5 minutes with … Chris Wright at Avison Young

2025-03-05T07:00:00

The firm’s new head of sustainability and decarbonisation tells of the challenges of working for a supermarket during the pandemic, the ongoing power conundrum and what he would drink on a night out with friends

Why did you choose construction as a career?

I have always had a problem-solving mentality and been inquisitive as to how the world works. As an engineer you have an ability to innovate and shape the future for the better. I have always lived by the mantra, “engineering should be why we can do something, not why we can’t”.

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