Garry Taylor
Arundel,England
Summary
A seasoned business owner (recently retired) with deep understanding of business dynamics and basic economics, advocating for free market principles, small government, and low taxes. Demonstrates strong productivity through strategic decision-making and efficient resource management, including land, labour, and capital. Passionate about innovation adopting professional approach, based on commitment of sound business information and market data analysis. Value skills within team and empowering collective actions while maintaining strong ethics of honesty and fairness with all. Skilled in developing shared business strategies and implementing plans using available resources, technology, and capital. In my retirement my goal is give something back, maintain degree of activity to help others, through my interest in politics and all things business.
Overview
47
47
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Principal
RMOE-consult
Arundel, West Sussex
01.2024 - 12.2024
Facilitated training and coaching for individuals and teams to enhance productivity.
Delivered problem-solving and risk management strategies to mitigate project risks with G8 Housing Associations and several top 10 House Builders
Implemented programming techniques to optimise workflows within integrated teams.
I written several Housing association design briefs and help the same clients in resolving issues when projects have not gone well.
Principal and Chartered Building Surveyor
G J Taylor Consultancy
Arundel, West Sussex
04.2006 - 12.2023
Delivered comprehensive professional services to construction industry, encompassing project initiation, mobilisation, and design.
Coordinated project management, financial and quality audits for diverse commercial and housing projects.
- Provided independent advice and mediation to resolve disputes and redirect derailed projects.
- Promoted sustainable practices by advocating collaborative working among clients and contractors through waste reduction in process and in procurement using "CLIP" and "LEAN" management techniques.
Equity Partner
Calford Seaden Partnership (formaly John Calford)
Southampton, Hampshire
06.1986 - 03.2006
- Executed daily duties with precision and efficiency.
- Acquired and utilised new skills to enhance productivity.
- Delivered tasks consistently within tight deadlines.
- Exhibited professionalism and collaborative spirit in all interactions.
Managed regional office transition from Southampton to Winchester, expanding staff from 3 to 22 within gowing business.
Introduced architectural services to evolve practice aims to becoming multidisciplinary firm.
Advanced from junior role to Equity Partner at John Calford Partnership merging with Seadens to become Calford Seaden Partnership, growing business from 8 to near 250 before i decided to retire in 2006.
I wanted to pursue focused on establishing specialist collaborative business model that moved away from tradition blame culture but to solutions driven business.
Senior Building Surveyor
Hyde Housing association
Southampton, Hampshire
02.1979 - 05.1986
Acquired and refurbished derelict properties into affordable flats and apartments.
Rapidly progressed from maintenance to development team, becoming second member of in-house consultancy.
Completed full-time two-year OND in construction prior to joining hyde Housing and then on day release continued my training for HNC.
Gained extensive experience on client side before transitioning to John Calford Partnership needed to secure wider professional experience and growth to achieve my diary and eventually professional membership of RICS as Chartered Building Surveyor 1988.
Intern engineer
A B Taylor Technical services Ltd
Woolwich, London Borough
06.1978 - 01.1979
Assisted in operation of family-run structural engineering business, specialising in programming first Olivetti computer for structural calculations to accelerate structural analysis process.
Education
MRICS - Building Surveying and Project Management
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
London 04.1982 - 03.1988
Skills
- I have been a business owner and understand business dynamic
- I understand basic economics, support the principles of a free market, small government, low taxes and effective and efficient management of essential services
- Productivity is key to running a successful business; making the right decisions and effective and efficient deployment of Land, Labour, Capital and other scare resources
- I have passion, drive, and enjoy innovating adopting a professional approach to all things in business
- I understand the importance of sound business information and market data, listening to your audience (being present), not speaking first, and value the collective actions from within the team
- I have strong ethics, principles of honesty, fairness, and adopt professional approach alway
- I am not fearful of or taking managed risks but also willing to own and omit to my mistakes quickly, not passing the buck
- I like to have an agreed and shared business strategy, then develop a plan to deliver this business strategy working with the skilled resources available, members of my team, technology, capital and test or pilot ideas, make improvements before full implementation
Affiliations
- Playing my bass guitar, various keyboards and recording sounds in my home studio. Reading and travel with the UK.
- I love cars and planes, learned to fly light aircraft Biggin Hill (but no longer retain a licence), now flying my drone including flight simulator software on my PC - it is safer!
Certification
I am a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) and until recently, an Associate member of Chartered Insititute of Housing (CIH).
I have been a member of the International Group to the CIH leading some of the study groups to EU countries but also North America/Canada.
My home office is a Canadian design Super E built office which is highly insulated, air tight and energy efficient.
I have also in the pass held a CAA approved Drone permission to fly when I was working used during COVID to help clients see status of there building sites.
Accomplishments
I have been a member of the CIH (SE) region International Group, leading and attending a number of study tours to EU cities, such as Berlin, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Austria, Paris etc., and also hosted International guests in the UK from Berlin, USA, to foster exchange of techniques, knowledge and skills on solving Housing and Construction issues across the globe.
I also witten a few technical reports for the Canadian Trade Commission in London, to further the Super E programe, attending events at the the Canadian Commission, brokering and providing access to Housing association Clients in the UK. i had been instrumental in developing affordable housing, actual schemes built in the UK using Canadian House building techniques and knowhow.
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Principal
RMOE-consult
01.2024 - 12.2024
Principal and Chartered Building Surveyor
G J Taylor Consultancy
04.2006 - 12.2023
Equity Partner
Calford Seaden Partnership (formaly John Calford)
06.1986 - 03.2006
MRICS - Building Surveying and Project Management
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
04.1982 - 03.1988
Senior Building Surveyor
Hyde Housing association
02.1979 - 05.1986
Intern engineer
A B Taylor Technical services Ltd
06.1978 - 01.1979