Douglas studied painting, sculpture and pottery before completing his first degree in architecture at Cheltenham School of Art.

His second degree was attained at the Leicester School of Architecture, now De Montfort University, where he also completed a post graduate course in Landscape Architecture.

He founded and directed Douglas Smith Stimson Partnership Limited (DSSP) that was based in Leicester, a multi disciplinary practice of architects, landscape architects and interior designers.

Douglas now concentrates on painting and sketching. Fascinated by light and colour, seeing through the eyes of an architect with a visual and spacial awareness, he brings to his paintings a sense of place. His watercolours are in collections in Europe and America

Keith has a degree in Building Technology from Brunel University. His background in research comes from seven years spent at the Building Research Establishment (BRE), doing research on Project Information – CPI conventions, Achievements of Quality on site – NEDO report, and Quality Assurance for Construction Industries Directorate of DoE. Keith has also worked in practice, including five years as Technical Adviser and Quality Manager for multidisciplinary design practice YRM Partnership Limited, and three years running his own consultancy, mainly in Quality Management and technical issues.
Working at the RIBA since 1995, he has been Assistant Director of Practice Standards, Director of Practice, and in 2003 became the first Director of Research and Development.

In 2011 Keith left RIBA and is now back at BRE (BRE Global) helping with their approach to BIM as a significant issue for their business. Having been recognized with an Honorary CIAT membership in 2008, Keith now represents CIAT on CPIc.

Read interview with Keith in the NBS Journal

Read interview with Keith in the AT Magazine

 

Joe has been responsible for setting up and developing the BCIS information databases for capital and running costs of buildings, including the BCIS Online service which provides online access to price information on over 16,000 projects. Joe is also involved in development of the UK National Key Performance Indicators, the UK supplement to the ISO on Whole Life Costing, English Partnerships Carbon Challenge, and RICS eTendering.

Cosmas holds a BSc in Quantity Surveying, MSc in Construction Management and is a Member of the RICS. During the course of his career he has worked on various projects including highway, residential and commercial construction contracts, and has been involved in research for both public and private sector clients.

Cosmas joined BCIS in 1995 and manages research contracts. He is the technical editor of the Rebuilding Costs Guides and is also is responsible for cost analysis data collection, processing and publishing on BCIS Online.
 

Ian completed an Honours Degree in Building Services Engineering at South Bank University in 1994 and worked as both a Contractor and Consulting Engineer before joining Barbour Index in 2001 to work on the National Engineering Specification (nes). It was during his tenure at Barbour Index that he joined CPIC as one of the CIBSE representatives on the committee and continues to serve in this capacity.
Ian went back into consultancy in 2005 but has recently reacquainted himself with the National Engineering Specification by joining the AMTECH group where he heads up their Technical Services department and also fulfils a role as nes product champion.
 

As Director and Principal Consultant for MR1 Consulting Ltd., he has an established position as an industry expert within the construction industry being instrumental in the successful delivery and development of many major projects. His role is typically that of 3D modeling consultant assisting the implementation of innovative solutions in both new business processes and technical application.

His reputation has been built on a wealth of background knowledge and experiences working with most major consultants and contractors; research manager on many successful academic programmes, pushing the boundaries of 3D project modeling, software development, industry standards and business and people processes. He is able to bring the direction and cohesion that enables task teams to deliver robust solutions.

The method and procedure have been proven over a significant number of measured projects to aid delivery of the project to time, and reduced the additional costs associated with uncoordinated design and construction information.

Commenced career in the Civil Engineering Dept. of British Rail London Midland Region working on the modernisation of the civil engineering assets of the region. Completed graduate training course and was elected as a chartered member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
On completion of the modernisation programme with BR. moved into lecturing in Civil and Structural engineering subjects. Following this, joined the technical department of the NFBTE advising builders on technical matters such as Building Regs, British Standards, Quality Assurance and construction problems generally. In due course promoted to Director of Technical Services. Elected a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building in 1976.During this time served on the DOE Project Information Group, which gave rise, at government request, to the formation of the Co-ordinating Committee for Project Information representing both producers and users of project information. Served on this committee and became Chairman of the Drawings working group and Secretary of the Specification working group. First guidance for practitioners was published in 1987 in the form of a Code of procedure for Production Drawings and a Code of procedure for Project Specification together with a Common Arrangement of Work Sections for Building Works. Project manager for the preparation of further guidance published in 2003 entitled Production Information a code of procedure for the construction industry. Currently (2009) working on the revision of this document.
 

Sarah started work in 1978 as a mechanical services engineer with Rosser and Russell after graduating from Loughborough University with a degree in Environmental Engineering. Sarah had responsibility for managing mechanical, electrical and public health installations on a number of projects in both Leeds and London, including co-ordinating the services with the structural and architectural features.
Following a year with consultants R W Gregory and partners, working on the design of test facilities at BRE and authoring sections for the National Engineering Specification (NES), Sarah became Editor of NES in 1985. CIBSE launched NES in 1987 and Sarah became manager in 1994. Sarah became involved in the work of CPIC during this time, commenting on Common Arrangement of Work Sections (CAWS), which is maintained by CPIC, as CAWS is the classification system used for structuring NES. Following the sale of NES to Barbour Index, Sarah moved to NBS where she has been involved in the launch of NBS Engineering Services.
Sarah became Secretary of CPIC in 2004, taking over from Peter Jordan.

Alan has been a Chartered Building Surveyor since 1986, a Chartered member of the Institution of Architectural Technology since 1980 and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.

Alan is responsible for all Professional Groups within the RICS Built Environment Group. These groups are: QS and Construction, Building Surveying, Project Management and Building Control.

In addition, the RICS Built Environment Group is also home to the Dilapidations and Insurance Forums.

Alan oversees all Professional Group projects, sets the budgets for the year and reports directly to the head of department.