Martha Penney is a quantity surveyor, Level 6 construction, at Barratt Redrow
What was your favourite project to work on over the course of your apprenticeship?
A site at Macclesfield. It’s the biggest site that I’ve worked on since I’ve been there and it’s the flagship site for the [rental homes] division. I took it from very, very early on – we’d just started getting the roads and sewers into it. It was quite technically and commercially complex; it’s on a hill and was a remediation job. We came up against a lot of of issues and I learned a lot from all the problems we had.
What is one piece advice that you’d give to someone enrolling on to a construction apprenticeship?
Say yes to every opportunity. There’s no better way to learn and progress in your career
other than just to say “yeah, I’ll give that a go” and get out of your comfort zone.
Has that positive attitude brought you opportunities?
I’ve actually moved into a different role as a result of meeting different people that I’ve said yes to. I’ve done lots of different networking with loads of different people from all over the business. I’ve done a lot of work out in schools and been on the radio and in the newspaper. That was all just because I said yes.
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