Cheryl Billingham - Quantity Surveyor

After completing my A Levels, in 2001 I joined Linford as a trainee quantity surveyor.

I continued my studies while working, achieving first a National Certificate in Building and then a Higher National Certificate in Construction.

Having been promoted to assistant quantity surveyor in 2002 I was then promoted again to quantity surveyor in 2005.

I am now in my final year studying BSc (Hons) in Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying. I am also working to further promote skills and learning in the industry as a Construction Ambassador for CITB, the national training organisation for the UK construction industry.

My Qualifications are:

• GCSEs
• A-levels
• National Certificate in Building
• Higher National Certificate in Construction
• Final year studying BSc (Hons) Commercial Management and Quantity Surveying

Projects I have worked on include:

• Mugginton Church: restoration including roof repairs
• Digbeth Old Library: restoration - brickwork replacement, leadwork and Fit Out
• Coleorton Hall: restoration - stonework, reroof and window repairs
• Co-op Supermarket Stafford: new-build
• Belvoir Castle: restoration - brickwork repairs and roof replacement
• Derby Magistrates Courts: joinery fit-out
• St. Mary's and St. Margaret's Church: restoration including stonework, leadwork and roof repairs
• Friary School: new-build and alterations to existing building
• Garden Court, Alms Houses: Design and Build on existing listed buildings conversion into apartments
• Leicester Cathedral: restoration and stonework
• Hill Close Gardens: restoration general repairs
• St Francis of Assisi: general repairs
• All Saints Church: restoration - roof repairs, leadwork, brickwork
• Castle Hill, Bakewell: restoration, new-build and fit-outs
• Cecil Higgins Art Gallery: restoration and fit-out