Ava Parnell, assistant estimator at McCarthy Stone, is CIOB’s January apprentice of the month.
What used to be your greatest problem all over your apprenticeship?
Going instantly from 6th shape to a environment that’s extremely skilled used to be in reality reasonably daunting, particularly as a girl.
However, after a couple of weeks, days even, I realised that being thrown in on the deep finish is one of the best ways to be informed. You adapt briefly. I spent 4 months on website online as a part of my first-year rotation and that used to be reasonably a problem.
Happening to website online as a feminine in a male-dominated trade, I used to be just a little involved. However everybody welcomed me and helped me in each unmarried manner that they may.
There have been two feminine apprentices taken on in my cohort and we’ve been discussing going into secondary colleges to speak as a result of all folks went to girls-only secondary colleges and building used to be by no means presented to us.
What’s your favorite degree of a venture and why?
As a right away resolution, I’d say construct get started as a result of in my present place I’m concerned within the venture instantly from the feasibility research, so it’s an actual sense of luck seeing teamwork come in combination to start out the construct.
“Happening to website online as a feminine in a male-dominated trade, I used to be just a little involved. However everybody welcomed me and helped me in each unmarried manner that they may.”
Ava Parnell
I’ve additionally in reality loved the handover. The website online that I used to be excited about in my first 12 months, I used to be concerned from the groundworks to handover. You in reality get to peer the sense of pleasure that we deliver to house owners.
What can be your dream venture to paintings on sooner or later?
I’ve at all times been fascinated about sustainability and modular building and I’m in reality all in favour of Passivhaus. So I will see myself going right into a small housebuilder who makes a speciality of sustainability and effort potency in a distinct segment marketplace.
Which technical advances within the sector are you maximum occupied with?
I’ve been following reasonably a couple of. Originally, well being and protection: we in reality want to use tech era advances to our merit.
I’ve noticed little units being trialled for operators who paintings in confined areas that may alert them when gasoline ranges are too prime, when the temperature is simply too prime, and I believe that’s nice. Additionally the paintings of BIM in reality pursuits me.
