David Frise
After a career in nuclear submarines, David Frise became an M&E contractor for 25 years before branching out into renewable energy systems, firstly as an installer then as head of sustainability at B&ES. He is now chief executive of the Association of Interior Specialists (AIS) representing the fit out industry, a trustee of SummitSkills and a non executive director of the National Skills Academy for Environmental Technologies. He lives in London, cycles to work and is a long suffering Tottenham Hotspur fan.
CommentHow buildings can fight coronavirus
Are buildings going to be allies or enemies in the looming war on the spread of coronavirus? BESA鈥檚聽David Frise聽thinks it could go either way
CommentLate payments damage more than balance sheets
The mental health crisis caused by poor payment practices must be cured, not just medicated, as small businesses report alarming figures
CommentThe hypocrisy of retentions
A leading builder has criticised the system of payment retentions. Welcome to our world鈥�
CommentHow to fit BIM and fit out together
At next month鈥檚 May Design Series we鈥檒l be launching a BIM tool for the fit out sector
CommentJust because the market's heating up, there's no reason new homes should too
In his latest installment of his diary of a new house purchase, David Frise finds it hard to keep his cool
CommentThis relationship isn't working
In his latest blog exposing the reality of buying a new build home in the UK, David Frise looks at the tangled mess organisations he has to deal with to try and get things done
CommentThe shocking truth about my housebuilder and health and safety
In fourth of his diaries of a new home purchase, David Frise details how his builder consciously flouted health and safety laws
CommentOfficial secrets: Why are housebuilders keeping us in the dark?
David Frise battles to find out if his new home from a listed builder is performing as it should
CommentThey don鈥檛 know what they鈥檝e built
David Frise with the second in his series of articles charting his experience of buying a new build flat marketed as reaching Code for Sustainable Homes level three
CommentWhy housebuilders are trying to sell you a Skoda
David Frise starts a series where he will chart his experience of how one major housebuilder failed to build the home it promised, and then staunchly refused to do anything about it