Rachelle McDade announced winner at 2024 European Women in Construction & Engineering awards
30 May 2024
Rachelle McDade, director of healthcare planning at Currie & Brown, has been named the winner of the ‘Consultant’ category at this year’s European Women in Construction & Engineering (WICE) awards.
The awards celebrate female role models in the construction and engineering industries and highlight their successes. WICE is a platform to help inspire other women to pursue careers in these industries and to promote equal opportunities in a traditionally male dominated sector.
A healthcare planner and qualified architect with over 25 years’ experience, Rachelle has been instrumental in delivering numerous healthcare and medical training facilities in the UK and internationally. Since joining Currie & Brown she has worked on a variety of projects and successfully secured the healthcare planning role on the West Hertfordshire Hospitals and Hinchingbrooke Hospital NHP schemes, Great Ormond Street Children’s Cancer Centre as well as the Al Yaseem Development, among others.
Through her active participation at leading healthcare conferences, such as European Healthcare Design, IHEEM and Design for Mental Health, she has established herself as a thought leader in the sector, regionally and globally.
Speaking about her win, Rachelle said: ‘I feel very humbled and proud. This award is not just a personal achievement, but a recognition of women making a difference in these fields. It’s so important for inspiring future generations and driving our female focused campaign to inspire inclusion and empower women in the workplace’.
Anthea McDermott, associate director within our commercial team was also a finalist in the ‘Quantity Surveyor’ category.
The entire team at Currie & Brown are extremely proud of Rachelle and Anthea for their continued dedication to the industry and collectively celebrate in this well-deserved recognition.