EMPLOYMENT

2004 - present

Walker Ladd Limited – Director

Cost estimates, client liaison, site field checking.

Computer hardware and software evaluation and procurement.

Fieldwork for a variety of surveys e.g. topographical; building floor plans, elevations and sections; rectified photography of building elevations.

Use of DTM software for sections, earthwork and volume calculations.

1999-2004

Atkins Survey & Mapping – Project Manager

Project management of wide variety of jobs e.g. EA river surveys, highway schemes, building refurbishment

Supervision of survey teams and programming of work.

Cost estimates, client liaison, site field checking.

Management of computer network, backing-up of data and implementation of new software.

Occasional fieldwork for new and refurbished building schemes at Courage Brewery, Bristol; Codrington Library, Oxford; topographical surveys for ground investigation team on M4 Swindon

1992-1999

Walker Ladd Surveys - Partner

Client liaison, purchase of hardware and software

Supervision and maintenance of computer systems.

Preparation of quotations, field checking and production of QA manuals.

Measured building surveys, topographical surveys.

1985-1992

Walker Ladd & Company - Associate

Topographical and measured building surveys throughout UK

CAD Manager advising on purchase of computer hardware and software.

Field checking and quality control.

1978-1985

Greater Manchester Council – Valuation and Estates Department - Senior Surveyor

Responsibility for Junior Surveyors, fieldwork and production of plans for acquisition and disposal purposes using theodolite levels and EDM. Surveys through the UK on behalf of the GMC Superannuation

1972-1978

M McDowell & Partners - Junior Engineer

Carrying out fieldwork, computation and plotting surveys, notably for house schemes and industrial sites. Setting out of roads and buildings. Preparation of plans and working drawings.

Fund. Plotting of surveys at various large scales and supervision of the preparation of plans.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Most Microsoft Software, over 20 years of AutoCAD experience.

PhotoPlan (imaging editor), LSS survey suite.

Leica surveying instruments including Total Stations and SmartStation GPS.

Data capture and manipulation.

Drawing and data quality control.

Digital Terrain Modelling.

EDUCATION

1969-1972 University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

BSc (Joint Honours) Geography and Surveying

1961-1968 Tadcaster Grammar School, Yorkshire

8 GCE ‘O’ Levels, 3 ‘A’ Levels