Stephen Dobinson

Contact

  • 0115 784 7008 / 0121 389 9058
    07717 530 824

Position:

  • Director

Specialisations:

  • Dilapidations
  • Contract Administration
  • Project Management
  • Principal Designer
  • Commercial Building Surveying
  • Planned Preventative Maintenance
  • Schedules of Condition
  • Technical Due Diligence
  • Party Wall Matters
  • Rights to Light

History:

  • Lead Director – Midlands
    Watts Group Plc
    July 2006 – November 2010
  • Associate Building Surveyor
    EC Harris
    Feb 2005 to July 2006
  • Director
    Church Lukas Ltd
    April 2001 to Feb 2005
  • Associate Building Surveyor
    DTZ Debenham Tie Leung
    March 1999 to April 2001
  • Associate Director
    Bucknall Austin
    June 1998 to March 1999
  • Service Line Leader
    Barclays Property Holdings
    July 1996 – June 1998
  • Regional Surveyor
    Prudential Portfolio Managers Ltd

Key Experience:

Stephen Dobinson is a Chartered Building Surveyor with 20 years post qualification experience. He has launched his own Building Consultancy Practice, Arc, and continues to provide bespoke building surveying advice to owners, occupiers and funds throughout the region.

In the last 10 years he has helped to grow and develop Building Surveying teams within leading practices based in the Midlands. Stephen opened the Midlands office for Watts Group Plc developing a business from scratch in difficult trading conditions providing a turnover of circa £1/2m.

Stephen’s experience lies largely in his broad building surveying experience across both commercial and public sectors having undertaken a variety of professional and project based instructions. Also, having worked on both Client and consultant sides Stephen has an excellent understanding of Client needs and how best to deliver them.

Over the last 4 years Stephen has dealt with the sale of Land Securities share in the Bullring and has recently completed a 25yr Planned Maintenance schedule for the onsite facilities team.

As well as large commercial properties Stephen has provided a range of services to known high street retailers such as Coop, White Stuff, Specsavers, Brantano Shoes, JD Sports, Boots and dealt with reactive maintenance, vendors packs, pre-acquisition surveys, dilapidations, and schedules of condition.

In addition to his professional responsibilities, Stephen also sits as Chairman on RICS assessment panels.