FULL NAME                                            Peter Hamilton Blockley

DATE OF BIRTH                                   06 December 1942

NATIONALITY                                        British

PROFESSION                                       Chartered Architect & Chartered Arbitrator

 

KEY  QUALIFICATIONS

 

l      Chartered Arbitrator 2004

l      RIBA President's panel Arbitrator 2002

l      Adjudicator, RIBA & CIC panels 1998 - 2009, AICA panel 2002 to 2007

l      Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Fellow 2000, Member 1999, Associate 1997

l      Practising Member, Academy of Experts 1993

l      Chartered Architect & Associate, RIBA 1970

l      Registered Architect 1969

l      Degree of Bachelor of Architecture with First Class Honours. University of Liverpool 1966

l      Holland Hannen and Cubitts Prize 1966

l      Robert Abraham Prize 1964

 

KEY EXPERIENCE

 

ARCHITECT, ARBITRATOR, ADJUDICATOR, EXPERT WITNESS

DESIGN & PROJECT MANAGEMENT, CONTRACT & TECHNICAL ISSUES, COMPANY DIRECTION

 

l      Arbitrator, Adjudicator, Expert Witness, Single Joint Expert, Expert Determinator.

l      Construction Defects, Contracts, Professional Services and Fees, Professional Negligence.

l      Design and Project Management of architectural & multi discipline projects.

l      Technical Advice, Technical Audits, Procurement Advice, Partnering, Design & Build.

l      CDM Regulations, Planning Supervisor.

l      Housing:  Sheltered, Special Needs, Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Almshouses,
Private Houses, Self Build.

l      Maintenance & Refurbishment:  Government Departments, Post Offices, Listed Buildings,
Courts, Schools, Defence establishments.

l      Education:  Independent, LEA & Grant Maintained Schools.

l      Social:  Courts, Police Stations, Youth Centres, Public Car Parks.

l      Health:  Psychiatric Hospitals, Doctors' Surgeries, Day Centres.

l      Industrial & Commercial - Factories, Warehouses, Showrooms, Offices, Banks, Building Societies.

l      Research:  Laboratories.

l      Defence:  Term Commissions, Army Barracks.

l      Transportation:  Stations, Light Rail, Maintenance Depots.

l      Company Direction:  Quality Assurance, Resource Management, Business Planning,
Financial Planning & Control, Marketing, Training, Personnel, Health & Safety.

 

 

EXPERIENCE

 

1993-    PARTNER

PETER  BLOCKLEY -  CHARTERED  ARCHITECT

 

PARTNER RESPONSIBLE FOR:

l      Practice Direction.

l      Project design, management & implementation.

l      Expert Witness.  Adjudicator.  Arbitrator. 

 

Adjudication & Arbitration:

 

l      Chartered Arbitrator

l      Adjudicator

l      Arbitrator

 

In excess of 40 construction adjudications.

Two construction arbitrations.

 

Expert Witness:  

l      Practising Member of the Academy of Experts.

l      Founder member of the Society of Expert Witnesses.

 

Investigations, reports & expert evidence:

 

Professional negligence arising from alleged construction defects in a new farm house in Essex (Plexus Law/Barlow Lyde & Gilbert)

Insurance dispute concerning construction defects and water penetration in a substantial residential property in St GeorgeÕs Hill, Weybridge. (Osborne Clarke)

Advising on professional negligence claim arising out of the alleged negligent design and contract administration of three specialised buildings nationwide.  (Nabarro)

Conducting an Expert Determination of a dispute between householder and plumber.

Advising on case of alleged professional negligence arising out of the design of an headquarters office building in Morecombe. Professional negligence arising out of management and design of a Department Store.  (Davies Arnold Cooper and Reed Smith Richards Butler LLP)

House Survey for purchaser.  Hungerford.  Mr B Garrard.

Copyright dispute between architects.  Devon.  (Beachcroft LLP)

Defective floors in conversion of warehouse to flats.  Plymouth (Beachcroft LLP)

Expert determination in dispute over alleged negligent roof design.  Bournemouth. (Party appointment)

Land dispute. Trowbridge.  (Awdry Bailey & Douglas)

Building defects in Supermarket and offices, Gosport.  (Eversheds and Hill Dickinson LLP)

Professional negligence in relation to planning and design of the refurbishment of an important London house.  (Henmans)

Single Joint Expert, professional negligence, design & fees.  (Party appointment)

Building defects, professional negligence in relation to house and cottage in Somerset.  (Battens)

Defective floors in conversion of Hospital to Housing, Epsom, Surrey.  (Beachcroft LLP)

Swimming Pool defects, Dorchester.  (Clarke Willmott)

Professional negligence in relation to architectural services for the refurbishment of a country house in Hertfordshire.  (Beachcroft Wansbroughs)

Professional negligence & flat conversion, Plymouth.  (Bond Pearce)

Brickwork cladding defects.  Hotel, Slough.  (Beachcroft Wansbroughs)

House defects, Surrey.  (Halliwells)

Single Joint Expert.  School roof defects, Chislehurst, Kent.  (Woolsey Morris & Kennedy + William Martin & Partners)

Single Joint Expert.  Architectural services and fees for 3 projects in Morocco.  (Davies Battersby + Dean & Dean)

HSE prosecution under CDM  regulations.  (Beachcroft Wansbroughs)

Professional negligence & cold store insulation, Cardiff.  (Beachcroft Wansbroughs)

Single Joint Expert.  UPVC windows.  Kettering, Northants.  (Graham Cardona)

Professional negligence & basement waterproofing, London. (Beachcroft Wansbroughs)

Single Joint Expert. Design, Supervision and cost control.  (Decherts and Venetia Strangwayes-Booth)

Building Regulations compliance following a major fire, Marlborough. (Wood, Awdry & Ford)

Professional negligence & basement waterproofing, Cardiff. (Morgan Cole)

Reviewing Adjudication documents. (Bond Pearce)

Basement waterproofing to new house, Richmond, Surrey.  (Fenwick Elliott and Chris Calcroft)

Handling of planning application and appeal by Local Authority, Surrey.  (Goodhand and Forsyth)

Quality of architectural services in respect of house surveys.  Manchester. (Party appointment)

Defective slate swimming pool surround at Dunsfold, Surrey.  (Independent advisor)

Swimming pool roof failure.  Southampton.  (Bond Pearce)            

Insulation and drainage defects in new office block. Westerham, Kent.  (SBT for Farmar & Shirreff)              

Architectural duties and professional standards  under a design & build contract. (Bevan Ashford - Arbitration)

Professional negligence.  (Taylor Walton)

Single Joint Expert.  UPVC windows and roof defects, Reading.  (Hayes Clifford & Co and Richard Wilson & Co)

Personal Injury, Norwich.  (Eversheds)

Barn conversion defects, Puttenham, Surrey. Arbitration proceedings. (Clifford Chance)

Professional negligence and building defects due to clay heave, Great Addington, Northants. (Badhams Thompson)

Personal Injury and construction standards.  Crete.  (Kaufman Copitch)

Building defects, town houses in Kingston upon Thames.  Report and evidence at Arbitration.  (Party appointment)

Personal Injury - asbestosis.  Preliminary advice.  (Bryan OÕConnor & Co)

Copyright dispute: design of House in  Finchampstead, Wokingham.  (Davis Walker & Co)

Defective house refurbishment and professional negligence, Kensington. (Courts & Co)

Rights of Light and professional negligence, London with SBT for Jones Lang Wootton.  Expert evidence in Court and advice at Appeal.  (Cameron McKenna)

Maritime accident damage to wharf substation. SBT for Tate & Lyle.

Defective house repairs, London. (Sayer Moore & Co)

Planning issues and professional negligence, London.  (Christopher Green & Partners)

Personal Injury, London. (Woodford Robinson)

UPVC window defects, Brighton. (Brighton BC)

Floor slab settlement and professional negligence, Anglesey. (R Gordon  Roberts, Laurie & Co)

Fee dispute & professional negligence, Hampshire. (Lamb Brooks)

Building refurbishment defects & professional negligence, London.  (Williams Davies Meltzer)

Roof slate failure, London. (Lambert Hale & Proctor)

Dilapidations survey and schedule, Clapham.

Roof failure, Kensington, for Gable House Estates Ltd with WS Atkins. (Winward Fearon & SJ Berwin)

 

Technical & Consultancy Advice:

Planning & design advice, Edmonton.  (Courts & Co).

Report & advice on fire damage to headquarters building.  Whitecross Data Exploration, Bracknell.

Architectural Advisor, Oracle Corporation UK Limited.

Consultant to Scott Brownrigg & Turner, Guildford, establishing SBT Technical Services to provide Expert, Planning Supervisor and Quality Assurance services leading to registration of SBT Technical Services under ISO EN 9001 in 1997.

Specialist subject Quality Assessor (architecture) to the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

Independent advisor on project procurement & consultantsÕ appointment for the Department of Employment.

Design and Build Projects:

Architectural Advisor for new Centre building for Milton Park Ltd, Didcot.

Architectural Advisor for new UK headquarters office, laboratories, production and distribution centre for Christian Hansen UK Ltd, Charnham Park, Hungerford.

Architectural Advisor for new Headquarters Office building (1995/6) and 4 new office & training buildings (1996/8), Thames Valley Park, Reading for Oracle Corporation UK Limited.                              

Education:

New School entrance and reception area and refurbishment of staff facilities,  Zouch Primary School.  (Phase 5)

Travelwise scheme and canopy/covered play area.  Zouch Primary School, Tidworth, Wiltshire.

Refurbishment of 2 Classrooms,  Zouch Primary School, Tidworth, Wiltshire.  (Phase 4)

Classrooms refurbishment, Zouch Primary School, Tidworth, Wiltshire.  (Phase 3)

Refurbishment of 2 Classrooms,  Zouch Primary School, Tidworth, Wiltshire.  (Phase 2)

New Nursery Unit,   Zouch Primary School, Tidworth, Wiltshire.  (Phase 1)

 

Housing & Residential:

Alterations and extension of cottage, Potterne, Wiltshire

Housing layout design & planning, Devizes, Wiltshire.

Barn Conversion and Refurbishment, Monflanquin, France.

Refurbishment of The Old Mill, Worton, Devizes.  Grade II Listed.

Major alterations and refurbishment of Grade II Listed farmhouse, Over Norton, Oxfordshire.

House alterations, extensions and landscape design, Reigate, Surrey.

Alterations to 1 Daniel Way, Banstead, for Mencap.

House extension, Walton on the Hill, Surrey.

Swimming pool roof replacement.  Southampton.

Architectural consultant to the Poors Land Almshouse Trust, West Byfleet, Surrey.

Re-roofing and house completion works, Kensington.

New House, Worton, Wiltshire - self build.

New House, Walton on the Hill, Surrey - self build.

House refurbishment, Barnes.

Re-roofing St Mary & Hamilton Almshouses, Wallington.

Refurbishment, Colltherst Almshouses, Westerham.

 

 

1988-1993        WS ATKINS, EPSOM:

1988-1992        TECHNICAL DIRECTOR, ASFA Limited &

                         Atkins Sheppard Fidler & Associates.

1992-1993        ATKINS  LISTER  DREW LIMITED.

 

BOARD DIRECTOR - RESPONSIBLE  FOR:

 

l      Company  Direction.

l      Design & Project Management of architectural 

&  multi discipline projects.

l      Technical & Contractual Issues.

l      Quality Assurance.

l      Workload & Resource Planning.

l      Health & Safety. Training.

l      Public Sector Marketing.

l      Transfer of Surrey County Council Architects Department to WS Atkins.

 

PROJECT DIRECTOR  RESPONSIBLE FOR:

 

Technical Audits & Building Disputes: 

Expert Witness:   Fees & copyright dispute. Redhill.

Building Regulation Compliance audits for DSS. 

Technical Audits for London Underground Limited.

Project & Quality Audit, East India Dock for NCC Ltd.

 

Maintenance & Refurbishment: 

Roof investigation and repair at Brandon Mews, Barbican, for the Corporation of London.

Refurbishment of Baynards House, London for HSE. 

Re-roofing, Reigate & Banstead Town Hall.

Refurbishments for Midland Bank.

Refurbishment of 12 homes for the elderly for SCC. 

 

Education:

City of London Freemen's new Junior School, masterplan & redevelopment of Senior School, new Sports Hall & Junior School extension.

De Stafford Grant Maintained School, masterplan & laboratory refurbishment.

Stoneleigh Grant Maintained Primary School.

Management of 200 education projects for SCC.

Wandsworth CTC.

Sports Centres for SCC.

 

Industrial & Commercial:  

Belvedere Business Park, Erith, Kent. 

Industrial development at Bentley, Hampshire. 

Combined Heat & Power Station, City of London.

 

Housing & Residential:

Design of small housing development.  Devizes for private client.

Sheltered Housing for Epsom & Ewell BC.

New Homes for the Frail Elderly for SCC. 

Halls of Residence for University of London. 

New Army Barracks at Tidworth & Maidstone.

 

Defence:

Term Commissions for SE Region PSA for MOD (Army).

Combined regimental Barracks at Tidworth for MOD.

Engineering Regiment Barracks at  Maidstone.

Studies for co-location of DRA & DGDQA.

 

Health: 

Hospital adaptations at Leytonstone. 

Day Centres for Visually & Mentally Handicapped people.

Homes for the Frail Elderly for SCC.

DoctorsÕ Surgery, Epsom.

 

Social:

Magistrates Courts.

Police Station refurbishments for SCC. 

Channel Tunnel Police Station for Kent CC.

Youth & Community Centre, Goldsworth Park for SCC.

 

Research:

Anechoic Chamber for National Physical Laboratory.

Defence Laboratories.

New ID Centre for Surrey County Constabulary.

 

Transportation:

Canary Wharf DLR Station.

DLR Stations Upgrading.

Manchester Metrolink stations & bridges.

Manchester Piccadilly Station Undercroft.

Maintenance Depot at Salisbury for British Rail. 

Multi-storey Car Park, Kingston.

 

1979-1988  PARTNER -

WYVERN PARTNERSHIP, DEVIZES  &  SWINDON.

 

1976-1979  ARCHITECT PARTNER -

MORRIS SMITH PARTNERSHIP, BIRMINGHAM.

 

1972-1976  ASSOCIATE

1969-1972 ARCHITECT -

GOODWIN WARNER & ASSOCIATES, LOUGHBOROUGH.

 

1968-1969   ARCHITECTURAL ASSISTANT -

BERNARD WILSON, LIVERPOOL.

 

1966-1968   ASSISTANT LECTURER -

UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL.

 

 

 






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