I joined Arup straight from university. I’ve had the opportunity to work on a variety of different project types including tall buildings, long-span space frame roofs and large-scale airport designs.

I focus on constructability in my designs, on how the interactions among engineering, construction and technology allow each to become more efficient. My interest in technology helps me to advocate for the use of new tools that will help streamline our work. In addition to developing technical solutions, my role involves coordinating these solutions with numerous other disciplines and ensuring they fit within the architectural goals of the project.

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The visits challenged me – I learned how to interact with multiple organizations while representing Arup in an at times contentious environment. This is a common theme of working at Arup - if you allow it - you will be pushed outside your comfort zone - but will emerge better for it. ”

I think my most significant project so far has been Mexico City’s New International Airport. My work focused on the terminal building – a structure over 1 mile long in one of the most seismically active regions in the world. I was responsible for designing the lightweight space frame roof, a task which began with the initial concept design phase and carried through to construction.

This project presented the challenge of design and construction at scale. The roof covered an area over 500,000m² and was comprised of almost 750,000 individual structural elements. The solution really pushed the boundaries of what is possible. Everything about this project was foreign to me. It required me to learn on the fly and adapt to new challenges.

I also gained a lot of exposure to working directly with the project contractors. A large part of my role was being a link between the contractors in Mexico and our engineering teams across the globe. As part of this I travelled to Mexico regularly to work through open issues on the project. The visits challenged me - I learned how to interact with multiple organizations while representing Arup in an at times contentious environment. This is a common theme of working at Arup - if you allow it - you will be pushed outside your comfort zone – but will emerge better for it.