Full name : Gary Marshall Tell us a little about yourself Hopefully, I strive to be approachable and committed to others with recognised expertise and always easy to do communicate with and together we can share our expertise and experience and pass it on to others for the future sustainability of our environment and cities of tomorrow. I have over 30 years in the Building Services Industry and I have accumulated a vast level of knowledge and expertise, both technically, commercially. I am a very passionate individual and strive for excellence in every part of the Project build process. Attention to detail is key to the successful delivery of any Project. I have learnt and adapted a lot of the car production processes into delivering a first-class Critical Facility Project, resilient to multiple premature failure scenarios. I have split the whole design process down into more manageable sectors with specific professional experts in each individual field.  I have also adapted techniques

To celebrate World Environment Day , we hear from Kirsten Johansen of CIBSE's Resilient Cities Group on the need for green growth in our cities: The loss of biodiversity, together with the changing climate forms an existential planet emergency. Both for the world’s cities and economies.  At the 2020 World Economic Forum – nature was top of the agenda. The precedence of this was set when the Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystems report claimed up to one million species face extinction by 2050.  Biodiversity needs to be fostered significantly more within the world’s cities. Over half of the population live within cities and it is important to understand the integration of humans and cities - it is our collective responsibility to ensure we include not only pleasant green and blue spaces, but living urban nature to include habitats for wild species. Urban Design The benefits of biodiversity within cities is profound. Current urban planning approaches typically cons