David Prichard is a director of Metropolitan Workshop LLP. The practice’s recent work embraces architectural, urban design and regional planning commissions for government agencies, local authorities and major developers in Ireland, Norway, Jordan, Libya, Sudan and the UK. David has been a RIBA external examiner, guest critic and lectured at numerous universities and judged several awards and international competitions. A former Trustee of the Civic Trust, he was an Awards assessor for many years before being invited onto the National Panel of judges which he has chaired since 2004.
Martin is a former Director of the Civic Trust and past President of the RTPI. His planning experience includes periods with Cheshire and Leicestershire County Councils and with the City of Toronto Planning Board. He was Director of Planning for West Yorkshire Metropolitan County up until 1986. Now retired, he ran his own planning consultancy.
Keith Bright is Emeritus Professor of Inclusive Environments at the University of Reading and an independent access consultant. He is a registered Access Consultant (NRAC) and a member of the RICS Inclusive Environment Consultant Scheme (IEC). He is a member of CABE’s Inclusive Environment Group and the Building Regulation Advisory Committee (BRAC). Keith joined the Civic Trust National Panel in 2007. His many publications include ‘The Access Manual’, ‘Buildings for all to use’ and ‘The Building Regulations Explained’.
Victor worked for the Civic Trust for over 43 years. He has been involved with the Civic Trust Awards from its beginning in 1959 and continues to play an important part in the Awards. He has been involved with many aspects of the Trust’s work including the Architectural Heritage Fund to which he still acts as a consultant.
Angela is a director of the award winning practice Brady Mallalieu Architects. She is active in promoting sustainable design in schools and broadcasts to the public on TV and radio on a regular basis. She is a CABE Enabler and member of RIAI Council. Angela is a past member of the English Heritage/CABE Urban Panel, and past Design Champion on the LDA Board. Angela has been an Awards assessor since 2000 and joined the National Panel in 2005.
Prashant directs the sustainability unit at WSP Energy and leads the sustainable design aspect of the business. He is currently involved in a number of sustainability masterplanning schemes in the UK, China, India, Middle East and South Africa. Before joining WSP Energy, Prashant led the sustainability consultancy section of a major company where he provided a range of sustainability services to top developers and clients and was involved in a number of high profile projects including Edinburgh’s award-winning Centrica HQ.
Prashant worked on the development of the ENVEST software at the BRE and is a qualified BREEAM and EcoHomes assessor. Prashant sits as WSP’s representative on the policy development group for the UKGBC. He is also a visiting lecturer in sustainable design at London Metropolitan University, Oxford Brookes and University College London.
Prashant’s current projects include Masdar in the UAE, the world’s first zero carbon, zero waste city. WSP was commissioned by Foster + Partners working with the Dead Sea Redevelopment, Metropolitan Architects and Graylingwell Zero Carbon Housing Development. Prashant is assisting in the development of the Net Zero Carbon Strategy in relation to the Graylingwell Development in Chichester. He is also currently leading a research team to a Sustainable Cities League Table for the European Union. This will allow cities to be benchmarked against indicators of its sustainability performance.
He was voted the Consultant to watch for 2009 by Building Magazine.
Dr Helen Walker is an independent policy consultant working to support the creation of sustainable communities. Helen is appointed as a specialist advisor to the Government’s CLG Select Committee. She is a CABE Enabler, a Building for Life Accredited Assessor, and an expert contributor to CABE’s Sustainable Cities programme.
Helen was formerly National Advisor: Sustainable Communities at the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government. Prior to this she held posts in the Government’s Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Secretariat for the Egan Review of Sustainable Communities Skills, Academy for Sustainable Communities and the Environment Agency. She has a background in local authority planning policy.
A former Chair of Department of Urban Development and Regeneration and Enterprise Director at University of Westminster, Helen has held academic posts at the universities of Sussex, UCL London, Brighton, Leeds and Portsmouth and has published on a range of built environment topics. She has been a British Council environmental advisor to the Guangdong Provincial Government, China.
Dr Nicole Crockett is the Chief Executive of the Building Exploratory.
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Mark Whitby is a founding Partner / Director of the practice now known as Ramboll UK.
Mark is a working Director, closely involved with clients and architects. He works on projects at concept stage and at stage reviews, focusing on the total design and establishing design criteria and quality objectives.
He has a reputation for imaginative design solutions that exploit the possibilities of materials and the latest construction methods. Vigorously champions a philosophy of sustainable design.
Mark seeks client and industry feedback on the role of engineers in the design and construction process. He works to extend the services that whitbybird provides to clients and to move the practice outside the confines of the traditional consultants’ role.
Since his Presidency of the Institution of Civil Engineers, he remains committed to the process of restoring engineers to a position where they influence policy and practice at the highest level. Seeks to optimize engineering’s contribution to sustainability and urban design.
A former President of the Institution of Civil Engineers (2001), Chairman of the Urban Design Alliance (2001), appointed Honorary Fellow RIBA (1999), led the development of industry standard computer-integrated techniques for structural steel design and fabrication - CIMsteel (1999) and was elected Fellow of The Royal Academy of Engineering (1997).
Yvonne Farrell is an Architect working for Dublin practice Grafton Architects.
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