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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Assisted in operation of family-run structural engineering business, specialising in programming first Olivetti computer for structural calculations to accelerate structural analysis process.
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.
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.