Building Visions

There is no doubt that construction offers creative and inspiring careers for those who are prepared to take the plunge. It can be challenging but the rewards speak for themselves.

Everyday is different, one day you are working with an architect the next day you are working with a service engineer and the next day you are working with someone on site. So sometimes you are based in an office and sometimes you are based on site and that could be any where in the country or in the world.

It is definitely a career where you meet people all the time. Different projects different disciplines.

You are part of a team of professional that all work together to realise a project and build buildings.

You get to see something from nothing, you see the site, you see it being built, you see it built and you see it being enjoyed.

At the end of the day when you go or I go the building is still there. It is there for sixty years it is there for a hundred years. It is one thing you give back to society.

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If watching this video has inspired you to find out more about these professions you can find out more from the following organisations:

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE)

The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE)

Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB)

To find out about other opportunities in the Construction Industry visit http://www.bconstructive.co.uk