This award recognises the talents and successes of new professionals in our industry and is open to professionals working in the field of building services for less than 10 years. The new achiever award is about finding the industry’s future leaders. The judges were looking for: a commitment to continued professional development; determination to succeed; a ‘can-do’ attitude; evidence of a wider view of the world than simply work!
Winner
Mitesh Patel
WSP
Patel wowed the judges with his level of achievement since beginning work in building services in 1998. They were impressed with his practical experience as well as his academic attainment, which saw him complete his BEng with first-class honours last year. He has also collected a number of industry, university and WSP awards.
As a CIBSE-registered low-carbon consultant, environmental concerns are at the forefront of his design ethos. That thinking put him in good stead when he contributed to the concept design for the £350m Sevenstone development in Sheffield, which secured a BREEAM “excellent” rating and a level four rating under the Code for Sustain-able Homes. His all-round efforts saw him promoted to associate by WSP last year.
Runners-up
Peter Brickell (highly commended)
BDP
Brickell turned the judges’ heads with his work on 3D design and sustainable development. He joined BDP in 2005 and last year, at the age of 25, become chartered through CIBSE. He is leading the mechanical design for the fitout of a 50,000m2 London headquarters for PwC, where he is committed to achieving a BREEAM “outstanding” rating. He managed a BDP team of technicians developing 3D applications.
Ying Dong
Capita Symonds
Ying Dong’s academic achievements included winning the Southwest Jiatong University Scholarship four years in a row. Since joining Capita Symonds last year, she has been given client-facing opportunities and her enthusiasm has contributed to strong outcomes. Her projects have included complex computer rooms.
Nick Sendall
Halcrow Yolles
Sendall runs Halcrow Yolles’ sustainability technical working party, leading a team of 10 charged with encouraging and facilitating the adoption of sustainability within the core work of the building services skill group. Away from the office, he practises what he preaches, designing and installing a biomass boiler and solar hot water system at his house.
Chia Huay Lau
Hoare Lea
Chia Huay Lau achieved her CEng MCIBSE in 2007. She was also elected to the committee of CIBSE West Midlands, and organises CPD seminars as well as helping the development of young engineers in her office. She is a low-carbon consultant and an assessor for Eco Homes, among others.
Aymeric Girard
Morgan Professional Services
At just 23, Girard has already created a company green travel plan, developed a sustainable design library, delivered low-carbon seminars, and created cross-discipline strategies for ensuring sustainable designs at concept stage. He is working on his PhD with the aim of developing pioneering software to help to identify important M&E design decisions at an early stage.
Source
Building Sustainable Design
