Commercial property appointments; Leeds surveyor appointed RICS chair, trio of appointments at DLG and more

A round-up of the region’s appointments within the commercial property sector.

LEEDS-BASED building surveyor Colin Harrop has been appointed chairman of the RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) regional board for Yorkshire and the Humber.

Mr Harrop is a senior associate with property consultants King Sturge.

During an 11-year career in both London and Yorkshire, he has specialised in the construction and property sectors.

In his new role – which is honorary – Mr Harrop will represent some 7,000 chartered surveyors in Yorkshire and the Humber, many of them holding key positions in land, property, construction and environmental projects going on throughout the region.

Mr Harrop takes over the post of regional board chairman from Kevin Wood, a chartered surveyor with Walker Sime, also based in Leeds, who has carried out the role for the last two years.

RICS is regarded as the mark of property professionalism worldwide and the work the institution does to promote best practice, regulate its members and encourage chartered surveying as a career choice is extremely important.

It is the world’s largest organisation for property professionals, with more than 140,000 members in 146 countries.

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THE Leeds office DLG Architects has appointed Neal Emmerson and Rob Aasht as architectural technicians as well as employing a new architectural assistant, Natalie Lawrence.

Neal Emmerson joins DLG from SMC Gower Architects bringing hands on experience working on large scale projects for clients including Morrison’s supermarkets and Mercedes Benz.

Rob Aasht previously worked at SDA Architects and has more than three years architectural experience working across a mixture of sectors.

Both Mr Emmerson and Mr Aasht will assist the team in advancing DLG’s latest Industrial and Food manufacturing projects.

They will play a major role in progressing detailed designs, through to site.

Natalie Lawrence joins the team fresh from completing an Architectural degree at Lincoln University.

She will assist DLG on a range of projects including two in Bradford Bolton Hall Road Quarry and Fagley Quarry.

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CAREYJONES has appointed Dave Hall as an architect in their Leeds studio.

Most recently working in Dubai for large Australian based practice, Cox Architects, Mr Hall has previously worked for careyjones on two occasions; as a student in 1998 and as an architect in the London studio for five years from 2000.

Director Mike Harris said: “We’re delighted to welcome Dave back to careyjones, after successfully beginning his career with us over ten years ago Dave brings with him enviable international experience and is exactly the type of young design talent that we aim to foster throughout our three studios. Having worked in the hotel and leisure market we hope to harness Dave’s experience on a number of exciting commissions in this currently strong sector.”