Christopher Lane Email & Phone Number

Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Northampton, United Kingdom

CS2 is a leading commercial building and cost consultancy practice to the property and construction industry, delivering independent, expert advice through a network of offices across the UK. CS2 offer all core building surveying, project management, cost and building services consultancy.Project managementCDM coordinationPrinciple Designer Dilapidations advice, reporting and negotiationCondition surveys Building inspection and pathology adviceSchedules of conditionWorks progress and quality managementReinstatement cost assessment surveysFee and framework biddingKey client management Measured Building SurveysArchitectural Plans provision & construction advice

Northampton, England, United Kingdom

Working as a Building Surveyor primarily in a Retail Project Management role. Responsible for high level programme and project management for a leading telecoms retail client, rolling out multiple countrywide new store opening and refurbishment projects. Other skills; preparing & negotiating schedules of dilapidations and producing schedules of condition on behalf of both landlord & tenant on a wide variety of properties throughout the UK.Undertaking detailed measured surveys of industrial, commercial & residential properties. Preparing and submitting accurate plans using AutoCAD suitable for planning, and listed building consent & advertising consent. Preparation and submission of full sets of working drawings for feasibility, tender, construction, and as built records. Applying sufficient detail for to working drawing packages to obtain Building Regulation or Warrant approval. Surveying property portfolios for insurance reassessment valuation purposes.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Trainee Building Surveyor working from EC Harris’ Milton Keynes Office.Worked as part of a dynamic 'Format Team' undertaking design and survey responsibility for new acquisitions and existing refurbishment projects on behalf of major high street retailers. Planning point of contact within ECH MK, and very experienced surveyor. Specialising in Retail roll-out programmes of work, Format, Design, Store layout and space planning, Visualisations, Measured building surveys, AutoCAD, MS Excel, MS Word and other MS office programs.Responsibilities:- Planning Applications and Listed Building Consent submissions for:~Bank of Ireland / Post Office ATM's (PP, LBC and AC)~Orange, T-Mobile and everything everywhere (PP and LBC)- Undertaking full measured building surveys across the UK on behalf of: McDonalds, Lloyd's Banking Group, Orange, T-Mobile, everything everywhere, Nokia, Yorkshire Bank, Clydesdale Bank, Bank of Ireland, Post Office Ltd, Bracknell Forest Council Schools and Working LinksOther responsibilities include:-Project Management Support. -Check Surveys-Design Management-Producing full sets of working drawings (using AutoCAD)-Applying for planning permission. -CCTV AuditingProject Management:-Pre-start Meetings-Snagging-Handovers-Cost Management

Employed as a surveyor and CAD technician on private home improvements such as extensions, loft conversions outbuildings as well as new builds. Duties included arranging and carrying out surveys, liaising with homeowners to gauge requirements. Drawing up full, scaled plans for refurbishment projects including:-Floor plans-Schematics-External elevations.-Applying for Building Regulations-Applying for Listed Building Consent-Applying for Planning Permission

Bsc(Hons), Building Surveying, 2:1

Studied on day release basis, 1 day per week during term time, while in full time employment

Hnc, Construction Management

Studied part time, while in full time employment

Btec, Construciton Management

Studied part time, while in full time employment

City & Guilds, Autocad Level 1-3

Evening classes