Pride and Preservation: Learnings from Britain’s First Female Chartered Surveyor with Patricia Moore MRICS, Carrie de Silva and Rebecca Preston #129

27/05/2024 31 min Episodio 129
Pride and Preservation: Learnings from Britain’s First Female Chartered Surveyor with Patricia Moore MRICS, Carrie de Silva and Rebecca Preston #129

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Irene Barclay is a trailblazer in surveying, being the first woman to qualify in Britain as a Chartered Surveyor, and her path is as important and inspiring now as it ever has been.Patricia Moore MRICS (UK Managing Director, Turner & Townsend) is joined this week by Carrie de Silva (Visiting Professor, Harper Adams University) and Rebecca Preston (Historian, English Heritage) to discuss the pioneering life story of Irene Barclay, and why it should inspire the direction that the surveying profession takes today.This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:Irene Barclay’s family storyThe significance of celebrating her achievements with a plaqueHow preserving heritage supports the present professionThe importance of seeing women’s names in the profession, and understanding the pastRoyal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: https://www.rics.org/uk/Patricia Moore: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patricia1moore/Carrie de Silva: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carrie-de-silva-61017916/Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: https://www.rics.org/uk/ RICS Podcast Page https://www.rics.org/podcast/ Kieran Halliwell https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdhalliwell/

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