Dean Averies, director of Beard’s Oxford office, tells Nadine Buddoo the best career advice he has ever received.

The multiple subcontractors for the bespoke design were smoothly assembled by Bill Taylor into a collaborative team.

Oxford-based contractor Beard is replacing 28 columns, which are more than 400 years old, as part of a refurbishment of a Grade I-listed building.

As the week draws to a close, CM rounds up the construction stories you may have missed over the past seven days.

Contractor Beard has started work to restore the Grade-II-listed Cleveland Pools, the oldest surviving public swimming pool in the UK.