The Constructing Excellence Bath Club was launched in the autumn of 2015. The club follows the principles of the Constructing Excellence collaborative vision but attempts to discuss and apply these in a more local forum in and around Bath.
New members are always welcome to the group, if you wish to join in order to attend our events then please click the link above and become a Constructing Excellence Member selecting ‘Bath’ as your chosen local club. Look forward to seeing you soon.
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Meet the Bath Club Committee
Harry Robinson, Coreus Group, Co-Chair
Harry is an Operations Director for Coreus, leading a multidisciplinary team delivering Project Management, Cost Consultancy, Building Surveying, Advisory and Planning services out of their Bristol office.
An experienced Chartered Quantity Surveyor across both private and public sectors, with project values ranging from £100k to £75m. He is particularly passionate about the repurposing of existing buildings, with a strong focus on maximising the value of existing fabric. He takes pride in being a collaborative member of the project team, building trusted, long-term partnerships and helping clients deliver successful outcomes.
Harry has been a member of the committee for 7 years, and is now proud to be Co-Chair of the Bath club working closely with Tommy Thompson.
Tommy Thompson, Synergy LLP, Co-chair
Tommy has over 20 years’ experience within the construction industry. He has a proven track record of delivering complex multi-stakeholder projects across a variety of sectors including education, residential, commercial and retail. He has worked with both public and private clients with some notable examples including the University of Oxford, University of Bristol, University of Bath, Education Funding Agency, Department for Education, NHS, Dyson and Ministry of Justice. Tommy is focused on creating a culture of trust and transparency when leading multi-disciplinary teams and building client rapport. With outstanding communication skills, he motivates his team members over any potential road bumps to ensure the project completes to programme. His ability to plan and initiate processes gives him a flare that sets him apart from others.
Natasha Watson, Buro Happold
Natasha is the Climate Emergency Change Manager for Buro Happold’s UK+ regions and as Sustainability Co-Lead for UK+ Structures and Ground. These roles support each other in determining and delivering the systemic change needed to tackle the Climate Emergency at an industry level, organisational level, team level and an individual level.
As well as the technical aspects of tackling the Climate Emergency, Natasha is interested in the wider issues around equity and unconscious bias in the built environment, as well as intersectional environmentalism, which can be seen through her volunteering roles with the IStructE, Built Environment Declares, Design West, and IKB Academy; alongside her engagement with the RSA as a Fellow.
Natasha’s interest in equity in the built environment is growing and developing as a result of her participation in Urban C:Lab, the Buro Happold ‘think tank’, and seeing activism surrounding black lives, trans lives, queer lives, and disabled lives more and more in the mainstream. She is always interested in discussing and understanding more about biases in the built environment, so please don’t hesitate to get in contact.
Daniel Lugsden, Nash Partnership
Daniel, Partner at Nash Partnership has been in Bath for almost 20 years and carries a passion for the build and natural environment; has specialism in one off house design, all things hospitality sector related, heritage work, with a particular interest in projects with sensitivity that require careful and strategic consideration.
He set up their Bristol office in 2013 to facilitate growth across the multidisciplinary skills that Nash offers. Daniel enjoys being motivational, and staying healthy and fit to maintain the energy levels required to be successful in our industry, alongside a busy family life.
He has an interest in mindfulness and how we should be using our profession and its outputs for positive change in mental health and wellbeing. Former 10 year chair of Bath Amphibians Triathlon Club, and current joint chair of Greenway! residents association. And of course, a Bath Rugby fan.
Adam Clapp, RWK Goodman LLP
Adam is a Senior Associate in the Construction and Engineering Team at RWK Goodman LLP, based in the Bath office.
Adam specialises in contentious construction disputes arising throughout the supply chain, with a growing interest in renewable energy projects. Adam’s background is in commercial litigation and professional negligence and he has represented both claimants’ and defendants’ pre-action and at all stages of litigation, predominantly in the High Court (Technology and Construction Court). Adam has extensive experience with mediation, adjudication and various forms of alternative dispute resolution and advocacy, representing a variety of clients, both domestic and international, from developers, large and small companies to a variety of professionals, primarily in the construction and engineering sector. Adam prides himself on customer service and understands how important it is to be accessible and responsive to his client’s needs whenever they need his advice. Adam always strives to obtain the best result for his client by the most pragmatic and cost-effective means.
Outside of work Adam enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, playing and watching live sport and music.
Catherine Welch, Temple Bright LLP
Catherine is a committee member and a Partner specialising in Construction and Engineering at Temple Bright LLP. Before joining Temple Bright in 2024, Catherine worked at Osborne Clarke and Ashfords and was a Partner at RWK Goodman.
Catherine has a passion for the industry and for providing legal advice that enables clients to reach commercially pragmatic solutions. She has a clear appreciation of the types of risk management issues businesses in the construction and engineering industry may have to contend with, having also worked in the in-house legal team of a major international energy and oil company.
Catherine advises on all non-contentious construction and engineering matters. She has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating construction documents, including the NEC, JCT, ICHEME and FIDIC standard form contracts. She advises different project stakeholders on procurement strategies for all types of commercial, large-scale residential and renewable energy development projects, and has worked with a number of leading contractors, investors and developers.
Catherine has been ranked by Chambers UK as a leading individual for Construction in the South West, and described there as follows: “very pragmatic and looks for solutions rather than trying to push through an agreement that won’t work for both parties”; “meticulous and leaves no stone unturned”; “always helpful, calm and concise and her legal advice is excellent”; “presents options and scenarios which might develop in a format that a lay person can understand; it’s very impressive”.
Outside of work, Catherine spends her time with her family, usually out horse riding together or doing something involving water!
