Air pollution on the agenda at next property lunch – don’t miss it
Property professionals from across the North West are being invited to a special event to explore the hot topic of air pollution in Greater Manchester.
This is at the next property professionals lunch organised by TheBusinessDesk.com at the restaurant Grafene, on King Street, Manchester, on Tuesday, July 18.
Our guest speaker will be Sean Ford, associate in the transportation team at professional services and engineering consultancy WSP in Manchester.
The company, formerly WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, rebranded to WSP in May this year following the recent acquisition of Mouchel, and is now one of the largest engineering businesses in the city employing more than 900 staff across three offices.
WSP has provided services for a number of major schemes across the North West including the Transport for Greater Manchester consultancy framework and recently helped developer Renaker achieve planning permission for Manchester’s new tallest building; the planned 64-storey Owen Street skyscraper.
The Mouchel team also developed the “City Centre Cycling Infrastructure Plan” (CCCIP) for Manchester for TfGM.
With air quality high on the agenda of new Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, there are major ambitions to improve air quality through its published Greater Manchester Air Quality Action Plan.
Sean has a specialist interest in air quality, and will talk about how the property sector can play a key role in looking at both short-term and long-term solutions to address the issues.
He will outline the main causes of air pollution in the city, and ways in which businesses working in the built environment sector can look to tackle these – from introducing ‘green infrastructure’ and biodiversity to ‘green’ existing buildings, to changing our approach to development and infrastructure schemes with the aim of reducing car use in the city.
He will also talk about WSP’s specialist services which has seen them work with a range of public and private sector clients, including delivering Clear Air Zone frameworks across the UK, to improve air quality for those who live and work in our cities.
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