PEOPLE
Gavin Connop
Managing Director &
Façade Consultant
Gavin began his career in 1989 working as a trainee designer, gaining valuable experience within the curtain walling & window industry.
Gavin furthered his career working for façade contractors, developing his design abilities.
In 2001, Gavin joined Parry Bowen as a Senior Designer, working on curtain walling, windows & cladding projects valued between £1m & £15m and became a key part of the design and development of bespoke unitised systems within the business, which were incorporated within the Schuco standard range and have since been further developed.
He progressed over the next 9 years with Parry Bowen to become Design Office Manager, overseeing the design and technical engineering elements of every project within the business.
With further experience gained though Astec Projects, Prater Ltd and a Technical Directors position as LSC Facades, Gavin has brought a wide range of experience, knowledge and abilities before joining NET PMC Ltd in 2016 as a Façade Consultant.
Following joining NET PMC Ltd, Gavin’s facade consultancy experience expanded dramatically, covering all aspects of the Façade Consultants scope, working on specialised packages from £50k to £30 million gaining practical working knowledge of all facade engineered constructions such as stick & unitised curtain walling, glass and glazing as well as glass, aluminium & stone rainscreen cladding, pre-cast concrete, GRC, stone cladding, windows, doors, brise soliel & louvres.
Gavin is always keeping up to date with developments published by Centre for Windows and Cladding Technology (CWCT) along with the British Standards Institute BSI to ensure that he has up to date product knowledge and industry developments are utilised, which ensures the service offered is of the highest possible professional standard.
Gavin’s ethos is to ensure that an up to date product knowledge and industry developments are maintained and utilised, which ensures that a high level of professional service is offered throughout each project.
Qualifications:
ONC Building Studies
CWCT Courses for Thermal & Moisture Performance and Acoustics.
CPD’s in various rainscreen cladding products as well as automated door systems & weather membranes.
CDM regulations for Design Managers
MSc degree course in Façade Engineering
Russell Meyer
MCIOB CMIOSH
Façade Consultant
Russell began his career in 1995 working as a graduate trainee with Lakesmere, gaining valuable experience with design & estimating within the curtain walling & window industry.
Russell furthered his career within Lakesmere up until 2014 where he had progressed to a Design Manager role for a period of 7 years.
With the Design Managers role, Russell worked on a number of curtain walling, window, roofing & cladding projects valued between £500k & £10m and became an integral member of the company and gained an extensive knowledge of façade related products, regulatory requirements as well as an ability to resolve design issues encountered on various projects.
His role looked to cover management of sub-contract design, structural & thermal engineering resources.
Russell moved on from Lakesmere in 2013 to further expand his knowledge and career within a Senior Design Managers role within LSC Facades which progressed to a Group Head of Technical within the company, taking responsibility for several design offices as well as increasing his technical knowledge within the industry,
Following the closing of LSC Facades, Russell moved on to work with Walsin Ltd as Technical Manager and then on to Imperial Façades as Design Director, as a founding Director and set up a successful design team over a 5-year period before joining Infinity Façade Consultants Ltd in 2023.
Russell has brought an extensive range of experience & knowledge to the team as a Façade Consultant.
Following joining Infinity Façade Consultants Ltd, Russell has been involved in projects covering all aspects of the Façade Consultants role, working on various projects with unitised and stick curtain walling as well as precast stone, GRC, and rainscreen cladding, continuing to gain theoretical and practical of various facade engineered constructions.
Russell is always keeping up to date with developments published by Centre for Windows and Cladding Technology (CWCT) along with the British Standards Institute BSI to ensure that he has up to date product knowledge and industry developments are utilised, which ensures the service offered is of the highest possible professional standard.
Qualifications:
Postgraduate Certificate in Health and Safety Management. v2004. University of Portsmouth.
Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) Building Management. 1995. Coventry University.
Incorporated Member Chartered Institute of Building (ICIOB)
Chartered Member - Chartered Institute of Building:- (MCIOB)
Chartered Member - Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (CMIOSH)
Construction Skills Certificate Scheme CPCS – Professionally Qualified Perso
Construction Skills Certificate Scheme CPCS – Contracts Manager card holder
Product courses, including Kalzip, Schücal +, Schüco Curtain Wall & Window, Schüeco Enhanced, Pilkington, Jansen.
CWCT, BIM, BRE BR135