Chris Perry joins the office in Glasgow
Buro Happold’s Glasgow office has recently been bolstered by the appointment of Christopher Perry to establish a design management team.
Chris, a chartered architect with over 30 years’ experience in architecture and engineering disciplines, began his new post as Design Manager at the multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy in June. He had previously collaborated with Buro Happold during his 11 years at IDC Architects and Engineers in Glasgow. This work had been recognised with a RIBA award for the new campus for the South Danish University where Chris had been responsible for the engineering research facilities.
Buro Happold’s specialist design management team helps to deliver cost-effective and functional solutions. It also places a sharp focus on the physical quality and safety of the built environment. Applying a wide range of professional skills to co-ordinate and optimise the design process, it is an essential element of all projects and of particular significance on complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects.
Chris said: “Working at Buro Happold we have the opportunity to contribute to some of the most exciting building projects in Scotland, Ireland and Scandinavia. Our engineering teams bring a comprehensive and integrated approach to the design process. This allows innovative designs to be developed that will perform as well as delight.”
In his new role Chris is managing the design of Wexford County Council’s new headquarters as well as the new sports facility and swimming pool for the University of Strathclyde.
Chris’s responsibilities include advising on contractual, financial and functional implications of design, as well as managing design development and discipline interfaces within Buro Happold. Other aspects include co-ordinating the design team output to the client, the construction team and regulatory authorities.
Chris has a wide range of experience in building design. Having started work in London for some of the young firms who are now established names, including Wilkinson Eyre Architects, he moved back to Scotland to set up the Glasgow office for architecture firm Jestico + Whiles. Chris worked on several office and business park projects, and during his appointment the team won the ‘Office of the Year’ prize, awarded by the Secretary of State for the Environment on behalf of the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM).
An opportunity to work on manufacturing facilities for the big semiconductor manufacturers in Asia and the United States involved a period of work in the US. European nanotechnology research projects created the opportunity for a return to Glasgow where he was responsible for projects in Denmark, Italy and the UK. The demands of these projects for multi-disciplinary design have given Chris an understanding of the needs for good team work.
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Buro Happold is a multi-disciplinary international practice of consulting engineers established in 1976. It offers civil and structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, quantity surveying, building services and environmental engineering, health and safety management, infrastructure and traffic engineering, ground engineering, façade engineering, fire engineering, computational fluid dynamics analysis, inclusive design consultancy, project management, urban design and a range of specialist CAD services.
