How Surveyors Shape Public Life with Lynda Rawsthorne FRICS #241

Recorded live at UKREiiF in Leeds, this week’s special episode of The RICS podcast features Lynda Rawsthorne FRICS, UK Government Head of Property Profession and RICS Governing Council member, to explore how surveying underpins the delivery of critical public assets.

Against a context of public spending scrutiny, rapid advances in AI & technology, and a growing skills gap, Lynda joins host Harry Chafer to examine the real social value created by surveyors.

They touch on, the evolving competency needs of the profession, and the RICS’s pivotal role for inspiring the next generation of professionals in the built and natural environment.

This episode of The RICS Podcast covers:

• How Lynda has built a varied civil service career and why purpose keeps her in the public sector
• The tangible social impact of work within the built environment 
• What public scrutiny, gateway reviews and evolving net-zero standards mean for programmes like HS2 and other major builds
• The future of surveying: skills, AI and the talent pipeline

Lynda Rawsthorne FRICS: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lynda-rawsthorne-bsc-ma-frics-fapm-fciob-fiwfm-chpp-98751919/

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors:

https://www.rics.org/uk/

RICS Podcast Page

https://www.rics.org/podcast/

Kieran Halliwell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdhalliwell/