Richard Pender is a Consultant (Commercial) at SNRG. He possess expertise in leadership, small business, management, programming, team building and 13 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Richard was the glue that held together the design and construction teams that allowed my wife and I to realise the dream of building our own home – the first certified Passivhaus on Tyneside. It is clear he is a deep thinker about how construction processes can be improved to deliver a better outcome for all; indeed, until we met him realising our challenging project was in doubt. However, Richard led us down a collaborative process that integrated us as a client with the design and construction process, and ultimately to project success. In my experience Richard has an uncommon ability to be able to marry the academic and theoretical with the very practical, and is clearly able to relate to, and lead, a broad range of people. With his skills, expertise and experience I am certain he will be a tremendous asset to those seeking to exploit the challenge of integrating Modern Methods of Construction with the Sustainable Development agenda to create better quality, cost effective developments in the private and public sectors."