People

David Jolliffe
Partner

Appointed to the position of Senior Partner in 2004, David has over 30 years experience in quantity surveying and project management. David has extensive experience of both new build and refurbishment projects within the private and public sectors.

David specialises in the commercial and retail sectors and specialist projects.

Gary Shotnik
Partner

Gary has over 25 years experience in the construction industry covering all aspects of cost management and quantity surveying for a broad number of sectors including retail, commercial, corporate, healthcare, education, transport and historic buildings.

Nigel Smith
Partner

Nigel has been with the practice over 20 years and is an accomplished member of our team. Nigel draws on his extensive experience to provide comprehensive quantity surveying and project management consultancy.

Nigel specialises in retail and education work and is Harris and Porter’s account holder for B&Q with whom Harris and Porter have worked for approximately 20 years and are now a partnered quantity surveyor.

Mike Thurlow
Partner

Mike has been with the practice over 25 years and is experienced in all aspects of construction cost management, quantity surveying and project management.

Mike has extensive experience in most sectors and manages internal teams on behalf of our clients.

Nicholas Ralph
Partner

Nick has over 20 years experience in a variety of sectors within the construction industry, and having professional qualifications in both quantity surveying and project management enables him to offer a unique, multi-disciplined service to our clients.

Nick is now specialising in utilities work and is Harris & Porter's account holder for EDF Energy, heading up a team of quantity surveyors and project managers on a number of major projects.

Roger Hammond
Director (Housing Services)

Senior Partner of the practice for nearly 10 years and responsible for setting up the project management division of the company, Roger now specialises in housing association and private residential developments.

Roger brings over 35 years experience of the construction industry and a wide range of specialist skills including legal expertise in arbitration and adjudication.

Craig Baldwin
Director of Harris and Porter Health and Safety Ltd

Craig is responsible for the day to day running of the Division and has been instrumental in establishing a series of systems and proecdures to deal with the revised CDM Regulations introduced in 2007.

Craig has acted as Planning Supervisor and now CDM Coordinator accumulating invaluable experience on schemes up to the value of £220 million on a wide range of projects for developers, housing associations and transport Clients. Currently also oversees the H&S on store renewals and new build schemes for one of our major retail clients.

Peter O’Leary
Senior Consultant

Peter has over 25 years of project and facilities management consultancy with significant experience across a diversity of sectors and working environments. A chartered surveyor by background, Peter has over time developed an enviable list of ‘blue chip’ clients.

Peter regularly acts as project manager coordinating both construction and facilities projects for clients undertaking major organisational change.

David Strachan
CDM Co-ordinator

David is an experienced project manager who now specialises in Health & Safety. David draws on his extensive design, site and project management experience to guide clients in Health & Safety matters, forging strong client relationships.

David’s particular expertise lies in managing H&S issues for clients who want their premises to remain fully operational whilst undertaking major projects.