Commercial Building Control Projects

Commercial Building Control Projects

We take pride in offering comprehensive support to architects, developers, and contractors, prioritising the critical issue of ensuring compliance with building regulations and ensuring the safety of your project. With over a decade of experience operating at the highest professional level, you can trust that you are in capable hands. Our dedicated team of plan checkers, all qualified building control professionals, are managed centrally by our technical director. They are always available to address any technical questions you may have, regardless of their complexity.

At Building Consents Ltd, we offer a first class commercial building control service tailored to meet your individual project requirements. Our extensive knowledge and experience in commercial building regulations across all areas are unparalleled.

In addition to our expertise, we provide a range of services to meet your project needs. This includes early consultation meetings, a dedicated project manager as your single point of contact, and a commitment to resolve any technical issues promptly and efficiently.

As an independent approved inspector, we are authorised by the government and licensed by the Construction Industry Council Approved Inspectors Register (CICAIR Ltd) to carry out building control services throughout England and Wales. Our expertise extends to various sectors, including offices, industrial, healthcare, education, retail, and leisure.

At Building Consents, we offer a first class commercial building control service tailored to meet your individual project requirements. Our extensive knowledge and experience in commercial building regulations across all areas are unparalleled. Our building control surveyors are highly skilled and qualified in all types of commercial buildings, ensuring a smooth and seamless project execution.

All of our building control surveyors hold an HNC, HND, degree, or equivalent qualification, and are typically accredited members of professional bodies such as the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), the Chartered Institute of Building Engineers (CABE), or the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB).

We understand the importance of getting your designs right the first time to save time and expenses. That’s why we work closely with you at every stage, documenting and auditing your design and conducting inspections at key milestones. We keep you informed throughout the entire process, going the extra mile to problem-solve and address any issues early on.

As regulations evolve, we stay at the forefront of proposed changes to Building Regulations, ensuring that you and your team are one step ahead.

Fire safety is a major consideration in our building control projects, and we collaborate with the Fire Authority through Fire Authority Consultations to ensure clear and viable fire routes for access and escape.

Many of our commercial clients return to us with new projects, a testament to the level of service we provide as their chosen approved inspector.

Our cost-effective pricing structure allows us to work within your budget without compromising quality.

What our clients say...

Why choose Building Consents Limited?

✓  Professional Services

Our experience in the Building Control Industry enables us to prioritize efficiency and timing.

✓  Proactive Approach

Our team takes a proactive approach when working with clients, ensuring prompt responses and action. We provide a no-obligation quotation within 48 hours of receiving an enquiry.

✓  Strictly Honest Advice

As a licensed CICAIR-approved company, we adhere to strict regulations, guaranteeing the highest standards in our work.

✓  Independent Team

Unlike local government Building Control Inspectors, our team of licensed Approved Inspectors offers a personal and friendly approach to all our clients.

Building Consents. Approved inspectors to help you get building regulation approval for domestic and commercial projects throughout England and Wales.

Sara Johnson

Administrator

I started my building control life over 10 years ago on the admin side of the function, moving up to managing a BC admin team and being responsible for building control compliance.

Though I always felt a pull to the technical side of building control and obtained my Associate CABE membership. I’m now working towards full membership and I’m enjoying developing my technical skills.

Claire Carter

Administrator

I have always had an interest in architecture and 6 years ago I began my journey in Building Control.
I started as an Administrator and became a Senior Building Control Compliance Technician and becoming the Line Manager for members of my team.

With building myself professionally,  I have become more and more interested, in the technical side of Building Control and have recently been accredited with my Associate CABE with a view to becoming a full CABE member in the future.

Matthew Fielding

Content Creator

I joined Building Consents in October 2023 after finishing sixth form with 3 A-levels including Russian and art. I love travelling the around the UK to various football matches, in particular Leeds United. Since 2018 I have created YouTube videos on a regular basis, documenting the matches I attend.

Maxine Cromack

Account Manager

Maxine is the Operations Assistant at Building Consents and has many years’ experience in this field. She works closely with the Operations Manager, Directors, and Surveyors whilst ensuring administration duties and clerical tasks are completed to help streamline the day-to-day business operations of the company

Maxine loves to travel and in particularly enjoys a road trip. She has driven the famous Route 66 from Chicago to LA. She has also touched the Opal Glass on the inside of Big Ben!

Oliver Kennedy-Harris

Structural Assessor/Surveyor

Oliver is a Building Inspector and has joined Building Consents in 2023.

Initially Oliver has a Masters degree MEng (Hons) In Civil & Structural Engineering and started his career as a Structural Engineer in private practise. After having enough of working in an office, Oliver pursued a career in helping others by joining Cheshire Constabulary in which he specialized in problem solving community issues and delivering positive actions and outcomes through procedural justice.

After serving in the Police, Oliver looks to bring his passion of problem solving and community engagement into the Construction Industry by delivering the same standard of premium service and positive outcomes to clients.

Oliver comes from a family of Chartered Building Inspectors.

Out of office Oliver enjoys a variety of hobbies and sports including CrossFit and wakeboarding in the summer months.

Mubarak Ali

Surveyor

My name is Mubarak Ali. I enjoy working in challenging environments as part of a team or as an individual. Having started my career as an Architect upon graduating from Nottingham Trent University with a BArch (Hons) degree in Architecture (RIBA Part 1), I have been fortunate enough to experience working within the UK as well as abroad. Seeing how construction projects in different parts of the world come together has been one of the influencing factors in studying to become a chartered Building Surveyor.

I am currently studying an MSc in Real Estate Management/Surveying (RICS) at Birmingham City University, which I will complete in September 2022. To aid in consolidating my learning, I have also had some hands-on experience working as a Quality Checking Assistant for a Local Construction Company.

Away from work, I enjoy travelling, cooking, and spending time salvaging/restoring classic cars.

Craig Coates

Plan Examiner

Craig has over 40 years’ experience within the industry spanning across both the public and private sector

David Potter

Plan Examiner

David has since he left school,  spent his entire career within the construction industry.

First as an apprenticed carpenter and joiner for a small local based builder and then joining the local  council building control team as a Trainee, then progressing up through the ranks to lead a team of 23

He has in excess of 40 years construction experience with over 35 years within the Building Control sector, he has developed a specialism for hospitals and schools over the years which lead him to become involving in overseeing a large number of diverse projects ranging from small hospital operating theatre extensions to the provision of  large secondary schools

In his spare time he enjoys running and building his garden railway complete with full scale Signal Box and levers. 

Gabriel Clarke

Chartered Surveyor

Hello, my name is Gabriel Clarke, I joined Building Consents in March 2021 after graduating from Liverpool John Moores University with an honours Bachelor of Science degree in Building Surveying.

I am now working toward gaining full professional status with CABE and becoming a chartered building engineer. Something that not a lot of people know about me is that it is my dream to learn how to play the piano.

Carl Williams

Chartered Surveyor

Married to Anita, we have 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

My father (who was a builder) encouraged me in my teenage years to pursue a career in a profession other than working as a trade on a construction site.

At the age of 17 I gained employment with the local authority as a trainee assistant maintenance surveyor. I continued with the local authority for 33 years by which time I had progressed through college, university and my chartership.

I changed careers with in the council a couple of times and gained experience in – Surveying, design quantity surveying and site management. For the last 18 years I have been I Building Control Surveyor.

Something not many people would know about me….. I am a great, great uncle.

James Dunne

Chartered Surveyor

I have been the leading Surveyor for the Queensway project, a development of 324 flats from start to finish of the 2 ½ yearlong project. Excellent project management has been key to the successful delivery on time and in budget.

Lead surveyor for all Co-operative projects undertaken. This includes plan checks through to project completion enabling surveyors to provide Final Certification to the customer.

Lead Surveyor on Collinson Construction projects based in Gloucester and Battersea.

Lead Surveyor on all One Stop Retail Projects from new build to Fire improvement works included 246 retail premises.

Projects that I have taken through to completion include, EE Retail, Superdrug, Clarks and Greggs.  

I manage my own workload and produce my own site reports, plan assessments, and approval notices. I carry out the building control function on a variety of schemes ranging from small domestic to large commercial and industrial developments. I currently administer schemes throughout the country.

Something not many people know about me: You don’t want to know.

Rhagbir Kang

Chartered Surveyor

With over 25 years’ experience in local government and now in the private sector, I have gained a wealth of experience.

Building up a portfolio of clients, dealing with a wide variety of projects from domestic to commercial to industrial.  Including schools, HMO’s, flats and individual house builds.

Over the years, I have had the fortune of working with experienced surveyors, and passing my knowledge to the next generation of surveyors. 

I’ve enjoyed working in the construction sector, and continue to learn something new each day.

Outside surveying, I enjoy walking, and have embarked on learning to play the guitar.

Trevor Jacklin

Technical Director

Trevor has been working in construction industry for over 40 Years. Originally training with an electrical engineering company he has gained a broad spectrum of experience from onsite construction and installation, before moving to design and then onto becoming a regulator working for Local Authority Building Control. He has worked on a broad spectrum of projects including high rise housing, Schools, and colleges (including residential facilities), Hospitals and care homes and general commercial units. He has an outside of the box approach and aspires to deliver clients with options and avoid the obstacles on their path to compliance.

Alongside his role here, Trevor is involved with developing standards as a committee member at the BSI. He is also proactive at a regional level with the CABE (Chartered Association of Building Engineers) who work across a wide range of disciplines, to share knowledge, raises standards and develops professionals, enabling them to meet the highest standards.

Trevor has been recognised for his contribution to CABE by being one of the first members to be awarded the CABE Gold Service Award, which is presented to members of the Association who have promoted the ideas and values of the Association to support the advancement of the Association.

As a personal challenge at 40, Trevor took part and completed the Devizes to Westminster canoe race, the race starts in Devizes, Wiltshire, finishing at Westminster Bridge in central London, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Taking place over the Easter Weekend, it’s a gruelling course is 125 miles long and includes 77 portages.

Glyn Thomas

Managing Director

Glyn has been a Building Control practitioner for 30+ years and also spent a decade in Ukraine working for an American real estate company. He is now back in the UK and looking forward to new challenges.

Larry King

Director

Larry has than 40 years experience in helping developers achieve Building Consents. He founded the company, retired in 2022 but still remains a Director.