This day, on Sunday 30th August, back in 1998, I recall vividly that I was still in the office of my Employer [who will remain anonymous], in fact I had been in the office all weekend – having driven up to Central London, and parked right outside their iconic building in Victoria. I left my car, without a parking permit – checking the car intermittently to ensure that I avoided a parking ticket – and managed to get some fresh air too. That weekend reminded me of the dark even

We are now in excess of five years following the tragedy called Grenfell. Care of Dame Judith Hackett and her infamous review ‘Building a Safer Future’, a new legal instrument called the Building Safety Act has recently received Royal Assent (on 28.04.22), giving rise to a whole host of new fire safety measures. As a well-documented industry disruptor and UK government advisor, our very own Bola Abisogun OBE FRICS, Founder & Chairman of DiverseCity Surveyors has remained clos

The significance of the BIM model [and Digital Twins] to the Quantity Surveyor / Commercial Manager [in 2022] - by Bola Abisogun OBE FRICS At a virtual ‘Building Safety Alliance’ roundtable, hosted by the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management ‘IWFM’, held on 08.08.22; by way of a kind invitation from Dr Graham Kelly, Director of BIM Academy, I observed [and suitably contributed towards] the contents of a timely discussion regarding the ‘multi-faceted’ implementatio

Credit: Bola Abisogun OBE / DiverseCity Surveyors / LSBU “there is measure in all things” _ RICS Credit: Bola Abisogun OBE / DiverseCity Surveyors / LSBU Never before has the role of the Surveyor been met with such a plethora of challenges, be it the sustainability of the profession itself or the ever increasingly demanding and multi-faceted role that Surveyors will play in the climate change challenge. Credit: Bola Abisogun OBE / DiverseCity Surveyors / LSBU The Executive Te