The Partners
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The Partners

As a Senior Partner, David Hughes' responsibilities include strategic forward planning and finance. His experience covers several areas of building types particularly in Care, Social Housing, Leisure, Commercial, Urban Regeneration, and Inner City Housing. David is passionate in his commitment to appropriate, innovative design for the very frail, particularly those with dementia. Tim Whiting is responsible for the master planning, co-ordination and overall design of major schemes including Industrial, Retail, Commercial and City Living Residential Developments. His role as Design Partner ensures his input in the design delivery of the projects through the Practice. Brian Hanlon’s responsibilities include the co-ordination of technical issues throughout the Practice together with the financial control of projects ranging in value from £250,000 to £30m. His experience has been focused predominantly within the Education, Leisure and Retail sectors. Stewart Grant joined the Practice in 2000 to strengthen the overall management team and take responsibility for projects in the Commercial, Retail and Mixed Use sectors. Heading up the Practice’s HR and Admin management functions, he is also actively involved with various business development initiatives. John Cooke has over 20 years experience in a variety of sectors, predominantly Housing and Urban Renewal. His particular focus is on Housing, Sheltered Housing, Care Homes and Special Needs Units. Damian Utton is responsible for the delivery of projects and management of project teams for the Care, Special Needs and Social Housing sectors. Damian took a six month sabbatical to research care home design around the world and a book of his findings ‘Designing Homes for People with Dementia’ was published November 2006. This has lead to invitations to speak about dementia design at national and international conferences. Nigel Saunders has wide experience in a variety of project and building types, particularly education. He has been responsible for the design and project management of several major schemes in primary, secondary and further education.