CURRICULUM VITAE – PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Paul Allen
Date of birth: 16.12.56
Driving licence: Full clean licence
Contact Details:
4 Hopwell Road
Draycott,
Derbyshire.
DE72 3NH
Tel 01332 874177
Mob 0781 6173059

Qualifications:

NVQ Level 4 Surveying & Property Maintenance (Building Surveying)
Association of Building Engineers

NVQ Level 4 Diploma in Home Inspection
Association of Building Engineers

RDSAP Assessor – Accredited Energy Assessor
BRE & Elmhurst Energy accredited Energy Assessor – RDSAP

Certificate in effective CDM Co-ordinator
Thomas Telford Training

Professional Qualifications:

C Build E. FCABE
Chartered Association of Building Engineers – Chartered Fellow status.

MFPWS
Member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors

AssocRICS
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors – Associate status

Cad / software experience

Autocad 2000 – 2010, Quick Architect, Architectural Desktop 3.3, Supeheat 6 – SAP software (SAP) , Elmhurst software (RDSAP) & Sketchup software, Northgate asset software. Orchard asset management software. Excel, Word, Microsoft project,

Hobbies:

Sub-aqua, horse riding, rambling.
historic houses (building conservation)

Tel 0113 874177
Mob 0781 6173059

Position: Building Surveyor
Duration to present: May 2016 – May 2018
ACS Design Ltd – self-employed
4 Hopwell Road
Draycott
Derbyshire
DE72 3NH
Job responsibilities:
• RICS Building Surveys, RICS HomeBuyer Reports (without valuation) and RICS Home Condition Surveys. Westwood Surveyors Act as a booking service for my booking service for my leads and the others come from Local Surveyors Direct.
• Architectural design service – domestic and commercial
• Party wall dispute resolutions.
• Fire risk assessments.

Position: Adaptations Surveyor
Duration of employment: 8 months – September 2015 – May 2016
Derbyshire County Council
Corporate Property
Chatsworth House
Derbyshire
Job role responsibilities: (DFG disabled adaptations)
• Complex disabled adaptations relating to DFG grants.
• Producing drawings, specifications, tender documents, JCT Contracts, obtaining planing, building regulation approval, Severn Trent approvals, health & safety data (Principal Designer), manage the works on site & act as the Contract Administrator.

Position: Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 2 months – July 2015 – August 2015
NAVAS Associates
Rushton’s Yard
Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Leicestershire
Job role responsibilities:
• RICS Homebuyer Reports
• RICS Building Surveys
• Fire Risk Assessments

Position: Maintenance Surveyor
Duration of employment: 6 months – January 2015 – June 2015
ASRA Housing Group
3 Bede Island Road
Leicester
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Responsive repairs and conducting HHSRS condition surveys to determine severity and liability of repair.
• Capital works programme delivery
• Void inspections & raising orders.
• Obtaining tenders/ quotations & raising orders on Northgate system.
• Pre & post inspections.
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Damp surveys
• Monitoring contractor performance (KPI) & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s
• Specification & procurement documentation
• Checking quality of workmanship

Position: Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 4 months – July 2014 – December 2014
Oadby & Wigston Borough Council
Wigston
Leicestershire
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Responsive repairs.
• Capital works programme delivery
• Void inspections & raising orders.
• Obtaining tenders/ quotations & raising orders on Orchard system.
• Pre & post inspections.
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Damp surveys
• Monitoring contractor performance (KPI) & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s
• Checking quality of workmanship

Position: Contract Maintenance Surveyor
Duration of employment: 3 months – May 2014 – July 2014 – cover while EMH Homes sought to fill position on a full-time basis.
EMH Homes
Theee Valleys House
Long Eaton
Nottingham
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Responsive repairs.
• Raising orders on Orchard system – based on NHF Version 6 schedule of rates.
• Estimating projects against agreed SOR
• Pre & post inspections.
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Monitoring contractor performance (KPI) & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s
• Checking quality of workmanship
• Dealing with tenant complaints

Position: Contract Condition Surveyor
Duration of employment: April 2014 – May 2014 – condition survey programme.
Places for People
12 Vivian Ave
Nottingham
NG5 1AF
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Condition surveys on housing stock

Position: Contract Maintenance Surveyor
Duration of employment: 3 months (Oct 2013 – December 2013)
Contract (sickness cover)
EMH Homes
65 Church Street
Sutton-in-Ashfield
Nottingham
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Responsive repairs and conducting HHSRS condition surveys to determine severity and liability of repair.
• Raising orders on Orchard system – based on NHF Version 6 schedule of rates.
• Estimating projects against agreed SOR
• Pre & post inspections.
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Monitoring contractor performance (KPI) & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s
• Checking quality of workmanship
• Dealing with tenant complaints

Position: Self-Employed Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 16 months (June 2012 -Oct 2013
Acivico
1 Lancaster House
Birmingham
Job role responsibilities:
Project Manager/ Surveyor for the following: (Education & social housing)
• (5.4 m) Capital Works programme for the replacement of kitchen & bathrooms.
• (2.5 m) Capital Works programme for school roof replacements
Duties/ job reponsiblities:
• Stock Condition/ Asset surveys for Housing Dept.
• Surveying Social Housing properties to administer a capital works programme for kitchen & bathroom replacements.
• Agree the scope of work with contractors.
• Administer the contract & certify payments.
• Producing working drawings on AutoCad.
• Dealing with party wall & public sewer matters.
• Obtaining statutory consents.
• Chairing project meetings.
• Monitoring progress & budget controls.
• Complying with the QA procedures.
• Control the quality of workmanship & handover process of properties.
• Issuing PMI’s & authorising certificates (NEC3).

Position: Self-Employed Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 6.5 months – Contract (sickness cover)
LHA-ASRA
174 Derby Road
Nottingham &
Head Office
Bede Island
Leicester
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Void inspections & DTD responsive repairs
• Raising orders on Northgate system – based on NHF Version 6 schedule of rates.
• Estimating projects against agreed SOR
• Pre & post inspections – DTD repairs
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Monitoring contractor performance (KPI) & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s
• Checking quality of workmanship
• Providing tenant packs – keys, EPC’s/ Certs (gas electric)
• Dealing with tenant complaints
• Processing insurance claims. Agreeing with loss adjusters the extent of the claim, arranging contractor quotes, checking the quality of workmanship & signing off the project at completion.
• Checking newly built properties for compliance with building regulations, codes of practise & workmanship. Raising defective issues with developers & agreeing the repairs.

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 3 months – Contract (sickness cover)
Genesis Housing Association
The Malthouse Project
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Responsive repairs
• Raising orders on Northgate system on NHF Version 6.1 schedule of rates.
• Estimating projects against agreed SOR
• Pre & post inspections – Voids & DTD repairs
• Monitoring contractor performance- quality control, handover, programme, KPI & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s.
• Checking quality of workmanship
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Managing the repairs budget for the East Division (Louth-Ipswitch-Northampton-Peterborough-Louth)
• Providing tenant packs – keys, EPC’s/ Certs (gas electric)

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 1 year – Contract (sickness cover)
LHA-ASRA
174 Derby Road
Nottingham
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing)
• Responsive repairs.
• Raising orders on Northgate system – based on NHF Version 6 schedule of rates.
• Estimating projects against agreed SOR
• Pre & post inspections – DTD repairs
• Technical inspections/ condition surveys
• Monitoring contractor performance (KPI) & checking invoices against agreed SOR’s
• Checking quality of workmanship
• Providing tenant packs – keys, EPC’s/ Certs (gas electric)
• Dealing with tenant complaints

Position: Principal Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 1 year
Housing 21
1 Staithgate Lane
Odsal
Bradford
Job role responsibilities: (Social housing/ sheltered blocks of flats)
• Project management.
• Remodelling design of housing stock & producing CAD designs.
• Obtain planing & building regulation approvals for remodelling alterations.
• Contract administration (MW JCT), procurement, contract document, contract procurement production, CDM-Coordinator role & specification writing.
• Stock Condition surveys.
• Decent Homes & HHSRS surveys.
• Capital works procurement & administration.
• Dealing with technical complaints from tenants.
• Mentoring junior surveyors & proving technical guidance
• Fire risk assessments: sheltered housing.
• Checking quality of workmanship

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 3 months – Contract
Mansfield District Council
Civic Centre
Chesterfield Road South
Job role responsibilities:
• Condition surveys
• Decent Homes surveying & HHSRS

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 13 months
Contract position
Birmingham City Council
1 Lancaster House
Birmingham
Job role responsibilities: (Education & public buildings)
• Project management
• Contract administration, procurement, contract document production, contract procurement, agreeing accounts & specification writing.
• Estimating projects against agreed SOR
• Condition surveys: commercial
• Planned maintenance & contractor procurement.
• DDA audits: commercial
• Disabled adaptations: commercial.
• Mentoring junior surveyors & proving technical guidance
• Feasibility schemes for refurbishment & extensions.
• Obtain consents for planning permission, listed building consents & building regulation approvals.
• Checking quality of workmanship & reporting back for KPI’s
• Secondment to Building Control Dept during busy period

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 1.5 years – Contract.
Leicester City Council
16 New Walk
Leicester
Job role responsibilities: (Education & public buildings)
• Project management
• Feasibility schemes for refurbishment & extensions.
• Obtain consents for planning permission, listed building consents & building regulation approvals.
• Contract administration, procurement, contract document production & specification writing
• Condition surveys
• Dilapidations surveys for lease agreements
• Planned maintenance: contractor procurement
• DDA access audits: commercial – schools, public buildings offices.
• DDA adaptations: commercial – schools, public buildings offices.
• Maintenance of local authority listed buildings.
• Fire risk assessments: commercial – schools, public buildings offices
• Mentoring junior surveyors & proving technical guidance
• Checking quality of workmanship & reporting back for KPI’s

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 6 month – Contract
Nottingham City Council
Rolleston Drive
Arnold
Nottingham
Job role responsibilities: (Education & public buildings)
• Feasibility schemes for refurbishment & school extensions.
• Obtain consents for planning permission, listed building consents & building regulation approvals.
• Contract administration, procurement, contract document production & specification writing
• Condition surveys – commercial: schools, public buildings offices.
• Planned maintenance – contractor procurement.
• DDA adaptations
• Maintenance of local authority listed buildings.
• Checking quality of workmanship & reporting back for KPI’s
• CDM Coordinator

Position: Contract Building Surveyor
Duration of employment: 11 months – Contract (sickness cover)
Beth Johnson Housing Association
Three Counties House,
Festival Way,
Stoke-on-Trent.
Employer profile: Housing Association
Projects involved with:
• DFG – Disabled facility & renovation grants.
• Visiting client’s private homes and developing a design.
• Liasing with the occupational therapist.
• Applying for building regulation consents & planning approvals.
• Acting as a Party Wall surveyor & obtaining Building Over/ Near Severn Trent agreements for public sewer alterations.
• Renovations to Decent Home standards.

Position: Contract Senior Architect Technician
Duration of employment: 12 months – Contract
Brownhill Hayward Brown
Swan Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
Employer profile: Architects
Projects involved with:
• Redevelopment of Wasall town centre, consisting of a new ASDA superstore & 5 storey residential apartment block.

Position: Contract Senior Architect Technician
Duration of employment: 6 months – Contract
Norder Design Associates ltd
Green Lane,
Belper,
Derbyshire
Employer profile: Architects / Engineers
Projects involved with:
• Weleda – new 3 storey office accommodation.
• Rolls Royce – new engine test bed.

Position: Housing Technical Manager / Senior Architectural Technician
Duration of employment: 13 months
Reason for leaving – lack of work
Latham Architects
St Michael’s
Queen Street
Derby
Employer profile: Architects
Salary & Contract
Duties:
• Office Manager role.
• Supervising 8 staff.
• Programming work, development and design.
• Liaising with the various statutory bodies, i.e. local authorities, planning departments, building control bodies, highway authorities & utility companies.
• Office procedures & computerised filing systems.
• House type design.
• Working drawings.
Projects involved with:
• Housing development at New Waltham, Lincolnshire -185 dwellings, including two apartment blocks.

Position: Office Manager / Senior Architect Technician
Duration of employment: 2yrs
Paul Gaughan Building Consultants,
Roscarberryb House,
4 Coronation Street,
Ilkeston,
Derbyshire,
Employer profile: Architects
Duties:
• Office Manager role.
• Supervising 6 technical staff.
• Procuring new work & monitoring costing.
• Development and design of larger projects.
• Liasing with the various statutory bodies, i.e. local authorities, planning departments, building control bodies, highway authorities & utility companies.
• Developing office procedures & computerised filing systems.
• Contract admin.
Projects involved with:
• 10,000 sq ft retail / warehouse & 20,000 sq ft conversion to retail for Armstong’s Mills.
• £1.3 million new car showroom for Kia Cars.
• Refurbishment of an existing building to form 14 apartments – Nottingham
• Refurbishment of a grade 2 listed property to form 9 luxury apartments – Clifton Village, Nottingham.
• Residential housing layout for 23 new 3 bed dwellings – Nelson, Lancashire.
• Residential, retail & light industrial scheme – Stapleford.
• Many new house types for various developers.
• Many residential housing layouts for up to 25 dwellings.

Position: Architect Technician / Contracts Manager
Duration of employment: 6yrs
Alder Construction Ltd,
85 Melton Rd,
West Bridgford,
Nottingham,
NG2 6EN.
Employer profile: Developer / Contractor, mainly in the commercial sector.
Duties:
• Taking client’s brief and developing into scheme proposals for budget costing.
• Obtaining planning and building regulation approval.
• Produce working drawings.
• Contract Administrator role.
• Obtain quotations from various sub-contract trades.
• Place purchase orders for materials and labour.
• Control of health and safety documentation for the H.S file i.e. C.O.S.H. assessments, risk assessments, method Statements.
• Programme work on smaller projects and act in a Contract Managers role.
• Procure sub-contract labour, suppliers & agree accounts.
Projects involved with:
• New 3,400 m2 factory and office for George Utz Ltd.
• Conversion of 1500 m2 factory and office accommodation, for Autowindscreens Ltd.
• 98-m2 office extension for Stelin Hostag.
• New 5,400-m2 warehouse and office for Nursery Trades Ltd.
• Atrium refurbishment and furniture design for Nottingham Law School.
• New 1675 m2 office and warehouse for Sherleys Ltd.
• Office refurbishment for Fresenius Ltd.
• Contracts for Wheatcroft Properties: New 7,200 m2 office. New 150 m2 office.
• New 5,200 m2 factory and office for Autowindscreens Ltd.
• New fitting bays throughout the Uk for Autowindscreens Ltd.

All the above are only a small example of work for Alder Construction Ltd, there are many more, too many to mention, which some developed into contracts and many which did not.
Not apparent from the above, is the diversity of work that Alder Construction undertook. If required, I can expand the above to show my experience in, retail, industrial and housing.

Position: Design Manager
Duration of employment: 5 years
Masons Construction Ltd,
Bellamy Road,
Mansfield.
Employment profile: design and build company, which went into liquidation.
Duties:
• Taking client’s brief and developing into scheme proposals for budget costing.
• Obtaining planning and building regulation approval.
• Produce working drawings.
• Contract Administrator role.
• Obtain quotations from various sub-contract trades.
• Place purchase orders for materials and labour.
• Control of health and safety documentation for the H.S file i.e. C.O.S.H. assessments, risk assessments, method statements.
• Programme work on smaller projects and act in a Contract Manager role.
• Procure sub-contract labour, suppliers & agree accounts.
Projects involved with:
• Various fast food outlets throughout the UK – KFC, Perfect Pizza, Pizza Hut, Wimpey.
• Farm Foods superstore – Sutton in Ashfield
• Jonathan James – retail stores
• Loscoe Chilled Foods Ltd – factory alterations

Position: Architect Technician
Duration of employment: 4 years
Alan Newton & Associates Ltd
52 Bridge Street,
Belper,
Derbyshire.
Employment profile:
Small architectural practice – working on anything from small domestic extensions to medium commercial projects.
Commercial projects included:
• 42 bedroom extension to the Priest House Hotel, Castle Donington, Leicestershire.
• House and flat designs for Edwards Woods

Position: Junior Architect Technician
Duration of employment: 4 years
GBP Architects
Regent Street,
Nottingham,
Employment profile: Architectural practice working on commercial projects.