Built Environment Matters

Built Environment Matters

Bryden Wood

Episodes 42
Avg. Duration 33m
Activity Declining
Since Sep 2020
Latest Episode Nov 2025

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About This Podcast

Founded 30 years ago, Bryden Wood champions a radical transformation in design and construction. Our global team delivers comprehensive services across architecture, engineering, and digital delivery, driving innovation from concept to completion.


We've led projects like the UK's first net-zero commercial building and Europe's highest IT yield data centre, showcasing our commitment to sustainability and efficiency. Our approach harnesses digital tools and manufacturing processes for smarter, faster solutions.


Emphasising systematic, standardised, and configurable solutions, we align with the rapid evolution of technology in energy, healthcare, and infrastructure. Our 'Design to Value' ethos seeks not only cost and time efficiency but societal benefit.


On the Built Environment Matters podcast, we share insights, innovations, and thought leadership from industry experts and our own groundbreaking projects. Whether you're a professional in the built environment or simply passionate about the future of design, this podcast offers thought-provoking discussions and actionable ideas.

Tune in to explore how we're modernising critical infrastructure and shaping a better, more sustainable world.


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Recent Episodes

S2E8 Can AI Cut Medicine Costs? The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | Martin Wood & Adrian La Porta

Nov 17, 2025 29m Transcript

As AI promises to accelerate drug development, a critical question emerges: can pharmaceutical manufacturing keep pace? In this episode, Martin Wood and Adrian La Porta examine how artificial…

S2E7 AI Edge Revolution: How Data Centres are Reshaping for AI Service Serving a Vertical Need | Emmanuel Becker

Sep 09, 2025 37m

The data centre industry is experiencing unprecedented disruption. As AI applications drive explosive demand for computing power, traditional approaches to data centre design and deployment are…

S2E6 Climate Resilience in UK Housing: Preventing Overheating in Net Zero Homes | The Bryden Wood Podcast

Sep 04, 2025 49m Transcript

The UK's push toward net zero has dramatically improved building insulation and airtightness. But there's an unintended consequence that could prove dangerous: overheating. As climate change brings…

S2E5 UK Industrial Strategy: Analysis, Gaps, and the Path to Growth | Bryden Wood Podcast

Jul 29, 2025 32m Transcript

Welcome to the Bryden Wood Podcast. In this episode, 'UK Industrial Strategy: Analysis, Gaps, and the Path to Growth', co-founder Martin Wood, Technical Director Adrian La Porta, and John Dyson…

S2E4 Doing the hard yards: Tackling the hard to abate sectors for net zero

Jul 10, 2025 24m Transcript

Join Bryden Wood's Martin Wood and Adrian La Porta as they explore the most difficult parts of the economy to decarbonise – the mission to make the toughest sectors of our economy…

S2E3 Advanced Nuclear Energy: Aalo Atomics & the Future of Power

Jun 26, 2025 33m Transcript

Join Jaimie Johnston MBE on the Bryden Wood Podcast for an insightful discussion on the innovations within advanced nuclear energy and their impact on global power security. Featuring Jon Guidroz,…

S2E1 Navigating the Energy Debate: Challenges and Solutions | Martin Wood, Adrian La Porta and John Dyson

Jun 26, 2025 39m Transcript

Join Bryden Wood's co-founder Martin Wood, Technical Director Adrian La Porta, and Professor John Dyson as they discuss the critical state of the global energy grid. Triggered by recent power outages…

S2E2 Rebuilding Ukraine: Industrialised Construction & Energy Solutions | Martin Wood & Jaimie Johnston MBE

Jun 20, 2025 22m Transcript

Join Bryden Wood's Jaimie Johnston MBE and Martin Wood for an important discussion on Ukraine's reconstruction. Inspired by a recent UCL report in which Martin contributed, this episode explores how…

S1E32 Redefining Data Centers: Innovation, Sustainability, and the Future of Construction | Lincoln Wood, Edged

Sep 04, 2024 37m Transcript

Welcome to another episode of Built Environment Matters! This month, Jaimie Johnston MBE, Head of Global Systems at Bryden Wood, is joined by Lincoln Wood, Director of Design at Edged, to discuss the…

S1E31 In Short: Revolutionising Small Molecule API Manufacturing: Embracing Miniaturisation and Automation

Feb 20, 2024 8m Transcript

In this enlightening episode, Adrian La Porta, Technical Director at Bryden Wood, dives deep into the evolving landscape of pharmaceutical manufacturing, focusing on the critical role of Small…

S1E30 Exploring Lean Construction and the Future of Building Design with Iris Tommelein

Jan 11, 2024 35m Transcript

In this enlightening episode of the Built Environment Matters podcast, host Jaimie Johnston MBE engages with Iris Tommelein, a distinguished Professor of Engineering and Project Management at UC…

S1E29 Platform II Explored: Revolutionising Construction with Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE

Dec 15, 2023 5m Transcript

Welcome to another episode of Bryden Wood's 'Built Environment Matters' podcast, where we delve into the transformative world of Platform II. In this episode, Jaimie Johnston MBE explores how…

S1E27 Reference Design - with Jaimie Johnston MBE, Built Environment Matters 'In Short'

Apr 04, 2023 8m Bonus Transcript

In this special 'In Short' edition of Built Environment Matters, Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE gives us a sub-ten-minute lowdown on the benefits of 'Reference Design.' By creating a…

S1E26 Advancing Prefab with Amy Marks, Queen of Prefab and VP of Enterprise Transformation Practice at Autodesk

Mar 02, 2023 20m Transcript

Amy Marks joins Jaimie Johnston MBE to talk about Advancing Prefab, which is taking place in Phoenix from 14th-17th March. Now in its seventh year, it's fast becoming the world's biggest conference…

S1E25 Defining customer value to drive innovation in design and construction | Will Lichtig, Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company

Jan 18, 2023 24m Transcript

Will Lichtig, Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company joins Technical Director Adrian La Porta on this episode of the Built Environment Matters podcast.We learn how Will's twenty-five years of experience…

S1E24 Accelerating MMC adoption in Australia with Martin Fenn from PT Blink in conversation with Adam Jordan and Simon McCarthy from Bryden Wood

Oct 23, 2022 29m Transcript

What is the current state of MMC adoption in Australia and what can be done to accelerate it? How can we best apply the lessons from overseas, particularly looking at the experience in the UK? Adam…

S1E23 Digitising supply chain data, Built Environment Matters podcast with Brett Rogers, CEO of KatalystDI

Sep 22, 2022 31m Transcript

On this month's Built Environment Matters podcast, Brett Rogers, CEO of KatalystDI, talks to Head of Global Systems Jaimie Johnston MBE about integrating supply chain data into the design and…

S1E22 Hospital Design and Construction with Zig Rubel, President and CEO of Forsight Digital

Jul 05, 2022 33m

Listen to our latest podcast with Zig Rubel, president and CEO of Forsight Digital. He talks to podcast host Jaimie Johnston MBE about using data to create better healthcare facilities, the role of…

S1E21 North America's first B Corp Certified General Contractor, Advancing Collaboration and Innovation in Construction with Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) - Tim Coldwell, President, Chandos Construction

Jun 08, 2022 35m Transcript

This episode Bryden Wood Head of Global Systems Jaimie Johnston MBE is joined by Tim Coldwell, President of Canada's Chandos Construction. Tim talks about being purpose-driven, 100% employee-owned,…

S1E20 Digitalisation & health and safety in construction, Built Environment Matters podcast with Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and Head of School of Project Management at University of Sydney

May 08, 2022 38m Transcript

Bryden Wood Asia-Pacific Lead, Adam Jordan, talks with Professor Jennifer Whyte, Director of John Grill Institute for Project Leadership and Head of School and Project Management at University of…

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Built Environment Matters has published 42 episodes since September 2020, covering topics in Arts, Business.

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Built Environment Matters is currently declining with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 33m.

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