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@SirRaymondMang wrote:
to quote his website
“Our principal: Mr. David Grant has over 25 years experience in Architecture, Design property development and planning applications, of small, medium and large scale projects. We have completed design projects in 7 countries.
He has been consulted as an expert & written articles published in “The Sunday Times” & “The Irish Independent” Newspapers.”
Face it, his ‘website’ is as farcical as the man himself. Naturally he’s going to hype up his profile. What annoys me is the fact that he still gets away with it and the little fines do little to prevent him making a career change. Maybe he could take up BER assessing.
Incidentally, there are few other companies I have come across that have have a team of highly qualified ‘Architects and other disciplines’, yet the highest qualification they possess is a certificate in building studies (if lucky).
It is quite worrying that qualifications in any profession mean so little these days.
@SirRaymondMang wrote:
Where are these articles he claimed to have published in the Sunday Times and Irish Independent?
The articles published were about him not by him 😉
Fake architect prosecuted – for the second time
2 June, 2009By Marguerite Lazell
A man who falsely called himself an architect has been fined £1,500 and ordered to pay £4,500 in costs after being pleading guilty to misusing the title architect.
It is the second time David Grant of east London-based Inspire Design has been successfully prosecuted for breaching Section 20 of the Architects Act, having been fined £200 and ordered to pay £1,300 costs at a previous hearing in September 2006, also brought by the Arb.
The latest charges brought against Grant included advertising under the “architects” listing in a telephone directory and using the title on the company’s website.
Grant was found guilty of three breaches of Section 20 of the Architects Act at Stratford Magistrates’ Court on May 13.
A spokesman for Arb’s professional standards department said: “The level of fine and costs awarded in this case send a strong message to anyone who is fraudulently using the title architect. Arb remains committed to bringing such individuals to justice.”
This weekend Grant was the subject of an article in the Sunday Times, which described how the “fake architect” had set up in London, claiming 25 years’ experience, after a television documentary by RTE in Ireland revealed a catalogue of property dealings which included operating a hostel in Dublin without planning permission or a fire-safety certificate.
@hutton wrote:
+1… it was all very egg-otistical 😮
So what odds on Clarence being next to be shelved?
I would like to see the Clarence go ahead, the tower should stay an image and nothing else.
Taken from AJ. Is he the same man???
The ARB has successfully prosecuted a man who falsely advertised his company as an architect’s practice.
David Grant, head of Inspire Designs in east London, was found guilty of breaching Section 20 of the Architects Act, and was ordered to pay £1,500 in fines and costs by Stratford magistrates.
Grant did not attend the 6 September hearing, nor did he submit any mitigation in his defence.
A spokesman from the ARB’s regulation department said after the hearing: ‘Mr Grant had falsely advertised his firm under an ‘Architects’ listing in the Estates Gazette.
‘This was a blatant attempt to mislead members of the public into believing that his firm was a reputable firm of architects. Not only does this mislead consumers, it also undermines the profession’s integrity in the eyes of the public.’
The spokesman added: ‘The board remains committed to prosecuting individuals who act in such a manner.’
by Richard Vaughan
don’t bother with Part M it doesn’t cover anything, use Bs 8300 instead as a starter.
There is a booklist on RIAI website.for the web search for:
centre of accessible environments in the uk
surface: university of Salford.magazines:
access journal
access by design
