ABOUT US
Our Team
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Calibro exists to cultivate sustainable communities anchored in integrity, excellence and human interaction. The work is done through three specialisms: transport planning, flood risk and infrastructure. They work together rather than in parallel. Governance sits with the Stewardship Council. The name is deliberate: its members are stewards of the wider Calibro community, accountable to the practice and its purpose, not positioned above it. The people below are its members. What they have in common is less about background and more about how they think.
Our Team
Stuart Choak – Managing Director
Stuart founded Calibro with a clear vision: to create a business that thinks and does differently. Guided by the ethos that everything must be designed but it doesn’t take much to design it right. Stuart brings a profound passion for shaping infrastructure that supports thriving communities. Working alongside our Stewardship Council, Stuart champions innovation and purpose, ensuring every project strengthens the places people call home.
Contact Stuart 07984 585403 | stuart.choak@calibro-consultants.com
Stuart Choak I Managing Director
“Everything is designed. It doesn’t take much to design it right.”
Stuart founded Calibro out of a growing frustration: that the industry was too caught up in the corporate day-to-day to stop and think carefully about what it was actually doing as a profession. He believed the built environment needed a more narrative-driven, evidence-led approach. One that starts with what a place is trying to become, not what the brief requires. That philosophy has developed and matured as the business has grown, shaped by the work and the people who have joined the journey.
07984 585403 | stuart.choak@calibro-consultants.com
Amanda Rawlings – Head of Story & Insight
Amanda’s role goes beyond traditional marketing and business development—she tells our story and shares our journey because we believe in its power to influence positive outcomes. By championing our culture and values, Amanda ensures we’re not only communicating who we are but shaping who we become. Her work connects people to our purpose, helping us build relationships that matter.
Contact Amanda 074115 787 190 | amanda.rawlings@calibro-consultants.com
Amanda Rawlings I Head of Story & Insight
“The way we talk about our work shapes the kind of work we attract.”
Amanda is responsible for how Calibro tells its story. Not sells it. There is a firm belief running through the business that telling the story honestly will attract the people who understand what Calibro is and why it exists. Those are the clients and colleagues with whom a true collaborative partnership becomes possible. Calibro is not a transactional business, and Amanda’s role is to make that felt, not just stated.
07411 578 7190
amanda.rawlings@calibro-consultants.com
Richard Woods – Head of Transport Planning
Richard has been part of our journey since day one, leading the Transport Planning team with precision and purpose. He’s passionate about finding opportunities to shape the places and communities we help design, ensuring every project is grounded in robust data and insight. From early site identification to planning applications, Richard and his team deliver solutions that move our clients’ development proposals forward with confidence.
Contact Richard 07376 605864 | richard.woods@calibro-consultants.com
Richard Woods I Head of Transport Planning
“A transport assessment should tell the story of what a place is trying to become. Not just prove it meets a standard.”
Richard joined Calibro almost from the outset, having worked alongside Stuart from the early stages of his career. His approach to transport planning is grounded in a straightforward belief: the transport case for a scheme should be built around the place, not around the threshold. He works across the full range of planning applications, from early land promotion through to detailed applications, and brings particular rigour to site identification, where the transport argument opens or closes opportunities long before anything is drawn.
07376 605864
richard.woods@calibro-consultants.com
Patrick Goodey – Head of Flood Risk & Hydrology
Patrick leads our Flood Risk & Hydrology team with a clear purpose: designing places that adapt to water. With over two decades of experience, including heading Bristol City Council’s flood risk team, Patrick brings unrivalled expertise to every project. His approach goes beyond managing risk—he creates opportunities for water to enrich communities through play, education, and biodiversity net gain. Under Patrick’s leadership, resilience meets creativity.
Contact Patrick 07494 742 680 | patrick.goodey@calibro-consultants.com
Patrick Goodey I Head of Flood Risk & Hydrology
“Water finds the path you didn’t account for. The job is to account for it first.”
Patrick leads Calibro’s flood risk and hydrology work. Before joining Calibro, he spent over two decades working in the industry, including leading Bristol City Council’s flood risk team. That background gives him a precise understanding of how the planning system processes risk in practice, not just in principle. His approach to flood risk starts earlier than the drainage strategy: with where water naturally wants to go, and how that can be made useful rather than merely managed.
07494 742 680
patrick.goodey@calibro-consultants.com
Chris Byrtus – Acting Head of Infrastructure & Drainage
Chris brings over 15 years of experience in highway and infrastructure design and has been part of our story for more than three years. A long-time collaborator with Stuart, Chris joined us because he believed in the journey we’re on.
Today, he leads the Infrastructure team with confidence, applying his expanded skillset across all areas of design while supporting the future growth of the discipline. His focus is on creating resilient, well-connected places that work for communities.
Contact Chris 07572 747 081 | chris.byrtus@calibro-consultants.com
Chris Byrtus I Acting Head of Insfrastructure & Drainage
“Infrastructure is where everyone else’s design decisions become real.”
Chris is Acting Head of Infrastructure and Drainage, a role he stepped into as the discipline grew and needed its own leadership. He has over 15 years of experience in highway and infrastructure design and has been part of Calibro’s work for more than three years. His discipline is the one where the thinking done in transport planning and flood risk has to become something buildable. A significant part of his role involves holding the broader team to the intentions they set earlier in the process.
07572 747 081 | chris.byrtus@calibro-consultants.com
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If you want a team that meets the brief and moves on, we are probably not the right fit. If you want a practice that thinks ahead of the brief, that will bring you a more considered answer than the one you asked for because the evidence pointed somewhere more useful, talk to us.
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