JOHN DOUGLAS STEVEN STREETER Dip Arch RIBA RMaPS

 

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 Professional Qualifications and organisations

o        I am an Associate in Bickerdike Allen Partners - a firm of Architects in North West London - and a Director and CDM co-ordinator in their subsidiary company Bickerdike Allen (CDM) Ltd.

o        I hold the Diploma in Architecture of Thames Polytechnic School of Architecture and Landscape (now the University of Greenwich).

o        I am a Registered and Chartered Architect; a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects; and a Registered Member (CDM co-ordinator) of the Association for Project Safety.

o        A member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings and the National Trust I am particularly interested in the sensible conservation of buildings and the maintenance and application of traditional construction skills and environmentally appropriate materials.

ARB Registration no. 049228K - RIBA Membership no. 04867460 - APS Membership no. M0000395

 

Work Experience

·         I have worked for some 40 years on a wide range of new-build and refurbishment projects in major architectural practices, including YRM, James Cubitt Fello Atkinson & Partners, Covell Mathews; and Triad.  Clients included public authorities, private building owners and commercial developers, for sites both at home and overseas.

·         I was Editor of various technical publications at the National Building Agency (NBA) in London.  These were primarily written for architects and dealt with the application of Building Regulations and other official technical guidance to the design of dwellings.

·         After the closure of the NBA I joined Bickerdike Allen Partners as a Senior Architect in the Construction Technology Group.  I became an Associate in May 1987.  In my present capacity, I investigate defects (often the subject of litigation or arbitration) in buildings and suggest appropriate remedial measures.

·         I also give advice to Architects, Contractors and Building Owners on a wide variety of general construction technology issues, arising at all stages of the design and construction process.  I have acted for loss adjusters and other legal advisors in the assessment of technical issues arising out of storm damage and personal injury claims.

·         I am listed in the Law Society Directory of Expert Witnesses and have given opinion on disputed technical matters in litigations, prepared Expert Reports, attended Expert Meetings and given evidence in arbitrations.

·         I have undertaken the duties of Planning Supervisor and CDM co-ordinator in over 140 construction projects in both new work and the refurbishment of historic buildings in accordance with the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 1994 & 2007. 

  

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Publications and other activities include:

·         "Easiguides" researched, written and prepared for publication at the NBA as a free magazine 'insert' in collaboration with Building Design from 1979 to 81 (18 issues in two series).

  • "Easibrief" articles within Building Design written and illustrated in association with Sylvester Bone of Haverstock Associates (now of the Camden Consultancy).  Various articles on new developments in building materials for "What's New in Building" and other trade journals.
  • Member of a study team commissioned by BRAC (DoE) in 1981 to prepare a demonstration Code of Practice on Energy Conservation measures as part of proposals for a revised system of Building Control.  Culminated in the publication of The Building Regulations 1985.
  • "Principles of Element Design", Second Edition; published by George Godwin, 1982.  I fully revised, updated and expanded this publication in collaboration with the original author Peter Rich.
  • I was author and co-author with Peter Rich and Sylvester Bone of "Architectural Checklists" a series of six guides for building owners, designers and inspectors covering the primary elements of buildings.  With comprehensive bibliographical and reference data, published by Henry Stewart Publications, London 1985.
  • Founder Member of the Panel of Contributors to "Facilities" magazine, a monthly digest for the building administration manager, published by the Bulstrode Press, London from 1983 to 1990.   I contributed regular articles for the magazine on new building products, the analysis and risk assessment of heath and safety issues associated with the use of building materials and building maintenance procedures.
  • Contributor to "Modern Matters - Principles & practice in Conserving Recent Architecture", Donhead Publishing, Shaftesbury, 1996, part II, Section 16, pp139-144 "Mosaic-clad concrete: recent research".  From a paper given at the Modern Matters Conference, organised at the RIBA in London by English Heritage, in 1995.
  • 1996 -2000 member of the Steering Group for a DETR 'Partners in Technology' research project, organised by the Concrete Society and carried out by Taylor Woodrow Engineering Ltd., on "Moisture in Concrete & Performance of Impermeable Floor Coverings"

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