Surveying firm launches Truro office

Following 2023’s successful initial foray south of the border, DM Hall, the independent firm of chartered surveyors, is set to open a new branch office in Truro, Cornwall.

Under the management of DM Hall director Scott Harrington, the new office at the Cornwall Innovation Centre in Treliske is currently recruiting Cornwall-based professional and administrative team members.

An experienced chartered building surveyor, Harrington is principally involved in de-risking high-value projects for clients to achieve budget confidence and undertakes high-value pre-acquisition surveys which often lead to project management commissions.

Having acted as an expert witness in a substantial number of construction and boundary dispute matters, he helps clients resolve disputes while also undertaking a wide range of other building surveying work.

He is transferring from DM Hall’s office in Carlisle, having been a co-founder of Hyde Harrington, chartered surveyors, some 30 years ago before it was acquired by DM Hall in 2023. His former role has been filled by Pamela Holness who recently relocated to the region.

Harrington said: “Having holidayed in Cornwall for the last 20 years I have reached the stage at which I had a real yearning to relocate there. I have thoroughly researched the market in Cornwall and made a compelling business case to my colleagues which tells us that we can build real market presence by focusing on the type of work that I have been involved in for many years.

“There are some great surveying firms in Cornwall, but with my experience over the last 40-plus years, I hope to provide a slightly different approach, and in some ways a complementary service in the Southwest.

“I’m pleased to say that I have the full support of the senior management team at DM Hall and my wife, Pamela Harrington, an artist who paints Cornish seascapes and is represented by Gallery Tresco.”