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Claire Smith
BSc, MSt(cantab), CEng, FIStructE, MICE, Hon DEng
Buro Happold
Claire is the office director for the 550 strong Bath (founding) office of Buro Happold. She was made a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2016, a Partner at Buro Happold in 2018 and an honorary Doctor of Engineering in 2022. During her time in consultancy, she has worked on a wide variety of new build and refurbishment projects including educational, cultural and leisure buildings with much of her work focused in the South West market, where she is leading Buro Happold’s work in the Temple Quarter Enterprise zone. A strong theme of her work is the desire to produce structures that are expressive of the material properties of which they are constructed. In addition to her role at Buro Happold, Claire is on the South West Council of the Confederation of British Industry, leads the Climate and Nature group for the Future Ambition Board for BANES and sits on the Industrial Liaison Panel at the University of Bath.
Ben Smith-Laing
CEng, MEng(hons), MCIHT, CMILT
Transport Planning, Hydrock
Ben is a Chartered Engineer with over 20 years of experience in transport consultancy for a broad range of public and private sector clients. He regularly advises on a range of issues from place-making through to technical junction modelling.
Richard Sneesby
BSc MA FLI
Richard Sneesby Landscape Architects
Richard runs a LI Registered Practice in Cornwall that focuses on landscape planning, private gardens, historic garden restoration, country hotels, housing and rural diversification. He has been Head Judge of the SGLD Annual Awards for 14 years and a Senior Show Garden Judge for the RHS since 2013. He created the BA Garden Design at Falmouth University and was Course Leader of BA Landscape Architecture at the University of Gloucestershire. He has published three books on landscape and garden design.
Ben Stephenson
MSc Place Management and Leadership
BAS Consultancy
Ben is a place development consultant with a particular interest in inclusive economic development, food, culture, and community engagement. He is a High Streets Task Force Expert and as a senior fellow, was on the development team at the lead delivery body the Institute of Place Management. Ben is Chief Executive of the Angel Islington Business Improvement District and has an MSc in Place Management and Leadership. He has authored national guidance for public bodies conducting reviews and similar work for the Greater London Authority’s Commission for Diversity in the Public Realm.
Joy Stone
BArch (Hons) Dip Arch RIBA
Stone Lane Architects
Throughout her Architectural career she has led many Residential/mixed-use projects covering all design stages from inception through to completion. Joy has extensive experience working with a diverse range of Clients on challenging sites with placemaking as the key focus. In recent years Joy’s experience has involved appraising numerous sites for development opportunities alongside reviewing schemes from a commercial and buildability standpoint. Joy is also an Associate lecturer at University West of England tutoring third year students, is a Mental Health First Aider and has provided mentoring to students and construction industry professionals.
Tim Sullivan
BA MSc CIHT
Mott MacDonald
Tim has recently joined renowned British engineering firm Mott MacDonald as head of transport planning in the UK and Europe, leading a team of 160+ transport planners and modellers. Tim has spent 20 years in the transport planning industry working across both public sector roles and private practice, and in that time has been a consistent advocate for place-based transport solutions and reduced car dependency. Tim's areas of particular interest are motonormativity and transport decarbonisation. He has recently returned to the UK after an extended period working overseas and lives proudly car-free in Southville, Bristol with his wife and three children.
Keir Sweeney
IEng, MCIBSE, Passivhaus Consultant, NABERS Assessor
Arup
Keir has been a building services engineer at Arup for the last 12 years, involved in a range of building types from concept to construction - coordinating the design outputs of large, international, multidisciplinary teams. He has experience in improving energy efficiency and reducing the carbon impact of both new and existing buildings. Keir has been an associate lecturer at the University of the West of England, teaching modules to students of architecture and engineering.
Tom Sykes
BA (Hons), BSc (Hons), MArch, DipArch
Extended Studio
Tom is an experienced and passionate architect, and a co-founder of Extended Studio, architects for communities. His work is about making great design accessible to everyone - from co-design and community engagement, to the development of places where people thrive together. Alongside his architectural background, Tom has also worked in public sector leadership positions as a client, giving him a valuable and unusual perspective on architecture, urban design and community projects.
Dan Tapscott
BSc (Hons) MRICS FPTS
Rapleys LLP
Dan is a Chartered Building Surveyor specialising in the field of Neighbourly Matters, which includes Rights to Light, Daylight & Sunlight Amenity, Party Walls and Access Arrangements. Dan is behind multiple developments on our local and national skyline. He founded 'Light Knights' a group raising standards in the Rights to Light & Daylight & Sunlight industry. He is the secretary of the Severnside P&T Society for Party Wall practitioners. He has published numerous articles, and regularly gives seminars on the subject of Neighbourly Matters.
