Anna Pike has over 15 years of experience as a surveyor working in social housing and property management. She has extensive experience conducting surveys to assess needed repairs, writing work specifications, and ensuring repairs are completed to high standards. Currently she works as a Voids and Responsive Surveyor for Guinness Partnership, where she surveys vacant properties and assesses needed repairs.

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CV: ANNA PIKE
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OVERVIEW Ref: 132246
 A highly skilled and effective Surveyor with experience working within Local Authorities and the Social Housing
sector
 Conducted reactive maintenance surveys of domestic properties to assess need for repairs
 Conducted Health & Safety risk assessments on properties to ensure condition and works are compliant with
current regulations
 Held responsibility for writing up schedules and specifications of work following survey data
 Ensured all contractor and trades-operative work was completed to a high quality standard
 Liaised with other departments of the organisation to keep updated with the progress of the project
 Offered advice specific to the client’s needs and liaised with colleagues
 Assisted with budget control, ensuring the economic viability of services was maintained
 Promoted resident involvement in the specification and management of service delivery
Currently working for Guinness Partnership as a Voids and Responsive Surveyor since August 2015.
Contact Number 07809101478.
EXPERIENCE
Mar 2015 – Jun 2015: Midland Hart
Responsive Surveyor
 Conducted reactive maintenance surveys of domestic properties to assess need for repairs
 Held responsibility for pricing jobs using the schedule of rates
 Allocated work to operatives on an appointment basis
 Wrote schedules and specifications of work following survey data
 Obtained quotations for work from contractors to ensure value for money
 Liaised with tenants to keep them up to date with all necessary works and project progress
 Carried out pre and post inspections to assess for snagging issues and organise any subsequent remedial works
Oct 2010 – Mar 2015: Sanctuary Housing Group
Maintenance Surveyor
 Conducted reactive maintenance surveys of domestic properties to assess need for repairs
 Conducted Health & Safety risk assessments on properties to ensure condition and works are compliant with
current regulations
 Held responsibility for writing up schedules and specifications of work following survey data
 Ensured all contractor and trades-operative work was completed to a high quality standard
 Liaised with other departments of the organisation to keep updated with the progress of the project
 Offered advice specific to the client’s needs and liaised with colleagues
 Developed and maintained detailed stock condition information
 Assisted with budget control, ensuring the economic viability of services was maintained
 Promoted resident involvement in the specification and management of service delivery
Jun 2010 – Oct 2010: Wates Construction
Property Surveyor
 Carried out surveys of domestic properties for planned kitchen refurbishments
 Held responsibility for signing tenants up for refurbishment works to be carried out
 Arranged for work to be undertaken to keep the program moving on a week by week basis
 Liaised with the Site Manager to ensure work was carried out smoothly and effectively
 Dealt with any issues during the works
 Carried out inspections to assess for snagging issues and organise any subsequent remedial works
Apr 2010 – Jun 2010: Balfour Agency
Support Worker
Nov 2009 – Apr 2010: Family Housing Association
SOCIAL HOUSING – FINANCE – PROPERTY MANAGEMENT – EDUCATION – EXECUTIVE – HUMAN RESOURCES – LEGAL – IT
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Asset Management Building Surveyor
 Carried out HHSSRS surveys of domestic properties
 Arranged appointments with tenants in and around the Birmingham area
 Worked on the Decent Homes program to determine any Health and Safety issues
 Reported any category 1 and 2 repairs that needed to be logged for Family Housing Association to carry out repairs
 Collated information for data purposes, to enable the organisation to determine how much funding they required
for the new financial year
Sep 2008 – Nov 2009: Homeserve Property Repairs Ltd
Operational Estimator/Quantity Surveyor
 Held responsibility for checking all assessments that came in from the Building surveyors to maximise all costs
 Arranged all pre-works such as roofing reports, appointing drying companies, arranging specialist quotes, arranging
asbestos reports and trace and access reports, as well as gas and electrical checks
 Obtained approval from insurance companies for claims and liaised with them to resolve any issues, monitored
hours and materials before the schedule of works was passed on
 Monitored contractors on quotes and variation orders, adding them to the schedule of works
 Liaised with Trade Supervisors, Schedulers and Field Service Managers to ensure the correct works were amended
to the schedule of works and follow the costs all the way through the claim
 Held responsibility for costing up the work at the end of the claim, checking hours, materials, contractors quotes
and all report costs are on the assessment
Jul 2008 – Sep 2008: NHS Solihull Hospital
Facilities and Estates Manager
 Managed projects within the hospital grounds from basic maintenance to tendering for works on major projects
 Dealt with local clinics within the region and maintained those buildings
 Liaised with hospital staff and departments to keep them up to date with all necessary works and project progress
 Managed projects up to £10,000 dependant on budget requirements
Mar 2008 – Jul 2008: HWG Associates Consultants
Quantity/Building Surveyor
 Carried out Decent Home Surveys and ensured all necessary work was completed to bring the homes up to the
required standard
 Worked for Local Authorities such as Solihull Council dealing with HSSR and bringing the tenanted properties up to
government standard
 Worked on projects for Birmingham University for Health and Safety issues, risk assessments and maintenance
 Produced Planned Maintenance forecasts for the next 10 years
Sep 2007 – Dec 2007: Inspace Ltd
Quantity Surveyor
 Worked with care homes, charity shops, banks as well as for Local Authority properties such as Schools and
Municipal buildings
 Offered a Repairs and Maintenance contract for clients
 Obtained estimates, tendered for contracts and built up a scope of works using the schedule of rates
 Monitored projects from inception to completion
 Held responsibility for Invoicing all works and liaised with the clients
 Managed small projects of up to £5,000 and larger projects of up to £50,000 dependant on the budget of the client
Apr 2007 – Aug 2007: Quick-E-Quant Quantity Surveyors
Quantity Surveyor
 Built up quantities and costs for new build projects in excess of £5 million and built up quantities for contractors on
building projects
 Visited new project sites across Nottingham and the North East to quantify costs, using drawing plans and
photographs to calculate costs
 Liaised with Project Managers, Site Managers and Health and Safety Officers to keep them updated on project
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Nov 2006 – Jan 2007: RMB Maintenance Services
Building Surveyor
 Responsible for assessing insurance claims in the private sector by going out and validating or repudiating the
claim
 Assessed, photographed, measured and scheduled the work required
 Liaised with local contractors and provided them with the necessary work,
 Provided estimates and costs for the required works
 Issued variation orders as and when necessary
 Attended site meetings with contractors and works foremen
 Took asbestos samples where necessary, such as Artex ceilings, walls, floor tiles and corrugated roof sheeting on
garages
 Arranged the appropriate specialist asbestos removal company to attend the property to carry out necessary
works
Jun 2006 – Sep 2006: Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
Building Surveyor
 Carried out stock condition surveys on social service buildings such as care homes and libraries
 Undertook pre and post inspections and quality checks for day to day responsive repairs
 Drew up schedules and specifications of work
 Provided data collection reports
 Diagnosed faults and scheduled up the cost of works to be carried out
 Carried out asbestos checks for all the schools against data collected from the previous year and updated the
asbestos register following this
 Identified deterioration and/or removal of specified asbestos material within the school buildings and updated
data as required
 Arranged for the asbestos to be removed on a three stage clearance, ensuring that health and safety procedures
were adhered to by the school staff
Jun 2004 – May 2006: Midland Area Housing
Building Surveyor
 Offered a general surveying service for social housing properties to assess for repair works
 Responsible for the administration of contracts, financial controls of contracts and preparation of schedules
 Undertook large refurbishments such as new windows, central heating, bathroom and kitchen refurbishments
were referred to the planned maintenance program
 Attended maintenance meetings to inform the line manager, maintenance team and contractors of how the
expenditure of the repairs were going
 Attended weekly meetings with the contractors to go through invoices where post inspections had been carried
out
 Wrote up schedules and provide drawings for the day to day repairs within strict deadlines
 Attended site meeting with the contractors and work foremen to resolve any issues on site regarding the works
Jan 2002 – Jun 2004: Ian Williams
Trainee Building Surveyor/Quantity Surveyor Insurance
 Offered a general surveying service for insurance claims
 Undertook programming of works and ensured that the correct standard of building work and services were
achieved
 Ensured that the maintenance of the homes within the portfolio were carried out in accordance with the clients
requirements
 Delivered projects on time to the Client Department's satisfaction
 Assessed insurance claims and either validated or repudiated the claim
 Diarised all the appointments, addresses and whether the claim was valid or wear and tear
 Collated all data onto a spread sheet and worked out the overall cost of works, materials and labour
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 Expected to oversee the operatives and ensure the work was carried out to the highest standard
Apr 2001 – Jan 2002: Letts Building Contractors
Maintenance Manager
 Monitored the workload of operatives on a daily basis
 Held responsibility for a team of 13
 Carried out appraisals, one to ones and any disciplinary action
 Responsible for the recruitment and training process for staff
 Produced weekly reports, ensuring all KPI’s were met
 Responsible for the budget management for each client
 Signed off and authorised payments for the team
Apr 1991 – Apr 2001: Birmingham City Council
Maintenance Administrator
 Assisted in refurbishments schemes for the local authority
 Involved with public relations with clients and carried out written surveys
 Liaised and worked with Surveyors and Building Inspectors
 Dealt with re-charges and pricing of works
 Liaised with internal and external contractors and sub-contractors
 Processed client’s repairs and ensured they were completed by the contractors to a high standard
Systems experience: Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook
QUALIFICATIONS
1998 – 2000: University of Central England
HNC Building Studies
1991 – 1993: Matthew Boulton College of Further Education
HNC Business and Finance
1986 – 1988: Birmingham Institute for the Deaf
1972 – 1978: Great Barr School
5 GCE ‘O’ Levels – Grade C
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