Gary Spent 22 years in the Royal Air Force as a Physical Training Instructor and loved every minute.

He has spent the last 10 years working in a variety of Sectors building up his knowledge of how to provide employers and individuals with access to qualifications that are rewarding and affordable.

Qualifications and Professional Memberships include:

Mob: +44 7811 358 378

Skype: gary.pollard9

Linkedin: Gary Pollard

After leaving Thomas Telford School in 2004, Nick worked at Steventon Land & Estate Agents for 2 years and as a Mortgage Underwriter for Portman Building Society and West Bromwich Mortgage Company.

Mob: +44 7851 197 068

Skype: nick.asprey

Linkedin: Nick Asprey

Reg has worked within the construction & built environment industry all through his working life, eventually becoming a general foreman and site agent for a midlands national company. From there he went on to become Contracts Manager for Building, Civil and Structural Engineering across the U.K. for Matthew Hall.

Reg was Chief External Verifier for Construction & the Built Environment for EDEXCEL/CIOB/ICE, as well as lead Verifier for the BTEC Legacy

First Certificates and Diplomas, National Certificates & Diplomas, and Higher National Certificates & Diplomas. He was instrumental in the initial development of all of the Construction NVQ’s from Level 2 up to Level 5 and well as the new Diploma’s in Construction.  

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building. F.C.I.O.B.
Member of the Chartered Management Institute. M.C.M.I.
Bachelor of Arts Degree. B.A.
Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Adult Education. Ad. Dip. Ad. Ed.

Lead Assessor to B.S. 5750 Now ISO 9001

John has worked in the construction industry for 47 years. He started his career working for William Moss & Sons as an apprentice carpenter and retired earlier this year working as a Contracts Manager for Kier Southern; where he was responsible for pre-contract negotiations, tendering and adjudication process, and the successful management and completion of many projects. These projects include:

• £3 million - Animal Centre of the RSPCA
• £2 million - Office for the Salvation Army
• £4.3million - New Retail units Watford
• £5 million - Fire precaution work and anti-dash facility at Broadmoor Hospital
• £3.9million - New Build secure care home, Roehampton
• £5  million - DDA Work, Three Rivers DC

John Martinus is a Senior Project Manager/Operations Director with 40 plus years experience in the construction industry working mainly on design and Build contracts.  Currently John is working for MACE Ltd as Senior Project Manager – Birmingham New StreeT5

John was Responsible for the Main Terminal Building construction and Fit-out on the new Dublin Airport project.  This includes all Health & safety matters and the day to day design  co-ordination, procurement and construction of the works on this 690 Million Euro project.

Qualification and professional memberships include:

• O.N.C. (1971) Ordinary National Certificate - Mechanical Engineering.
• H.N.C. (1973) Higher National Certificate - Civil Engineering.
• NVQ Level 5 in Construction Management
• FCIOB

Gordon Topham is a Senior Project Manager with 40 plus years experience working in Construction, mainly on Pipework and Pipework Associated Installations for the Utilities Industry in both rural and urban situations.

Gordon has overseas Utilities experience in Australia, and South America working in Argentina, Chile and Brazil following privatisation of the Utilities Industry in Argentina.

Specific areas of interest are Safety, Representing LOR with HSE NI. Training and Development of Employees. Master Trainer for IIF and NVQ A1 Assessor. Customer Service Liaison and Best practice issues when working within a Public Environment.