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DORIAN BURT BSc.(Hons) MRICS IMaPS MFPWS
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Our Instagrams…

Posted on 28 May 2020 by Dorian

Take a look at our sliding image gallery!

Posted in The Blog | Tagged Instagram, Photos

Building Surveyors – fighting climate change

Posted on 27 February 2020 by Dorian

Building Surveyors, we’re the heroes of fighting climate change, who knew? I’m talking specifically about those involved in maintenance, repair, conservation and refurbishment. You know the mantra; REDUCE > REUSE > RECYCLE; we’ve been doing that for years. We reduce … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged #climatechange, #refurbishment, #retrofirst, conservation, starred

Royal Observatory Greenwich – Altazimuth Pavilion Project

Posted on 26 June 2018 by Dorian

Once again one of our projects is in the news. We’re very proud to have been working for Royal Museums Greenwich at The Royal Observatory Greenwich. We’ve been surveying, specifying and overseeing conservation work to the Altazimuth Pavilion and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Building Surveying, The Blog | Tagged conservation, Greenwich, London, museum, starred

Re-roofing of Victorian villa taking shape in Greenwich

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Re-roofing structure

22 December 2017 by Dorian
Posted in The Blog Tagged building surveyor, roof

Time-lapse video of gilding the Great Hall

Posted on 25 May 2017 by Dorian

Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright gilded the ceiling and walls of the Great Hall at The Queen’s House Greenwich during a year of conservation and refurbishment we project managed. Months of work are condensed into less than 3 minutes in this … Continue reading →

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Video of the completed Queen’s House Greenwich

Posted on 18 May 2017 by Dorian

Beautiful video of the result of our conservation project at The Queen’s House Greenwich. We provided project management and CDM services on arguably the most important building in British architectural history. Built 400 years ago, this is the first classical … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged conservation, project manager, starred

Great picture of strip out work at National Maritime Museum – CDM consultant/PD

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NMM gallery stripped out

2 March 2017 by Dorian
Posted in The Blog

Why you should build on the line of junction

Posted on 21 September 2016 by Dorian

If you’re planning a domestic extension and reviewing the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, you might be thinking the best thing you can do is keep your new structure spaced away from the boundary, but it’s not necessarily so. Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Party Walls, The Blog | Tagged access to neighbours land, build my extension, line of junction, party wall, scaffold on neighbours land

Member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors

Posted on 1 February 2016 by Dorian

Dorian Burt is pleased to announce he has passed the entrance test and interview to become a Member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors (FPWS). The FPWS is the professional body representing party wall surveyors, formed to educate and … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged starred

Private road resurfaced in Tonbridge

Posted on 24 October 2015 by Dorian

The residents of a private road in Tonbridge endured years of struggling to reach their houses over what was once a road and worse being inundated by muddy water during heavy rain. The residents of the road, which included private … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged project, road

Dorian Burt – 25 Years in Property

Posted on 16 October 2015 by Dorian

I was reminded the other day I have clocked up 25 years of work in the property industry.

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Refurbishment of Greenwich town house out to tender

Posted on 24 May 2015 by Dorian

We’re project managing a refurbishment and extension at a private house in Greenwich. The work to the Grade II property has been designed by Ian Wylie Architects. Following completion of the specification, the job has gone out to tender. We’re … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged project manager

Project Manager for refurbishment of the Queen’s House, Greenwich

Posted on 20 May 2015 by Dorian

The Queen’s House, Greenwich, will close this July for a year-long refurbishment in readiness for its 400th anniversary in 2016. Dorian Burt has been appointed as project manager by the Royal Museums Greenwich.

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Locations served by Dorian Burt Associates

Posted on 30 January 2015 by Dorian

This map shows the locations we have served to date. We are based in Bexleyheath and provide services to the locality and further afield. We look after clients in London, Kent, Surrey and Sussex and the wider south-east of England. … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged starred

Budget for planned and preventative building maintenance – get a PPM Plan…

Posted on 1 April 2014 by Dorian

With many years of experience in maintenance operations, We are expert in surveying and planning for it. If you are the person responsible for setting budgets for your building(s) upkeep you have three key areas to allow for: Reactive maintenance … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged 5 year plan, estates budget, maintenance budget, planned work, PPM

SPAB – The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings

Posted on 1 April 2014 by Dorian

The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings was founded by William Morris in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive ‘restoration’ of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects. Today it is the largest, oldest and most technically expert … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged conservation, restoration, SPAB, starred

Free Impartial Consumer Guides from RICS

Posted on 11 November 2013 by Dorian

RICS has produced a set of free impartial consumer guides.  The guides include: Buying a home Selling a home Home surveys Renting a property Letting a property Property auctions Boundary disputes Take a look at them here: http://t.co/CurLwZjtwE If you … Continue reading →

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Even Yuri Gagarin needs a CDM Co-ordinator

Posted on 8 June 2013 by Dorian

When the statue of Yuri Gagarin – first man in space – needed a new home, the project team had to include a CDM Co-ordinator. Yuri’s latest journey was from The Mall to the Royal Observatory Greenwich where the project … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blog | Tagged CDM, cdm-c, F10, health and safety file, pre-construction information, project safety

Bexleyheath Feakes & Richards Houses

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Dorian

What type is yours? In the 1930’s Feakes & Richards built the Bostall Park Estate; now covering Bexleyheath, Belvedere, parts of Northumberland Heath and Erith. They developed several ‘types’ which can be still be seen all over the Borough today. … Continue reading →

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Are you drinking water through lead pipes?

Posted on 1 October 2012 by Dorian

In four of my recent surveys I’ve found that the mains water supply was via lead pipes. The building owners were unaware they were potentially drinking water with an increased lead content.  The health risks of lead entering the body … Continue reading →

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Dorian Burt Associates Limited

Bexley, Kent
Regulated by RICS
Registered in England & Wales No. 08923015
Member of the Kent Invicta Chamber Of Commerce

Dorian Burt BSc.(Hons) MRICS IMaPS MFPWS

Chartered Building Surveyor
Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
Incorporated Member of the Association for Project Safety (APS)
Member of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
Member of the Faculty of Party Wall Surveyors (FPWS)
PRINCE2 Registered Practitioner (Project Management)

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