Brian Simms Email & Phone Number

Open to networking, inspiration and like minded thinking.With 10+ years’ experience in the construction industry, has worked within a range of sectors with an emphasis in luxury private residential and retail and is accustomed to seeing deliverables from inception through to completion with the privelage of having worked on some exhilarating bespoke and intricate projects with complexity.Conversant with associated trends and developments with current legislation knowledge including but not limited to sustainability, building regulations and British standards.Passionate in seeing the development of a project through it’s life cycle and finding resolution to unique challenges with a particular interest in technical detailing and the varying nature, whether it’s a specific design approach or the planning / heritage context of a project.Key ExperienceSector experience: High end private residential, retail, commercial, leisure, mixed useNew build, fit-out/ refurbishment: Involvement with projects of varying value, ranging from approximately £100k to £3mn.Client facing: Contact and liaison with client at ultimate and penultimate levelsContractor/team collaboration: Project management, specialist contractors and sub-contractors, structural/MEP engineer, quantity surveyor, site contractor, fire consultant, planning and building control department, party wall surveyor, development/leasing executivesJob ownership/job running: Responsibility for own projects and also job running experienceProject status:Concept/feasibility, design development, planning, building control, tender and pricing, construction, completion, as-built.Drawing/information production: Presentation, scheme options, full working drawing packages (plans, sections, elevations, details etc), co-ordination with contractor information, sketching/hand drawing, 2/3D, schedules, schedule of works, material boards and reference, planning design and access statements. Etc.Computer literacy: ‘AutoCAD’ (2000 and above), ‘Sketchup’, ‘Photoshop’, ‘Business collaborator’, ‘MS software’.•Site visits/measured survey: On-site and survey experience specific to related projects

Listed skills include Design Research, Architectural Design, Architecture, Construction, and 3 others.