Sara Haddadhttps://www.sara-hdd.comRSS Feed for Sara HaddadenMon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100The DNA of Cities: What Makes Urban Identity Investable?https://open.spotify.com/episode/64ww8RXWtiJgit0Bk9UUmHTwo urbanists turn an abstract idea, a city's "character", into something surveyors and developers could actually act on in a live project.Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://open.spotify.com/episode/64ww8RXWtiJgit0Bk9UUmHThe Surveyors' Role in Supporting Urban Leadership in Citieshttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6TxHUvU6a70SlkxgPZoEPoSuccessful urban growth depends on shared leadership across public, private, academic, and civil sectors - not surveyors working alone.Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://open.spotify.com/episode/6TxHUvU6a70SlkxgPZoEPo'If You Can't Grow It, Mine It' - How Minerals Built Your Worldhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/39TOdFiEG2PLMAPKkr4V9PThe toothpaste on your brush, the mug holding your coffee, the phone in your hand: none of it exists without minerals. An unflinching look at one of the most consequential and least understood surveying specialisms.Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://open.spotify.com/episode/39TOdFiEG2PLMAPKkr4V9PHow Can Surveyors Navigate the Rise of Flex Space?https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Y6sP0jU3la0yCJ0LRNYLIFlex space has been booming for years, and it isn't slowing down, but many valuers have been reluctant to touch it. How can they start catching up with a sector they can no longer afford to ignore?Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Y6sP0jU3la0yCJ0LRNYLIRethinking Embodied Carbon as an Assethttps://open.spotify.com/episode/06o1jGAanB7N23GxLIrw8cTwo young industry winners argue that embodied carbon should be treated as a managed asset, not a one-off cost. One of the industry's foremost experts on embodied carbon asks whether it actually holds up.Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100https://open.spotify.com/episode/06o1jGAanB7N23GxLIrw8cSupporting Men’s Mental Health in Constructionhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/2IhzfZEP6WUc70I6dObSRNA look at the major day-to-day pressures on mens' mental health and how leaders can shape a safer construction workforce.Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IhzfZEP6WUc70I6dObSRNWhat Impacts Our Relationship with The Built Environment?https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jyMUYNPs7FG8rAaybp44z?si=OozmHD5_QmSjl0uD-yD5CAA placemaking authority explores 'good' urbanism, planning reform, and the tension between greenbelt protection and development.Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://open.spotify.com/episode/1jyMUYNPs7FG8rAaybp44z?si=OozmHD5_QmSjl0uD-yD5CAHow the Surveying Industry Can Retain More Womenhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/6Fm8QuZmKukoiY8jheGQnWTackling the deeper issues behind women leaving the profession: career progression barriers, pay disparity, intersectionality, and what genuine cultural change requires beyond unconscious bias training.Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Fm8QuZmKukoiY8jheGQnWWhy Supporting Women Quantity Surveyors Will Help Bridge the Skills Gaphttps://www.ricsrecruit.com/article/why-supporting-women-quantity-surveyors-will-help-bridge-the-skills-gapWomen make up just 17% of chartered quantity surveyors. Here's what's driving them out of the profession, and what firms can do to improve retention.Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0100https://www.ricsrecruit.com/article/why-supporting-women-quantity-surveyors-will-help-bridge-the-skills-gapRevolutionising Construction: Introducing Building Information Modellinghttps://www.rics.org/news-insights/revolutionising-construction-introducing-building-information-modellingFrom 3D modelling to AI-driven energy efficiency: how Building Information Modelling is reshaping design, construction and facilities management.Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rics.org/news-insights/revolutionising-construction-introducing-building-information-modellingHong Kong Construction: The Retention Problem Money Can't Solvehttps://www.rics.org/news-insights/why-is-staff-retention-a-growing-concern-in-the-hong-kong-construction-industryHong Kong's construction sector is facing a skills crisis driven by high turnover, an ageing workforce, and a labour market where financial incentives are fast becoming unsustainable. This piece examines why salary alone won't solve the retention problem, and what construction employers need to offer instead.Wed, 17 May 2023 00:00:00 +0100https://www.rics.org/news-insights/why-is-staff-retention-a-growing-concern-in-the-hong-kong-construction-industry