Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast
Welcome to the Exploration podcast from Hoare Lea: a place for curiosity, creative thinking and conversation. Each episode, we are joined by a variety of guests as they discuss the big topics shaping society, planet, and the built environment.
- Update frequency
- every 45 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Advocating for unsung scientists: Physicist and Wikipedian Dr Jessica Wade
In this episode, our guest host Frances Brown (Associate Director, Hoare Lea) chats to physicist and Faculty of Engineering material scientist Dr Jessica Wade of Imperial College London. Having al…
A world of pure imagination - Innovation for a sustainable built environment
In this episode, Ellie Griffiths chats to Yewande Akinola – an engineer, consultant and Innovate UK ambassador recently awarded an MBE for services to innovation and industry diversification – who…
AI in the built environment
In this episode, our host Ellie Griffiths chats to Alan Mosca, co-founder and chief technology officer at nPlan – a machine learning-based platform that forecasts and predicts outcomes of construct…
Data-led solutions for positive social change
Imagine Eastenders without its community hotspots: the Queen Vic, the cafe, the market, the square. It’d be a lot harder for the main characters to mix, right? In this episode, Ellie Griffiths chat…
Human first, designer second.
In this episode, our host Ellie Griffiths hears from The Royal College of Art’s Rama Gheerawo – an inclusive design innovator who has used his skillset to address societal issues around ageing, healt…
Full STEAM ahead - Nurturing the talent pipeline
In this episode, our host Ellie Griffiths chats to Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon – mathematician, computer scientist and co-founder of social enterprise Stemettes – about our sector today and Anne-Marie’s …
Newton to Net Zero
In this episode Alex chats to Charlie Blair, of Gravitricity, about the development of a storage technology based on a simple principle: raising and lowering a heavy weight. Offering some of the bes…
Spinouts and the city.
We hear from Professor Michele Barbour, the University of Bristol’s Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Enterprise and Innovation – a new role created just six months ago. Following a recent study whic…
Vanessa Murray Founder of Mentoring Circle
We hear from Vanessa Murray, who founded Mentoring Circle to address the gender diversity gap at the property industry’s senior leadership level – by partnering newly qualified female professionals w…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 20
A digital detox is a common new year’s resolution, and the planet needs one on an industrial scale – our everyday internet actions contributing considerably to the climate emergency.
While the huge s…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 19
Recorded as we launched our nine-day fortnight work initiative, our Director of People and Development, Erica Coombs-Prole, talks to Stephanie Corking, Co-Owner and People Director at Laws of Attract…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 18 - Environmental Psychology with Dr Melissa Marselle
In this episode recorded specially for COP26, Andrew talks to Dr Melissa Marselle, an Environmental Psychologist at the University of Surrey. They discuss how our psychological wellbeing intersects w…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 17
In a special edition recorded live during our firm’s internal Digital Engineering Week, Andrew hosts a panel of industry experts to explore how utilising data will help steer the future of engineerin…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 16
In this episode Andrew is joined by Grant Prosser, Development Delivery Manager at Wales & West Housing, and William Box, Director of Carnego Systems. Together they discuss the impact of data monitor…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 15
In a special edition recorded for this year’s International Women in Engineering Day, our guest host Rachel Bell is joined by four female engineers at Hoare Lea, spanning all stages of their careers.…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 14 - Calm & connection: creating spaces for SEN pupils.
In this episode Andrew is joined by Zane Putne, Senior Architect at Noviun, and Rama Venchard, Director at Silica Associates to discuss the evolving needs of SEN schools. Together they explore how Sp…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 13 - Into The Unknown Extreme Environments Part 2
Join Andrew for part 2 of his chat with two experts in extreme environments. We hear from Scott Parazynski (American physician and a former NASA astronaut, who completed five Space Shuttle flights …
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 12 - Dipesh Patel and Luke Harrison
Andrew is joined by Dipesh Patel, Director of Pattern Design, and Associate Director Luke Harrison, to talk all things stadium. Together they discuss the complexities of sustainable design for extrem…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 11 - Julie Hirigoyen
Join Andrew as he chats to Julie Hirigoyen, Chief Executive of UK Green Building Council, the country's leading NGO campaigning for a sustainable built environment. Julie shares her unique insight in…
Hoare Lea Exploration Podcast Episode 10 - David Adams
Andrew chats to David Adams, CEO of ADS Independent Living Solutions. Together with his wife, he created the Smile Homes concept: a person-centric home that’s truly bespoke to the individual needs of…