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David Sinclair BSc, FRICS, FCILA, MBEng, ACII

Operations Director

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Profile:

After working for the GLC Architects and District Surveyors departments, Loss Adjusting and private practice, David has over 30 years of Construction and insurance experience. Currently the Managing Director of his own Chartered Building Surveying Company specialising in restoration of insurance peril damaged buildings building warranty and subrogated recovery of insurers’ outlays, David has joined Mitig8 as a Director. As a qualified Chartered Surveyor, Chartered Insurance practitioner and Chartered Loss Adjuster, David has worked on Insurance Projects throughout the UK.

David has an excellent technical background in:

  • Building Construction
  • Restoration of Damaged Buildings including risk assessment
  • Insurance Values at Risk
  • Contractor Audits
  • Contract Administration
  • Fire Risk Surveys and Loss Control
  • Quality Management Reviews
  • Insurance Damage Reports & Forensic Surveys
  • Quantum Analysis
  • Party Wall Matters
  • Construction Design & Management Regulations
  • Building Regulations
  • Construction Contracts
  • Liability and Subrogated Recovery

Summary of Relevant Experience:

Greater London Council Scientific Branch
Analytical Defects Surveyor
Post Duration: 2 years

Greater London Council Architects and District Surveyors Departments
Building Control Officer (Field and Management) Domestic industrial commercial
Post Duration: 6 years

Ellis & Buckle Chartered Loss Adjusters
Loss Adjuster/ Senior Loss Adjuster/Manager/ Research and Development for Project Managed services
Post Duration: 8 years

Ellis & Buckle Chartered Loss Adjusters
Associate director then Technical Director Construction Services Unit; design and implementation of quality control of field force project managed services
Post Duration: 3 years

Ellis & Buckle Property Solutions
Development and start up phase of national network contractor; acting general manager and appointed main board director during start up phase and consolidation phase.
Post Duration: 3years

Cunningham Ellis & Buckle
Expert Services and Building Defects; Specialist Building Surveyor, risks analysis and Loss
Control Post Duration 1 year

David Sinclair Associates Ltd
Proprietor of Chartered Building Surveying and Loss adjusting company specialising in remedial works to peril damaged structure and fabric; Building Warranty Claims; Contractor Audits; Subrogated Recovery Actions.
Post Duration 7 Years to date

Mitig8 Limited
Loss Control Engineer
Post Duration: Current

Specific Experience

Restoration of Historic Buildings especially Oak framed structures with specific reference to methods of work to avoid risks to existing structure and fabric; value of projects to circa £200,000.

Repair and reconstruction of Scandia-Hus and Norwegian Log houses with particular reference to systems built complications re repairs and warranty; value to circa £500,000.

Development management and adaptation of National Network Contractor with particular reference the on and off site management of contractors and their processes; Value of work undertaken in last year of post duration approx £25,000,000.

Contractor Audit with particular reference into quality management processes and procedural reviews.

Preparation of Health & Safety Plans to comply with the CDM Regulations and to oversee H&S on site for major contractor programmes.

21.2.1 Construction Risk Surveys for major projects, good knowledge of JCoP Compliance and Loss Prevention Standards.

In regard to Network Contractor Management and Contractor Audit I am actively involved in the ongoing development of a web based software system, GClaim, designed for the management of claims and contractors which leads to repair cost reduction, by improved interrogation of contractors processes, improved efficiency for the contractors who embrace the technology and the provision of sophisticated management information.