Begüm is a Structural Design Engineer at Civic Engineers, and has lived in three different continents and studied in three different languages. Studying in different languages has helped her see the world from a variety of perspectives and to approach problems from different angles where she gets to apply these skills to her work.  
 
During her career she has gained experience from a mixture of projects including new residential, domestic extensions / refurbishment, historic, listed, high rise buildings, temporary structures, staging and scenery elements.  
 
Begüm is passionate about sustainability and innovation, and has championed having a positive impact since her studies at Newcastle University. She plays an important role in the Sustainability group at Civic Engineers, who are one of the founding members of the Engineers Reuse Collective, a not-for-profit group of engineering firms committed to accelerating reuse in the built environment. Begüm is keen to be part of the change towards Net Zero Carbon.