{"id":62,"date":"2019-01-14T16:18:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T16:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businessofbuilding.co.uk\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2020-11-18T23:13:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T23:13:21","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/businessofbuilding.co.uk\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\tHello!\n\t<\/h2>\n

\n\t\tI’m Susan Francombe\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

And I’m in the Business of Building<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tmore about me\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t“Any fool can know. The point is to understand” – Albert Einstein\n\t<\/h2>\n\t

After a varied career as a Civil Engineer<\/strong> – highlights including building a motorway service station on a rubbish tip (yes, it did smell), designing a camel bridge<\/em> (no, that’s not a joke) and tunnelling on the London Underground, I turned to the dark side and became a Barrister<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After a short spell working at a City law firm, I headed back to the business of building, spending time in the thick of it with architects, insurance companies and consultants. I finally ended up spending 10-years at Laing O’Rourke, the large international construction company, dealing with their contracts and construction disputes.<\/p>\n

I now work as an Adjudicator<\/strong> and Arbitrator<\/strong> (a bit like Judge Rinder, but I can’t dance).<\/p>\n

I set up The Business of Building as I want to help:<\/p>\n

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  • builders to solve their day-to-day struggles, such as getting paid;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
  • home-owners to resolve their frustrations when their building projects go wrong and they don’t get the Grand Designs they had hoped for.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Understanding is the key. Life is too short to waste time on unnecessary disputes and arguments. You could be doing something better……whether it’s riding a motorcycle, walking the dogs or catching up with friends!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Yes,\n\t\t\t\t\t\tYes, this is a beautiful MV Agusta Dragster 800rr….\n

    \n\t\tI help individuals and companies solve their building problems\n\t<\/h2>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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