POSITION
Director
QUALIFICATIONS
1974 BSc Quantity Surveying Leeds Polytechnic
1976 Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
1988 Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
2009 Awarded Accredited Mediator Status
EMPLOYMENT
1988 – Variously Proprietor and Senior Partner and currently Managing Director Richard Cavadino and Associates Limited
1986-1988 Partner, Rex Procter and Partners, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Leeds
1980-1986 Associate Rex Procter and Partners
1975-1980 Senior Quantity Surveyor, Davis Belfield and Everest, London
1974-1975 Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Davis Belfield and Everest, Leeds
Experience:
Chartered Quantity Surveyor covering all aspects of quantity surveying both pre and post contract on a variety of building projects
- Evaluation of contractor’s claims
- Employer’s Agent and Contract Administrator on major building contracts
- Expert witness advising on quantum in dispute resolution
- Accredited RICS Mediator
Selection of previous and current projects
As Quantity Surveyor:
- New Casino Scarborough £5,000,000
- New build Church of St Patrick for Diocese of Leeds – £850,000
- New build Church of St Phillip for Diocese of Leeds – £700,000
- Renovations and Extensions to St Urbans Church Leeds for Diocese of Leeds – £520,000
- Leeds Metropolitan University: Projects from £1,000,000 to £5,000,000
- Harrogate Hydro Swimming Pool for Harrogate Borough Council value £6,500,000
- New Arrivals Facility for Leeds Bradford International Airport value £7,100,000
- New Preparatory school for Wakefield Girls High School value £2,600,000
- Refurbishment and extension to Retail Park for ASDA Property Holdings value £2,200,000
- New Superstore Barton-upon-Humber for the Proudfoot Group
As Employer’s Agent/Contract Administrator and QS
- 23 apartments at Oliver’s View Scarborough – £1,800,000
- Industrial units at Newcastle for Gladedale Capital plc – £4,500,000
- Refurbishment of Recovering Alcoholics Hostel in Leeds for St George’s Crypt – £500,000
- Refurbishment and extensions to St George’s Crypt Leeds to provide overnight accommodation for the homeless. This was the subject of a successful £1 million grant bid to Central Government prepared by Richard Cavadino
- Currently employed by Peel Developments working up a number of schemes including:
- Retail Park Extensions and Refurbishment at Blackburn – £12 million
- Part new-build and part refurbishment Retail Park Corby – £5,000,000
- Retail Scheme at Stockport for Peel Developments – £2,200.000 – completed
- Hotel – Teeside Airport
- 70 new private houses for Capricorn Homes, Streethouse Wakefield – £5,000,000
- New multi-storey car park for Harrogate Borough Council value £3,500,000
- New Leisure Centre for Ripon City Council value £1,800,000
- New Departure Lounge for Leeds Bradford International Airport value £2,200,000
- New Exhibition Hall for Harrogate International Centre value £2,300,000
- Retail Park, Rochdale for Kingsway Rochdale Ltd value £2,500,000
- Banqueting Suite for Leeds United – £2,000,000
- New stand for Leeds United value £6,500,000
- New stand for Carlisle United AFC value £2,500,000
- Consultant to Rochdale Council for new Leisure Centre at Middleton value £13,000,000
- New Hall at St Anne’s Cathedral Leeds for Diocese of Leeds – £750,000
- Restoration of The Ropewalk at Barton-upon-Humber for the Proudfoot Group
I have also provided a number of Expert Witness reports on construction disputes and as a RICS accredited mediator have mediated a number of disputes in construction and property-related matters.
Contact
To appoint this mediator please call +44 (0) 121 533 2793 or
email info@effectivedisputesolutions.co.uk
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