Experience

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  Kirk Architects

  • West Dunbartonshire

  • Architect - Practice Owner

    • Jan 1997 - Present
    • West Dunbartonshire

    I set up my first Practice in 1997 as Kirk Associates. I very quickly sought assistance and we started to expand. Leven Valley Campus was where the first office opened. We were designing residential projects for the domestic market and developed a specialty for Health & Leisure facilities ...

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  Dumbarton Academy

  • Chairperson Parent Council

    • 2010 - 2012
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  Thomson McCloud - Interior Designers

  • Glasgow

  • Architect

    • 1995 - 1997
    • Glasgow

    Interior Design Practice specialising in themed pubs, clubs and hotels. Staff of 15 including admin, directors and designers. I was brought in to deal with Building Warrants, contruction issues, site surveys and progress meetings. This was the busiest two years of my life! Travelling across t...

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  Thompson McCrea & Sanders

  • Glasgow

  • Assistant Architect

    • 1989 - 1995
    • Glasgow

    Worked with John Russell and Roy Wilson. When I joined the practice they required and architect to detail out the Lancefield Quay project where the waverley was berthed. This was a fabulous project where I had the benefit of site experience on a regular basis. Durring that time we introduced Aut...

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  James Cunning Young & Partners

  • Glasgow

  • Assistant Architect

    • 1987 - 1989
    • Glasgow

    The practice was deeply involved with urban regeneration and had Landscape Architects in-house. They were involved with several gardens at the Glasgow Garden Festival. I worked with a team of Architects designing housing for Barratts, minor works on my own including bank refurbishments including...

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  Albert J M Scarlett

  • Kirkintilloch

  • Technician / Architect Assistant

    • Nov 1982 - May 1986
    • Kirkintilloch

    Albert was working on his own and had previously been with the Housing Corporation. We worked together on Housing Association refurbishments and industrial projects. The company grew to 6. I was now at Art School studying Architecture for my B Arch Degree on a part time basis while running the...

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  Keppie Henderson & Partners

  • Glasgow

  • Technician

    • Sep 1982 - Nov 1982
    • Glasgow

    Joined the practice and was placed in a 15 person team working on a Hospital in Staines, Middlesex. My role was to stencil room data sheets. No chance to see the site, work on any other project or be involved in my own projects. Mistake to move from HJR. so I left!!

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  Honeyman Jack & Robertson

  • Glasgow

  • Junior Technician

    • Jun 1978 - Sep 1982
    • Glasgow

    I joined HJR from school as a junior Technician. Trained with them and obtained my ONC in Building and HNC in Architectural Technology on day release and block release to Glasgow College of Building and Printing on a Part Time basis. Worked on Clydesdale & TSB Banks, small residential proje...