Bruce McVean, Integrated Design Manager

Meet Bruce McVean

He’s our resident transport and movement specialist

He founded Movement for Liveable London

He’s lectured on sustainable communities and regeneration policy

He helped write the NICE guidance on physical activity and the built environment

He’s a Trustee of Living Streets – the national charity that stands up for pedestrians

Tell me more:

Bruce specialises in development and place making. He leads our work on strategic masterplanning, helping design teams and local stakeholders work together to ensure places are designed and run in ways that are truly sustainable. He’s particularly interested in how people get around, helping to design and manage places where walking and cycling are a pleasure.

Before he joined Beyond Green, Bruce was a Senior Policy Advisor at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) where he was responsible for developing and communicating CABE’s policies on sustainable design and climate change, public buildings, health and public space. Before that he managed a number of regeneration projects in Hackney and Lambeth while working as a consultant for Renaisi.

The facts:

BSc (Hons), Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University

MA, Cities Design and Regeneration, London Metropolitan University

Recent projects:

Design manager for a sustainable urban extension to Norwich
Strategic sustainability advisor, Rugby Radio Station: advising on the sustainability strategy, place making and community engagement process for urban extension to Rugby
Sustainability advisor, Southall Gas Works. Sustainability strategy for the former gasworks in Southall, one of the most significant development opportunities in West London
Project manager, Stanton ironworks. A strategy and masterplanning exercise for a mixed-use development on the site of a former ironworks in Stanton, Derbyshire
Lead strategist, Pincents Hill. Advising on a mixed-use sustainable urban extension to Reading