Born to Build

Over 2 days Friday 6th and Saturday 7th March 2015 the ‘Born to Build’ open doors weekend was held at the site of the Earlsdon Extracare Village in Coventry.

Offering opportunities for young people to take a look into the exciting world of Construction with Galliford Try and their development partners, local schools from the Coventry and Warwickshire area were invited to attend the event held over the two days. Along with fellow consultants members of the team who work with Galliford Try manned a stand where BM3 promoted examples of recent work along with some more conceptual architectural projects designed by the practice.

Tours were being offered around the live building site where there was a chance to experience several stages of the construction process.

Once this has whetted everyone’s appetite they were invited to walk around the event. A Laptop was running, showing a building model that had been visualized in 3D. Children were invited to zoom in and around and explore the buildings. We also showed a competition model that had been professionally commissioned. This proved very popular with all groups of people as it was more amenable and could encourage them into a conversation. Over the weekend, we came across more interest from students who attended with parents wishing to discuss careers in the profession. We were able to offer advice on subject areas to follow at school, and discuss what had motivated us to pursue the careers that we now follow.