Chris Smallwood

Experience

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  Waring and Netts Architects

  Jul 2005 - Aug 2006

  Architectural Assistant

  - PI Architectural Assistant Broad experience working in the Commercial Team:* Stephenson Quarter - £250M Mixed-use masterplanning scheme, a conservation area with many complex issues - worked on the overall masterplanning as well as on a number of the buildings and public spaces within it.* Residential projects and a Hotel Scheme.* Won Waring and Netts ‘Student of the Year’.

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  Broadway Malyan

  Jun 2006 - Sept 2006

  Architectural Assistant (Summer position)

  * Office fit-out of Grade II Listed Warehouse.* Masterplanning Boston town centre.* Early design work of Sir John Deane’s College.

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  Ellis Williams Architects

  Sept 2008 - Nov 2010

  Architect

  * Largely involved in Educational projects - particularly as part of two BSF schemes in Manchester on separate framework agreements across all RIBA stages.* Involved with two competition entries.

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  Donald Insall Associates Ltd

  Nov 2010 - Jul 2013

  Architect

  Main projects/ responsibilities included:* Project Architect for and assisting a range of projects along key sites of the scheduled Chester City Walls - work involved repair and modern intervention, working with CWAC council, English Heritage and a range of other professionals. This project is award winning.* Project Architect for early stage improvement and extension works at the Grade II Grosvenor Museum in Chester (currently seeking funding). Also for the main visitor building (Stove House 5) of the Lion Salt Works museum in Northwich. I also worked on feasibility studies for Warrington Bank Park and Walton Hall Park.* Assisting with plans for the conversion of the ruin of Grade I listed Gwrych Castle in North Wales to a 5* hoteI, as well as completing accessibility works at Stretton Water Mill in Cheshire.* Central to developing DIA’s CAD Quality plans and procedures in conjunction with company CAD manager.* Participated with the Shelter chartity - ‘Architect in the House’ Scheme. Show less

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  JM Architects

  Aug 2013 - Feb 2015

  Project Architect

  I was largely involved in a team delivering a framework of 7 schools, and Project Architect delivering the flagship school for this programme which is now complete. Also as part of this programme leading on a follow up primary school which we took through an engagement process with the EFA, now on site.In the background I ran 3 primary schools as part of the Basic needs programme. All now complete, these schemes included an element of refurb and large extensions to the schools.

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  Ellis Williams Architects

  Feb 2015 - now

  Sonion Architect (CA)

  After recently completing work on the new Chester 'Storyhouse' Theatre and Library, the Leicester Square ‘home of Cinema’ project in London, on a number of new teaching buildings and a Sports Hall for Reaseheath Agricultural College, I am now working on a new Oldham Heritage and Arts Centre, an associated archive facility and in a TA role for Royton Town Hall.