Structural safety and risk conference

As a former military helicopter pilot and aviation risk specialist, Emily brings fresh perspectives on risk management to the built environment. With experience spanning civil aviation, defence, nuclear and maritime sectors, she focuses on adapting effective risk management approaches across industries. Now developing an innovative building safety case solution, Emily serves on the IMechE ALARP working group and advises IStructE on building safety guidance aligned with BSA22 requirements.

 

Paul was formerly senior partner of quantity surveyors Davis Langdon (now part of Aecom), and was subsequently appointed as the Government's first Chief Construction Adviser with a brief to champion a more coordinated approach to affordable, sustainable construction.

He now practises as an independent consultant in project governance and strategic issues relating to the construction industry; and, In 2021, he was appointed by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to lead an independent review of the testing regime for construction products. The review, which set out historic failings in the system and proposals for reform, was published in April 2023 and is still under consideration by the government.
 

Alex has over 25 year’s experience working in structural engineering, with over 10 years spent designing buildings in various countries around the world. Since joining Cundall in 2016, he has delivered numerous net zero or low carbon schemes and is an advocate of decarbonising structural design solutions through material selection, efficient design and the repurposing of existing buildings. He also lead the engineering design on the Circular Twin project that was awarded the AJ100 Sustainability Initiative of the Year Award in 2022.

Charlotte is an award-winning Structural Engineer who has passion for a holistic design approach and ensuring project teams are supported to truly collaborate and deliver. Now working for a Main Contractor, her extensive experience across various sectors has given her a rounded and in-depth knowledge of construction. She bridges the gap between the consultants and operation teams/the supply chain to ensure that projects run smoothly with minimal surprises at stage five works.

David is one of the leading structural engineers in the field of structural safety and the design of buildings against disproportionate collapse. He has a particular interest in risk in structural design, and in designing out risk from the design of building structures.

Keith is the Design and Technical Quality Director for Ramboll’s UK Structures division.  With over 30 years of design experience on UK and international building projects, he leads their Design Quality Panel with the aim of continual improvement in all aspects of design and technical delivery of structural engineering projects.  As a Project Director at Ramboll and previously Arup, he has led multi-disciplinary engineering teams ensuring the successful delivery of projects from £5m to over £500m construction cost.

Paul is a Chartered Structural Engineer with 30 years of experience as a consulting engineer and project manager within the building sector. He is responsible for the overall management of CROSS and works closely with the various stakeholders and Expert Panels.  He shares their passion to ensure that knowledge is shared, best practice is adopted, and safety lessons learned are promoted across the industry.

Dr Peter Wilkinson is an experienced fire engineer, whose time is an interesting mixture of conducting fire engineering assignments and fire risk assessments for a wide variety of clients, as well as helping to develop the fire engineering profession through CROSS, the Institution of Fire Engineers and BSI standards development work.

Steve is the global Building Retrofit Leader at Arup and is passionate about existing buildings. He has worked on many high-profile retrofit projects. He studied Architecture and Structural Engineering and has worked in many different offices at Arup. Steve has been a speaker at various national and international events and has written numerous technical papers on retrofit for the Institution of Structural Engineers and the Institution of Civil Engineers as well as co-authoring the IStructE book Circular economy and reuse: guidance for designers which was published in 2023.

Stephen is a Director at Griffiths & Armour, one of the UK’s leading specialist insurance brokers and acknowledged market leaders in the field of professional indemnity. He has over 26 years of experience working for its client base which includes around 3,000 construction professionals spanning all of the major disciplines and ranging from sole practitioners to multi-national PLCs. 
 
Stephen currently heads up Griffiths & Armour’s team of specialist PI claims handlers. In that capacity he has amassed a wealth of experience in the defence and/or settlement of claims against his clients. This experience informs much of the firm’s risk management activities in which he is a regular contributor to its widely acclaimed publications and a frequent speaker at events such as these.
 

Victoria is a structural engineer passionate about designing sustainable and good, well detailed buildings. Her experience spans many sectors and includes both new build and refurbishment projects.  In 2024, based in Glasgow, she established her own structural engineering consultancy practice. Victoria is a chartered structural engineer with the Institution of Structural Engineers, an Approved Certifier of Design,  and a member of the CROSS-UK structural expert panel.  She received a commendation in the 2020 Institution of Structural Engineers' Young Professional of the Year Award.