Our first attempt at taking Behind the Regs on the road. And what a learning experience it was!

Today, we're releasing our live podcast recorded at Broste Fest 2026, celebrating 10 years of Broste Rivers Group.

This episode brings together six conversations recorded on the conference floor, with Richard Murrell, Samuel Simpson, Marion Parks, David Strachan, David Pidduck and Amy Clulow.

We had the opportunity to explore Building Control from different perspectives, discussing early engagement, collaboration, Gateway 2, leadership, career development, apprenticeships and the importance of communication across the construction industry.

A huge thank you to all six guests for taking the time to sit down with us, share their experiences and contribute to some genuinely valuable conversations.

Now, a little honesty about the recording itself.

This was our first attempt at recording a live podcast at an industry event using our own equipment.

We arrived with our content creation microphones, plenty of enthusiasm and, as it turned out, a few technical lessons waiting for us!

The biggest challenge was audio. With several microphones operating close together in a busy environment, we experienced some echo and overlapping sound that we couldn't completely eliminate during editing.

So, a small apology in advance. The audio may not be as crisp and clear as you've become accustomed to with Behind the Regs.

But we didn't want those technical imperfections to prevent us from sharing six conversations that deserve to be heard.

And that experience taught us something valuable.

If we're serious about taking Behind the Regs into more workplaces, conferences and industry events, we need to invest in doing it properly.

So that's exactly what we've done.

Since this recording, we've invested in professional dynamic microphones, lighting and a fully mobile podcast setup. We've already put that equipment to use during our recent live recordings at CABE headquarters.

We're still learning, still improving and still funding this journey ourselves, with some welcome financial support from our sponsor, Plan Checker, towards the equipment.

Every opportunity teaches us something, and this one helped shape what Behind the Regs is becoming.

A sincere thank you to Gary Cass, Rachel Legood and Esther Davies from Broste Rivers Group for inviting us to Broste Fest and giving us the opportunity to experiment, learn and take another step forward.

And to everyone who has supported the podcast, thank you. We genuinely appreciate it.

Behind the Regs is now fully mobile, and we'd welcome conversations with other Building Control Bodies, professional associations and organisations interested in hosting a live recording at their offices or industry events anywhere in the UK.

🎧 The full ProstFest episode is now available.

We hope you enjoy the conversations, even with a little background echo!

And we promise, the audio quality in our upcoming live episodes has taken a significant step forward.

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