Tamsin Tweddell Crowned Woman of the Year

Tamsin Tweddell was crowned 'Woman of the year' at last night's Building Awards.

The prize acknowledges and rewards stand-out achievement by a woman in the construction industry, in an effort to highlight positive role models to enhance the sector's appeal for other women.

'It makes me proud to work for a practice where nearly a quarter of the engineers are women,' Tamsin enthused. 'Engineering has, for too long, been seen as an industry only for men.'

She hopes that this award will help promote the role of women in the industry. 'Diversity is essential if we are to find new ways of thinking about the problems we will face in years to come.'

Tamsin was recently elevated to Senior Partner at Max Fordham, the first woman to do so at the Practice under the current management structure and only the second ever senior female engineer. She joined the Practice in 2000 and leads the Sustainability Team at Max Fordham, specialising in building performance.

She has an impressive portfolio of project work, most recently leading the sustainability programme for the development of Keynsham Civic Centre in its ambition to achieve an in-use 'DEC A' rating.

Tamsin also serves as Chair of the Diversity Working Group at Max Fordham, helping to extend the appeal of engineering beyond the gender imbalance to other groups that have also traditionally found the industry difficult to engage with.

The annual Awards were held at Grosvenor House Hotel in Park Lane, London.