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  • South Tyneside Council

    Design Team

    Design Team is the South Tyneside MBC’s award winning design consultancy, which undertakes the design and supervision of the majority the Council’s construction work relating to new build, conversion and refurbishment works

    Design team contributes to the Asset Management service headed by Rick O’Farrell, within the Regeneration and Resources directorate, to provide a one-stop holistic property service

    The Design Team service consists of three main groups; A multi-disciplinary design group of highly qualified professionals;

    - Architects, technologists and clerk of works
    - Mechanical and electrical design engineers, incorporating an Electricity at Work inspection team
    - Full Quantity Surveying, cost analysis and a project management section.

    The multidisciplinary team undertake design work, cost control and construction management for potentially all of the Council’s stock of buildings, hence the experience imbedded in the team is wide and extensive.

    In addition to Council work the team is attracting work from other public bodies such as South Tyneside P.C.T. , Tyne and Wear Museums and Sport England.

    Services

    • To provide the Council and all other clients with a high quality multi- disciplinary design and maintenance service, ensuring that standards in building design and specification are improved wherever possible.
    • To provide clients with a design and technical advisory service specifically tailored to their needs.
    • To promote good design, maintenance, rigorous costing information and energy conservation standards to achieve excellent conditions in the built environment creating an environment to transform the borough into greener, cleaner safer place to live, learn and work.

    Contact Details:

    Richard K Johnston
    Design Manager
    Regeneration & Resources
    South Tyneside Council, 1st Floor Circatex Offices,
    Eldon Street
    South Shields
    Tyne & Wear
    NE33 5BU
    Tel. 0191 424 7471
    Fax: 0191 455 777
    Mobile: 07747100148
    E-mail:richard.johnston@southtyneside.gov.uk
    Website: www.southtyneside.info/designteam