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This week we talk with Sarah Slattery. Sarah is the Managing Director of Slattery, Melbourne's leading Quantity Surveying and Cost Planning consultancy with offices across Australia.
We discuss Sarah's career and Slattery's 40 years in the industry, business culture, managing teams and people through Covid and workplace flexibility. We also touch upon her postion and responsibilities as the first Woman Managing Director in a QS consulting firm here in Australia (possibly the world!), TEN Women a local network for Women in Property and much more.
If you are interested in Melbourne projects, Quantity Surveying consulting and listening to an engaging public speaker....then have a listen!
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In this podcast episode:
01:30 - The history of Slattery, do they have plans to go international?
03:00 - How was it being a woman in the QS space during the early days?
04:50 - Has Sarah aspired to be in QS and working in construction specifically? How did she arrive in this position?
07:00 - What were the most enjoyable times in Sarah’s career in the building environment?
11:00 - What types of services does Slattery offer and what type of people do they work with?
12:00 - How does Sarah deliver what the client wants within their budget? How does carbon planning work?
18:00 - What is the role of a managing director in a business of Slattery’s scale?
19:00 - Challenges with regards to looking after team members and their well-being during the time of COVID
31:00 - How conscious is Sarah and what does she do to achieve business culture and values?
34:00 - What is the Ten Women organization about?
39:00 - The Melbourne Design Panel
40:00 - Aboriginal design
43:00 - Materials and supply chain issues
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