PRIOR ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Gerry is one of the practice's Principal Engineers. He has been a Chartered Civil Engineer since 1976. Since 2001 he has been a Fellow of The Institution of Civil Engineers.
From the late 1970's until 1985 he was the Regional Engineer for the National House Building Council covering, on their behalf, all of England from the Humber to the Thames and across to Staffordshire. This senior position enabled him to build up a good knowledge of construction practice, ground conditions, site clearance and building defects through that area. This together with his previous experience of heavy civil engineering, highway bridges and water retaining structures formed the basis of the Practice in 1985.
He has been a committee member of a Historic Building Trust confirming the Practice's interest and knowledge of old buildings.
He has been instrumental in driving the Practice forward to complete the wide diversity of projects. He now believes that the Principal engineers within the practice have the knowledge and skills to continue this and takes pride in their further development of the practice.
Tom is the company Director and one of our Principal Engineers.
He graduated in 1997 from The University of Nottingham with a honours degree in civil engineering, completed his training scheme with Prior Associates and passed his examination with the Institution of Structural Engineers first time to become a Chartered Structural Engineer in 2003.
To his extensive structural knowledge in all structural materials, Tom has added an excellent knowledge of land and contamination clearance, together with the legislative procedures to provide sites suitable for redevelopment. Like all our staff Tom can apply the analytical methods of his engineering training to new challenges to give the client answers to his problem s. Tom is a registered timber frame designer with the National House Building Council, to provide NHBC HB2445 certification.