In this connection we are particularly interested in hearing from potential speakers on the topics of Construction Health & Safety, CDM and Planning Supervision, to join our team. Opportunities exist for employment on a consultancy basis for a number of days per week, which may well suit applicants who are self-employed or semi-retired.
Due to an increase in workload we area looking for experienced Health and Safety speakers to become involved in our CDM and CDM Co-ordinator public and in-company courses. This may suit semi-retired practitioners or principals in small practices. For anyone interested please contact.
Our team of speakers combine practical knowledge and experience in their fields of expertise to ensure that you get the most from the course of your choice.
When preparing their courses all of our speakers combine both their excellent technical knowledge and practical experience of the subject matter to create a detailed and challenging programme.
Our speakers have worked in their specific sectors for many years. This means that they understand the challenges faced by the delegates and will speak to them in a manner that they can appreciate.
For brief resume’s on some of our key speakers please see below:
Alan Baldwin MIFireE, MInstLM |
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Alan is a Director of Impact Fire Ltd, a leading fire safety consultancy whose clients include: The Metropolitan Police, The British Museum, Ashford Borough Council, Cambridge City Council, Luminar Leisure, Fitness First, and many other highly respected organisations.
He has been a Home Office Fire Advisor, and in that role represented the Home Office on the committee responsible for a guidance document to the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, and drafted the fire safety design guide for Police Custody Suites.
He has an excellent knowledge of fire safety legislation and its application, and has a highly effective and popular teaching style.
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David Jordan, MSc, MCIOB, MCMI, CMIOSH |
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CDM, Health & Safety |
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David is a Consultant Planning Supervisor.
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David Symonds BSc, DIC, CEng, MICE, FRSA |
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Structural Surveys |
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David Symonds is a Director of David Symonds Associates.
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James Crooks BSc, MBA, MSc(construction law) MAPM, MICE, CEng |
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Jim Crooks spent the first 10 years of his career as a chartered civil engineer and building contractor. He funded and gained an MBA in his middle years and went into the then innovative forms of procurement including construction management and design and build.
He spent several years in client organisations at a senior level before moving into professional practice as a project manager.
In the mid 1990’s he was involved in the introduction of the CDM Regulations and has maintained a close interest in health and safety throughout his career. Four years ago he decided to consolidate his legal contractual experience by gaining an MSc from Kings College, London in arbitration and construction law.
He has been involved on a wide range of types of buildings and projects. He has been a project director in Buro Four Project Services for 10 years and current clients include the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Royal Mail. He is also providing project and development management services to Howard Holdings on a £200m mixed use development in Weymouth.
He acts as an expert witness. He has been involved in speaking at national conferences and providing training in and out of house for more than 20 years.
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Jim Goddard, MRICS, MCIOB, DipMan(Open) |
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Building Regulations |
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Jim is the Technical Manager for Building Consultancy, Birmingham City Council, the largest Building control department in Europe.
Jim Goddard has worked in the building industry for 37 years, and all but 3 years being spent in Local Authority Building Control and has accumulated a vast depth of knowledge in building control and other aspects of the building industry during that time.
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Keith Blizzard BSc (Hons), Dip Arb, FRICS, FCIArb, FFB, FEI, MEWI, MACostE |
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Keith is a Director of Chalinors Blizzard.
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Kevin McKee BSc (Hons), DipArb, FRICS, FInstCES, APA, Accredited Mediator. |
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Contracts, Design & Build |
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www.brunswickis.co.uk |
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Qualifications
Honours Degree in Building Economics and Measurement, Diploma in Arbitration, Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors.
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Kevin McKee has extensive experience in the Construction Industry and has worked on a wide cross-section of projects in the building, civil engineering, water and rail sectors.
Kevin has worked as a contract and commercial manager for contractors, local government and as a Partner in a leading professional practice.
He has been heavily involved in developing collaborative working arrangements and associated project controls with clients such as Thames Water, London Underground and Railtrack. His project experience encompasses major airport terminal developments, tunnelling, treatment plants and railway infrastructure works.
During Kevin's career he has managed major programmes of work in the engineering sector. As Project Services Manager on one such programme he managed a range of professional disciplines including engineering assurance, quality, safety, commercial, procurement, planning and project controls.
He has significant experience in developing innovative procurement strategies, and sat as a member of a Contracts Review Group responsible for approving individual contract strategies on a £5.4 billion programme of work. He has extensive experienceof partneringand collaberative working and is a member of the Association of Partnering Advisers.
In addition to his specialist Quantity Surveying background he also has experience of managing and resolving major disputes.
Kevin is an accredited mediators, a committee member of the Thames Valley Branch of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also a member of the Confederation of Construction Specialists Panel of Adjudicators, an Adjudicator Nominating Body (ANB) for the purposes of the Construction Act.
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Lorne Alway, LLB (Hons), FRICS, MCIArb, Barrister |
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Contracts, Contract Law |
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www.alway-associates.co.uk |
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Lorne is the founding director of Alway Associates (London) Ltd
Lorne Alway has been in the Construction Industry for 25 years and in that period has worked with organisations in most sectors of the industry including building, civil engineering, marine engineering, petrochemical and oil rig construction, process plant and engineering and mechanical and electrical installation.
For the first 10 years of his career Lorne worked as a quantity surveyor, commencing as a junior quantity surveyor in professional practice and progressing via assistant and senior quantity surveyor with a Local Authority and contractors through to managing a team of quantity surveyors on rig construction and then running the London office for a firm of Chartered Quantity Surveyors.
Since 1986 Lorne has specialised in construction law and dispute resolution. During that period, which encompasses the formation and the commencement of trading of Alway Associates (1990), he has acted as Adjudicator and Expert Witness (Quantum) in a number of disputes, as well as lead representative in Arbitration in over 50 references and he has presented over 1200 seminars in the UK and abroad and on a range of topics related to law and dispute resolution in the Construction Industry.
Lorne undertakes the drafting of contracts and sub-contracts, pleadings and referrals, vetting of tenders, drafting and vetting of collateral warranties, bonds and guarantees, production of contract administration systems, provision of legal advice including procedural, advocacy in Arbitration and Adjudication, interlocutories and at hearings/meetings.
He also advises parties in joint venture and consortium relationships, partnering arrangements and PFI.
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Michael Rowlinson, MSc, DipArb, MRICS, FCIOB, MCIArb, FInstCES |
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Contracts, NEC, NEC Compensation |
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www.alway-associates.co.uk |
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Michael is a director of Alway Associates (London) Ltd
Michael Rowlinson started work in the Construction Industry in 1976 since which time he has gained experience in most areas of building, both new build and refurbishment, civil and water engineering including clean and dirty water, reservoirs, heavy concrete structures, roads, bridges and rail, process engineering and mechanical and electrical installations.
Prior to joining Alway Associates in 1998 Michael worked for a professional practice and three major national contractors rising to the Midlands' Area Quantity Surveyor for one company. During this period he undertook a whole range of quantity surveying tasks including interim and final account work, measurement, negotiation and financial management.
From 1992 onwards Michael specialised, within the contracting organisations that employed him, in claims preparation, management of problematic commercial situations and the resolution of disputes including the management of others in such work.
He joined Alway Associates to further specialise in dispute resolution and construction law. Michael undertakes the preparation of claims, gives advice on construction contracts and acts as representative in both Adjudication and Arbitration. Michael is one of the first to be awarded the title "CIOB Accredited in Adjudication", being the first formal qualification in this field. He has also acted as an Expert Witness in matters of quantum and presents seminars on standard forms of construction contracts, claims, dispute resolution and related legal matters.
Michael is a committee member of the Chartered Institute of Building's Coventry & Warwickshire Centre and is a member of the CIOB's Contract Review Working Group. He is also a member of the Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors' Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Panel and listed on the Confederation of Construction Specialists Panel of Adjudicators, an Adjudicator Nominating Body (ANB) for the purpose
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Mike Thomas |
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Partnering, Procurement, Project Bids, Post Occ. Eval. PPC. |
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Mike Thomas started in the construction industry in 1969 and has considerable experience as Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager, Procurement Manager and Facilitator of Integrated Project, Strategic and Frameworks Partnering Teams including Housing, Health, Hotels and Leisure.
From 1990 to 1997 Mike managed the introduction and successful implementation of Value Management and Partnering (amongst other best practice initiatives) into a major FTSE 100 leisure company. Since 1997, as director of Mike Thomas Ltd, Mike has facilitated workshops assisting project teams to define and deliver Better Value for the customer whilst meeting the business objectives of all participants…
- Building winning teams that focus on solutions, not on problems
- Delivering end-user satisfaction at the appropriate capital and life-cycle cost
- Involve non-construction end-users in the briefing, design and construction process
- Communicating and challenging non-confrontationally across the supply team
- Plotting processes to identify and remove waste (eg in administration, rework, resources and materials) and enhance sustainability
Mike has actively contributed to many Construction Industry Best Practice bodies including…
• Latham / CIB Working Group 12 producing "Partnering in the Team" (1996/7)
• Reading Construction Forum producing "The Seven Pillars of Partnering" (1997/8)
• Housing Forum working party producing "Enemies of Promise" (2002)
• Partnership Sourcing Limited
…and has presented papers on Value Management, Procurement and Partnering within the UK and to International Conferences in the USA and Hong Kong.
Gill and Mike Thomas are co-authors of the best practice book “Construction Partnering & Integrated Teamworking”, published by Blackwell Publishing (ISBN 1-4051-3556-5).
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Neil Jones LLB (Hons), FCIArb |
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JCT |
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Neil is a Consultant with Pinsent Masons solicitors. Neil is a well-known and respected figure in the construction industry. He has over 30 years' experience in handling a wide variety of construction matters including transactional and dispute work. His early career was spent as Head of Contracts with West Midlands County Council. In the early '80s he founded the successful and highly regarded niche construction practice which bore his name. More recently he has acted as adjudicator, mediator and conciliator and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Neil is a keen advocate of the use of collaborative working in the construction industry and is one of only a handful of solicitors to become a member of The Association of Partnering Advisers.
Neil is a Council member of the Joint Contracts Tribunal and Chairs its Drafting sub-committee. He is retained legal adviser to the Local Government Association Procurement Panel.
Neil is the author of a book on the JCT Major Project Contract and co-author of a book on the JCT Intermediate Building Contract, both published by Blackwells, and has written and lectured extensively.
Extract from the Chambers UK Guide 2006:
“It would be difficult to overstate the impact of consultant Neil Jones, rightly regarded by interviewees as "the doyen," on the shape of the Midlands construction community. Many of the leading players currently in the spotlight began their professional existences at Neil F Jones & Co. Preceded by a reputation for excellence, he is the only qualified partnering adviser outside London, a responsibility he holds in addition to his role as chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal drafting committee. Indubitably "out in the front of the pack,"
Education
LLB (Hons), London University 1970
Career
West Midlands County Council - 1974-1981
Neil F. Jones & Co - 1981-1999
Lexicon - Law in Construction - 1993 to date
Pinsent Masons - 2001 to date
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Nigel Clayton, DipArb, MCIArb, MInstCES, MRICS, MAPM |
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NEC, JCT, Contracts |
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www.brunswickis.co.uk |
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Nigel is a consultant for Brunswick IS.
Nigel has extensive experience in the construction industry including working on projects both in the building and civil engineering sectors including specialist areas such as mining, water treatment, rail, off-shore structures, steel bridges and geotechnical work.
He has worked for construction consultancies and extensively for contracting organisations holding various senior commercial management positions including those of director in a multi-disciplinary group of companies and director in the overseas arm of a civil engineering contractor. He also has experience of insurance related work including preparing all types of insurance claims on mining and civil engineering projects.
In these positions he has been heavily involved in day-to-day management of project and business related issues and for developing and implementing systems and procedures to ensure effective management control.
Nigel has experience of dispute avoidance and resolution and has appeared as a witness in a construction dispute. He has also lectured on construction contracts and related subjects.
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Paul Gray, BSc, CEng, MICE, CMIOSH, MaPS |
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Health & Safety |
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Paul is a Health, Safety & Construction Consultant. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner. He is a former director of Scott Wilson.
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Peter Andrews OBE, CFIOSH, LCGI, Chartered Safety and Health Practitioner |
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Health & Safety, (CDM) |
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Peter is the principal of Andrews Associates, Safety and Health Consultants. He was the former principal safety manager of the Property Services Agency.
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Peter R Dickinson, FRICS, FCIArb, DipArb, CDipAF |
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Building Surveys & Inspections |
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Peter is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Chartered Arbitrator.
Peter has been involved in the Construction Industry for over 40 years and in that period has worked in National and Local Government, New Towns and since 1978 in Private Practice, as Peter R Dickinson, Chartered Building Surveyors and as Premises Consultants, based in the East Midlands.
Since 1994 Peter R Dickinson has been involved with law and receives appointments as Arbitrator or Expert from Solicitors, Parties, the CIArb and from the RICS, on matters including construction, property, leases, development, legislation and professional negligence and has also been appointed single joint expert witness to Cambridge, Coventry, Norwich, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Luton, Hereford, Northampton and Nuneaton County Courts and to Cardiff City Council.
As a member of the RICS he was a Founder Member of RICS Building Surveyors’ Divisional Committee – Leicester and Northants Branch and in 1990-1991 he was Branch Chairman
He has sat on many RICE Committees including the Members Affairs, Education and Membership, Fees Sub-Committee, Working Party on Setting up in Practice, and has been an Assessor and Chairman of Interview Panel for the Building Surveyors Assessment of Professional Competence
As a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators he was Chairman of the East Midlands Branch from 2001 to 2004 when he was elected as a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
He is an Approved Tutor and examiner for Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators examinations.
Peter has presented many papers on many subjects
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Phillip Harris, MA (Cantab), FCIArb, Solicitor |
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Practical Builsing Contracts |
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Philip is a Partner of Wright Hassall Solicitors.
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Richard Pomeroy BSc (Hons) |
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Asbestos Regs |
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Richard is the Managing Director of ABP Associates Ltd
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Richard Silver LLB (Hons), MRICS, ADBM,MCIOB, MCI Arb, MEWI, Barrister |
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Contracts |
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Richard is a Director of Alway Associates, based in their London offices.
Qualifications
Advanced Diploma in Building Management, LLB (Hons), Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member of the Chartered Institute of Building, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Member of the Expert Witness Institute, Barrister.
Profile
Richard has in excess of ten years experience working for both medium and national construction companies in the fields of both quantity surveying and construction management, holding positions of Chief Surveyor and Construction Manager. Projects managed by Richard range from small refurbishment of tenanted properties to large new build projects, on various standard and bespoke building and civil engineering forms of contract.
Since joining Alway Associates, Richard has been involved extensively in the investigation, management and successful resolution of contractual and commercial disputes in major construction, rail and civil engineering projects. Such experience has encompassed various forms of dispute resolution including Arbitration, Adjudication and ADR techniques, having acted as lead representative and as Expert Witness on matters of quantum, programming and planning.
In addition to being Director with overall responsibility for Alway Associates' London and Cardiff offices he also undertakes the drafting of pleadings and provides legal advice, drafts and reviews contracts, sub-contracts, bonds, guarantees and collateral warranties as well as advocating in Arbitration and Adjudication.
Richard has presented seminars throughout the UK on a range of subjects related to law and commercial and contractual disputes.
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Robert Shawyer LLB(Hons), PgDip Legal Practice, FCIOB, MRICS, MCMI, MCI Arb, FFB, M Inst CES, FNADR, |
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Contracts |
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www.alway-associates.co.uk |
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Robert is a Director of Alway Associates, based in their Cardiff offices.
Qualifications
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building, Memeber of the Legal and Dispute Review Committee of the Chartered Institute of Building, Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, Member of the Chartered Management Institute, Vice Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Welsh Branch, Registered Assessor for the Chartered Institute of Building, Fellow of the Faculty of Building, Member of the Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors, Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Fellow of the Nationwide Academy of Dispute Resolution, Member of the Association of Cost Engineers, Panel Registered and Practising Adjudicator, Panel registered Mediator, Certified USA Mediator, Member of the Association of Welsh Mediators, Member of the Adjudication Society, Law Degree with Honours from the University of London, PgDip LegalPractice De Montfort University. Assessor – CIOB; Mediator – NADR, NMA; Adjudicator – CIArb, CIOB, NADR, CIC, CPHA, CCS; Partnering Advisor - APA
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Robert Shawyer has been in the Construction Industry for over 21 years and in that period has worked with organisations in most sectors of the industry including building, civil engineering, timber frame, engineering and mechanical and electrical installation. During this period Robert was awarded the Area Award of Merit in Quantity Surveying and Building Studies, by the Building Employers Confederation, for three successive years.
Robert advises in respect of Partnering and Framework Agreements presenting training courses on Partnering and Partnering arrangements plus a further wide range of topics related to both Contentious and non-Contentious matters such as Standard Forms of Contract, ADR forums, Design Liability, Programming and Planning, Management and Quantity Surveying techniques, Construction Law, etc.,
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Ron Ridout, AE*, FCIOB |
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Health & Safety (CDM) |
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Ron is the Principal of Ridout Associates, consultants to the Property and Construction industries. He is a former memeber of the CONIAC Small Firms Group and a former Construction Director to UK Companies, International Projects Estimator, Commericial and Construction Manager.
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Tony Bateman BA (Hons), TP, MRICS, MRTPI, MCMI |
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Anthony Charles Bateman holds a Bachelor of Arts with Honours Degree in Town and Country Planning from the Victoria University of Manchester. He is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, within the Planning and Development Division; a Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and also a Member of the Chartered Management Institute. Anthony is currently a partner of Pegasus Planning Group within the Midlands office.
Up until October 2003 Anthony was employed by RPS as an Operational Director and had direct responsibility for the Company’s Midlands Office. In this position, which he held for over seven years, part of which was as a Partner of Chapman Warren, he advised and still does advise a variety of different companies and organisations, including a number of the country’s major developers.
For eleven years Anthony worked for one of the country’s major house building and property developers in the position of Chief Planner, being responsible for the management of the Planning Department of the Company. He was also a Member of the Senior Management Team giving detailed advice on development appraisal and investment decisions. In addition he was a member of the national planning committee of the House Builders Federation. Prior to this Anthony worked for six years for a national firm of Chartered Surveyors and Planning Consultants, within the Town Planning and Development Department and engaged in all aspects of town planning.
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