David Robinson Email & Phone Number

Leeds, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for delivering high quality professional building surveying and project services.

West Yorkshire

Responsible for leading a team of building surveyors and project managers reporting directly to the board of Directors. Projects include dilapidations, contract administration, project management, refurbishment and advising in-house delivery teams on property management issues. Responsible for serving a portfolio of national clients, developing the business and growing the team.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Responsibilities include business development and developing a growth plan for the business.• Commission Director for Boots Framework Agreement for property portfolio.• Vendors surveys for Hammerson’s which led to successful £114 million disposal of 620,000 sq. ft. Westmorland Retail Park & Manor Walks Shopping Centre, Cramlington • Fund Monitoring for £10 million Residential Development site comprising 151 new houses in Stainforth, South Yorkshire.• Dilapidations advice for Land Securities and Rank Group for office, retail and leisure premises. • Vendors surveys for Co-Operative retail stores as part of disposal strategy.• Successfully negotiated £170,000 dilapidations settlement for private individual landlord of 9,000 sq. ft. industrial property in Pudsey, Leeds.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Building Surveyor responsible for Building Consultancy services in the Leeds office. • Designed and project managed £700k Landlord’s Cat A refurbishment of offices and common areas St. Andrew’s House, Leeds. • Successfully negotiated dilapidations settlement claims and project managed Cat A refurbishment works for 55,000 sq. ft. offices at Central Park, Leeds on behalf of the landlord. • Successfully negotiated dilapidations claims and project managed dilapidations works for Industrial Units at Maple Park, Leeds on behalf of the asset managers for the Landlord, Goldman Sachs.• Development monitoring for T&C Bathrooms new 205,000 sq. ft. purpose built industrial distribution warehouse, Bretton Park, Dewsbury.• Successfully negotiated a reduction of £945k from Landlords dilapidations claim on behalf of the Tenant, for 55,000 sq. ft. industrial unit at Linkway Trading Estate, Middleton. • Project managed £340k Cat B new office fit out for Redmayne Bentley at Bond Court, Leeds. Prepared dilapidations exit strategy for their former office premises and successfully negotiated dilapidations settlements. • Successfully acted as expert witness in construction dispute between building contractor and homeowner in the High Court. • Project managed £2.5 million residential development site for 22 new build home and apartments at Harlow Oval, Harrogate.• CWDC, City Exchange, Leeds. Space planning, interior design, project management and contract administration of new 20,000 sq. ft. office fit out. • Fund Monitoring £28 million historic mill residential conversion schemes to form apartments in Mirfield and Batley on behalf of Bank of Ireland.• Acquisition surveys on behalf of RBS for £290 million commercial property portfolio • Design and project management of office fit out space rationalisation and dilapidations advice for Hewitts at No.1 City Square, Leeds.

Leeds

Key member of the Building Consultancy team, assisted in the growth of the team, including successfully mentoring members of the team though the RICS APC process.Responsible for carrying out Professional Services such as Building Surveys, Dilapidations, Party Walls, Planned Maintenance Surveys, Feasibility Studies for a wide range of Industrial, Office, Student, Residential, Care Home and Further/Higher Education properties. Provided Project Monitoring, Project Management, Employer's Agent and Contract Administration for a wide range of Commercial, Industrial, Retail and Residential properties on various new build Construction, Refurbishment and Repair projects.Clients included Canada Life, Lloyds TSB, Teesland Group, Wolseley Group, Natwest, Henderson Investors, Royal Bank of Scotland, Newcastle College, Walkers Transport, University of Lincoln and Humberside and Ubrique Investments. • Retained Building Surveyor for CBRE, managing agents of Princess Quay Shopping Centre, Hull • Condition survey of Newcastle College • PPM Survey of Frenchgate Centre, Doncaster on behalf of Teesland Group• Development monitoring for Royal Bank of Scotland for new 65,000 sq. ft. distribution warehouse in Stallingborough for Nor Cargo. • Building survey for Ubrique Investments acquisition of student residential campuses at Storthes Hall and Ashenhurst from the University of Huddersfield. • Project monitoring on behalf of Lloyds TSB, new 110,000 sq. ft. distribution warehouse for MacFarlane Transport, Pontefract Lane, Leeds• Development monitoring for Royal Bank of Scotland new sheltered living apartment scheme at Fieldhead, Mirfield • PPM Survey of University of Hull, Cottingham Road Campus

Manchester

Chartered building surveyor working in a small team responsible for carrying out Building Surveys, Dilapidations, Project Management and Contract Administration for various commercial properties throughout the country. • Carried out Building Survey as part of due diligence process for Contract Chemicals acquisition of 7.7 acre Rhone Poulenc chemical processing site in Gloucester. • Project managed £750,000 insurance reinstatement works on behalf of LTE Scientific Ltd to industrial premises in Greenfield, following gas explosion. • Project managed extension to existing paper manufacturing facility in Rochdale.

Leeds

Assistant building surveyor responsible for carrying out a range of professional building surveying services such as Building Surveys, Schedules of Condition, Dilapidations and Insurance Reinstatement Cost Assessments for a variety of commercial properties including Hotels, Industrial and Offices.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Graduate building surveyor responsible for carrying out condition surveys and refurbishment works for group repair housing improvement schemes on behalf of Kirklees Council for privately owned terraced houses in Batley as part of EU funded enterprise zone. Project management services also included preparing detailed designs, specification of works, drawings, preparing tender documents and contract administration of the works. Delivered the refurbishment projects within the budget costs for a series of repair schemes up to £400,000 in contract value. Project managed £1.5 million repair and refurbishment works for housing association owned low rise block of flats in Bradford.

Leeds, United Kingdom

Temporary 6 months contract acting as Building Surveyor responsible for managing team of surveyors carrying out stock condition surveys for Leeds City Council housing stock. Also responsible for carrying out condition surveys for Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries & Food premises throughout the North of England.

Santa Cruz, California

After graduating, worked as a ride operator on a fun fair for 4 months of the summer season and then travelled throughout North America across from the west to east coast.

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Year out placement in the non housing Property Maintenance team which provided a wide breadth of building surveying experience ranging from historic Town Halls, Civic Halls, Schools and Vehicle Maintenance Depots. Experience gained in carrying out Condition Surveys, preparing Specifications and Detailed Drawings for Repairs, Maintenance and Refurbishment projects.

Huddersfield, United Kingdom

During summer and term holidays worked as an Architectural Technician preparing design drawings and specifications for a variety of residential and commercial projects to gain work experience. This helped to develop technical skills and construction knowledge.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc) Hons, Building Surveying, 2/1

Btec Ordinary National Diploma, Building Studies, Distinction

• BTEC Ordinary National Diploma Building Studies