Duncan Cox from Cundall goes over the function of the specialist in starting important conversations and not walking away from clients since they don’t act upon excellent recommendations.
Isabel Allen and Duncan Cox at the Newcastle Pavilion.
How are you enjoying MIPIM?You do not really see the advantage of MIPIM till the third year you’ve come– and this is just my 2nd year! Personally, it’s been more unwinded his time, and it’s been more interesting due to the fact that I have actually been able to rest on a couple of panels. It’s been excellent spending quality time on the Oman stand. I’ve satisfied leaders of city regrowth who I know since of the work we’ve been involved in, some of which we went for the stand this year. It’s been fantastic to finally see those visions come to life, and to actually meet a few of individuals I have actually only every satisfied on Groups before. What are Cundall’s concerns for the next five years?The big thing is Zero Carbon
Design 2030 for which I have the honour of being one
of the leaders in business, which is interesting and difficult, however likewise frightening because of the magnitude of what it represents in regards to setting the bar and following through. So how do you determine what targets you set yourselves as a company?It depends where you remain in the
world. In the UK you have actually established net absolutely no carbon requirements, but actually that only uses to an extremely small proportion of nations where we operate. So the civil engineering part of business are collating their own data and setting standards. We’re taking a look at what we’ve really achieved, and we’re not avoiding setting actually strong targets, however that then suggests that you need to motivate customers not just to set targets however to take a look at how you determine it, and how you react to it. Would you leave the customer if they weren’t prepared to come on board with those ambitions?At completion of the day we’re specialists and our function as consultants is to encourage those discussions. We recommend on what we believe is fairly possible based on the information and the data that we have. In regards to
being liable, we can’t turn a client away because they say we don’t want to work with that target. What we can do is educate them about the reasons we’re having that discussion, and to offer the best recommendations we can, based upon the information and the reality of our experience– that’s the nature of consultancy. Our clients might select to accept or to ignore the guidance that we can provide, however we want to offer recommendations that convinces them to do the right thing.