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Paul has over 38 years in the cladding industry. He joined design build facades in 2002 having previously worked with another Cladding contractor (Allscott) for five years before joining Design Build Facades. Paul’s early career was spent working in various Contracts and Quantity Surveying roles for Main Contractors including Balfour Beatty, Mansell and Mowlem.
He is involved in all commercial matters regarding every design build facades project from precontract award through to completion. He has early involvement in the design including pricing, working with the client team to develop the cost plan, impact of scope changes from budget to actual and is involved heavily in payment applications and cashflow/ forward order book development for the company.
Cliff has worked within the construction industry for 38 years and has been involved in the identification and pricing of overcladding projects across the UK for most of his time with Design Build Facades.
He has worked for several specialist refurbishment contractors in both the Social Housing / Education and Healthcare sectors. Cliff joined design build facades in 2004 and is oversees Sales + Business Development across the company, ensuring we deliver clients high-quality, safe and compliant projects which embody our ethos of ‘Do it once. Do it Right’ which has often resulted in repeat negotiated orders.
Christoph Ackermann is a Board Director, Architect and Principal at BDP, with over two decades of experience leading complex projects and multidisciplinary teams.
His experience includes working on the University of Strathclyde’s Learning and Teaching Building and Technology and Innovation Centre, the University of Edinburgh’s School of Engineering, Edinburgh Napier University’s Masterplan and BioHub Aberdeen.
He combines strategic thinking, stakeholder engagement and practical delivery to help universities address changing needs.
At AUDE, Christoph will draw on the Learning and Teaching project to explore how retrofitting existing buildings can support learning, teaching and the sustainable adaptation of university estates.
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