{"id":2459,"date":"2020-07-13T07:42:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T07:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noviun.com\/?p=2459"},"modified":"2020-07-13T07:42:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T07:42:09","slug":"in-depth-with-a-director-daniel-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noviun.com\/2020\/07\/13\/in-depth-with-a-director-daniel-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"In Depth with a Director | Daniel Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a new series of blogs titled ‘In Depth with a Director’, we interview our directors and find out more about how they started their career and where they see the future of our industry.<\/p>\n

Next in the series is Technical Director Daniel Smith.<\/p>\n

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Did you always want to be a Technologist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always had an interest in buildings and the building trade as my father worked as a builder from the age of 15 through to retirement. As most did growing up, I had an intrinsic love of Lego and construction \u2013 although typically building cars(!) \u2013 but all feeding my imagination for construction.<\/p>\n

What did you do before?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before Noviun, I worked for a small local practice in Chichester producing a range of buildings from bespoke one-off large houses\/extensions and smaller (4-10 unit) housing schemes, through to care homes and even crematoria.<\/p>\n

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