All the latest WIB conversations.
Listen to our WIB podcast series and come on a journey of discovery with our Core Team and invited guests as they discuss hot topics, share insights and make some pretty interesting predictions. Check back regularly for all the latest WIB conversations.
Episode 41
In this inspiring episode of the Women in BIM Podcast, host Marie Grieve, Global Vice Chair for Women in BIM, is joined by Susan Brattberg, Co-Founder and Chief Customer Officer of Global eTraining, for a thoughtful conversation on the power of lifelong learning, bold decision making and building a values driven digital business.
Susan shares her journey co-founding Global eTraining alongside her sister, reflecting on how her upbringing, family values and early exposure to education shaped her passion for learning. As Global eTraining approaches its 18th anniversary, Susan opens up about how 2020 and the COVID lockdown became a pivotal moment for both her family and the business, redefining priorities and reinforcing the importance of flexibility, empathy and resilience.
The discussion explores the intentional choice to operate a fully remote workforce long before it became the norm, highlighting the cultural, personal and client focused benefits of this approach. Susan also offers practical advice for those who may feel overwhelmed by training and professional development, encouraging listeners to embrace learning with confidence, curiosity and courage.
As the conversation closes, Susan reflects on her proudest achievements and shares empowering words of wisdom for the Women in BIM community, urging listeners to never stop learning, to trust their instincts and to never be afraid to be bold in shaping their careers and the digital future of the industry.
Episode 40
Differing digital maturity levels and the value they bring to projects across Europe is the discussion topic of the latest Women in BIM podcast. Women in BIM Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve invited BIM specialists to give their perspective on digital maturity across Germany, Ireland, Poland and Portugal.
Monika Filusch, CEO, FRESCON, Mariel Gutierrez, Principal Architect & BIM Strategist, marielgutierrez and Cláudia Antunes, Executive Director, StratBIM spoke about their views on BIM in each region, how things have changed in the past five years, particularly with the introduction of a BIM Mandate in Portugal. The key words that are mentioned repeatedly are: education, collaboration and communication. Listen to the full podcast to hear what these key areas mean for the construction sector across Europe and it might not be what you expect!
Episode 39
In this episode of the Women in BIM podcast, WIB Global Team Member, Henry Fenby-Taylor speaks with Melissa Woolford, Founder and Director of the Museum of Architecture, about her journey from working at Zaha Hadid Architects to creating playful, thought-provoking public exhibitions like the Gingerbread City and Nature’s Architects Trail.Â
They explore how creative engagement can make architectural issues accessible, inspire future careers, and connect communities to the built and natural environments.Â
The conversation also delves into skills development, career diversity in the built environment, and the need for fresh approaches to attracting and retaining talent in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry.
Episode 38
Creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you and most importantly, positive change. It is the conviction that you can achieve what you set out to achieve both professionally and personally.
In this latest Women in BIM podcast, host and WIB Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve talks to Qatanna Palioca , Director of Marketing at Ideate Software – part of the GRAITEC Group – about being confident with creativity and having self belief.
Qatanna is driven by creativity and strategy and specialises in transforming ideas into impactful realities. Qatanna believes that true self belief is a foundation that fuels creativity and resilience, and that a good leader recognised this in their team and encourages self belief and self growth – principles at the very heart of Women in BIM.
You’ll may also be surprised to hear where Qatanna’s career first started, and it wasn’t in the construction industry!
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Episode 37
In this latest episode of the Women in BIM podcast, Global Vice Chair Marie Grieve invited sustainability consultant and PhD Researcher Claire Brown to share her thoughts on sustainability within the property and housing sector.
The pair dive into how Claire’s research at the University of Manchester has resulted in some outstanding finds when it comes to climate change, and how these have informed actions that industry has already taken and those that are needed to withstand the changes our climate is currently throwing at us!
The conversation also touches upon mentoring, being resilient and why being a good listener is important.
Episode 36
As we enter a new year, two of the Women in BIM Global Executive Team share their views on finding your inner confidence and never be afraid to be you!
January is often a time when we are looking for a move in our career or taking the next step in our professional development, with both requiring confidence and good communications skills.Â
In this episode, our Host Henry Fenby Taylor, CEO and Founder of Athenophilia has a very open conversation with Vicki Reynolds, Chief Technology Officer at Catalyst about how to be confident in self promotion without any arrogance!
Former professional actor, Vicki, has brilliant advice, insight and tips on how to stay calm when presenting, believing in your abilities and most importantly always being true to yourself.
So if you’re looking for guidance on presentation skills, growing your confidence and how to positively promote your skill set to advance your career, listen to the full podcast now!Â
Episode 35
Connectivity, problem solving and unusual career paths were just some of the fascinating topics of conversation in this Women in BIM podcast with Stephanie Fitzgerald, Software Developer at Ideate Software and Alix Tissier, IP Technical Enablement Specialist at GRAITEC Group.
Our podcast host and WIB Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve, invited Stephanie and Alix to talk about their career journeys, what led them to the construction industry and what they find most rewarding in their current roles.
The conversation is fascinating, enlightening and often humorous at times, when the three discuss life in general, travel and ambitions, as well as the future of digital in construction and the impact – good, and not so good – of AI.
They certainly crammed in a lot in such a short space of time!
Episode 34
Penny Locaso is the world’s first Happiness Hacker on a quest to teach 10 million humans by 2025 how to flourish in life. Voted one of the most influential female entrepreneurs in Australia, Penny is her own ongoing experiment.
Listen as Penny talks to Women in BIM Founder Rebecca De Cicco about life, happiness and empowerment for women all over the world. This discussion touches on not only female empowerment, but how women perceive themselves and ways we can tackle the imposter syndrome we can all sometimes feel and face in our every day lives. Â
Episode 33
Siti Norman of Turner and Townsend discusses digital innovation across the construction industry in Singapore and the current trends that exist in this region. Our podcast host, Founder and Global Chair of Women in BIM, Rebecca De Cicco asks Siti about the requirements and skills needed in the digital construction space, and how they can improve the way we design and build.Â
Plus, Rebecca and Siti also look at how to attract and retain more women into our industry and what skills gaps can be filled with a more diverse landscape across all disciplines within construction.Â
Episode 32
Women in BIM invited Laura Gouk of OMI Architects to tell us why she is championing the use of Vectorworks in her practice and how she has become the practice lead for implementing her go-to BIM software. Â Laura talks with WIB Global Executive Team Member, Henry Fenby-Taylor about their level of design standards at OMI and shares lessons learned on some of her major projects.Â
Episode 31
After training as an architect, Glynnis Patterson made a monumental career shift to embrace the world of digital and how it was to transform the construction sector.
Episode 30
Collaboration was the buzz word between WIB Global Vice Chair Marie Grieve and her podcast guest, Stefania Correa, BIM and Agile Manager for Concremat in Brazil.
Episode 29
Shona Hirons shares with WIB Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve, her life story, the bumps along the way and why prioritising our mental health is so important. For Shona, her aim is to simply make people feel everyday. This is an inspiring conversation that will make you want to get out of your chair!
Episode 28
In this podcast, with Women in BIM Global Vice Chair, Marie Grieve, Lucy Lyons, CEO of Kestrix, shares her long-term passion and why this is the foundation upon which she has built Kestrix.Â
Episode 27
Joan Mulvihill talks about what has shaped her into the person she is today and how she has faced adversity and loss, but come out stronger on the other side, championing Critical Creative Thinking.
Episode 26
Willow Williams leads the conversation today with Henry Fenby-Taylor, talking about their lived experience with Sybil Taunton who leads Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at RICS.
Episode 25
Alison Watson OBE, is the Founder and Chief Executive of Class Of Your Own, the social enterprise which created the award-winning Design Engineer Construct (DEC) education programme.
Episode 24
Join Marie Grieve, Core Team Member of Women in BIM, as she talks to two data experts: Arisca Droog and Maya Tryfona of Schiphol Airport.
Episode 23
Join Rebecca de Cicco as she talks to Ann Deng, Senior Associate at McGregor Coxall – Quality Assurance Lead, whose multifaceted role requires empathy, patience and a ‘can do’ attitude as she champions using the right workflow, rather than the age old methods with tools like Vectorworks.
Episode 22
How can we support migrant women? Sareh Naji Regional Lead for Iran of Women in BIM talks to Shivani Gopaul about the challenges that migrant women face when travelling to new places to learn and work.
Episode 21
Join our podcast host Henry Fenby Taylor, WIB Global Executive Team Member, as he talks with Sophie Morris, Head of Customer Success at Buildots, Lucy Rowsell, Head of Information Management at EKFB JV for HS2, and Elizabeth Hopkins, Head of Project Planning at Berkeley St. Edwards.
Episode 20
Henry Fenby Taylor, Podcast Manager at Women in BIM, talks to women in BIM at Digital Construction Week 2023.
Episode 19
Marie Grieve discusses the top five digital trends shaping the construction industry with Dr Marzia Bolpagni, Head of BIM International – Associate Director for Mace.
Episode 18
On this International Women’s Day podcast, listen to this conversation between 3 incredible Women in BIM from Autodesk’s Enterprise Customer Success team Soumya Raju, Supriya Prakash and Yashaswini Narayana. Listen to them talking about the topic power of Digital Technology that is revolutionizing the AEC industry.
Episode 17
Join Kirsty Childs, Henry Fenby-Taylor, Carolina Costa and Mia Dibe as they talk about the Women in BIM Mentoring Programme. Across the WIB network, Members are coming together to support one another in this empowering programme. No two mentor/mentee relationships are the same, and we all face unique challenges – however, we face them better when we face them together.
Episode 16
Join Rebecca de Cicco as she talks to Glider, Women in BIM’s long standing partner and supporter with guests John Adams and Sarah Marshall. Listen as they discuss the role that information management and BIM is playing in changing the built environment.
Episode 15
Vicki Reynolds reflects on the changing role of men in parenthood with David Philp of Aecom, Paul Taylor of Stride Treglown, Robert Klaschka of EvrBilt and Neil Thompson of Atkins. Get underneath the skin of the role being a parent played in their life while navigating health concerns, careers, running your own business, adopting and self care.
Episode 14
Join Rebecca De Cicco as she talks with Susan Brattberg of Global eTraining, discussing the importance of lifelong learning to improving our careers, our businesses and the AEC sector as a whole.
Episode 13
WIB Regional Lead for Bangaluru in Indian and WSP Associate Angana Ghosh talks to WSP’s Head of iCRC Debashish Das and Head of Digital Business, Global Technology Centre, India for SNC Lavalin, Haima Haldar about their own career journeys and what led them to BIM.Â
Episode 12
Rebecca De Cicco talks to Vicki Reynolds, WIB Regional Lead and Chief Technology Officer for i3PT, and Elaine Lewis, WIB Mentor and Managing Director for Cadventure about balancing a career and family life.
Episode 11
Listen as WIB Global Chair, Rebecca De Cicco talks to BSI Programme Manager for Digital Construction, Emilia Cardamone about Smart Cities and the implementation of Smart City Standards internationally.
Episode 10
This episode has a stellar line-up of Scottish-born digital construction experts whose BIM careers have taken them all round the world.
Episode 9
Our first podcast for 2022 features Vicki Reynolds and Elaine Lewis: two immensely talented and successful women in business, leading the field internationally in BIM and Digital Construction.
Episode 8
Rebecca De Cicco is joined by WIB Regional Leads for Auckland and Christchurch, Melanie Tristram and Keri Niven. Listen as these digital construction experts talk about BIM in New Zealand and the current impact of emerging technologies within the region. Drawing upon their own experiences on recent projects and new governmental initiatives shaping the future of the country’s construction and infrastructure programs.
Episode 7
Jenni Barrett, Director at coLAB and Senior Lecturer & Researcher at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), is joined by Alison Watson, Founder & Chief Executive at Class of Your Own, Kirsti Wells, Business Development Manager at CADCOE and Tara Brooks, Programme Lead at Queen’s University in Belfast. Listen in as these education thought-leaders discuss the Women in BIM Education Network’s new research initiative into gender disparity in the construction industry.
Episode 6
Rebecca De Cicco is joined by a four WIB Regional Leads based throughout Australia: Jenny Tseng, Principal Digital Advisor at Mott MacDonald, Belinda Thompson, BIM Lead – Western Australia at GHD, Rachel Strauss, BIM Manager at BIMCO and Ligia Trindade, Digital Coordinator for Willow.
Episode 5
Vicki Reynolds, WIB Global Vice Chair, talks with Marie Grieve, Managing Director of Costello Palmer Communications – a marketing consultancy specialising in creativity and innovation, working with leading names in the AEC industry, growing already established brands and inventing new ones.
Episode 4
In this episode podcast host, Vicki Reynolds, WIB Global Vice Chair, talks with digital transformation advocate, Casey Rutland. A man with many titles, Casey is the UK Director of Digital at Royal HaskoningDHV, Founding Director of digitalgreen.io, Vice Chair of the UK BIM Alliance and guest lecturer for Middlesex University and the University of Westminster. Listen to Vicki and Casey discussing the UK BIM Framework, the benefits it brings to the construction industry, and the hurdles we need to overcome collectively as an industry to fully realise these benefits.
Episode 3
Join Rebecca De Cicco as she talks with Women in BIM core team member Gergana Staykova and special guest Marzia Bolpagni about the challenges facing teams that are looking to collaborate and how to overcome these challenges with a Common Data Environment.
Episode 2
On Thursday September 3, Women in BIM had the pleasure of recording our second podcast for the year where Global Vice Chair Vicki Reynolds had a discussion with Regional Lead Hadeel Saadoon, BIM Manager at Coventry University, about her work in the built environment and the process of digitizing asset information across the Coventry University portfolio of buildings.
Episode 1
Join the Women in BIM core team of Rebecca De Cicco, Vicki Reynolds, Katya Veleva, Jenni Barrett, Gergana Staykova and (in spirit) Nicole De Cicco for their first episode as they introduce themselves and discuss the reasons for the creation of the group, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing women in BIM.
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