I recently attended an industry event at which six women spoke about their experiences in the property industry. The event was inspirational, but one less positive comment really stuck with me. 

One of the speakers, an architect, spoke of her frustration at coming up with more innovative ideas and always being told “no” by her structural engineer.

My initial response was that she needed a better engineer! But the more I thought about it, the more it bothered me. Are we the ones always saying no? What’s stopping us from being more creative?

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