5 minutes with… Phil Kentish, partner, Bidwells

2020-01-24T06:00:00

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Phil Kentish tells Building about his manicured lawn, being a labourer and what London building he wished he’d help fit-out.

What has been your biggest career challenge to date?

I’m experiencing it at the moment with the impact that technology is having on the way we work, our clients and the construction projects. Keeping pace and predicting change is the biggest challenge.

If you could change one thing about ‘your particular area of the industry’, what would it be?

In my field of dilapidations, its often the surveyors who get the bad wrap for claims taking time to settle, but in my experience it is typically aligned to the way the lease has been worded. So if I could change one thing, it would be for building surveyors to be involved pre-lease to help parties understand their obligations clearly, so when lease ends there is a swifter conclusion.

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