Our Team

Simon is a co-founding Director of Actua and is a Chartered Building Surveyor and Project Manager with extensive and wide-ranging experience gained over 20 years in commercial property and construction.

Exposure to a diverse range of commissions has enabled Simon to gain a broad spectrum of professional skills and expertise ensuring he remains versatile to the needs of clients across both the public and private sectors.

Simon has worked on commissions for private and public sector clients has acted for number of private investors and pension funds providing pre-acquisition due diligence advice.  Simon also has experience of providing strategic estate strategy advice in the Nuclear and Higher Education Sectors and enjoys working to simplify strategies for multiple-building estate owners

David is a Chartered Building Surveyor and one of the founding Directors of Actua. He is an Accredited NEC ECC Supervisor and has gained extensive experience during his career working in the both the private and public sectors on a wide range of projects.

His varied experience covers various clients and sectors and has enabled David to gain a broad spectrum of skills and expertise ensuring that he remains versatile to the needs of a range of clients and design teams. David has significant expertise in construction monitoring, procurement, design and project management.

He particularly enjoys working with higher education and healthcare sector clients finding new methods to innovate and offer best-value solutions and construction practices on large complex projects.

Nicola is an experienced Administrator and manages business communications and activity in our head office located in Liverpool city centre.

She has experience in a number of sectors including legal services and residential property and as Office Manager is integral to the business and the central point of contact within the organisation for all individuals. She works to implement and streamline business practices in conjunction with senior management, to achieve working efficiencies and facilitate the professional team in delivering on their instructions.

Nicola is responsible for Accreditation, Business Systems and Compliance to ensure the company is suitably structured to meet the pre-qualification and regulatory requirements of the modern construction and property industries.

Luke is an experienced Building Surveyor with a range of professional experience in both the private and public sectors.

He has acted as Building Surveyor and Contract Administrator on a range of projects including refurbishment projects in schools, courthouses and health centres and is also experienced in undertaking statutory inspections in the housing sector.

Luke is also experienced in undertaking asset capture and condition assessment commissions and has acted as project lead on building condition assessments, planned preventative maintenance assessments and latent defect assessments and reporting.  He also has experience of undertaking fire integrity and building component suitability assessments in the healthcare sector.

An enthusiastic and dedicated Construction Site Inspector. He is versatile and easily relates to a wide range of stakeholders including the general public, clients, consultants, and contractors.

He displays a highly conscientious and detailed approach to interrogating the required standards and acceptable quality and accuracy of work and materials when supervising on site. A highly focussed and committed professional, he has gained in-depth practical experience and knowledge within the construction and highways industry as a result of a diverse involvement on projects.

Sam is a Building Surveyor with experience working across numerous construction sites. Sam has worked with senior colleagues on various projects gaining a practicable knowledge of the industry, including assisting with the project management of several new residential high-rise apartments throughout the City of Liverpool and various projects for Healthcare Clients

Prior to starting with ACTUA, Sam completed his BSc (Hons) Building Surveyor Degree at Liverpool John Moores University. Alongside completing his degree, Sam worked at site level throughout various sectors including commercial and education, allowing him to gain invaluable improved knowledge of site safety and an understanding of working to mitigate risks.

Sam is an enthusiastic and ambitious member of our team with hopes of further progressing his qualifications by attaining the status of “Chartered Surveyor” by completing his Assessment of Professional Competence in the future.