Prime Building Consultants Ltd are able to offer an extensive range of architectural and surveying services to both the public and private sectors

Structure and Resources

The professional services for each project are carried out by a team established for the duration of the project under the direction of a Senior Director. This is to enable a higher level of management to be maintained and ensure continuity and response to the various workloads.

The current resource is set out below:

• 2 Chartered Architects
• 2 Chartered Building Surveyors
• 3 Chartered Quantity Surveyors
• 5 Other Qualified Surveyors
• 8 Architectural and Technical Staff
• 4 Support/Clerical Staff
• 12 Consultants

In House Departments

Building Surveying department

Our Building Surveying Department offers advice on the following:

• Building Works, including CAD design services, and planning and building regulations applications.
• Building and Measured surveys.
• Project Management.
• Construction Monitoring.
• Building Maintenance.
• Planned Maintenance Programmes.
• Insurance assessment and claims.
• Energy audits
• Dilapidations (Land and Building)
• Disabled access audits
• Expert Witness
• Tree Preservation Orders
• Structural Engineering

A close working relationship between our Building Surveyors and Quantity Surveyors ensures that we maintain up to date information on Statutory Regulations.

Architects department

Over the history of the practice, our architects department has completed several thousand homes, ranging from individual commissions to flats, hostels, sheltered housing and entire estates. We have worked with over twenty housing associations both directly and within a design and build framework, in partnerships with local authorities and with private clients and developers.

Our on-going involvement with the industrial, commercial, leisure and retail sector continues to expand with a number of new commissions for corporate projects.

In addition to design the Architects also carry out;

• Planning Applications
• Conservation Area and Listed Building Consents
• Planning Appeals
• Applications for Certificates of Lawful Use
• Licensing Applications
• SAP Calculations
• Code For Sustainable Homes Assessments
• Housing Quality Indicator (HQI) Assessments
• Design and Quality Standards Assessments
• Measured Surveys
• Secure by Design Applications

Corporate Approved Inspectors department

PCC approved corporate inspectors for Building Regulation matters. Set up as an alternative to using the Local Authority Building Regulation departments nationwide.

Computer department

The practice has invested progressively into IT and currently operates 12 CAD workstations with large format plan and colour printing facilities with VectorWork and Autocad software.

Relocation department

Our relocation department provides clients with a specialist service to minimise their disruption and down time arising out of relocations, either within existing premises or to new premises. We handle all aspects of a relocation from establishing the client's briefs space audits, space planning etc, through to managing the physical move.

Managing agents

Responding to client requirements, we now manage and maintain a number of private residential and commercial properties.

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007

To meet the requirements of CDM we have trained, registered, staff dedicated to fulfilling the CDM Co-ordinator's role. For our contractor clients, we are able to fulfil the Principal Contractor's role.

Party Wall etc. Act, 1996

Our dedicated staff have several years experience in dealing with Party Wall Matters, from the old London Building Acts to the current legislation. Currently, the practice deals with in excess of fifty party wall instructions a year.

Quality Assurance

The practice exercise management and quality control through Director involvement in all projects that meets the requirements of BS EN ISO 9001 ; l 994, and has achieved certification. Certificate Nos. GB 2368 and GB 8302.

Professional indemnity insurance

We confirm that we hold Professional Indemnity Insurance in the sum of £2,000,000 which is "topped up" on an 'as need' basis to meet client requirements

Corporate Approved Inspectors PII is in the suom of £5,000,000.

Construction Line

As a previously approved DETR Consultant, Prime Building Consultants is now registered with Construction Line, ref 17588.

Other successes

As Prime Building Consultants Ltd has gradually expanded the two principal Directors have recognized the value of training not only within the company but also by extending opportunities to students of local schools.

A member of the Mid Kent Education Business Partnership, PBC takes students for up to two weeks at a time throughout the year for work experience and sponsors Young Enterprise.

As a result of PBC'S continuing work in education the company won a Special Award for Employability and Training at the 2003 Kent Business Awards and is currently working towards recognition in "Investors in People".