What a long way we’ve come – and what a long way we still have to go

By Ann Bentley2022-10-31T06:00:00

Source: Tom-Campbell

As she prepares to stand down from RLB’s board and looks back over her 40-year career, Ann Bentley feels optimistic and realistic in equal measure

It is just over 40 years since I graduated from the University of Manchester and started out on my journey into civil engineering, into the built environment. Of course, 40 years ago it was not called the built environment but the construction industry.

As I write this column, my last one before I retire as a global and UK board director at RLB, and as an active member of the industry – apart from continuing to support the Value Toolkit transition to its new home at the IPA – I feel optimistic about how far we have come, yet realistic about how far we still have to go when it comes down to the things that matter in our industry.

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