5 minutes with … Alistair Barr, chair at Barr Gazetas

By Alistair Barr 2020-05-01T15:56:00

Alistair Barr tells Building about the Milton Keynes, Le Corbusier and drumming

What has been your biggest career challenge to date?

The recession of 2007/08 was terrible as BG had so many great projects cancelled. The five of us that lived through this are all now members of the management team, and the experience brought us closer together.

If you could change one thing about the industry, what would it be?

The industry is terrible at knowledge sharing and dissemination. The housing crisis, offsite construction and net zero carbon building are all areas where more collaboration could accelerate change. For net zero carbon the London Energy Transformation Initiative is leading the way.

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