Built Environment Matters

By Bryden Wood

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Episodes: 42

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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.



Episode Date
Can AI Cut Medicine Costs? The Future of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing | Martin Wood & Adrian La Porta
Nov 17, 2025
AI Edge Revolution: How Data Centres are Reshaping for AI Service Serving a Vertical Need | Emmanuel Becker
Sep 09, 2025
Climate Resilience in UK Housing: Preventing Overheating in Net Zero Homes | The Bryden Wood Podcast
Sep 04, 2025
UK Industrial Strategy: Analysis, Gaps, and the Path to Growth | Bryden Wood Podcast
Jul 29, 2025
Doing the hard yards: Tackling the hard to abate sectors for net zero
Jul 10, 2025
Advanced Nuclear Energy: Aalo Atomics & the Future of Power
Jun 26, 2025
Navigating the Energy Debate: Challenges and Solutions | Martin Wood, Adrian La Porta and John Dyson
Jun 26, 2025
Rebuilding Ukraine: Industrialised Construction & Energy Solutions | Martin Wood & Jaimie Johnston MBE
Jun 20, 2025
Redefining Data Centers: Innovation, Sustainability, and the Future of Construction | Lincoln Wood, Edged
Sep 04, 2024
In Short: Revolutionising Small Molecule API Manufacturing: Embracing Miniaturisation and Automation
Feb 20, 2024
Exploring Lean Construction and the Future of Building Design with Iris Tommelein
Jan 11, 2024
Platform II Explored: Revolutionising Construction with Head of Global Systems, Jaimie Johnston MBE
Dec 15, 2023
Reference Design - with Jaimie Johnston MBE, Built Environment Matters 'In Short'
Apr 04, 2023
Advancing Prefab with Amy Marks, Queen of Prefab and VP of Enterprise Transformation Practice at Autodesk
Mar 02, 2023
Defining customer value to drive innovation in design and construction | Will Lichtig, Chief of Staff at The Boldt Company
Jan 18, 2023
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
Digitising supply chain data, Built Environment Matters podcast with Brett Rogers, CEO of KatalystDI
Sep 22, 2022
Hospital Design and Construction with Zig Rubel, President and CEO of Forsight Digital
Jul 05, 2022
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
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
Integration and digitisation in architecture and construction with Lucy Homer, European Head of Integrated Solutions at Lendlease.
Apr 06, 2022
Prison Architecture: rehabilitation and humane design with Yvonne Jewkes, Professor of Criminology at University of Bath
Mar 03, 2022
Diversity and the Future of Architecture with Satwinder Samra
Jan 20, 2022
Global-scale solutions to climate change with Kirsty Gogan from TerraPraxis and Jaimie Johnston MBE
Dec 07, 2021
Design to Value: Shaping a Better Built Environment | Martin Wood
Nov 17, 2021
Sustainable Buildings: PassivHaus, low carbon design and NABERS: Bryden Wood’s Head of Sustainability, Pablo Gugel, talks to Jaimie Johnston MBE
Oct 13, 2021
Transforming construction: Platform design and the IPA’s Roadmap to 2030 - Jaimie Johnston MBE in conversation with Trudi Sully from The Construction Innovation Hub
Sep 13, 2021
The Future of Architecture: Adaptability, AI & Gen Z | Randy Deutsch
Aug 11, 2021
Pt. 2: Digitising Planning with Jack Ricketts, Principal Planning Officer, Southwark Council and Miranda Sharp from the National Digital Twin Programme at the Centre for Digital Built Britain
Jul 22, 2021
Part 1 - Digitising Planning with Miranda Sharp from the Centre for Digital Built Britain and Jack Ricketts from Southwark Council
Jul 07, 2021
Bringing Data to Life on IoT Connected Construction Sites - Jaimie Johnston in conversation with Craig Lamont, CCO, asBuilt on our construction podcast
Jun 15, 2021
Part 2: Professor Jacqui Glass from The Bartlett, UCL's Built Environment Faculty in conversation with Board Director Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
May 27, 2021
Part 1: Professor Jacqui Glass from The Bartlett, UCL's Built Environment Faculty in conversation with Board Director Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
May 18, 2021
Part 2: Josh Johnson, Expert - Engineering Construction & Building Materials at McKinsey & Company in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
Apr 28, 2021
Part 1: Josh Johnson, Expert - Engineering Construction & Building Materials at McKinsey & Company in conversation with Board Director, Jaimie Johnston on our construction podcast
Apr 14, 2021
Industrializing Construction: Amy Marks on Productization, DfMA, and the Future of Building
Mar 10, 2021
Sustainable Design: creating low carbon, sustainable buildings - delivering a sustainable future
Feb 09, 2021
Build Back Better and The Construction Innovation Hub: Jaimie Johnston talks to Keith Waller about Shaping the Future of Construction with Platform Construction, DfMA, Social Value and Sustainable Design
Jan 11, 2021
PRiSM Housing Design App for Residential Architecture: Saving Architects Time & Building Better with DfMA, Automated Design and Construction Technology
Dec 09, 2020
Applying a Design to Value Approach to Construction Project Management: Process Engineering, Chip Thinking® and Modern Methods of Construction
Nov 11, 2020
Shaping the Future of Architecture and Design with New Technologies in Construction: Platform Design (P-DfMA) and other Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)
Oct 06, 2020
A Platforms Approach to Design for Manufacture and Assembly (P-DfMA): Maximising Value with Lean Construction and Sustainable Design
Sep 02, 2020