015 SME Surveyor Business Stories with Vanessa Hardwick

Vanessa Hardwick is a Chartered Building Surveyor, she runs her own practice near Cardiff, South Wales and focuses on building surveys, project management, party wall surveys and defect analysis mainly in the residential sectors. A mum of three, her career started in local authority specialising in fire safety and project management before moving into residential private practice.  What You Will Learn In This Episode: How to deal with dyslexia while writing surveying reports The range of projects you can work on within local authorities How to approach the responsibility of fire risk assessments The importance of engaging local knowledge of a place for successful surveys Why there are many project managers among women surveyors The key to success in accessibility and adaptation projects Connect with Vanessa Harwick: www.vhardwick.co.uk www.linkedin.com/in/vanessa-hardwick Connect with Marion Ellis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-ellis-frics-ccxp/ http://www.blueboxpartners.com Resources: Federation of Master Builders https://www.fmb.org.uk/ Nick Isaacs – Party Walls https://www.tanfieldchambers.co.uk/person/nicholas-isaac/ Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) 2005 https://www.firesafe.org.uk/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005/