of Planning and Infrastructure, Aberdeen City Council
View Margaret's Powerpoint Presentation
Margaret started her career in planning working for East Sussex County Council in intelligence and monitoring. This was followed by 6 years with Grampian Region and a short spell in Aberdeen City after local government reorganisation in 1996. In this time she was involved in strategic planning and information and research. She then spent 8 years at The Highland Council, the last couple as Planning Information and Policy Manager, responsible for development planning, corporate information and research and making the linkages between planning and community planning. She has been back in Aberdeen City Council as Head of Service for Planning and Infrastructure since February 2005.
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