Through impactful, engaging and fulfilling projects, surveying continues to provide an incredibly unique career path to those who consider themselves fortunate to be in the profession. In this episode of The RICS Podcast, Florence Andrews MRICS hosts Vincent John Harney MRICS & Iona Lennon AssocRICS in sharing the experiences that make surveying such a joy, and how we can pass that enthusiasm on to future generations. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: How we connect with the next gene...
Jul 21, 2025•50 min•Ep. 200
The built environment industry will be more effective to all if diverse voices are included, which intensifies the very present need for greater equity and inclusion. But, what does this look like in practice? How can organisations contribute to cultivating a more inclusive industry? Nathan Spencer is Director at UKREiiF, and he joins RICS’ Sybil Taunton to discuss strategies for leading the industry towards a more inclusive environment, and the long-standing importance of social value as awaren...
Jul 14, 2025•29 min•Ep. 199
The demands of a Chartered Surveyor now have evolved since the desired qualities of years past, both in terms of skills & competency, and a surveyor’s character. This week on The RICS Podcast, President of Alexandra Capital, Alexandra Faciu MRICS joins Craig Ross MRICS, who is Associate Director for Safety and Security at Diriyah Company. They dive into the assurance that competency provides to surveyors throughout the profession, and how the demands in the industry have changed across their...
Jul 07, 2025•38 min•Ep. 198
What makes a city is not just its construction, but the culture that thrives within it, and the two walk hand in hand with each other. This week on The RICS Podcast, Professor Greg Clark, Dr Caitlin Morrissey and Peter Hogg FRICS delve into what we mean by the ‘DNA’ of cities, what lies beneath it, and how the built environment complements what already exists. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: How we define the DNA of cities, and the characteristics which comprise that DNA The importance ...
Jun 30, 2025•43 min•Ep. 197
Neurodiverse professionals in the built environment face unique challenges in the journey to becoming chartered, but with more awareness comes an increasing level of support for such APC candidates. Dan Knowles FRICS hosts this week’s episode of The RICS Podcast, where Morwenna Slade MRICS and Jennifer Hobart MRICS share their experiences with the assessment process as neurodivergent professionals. They discuss the complexities of the process, support that should be available, and why neurodiver...
Jun 23, 2025•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 196
The world of surveying is diverse, dynamic and engaging every day for the professionals who work within it - aspects which should appeal to the many talented young people looking to join the sector. This week’s episode of The RICS Podcast showcases the journeys, experiences and insights of four fantastic surveying professionals - David Broschomb MRICS, Millie Mason MRICS, Yusuf Javaid and Emily Hayden MRICS. We discuss the value of continuous learning, the ability to have a tangible impact on th...
Jun 16, 2025•59 min•Ep. 195
The role of Facilities Managers has shifted in today’s market, which values people, planet and purpose in the provision of sustainable buildings. In this compelling episode of the RICS podcast, Greg Davison MRICS and Robin Leow FRICS dive into the critical role of Facilities Management (FM) in driving sustainable building practices, drawing upon global experiences. They’ll explore how to navigate sustainability challenges, leverage smart technologies, and align with regulatory frameworks like Si...
Jun 09, 2025•30 min•Ep. 194
With a rapid growth of urbanisation in recent years around the world, the role of the surveyor is vital in ensuring we get a positive outcome from urbanisation. In this episode of The RICS Podcast, Professor Greg Clark, Tom Webber MRICS and Bourane Gille discuss the surveyor’s impact on how urbanisation helps cities to grow positively, create opportunities, and last for decades to come. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The rapid global increase in urbanisation, highlighting the potential...
Jun 02, 2025•54 min•Ep. 193
If materials can’t be grown, then they need to be mined - the importance of the mineral sector in the built environment is absolutely essential, yet often overlooked. This week’s episode of The RICS Podcast highlights how we can raise the sector’s profile, and attract new professionals to mineral surveying, drawing upon the experiences of host Barnaby Pilgrim FRICS, and guests Matthew Cuthbert MRICS and Neil Hughes MRICS. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The critical importance of minera...
May 26, 2025•52 min•Ep. 192
Skills are a critical part of the APC assessment, and continue to serve you throughout your career in surveying, but which skills are best to prioritise to succeed in today’s industry? This episode of The RICS Podcast features the fantastic insights of Kate Taylor FRICS, Annabel Huffer MRICS and Abdul Alimi MRICS, drawing on experiences from both sides of the assessment process. They’ll explore the evolving landscape of professional development in surveying, diverse career pathways, and the crit...
May 19, 2025•50 min•Ep. 191
Flexible workspaces represent a growing need for surveyors to prepare for a wildly changing future of the commercial real estate market. So how can professionals adapt to the uptick in flexible space, and how does the data available to us today help us to understand and value this evolving sector? These questions are at the heart of this week’s episode of The RICS Podcast, as we dive into flex space with JLL Director Christy Bowen, IWG’s CEO Mark Dixon, and Director of HEWN, Will Kinnear. This e...
May 12, 2025•48 min•Ep. 190
The transition to greener energy sources is an ongoing endeavour, and the role that surveyors will play in that transition is a growing one in both importance and impact. Discussing this shift, this week The RICS Podcast welcomes Jenny Stanning, Stephen Thompson FRICS, Amit Patel MRICS and host Roger Esson MRICS to discuss the trends emerging in the energy sector, and their effects on the surveying profession. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The surprising amounts of energy still being ...
Apr 28, 2025•42 min•Ep. 189
One of the fantastic elements to surveying is the number of routes into the profession. This week The RICS Podcast showcases three members who began their paths in other regulated professions before becoming surveyors themselves. Demi Yianni is joined this week by Kirsten Hald and Maria Wiedner to discuss their vastly different backgrounds, transferable skills, how they explain their roles to friends and family, and the most important personality traits in surveying. This episode of The RICS Pod...
Apr 21, 2025•51 min•Ep. 188
The MIPIM Challengers initiative creates space for the next generation of professionals to share fresh ideas and new perspectives, and this year’s winners include Betsy Brady MRICS and Ioana Orzea. Betsy & Ioana join James Fiske on this episode of The RICS Podcast to share their approach to rethinking embodied carbon as an asset, how we can educate others on driving sustainability in real estate, and young professionals’ drive to decarbonise the built environment. This episode of The RICS Po...
Apr 14, 2025•50 min•Ep. 187
The final assessment can naturally set off nerves for many candidates preparing for their presentations, so this week’s RICS podcast is centred around calming nerves and preparing to perform at your peak. Offering perspectives from the candidate side and as an assessor herself, Michelle Parkes joins Ellie Sainsbury to share strategies to calm nerves ahead of your final assessment. If you would like to find out more about the range of local and global resources available to help you through your ...
Apr 07, 2025•41 min•Ep. 186
Whether it’s communication with stakeholders or with the public, the importance of a regulator is key to how firms operate in the built environment. In this episode of The RICS Podcast, Shannett Thompson (Kingsley Napley) and Chris Adler (RICS) join Nigel Clarke to explore the vital role of professional regulators, and how they interact with the regulated professions, with a particular focus on the Standards and Regulation Board, of which Nigel is the Chair. This episode of The RICS Podcast cove...
Mar 31, 2025•44 min•Ep. 185
There are incredible female voices at the forefront of surveying across the industry, but if we’re to see a more equitable industry, the issue of retaining talent is a vital one to solve. This essential episode of The RICS Podcast talks through some of the deep-rooted issues affecting DEI in surveying today, and we hear what initiatives might create a more inclusive environment for all as Kelly Canterford FRICS speaks with Kevina Kakembo MRICS and David Hourihan FRICS. This episode of The RICS P...
Mar 24, 2025•45 min•Ep. 184
Mental health and wellbeing is a key pillar in today’s world, and while it’s historically been more challenging for men in construction to be open, there’s more vital support now than ever before. Tomi Laguda leads a deep and honest discussion on The RICS Podcast this week with Scott Pearshouse MRICS, as he shares his own mental health journey in construction, and Mark McBride Wright, who shares essential steps we can all take to foster a safer working environment for everyone. CONTENT WARNING /...
Mar 17, 2025•41 min•Ep. 183
The quality of spaces relies strongly on how well they’re designed to serve human experiences, so in this episode of The RICS Podcast we explore the power of placemaking. Olga Turner Baker MRICS (Managing Director, Ekkist) hosts Nicholas Boys Smith (Chair of the Office for Place and Author & Director, Create Streets) whose passion for quality spaces and placemaking makes for a fascinating conversation around good urbanism, new approaches to planning, and the balance between greenbelt and dev...
Mar 10, 2025•42 min•Ep. 182
With the range of roles in the built environment, the opportunity for promotion into new roles is a key one for both financial incentive and job fulfilment. In this episode of The RICS Podcast, Hilan Shah MRICS is joined by Alice Graham MRICS and Adam Ledger, a student member of RICS, to discuss how pay and promotions scale in the sector, and essential skills that have helped in their career progression so far. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The impact of technology and automation on t...
Mar 03, 2025•49 min•Ep. 181
There is a world of difference between a general surveyor and an RICS surveyor, but why should professionals become accredited with RICS, and why should the public use an RICS surveyor? In this episode of The RICS Podcast episode Majella Galvin MRICS is joined by Corrinne McLeish FRICS and James Raven, as they delve into the role and value of RICS surveyors, their values, and the rewarding, diverse day-to-day work to be found in the career. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The value and ...
Feb 24, 2025•35 min•Ep. 180
Art is a unique world in which valuation standards play a vital role for RICS professionals, and gives us insight into the role of an Appraiser. This week’s episode of The RICS Podcast explores the art industry with Alvah T Beander FRICS, Barden Prisant FRICS and Ergina Xydous MRICS, discussing the distinct roles of art historians, curators, authenticators, and appraisers, with stories of how they’ve handled unique and unconventional art pieces. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The impor...
Feb 17, 2025•44 min•Ep. 179
Small to Medium sized Enterprises are uniquely positioned to benefit from some of the greatest young talent in our industry, thanks to the increased numbers of apprentices looking to work in the built environment. In this episode, RICS Education & Accreditation Manager, Mike Cox, speaks with Lee Hatwell FRICS, Director at Munday + Cramer, as we explore the value that apprentices bring to smaller firms, how to develop apprentice partners, and advice for SMEs looking for apprentices for the fi...
Feb 10, 2025•32 min•Ep. 178
With a growing emphasis on extending buildings’ lifecycles, the role of surveyors in retrofit and future fit projects is absolutely essential, both in ensuring a successful project, and in enhancing public understanding. This episode of The RICS Podcast features Emma Fletcher MRICS, Philip Brimley MRICS and Zaman Sheikh AssocRICS , as they focus on the important role that RICS professionals play in demystifying the area. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The gap in public understanding of...
Feb 03, 2025•45 min•Ep. 177
The role of valuation may be well-known within the surveying profession, but the connection to the economy may not be so apparent to the wider public, despite its necessity to society as a whole. In this episode of The RICS Podcast, the Chair of the RICS Valuation PGP Nick Knight MRICS is joined by John Clark (Lloyds Banking Group) and Paul Richards (Association of Real Estate Funds) to discuss how valuation underpins so much of the industry, how topics like ESG are evolving within it, and the n...
Jan 27, 2025•40 min•Ep. 176
Surveying is a rich profession with a long-spanning, illustrious history that stretches back to medieval times, and it’s a key area of focus for Professor Carl Chinn MBE. This special episode of The RICS Podcast delves into the roots of the profession, as Professor Chinn MBE shares with Suki Bell FRICS his findings on how surveying has evolved across generations, and the key figures who’ve influenced the industry as we know it today. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: The historical origin...
Jan 20, 2025•39 min•Ep. 175
Work experience forms a vital part of many aspiring surveyors’ early career, and this episode of The RICS Podcast focuses on how to find, and make the most of, work experience opportunities. Toby Stewart is a student member of RICS and student at the University of Aberdeen, and he’s joined by RICS candidate Danny Waters, and members Norman Hutchison FRICS and Fiona Stoddard MRICS to discuss the skills that students bring to firms, strategies for seeking placements, and how to balance academic co...
Jan 13, 2025•50 min•Ep. 174
Welcome to the 2025 opening episode of The RICS Podcast, where former RICS President Amanda Clack FRICS discusses the aspirations for the coming year with incoming President, Justin Sullivan FRICS. We hear what Justin hopes to prioritise over the course of his presidency, consider how the profession continues to evolve as it always has, and share how important every member of RICS is in bringing about change. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: RICS' long and distinguished history as a glob...
Jan 06, 2025•29 min•Ep. 173
In the final of our RICS professional practice updates, Amit Patel MRICS (Head of Professional Practice for Construction at RICS) leads an end of year update with Steven Thompson and Marissa Stenning MRICS (Associate Director, Turner & Townsend alinea), covering insightful topics and initiatives from the sector. They discuss developments within the RICS and across the surveying sector at large, with a look at what members should be most aware of for the year ahead. This episode of The RICS P...
Dec 23, 2024•47 min•Ep. 172
In the fourth of our RICS professional practice updates, James Kavanagh MRICS (Head of Professional Practice for Land and Natural Resources at RICS) leads an end of year update with Tony Mulhall MRICS and Fiona Mannix, covering insightful topics and initiatives from the sector. They discuss developments within the RICS and across the surveying sector at large, with a look at what members should be most aware of for the year ahead. This episode of The RICS Podcast covers: updates from the governm...
Dec 23, 2024•47 min•Ep. 171
