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NEWS EXPANSION JDP celebrates practice’s growth
A Shropshire architect is celebrating 20 years of service by helping his practice to a record year of business performance. Matt Spinks (pictured left), joined Johnson Design Partnership (JDP) founder Vic Johnson in 2004, and is “enjoying the perfect birthday present,” after the practice’s 10 strong team sealed a string of new instructions that will see turnover pass £600,000 for the fi rst time.
The central Bridgnorth-based business has built a strong reputation for delivering innovative projects in healthcare, education and the self-build market, “helping owners bring their dream homes to life through the power of creative design. “ In the last 12 months alone, JDP has been instructed on 150 jobs, with a total project value of more than £50m. Spinks commented: “It has been a fantastic two decades with Johnson Design Partnership – I have no idea where the time has gone,” who got the job after his dad saw the advert in the local paper. He continued: “I had just fi nished my Post Grad Diploma (part two of the architecture course) and had the choice of three different practices. There was something about working in Bridgnorth and the chance to learn from Vic and shape the business going forward that really
and King Charles opened the school when it was completed. Not a bad one to add to your fl edgling CV.”
“There were just the three of us at the
appealed to me.” “My fi rst project was one to remember – Upton Meadows Primary School. This was partly funded by the Prince’s Foundation
start, but we have now grown into one of Shropshire’s leading independent architects, employing 10 people. The skills, experience and personalities we have now really drive the culture of our business and I’m very proud to be part of this team.” The practice, which has recently been named on the NHS Shared Business Services Framework for the West Midlands, offers a complete project management service from feasibility work and planning to detailed design, project monitoring and contract administration. Vic Johnson, who founded the practice in 2001, added: “Little did I know when I took a fresh-faced budding architect on in 2004 that he would become such a massive part of the business. We all share a passion for taking on complex projects that other architects have turned down!” Johnson concluded: “Two of the next big pushes will be looking at more opportunities in the educational and industrial sectors, whilst exploring projects outside of the UK. We’ll also be putting forward some of our more ambitious work for national architecture awards.”
ACA launches Principal Designer Register BUILDING SAFETY ACT
The Association of Consultant Architects has launched the Building Safety Act Principal Designer Register, to help clients identify practices with the competencies to fulfi l the Principal Designer role. The Building Safety Act’s secondary legislation requires a Principal Designer on all building projects. The ACA has reviewed the competence required to undertake the new Principal Designer role, concluding that “the architect is best placed to carry it out.” The Act requires that it has to be done by the designer in control of the design phase of the project. In order to assist clients and others with responsibility for appointing a Principal
Designer, the ACA has created a register, located at
www.PrincipalDesigner.uk. This will enable confi rmation that the architect appointed to the project has the required qualifi cations and competences to fulfi l the BSA Principal Designer role. They can search the register by name, practice name or postcode.
Architects have to be principals or directors of the practice and can register very simply provided that they are ACA members. This allows their practice to undertake the role. Membership of the ACA is free for registered architects who are directors or principals, and can join by visiting:
ACArchitects.co.uk/join-the-aca
Architects can register as Principal Designers by visiting: www.
PrincipalDesigner.uk for an annual fee of £100 plus VAT. ACA president, Patrick Inglis said: “The new regulations make the client responsible for appointing suitably qualifi ed entities to the new roles of Principal Designer and Principal Contractor. I am delighted that the ACA has launched the Principal Designer Register for architects. This will allow ACA members to register as principal designers for Building Regulations and will allow their clients, potential clients and others to fi nd them.”
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