Director
E: Lee.Orchard@summers-inman.co.uk
M: 07940423277
Lee is a main board Director based in our London Office, is a chartered Quantity Surveyor with over 15 years of experience in the Construction industry both as a Quantity Surveyor, Project Manager and Programme Manager.
Providing Cost Planning & Cost Management Services, Employer’s Agent, Contract Administration, Project Management, Development and Monitoring services, Lee is experienced in many sectors including Health and Leisure Schemes, Retail, Education, Local Authority, Residential, Commercial and Retail.
Lee joined Summers-Inman in 2010 and has been involved with numerous challenging projects. Further to becoming a Chartered Surveyor, Lee has specialised in Contract Administration and Project Management, acting as Employer’s Agent on a range of schemes. Lee is particularly able to deliver ‘Distressed’ projects and programmes.
Lee is the Framework Director for a number of long standing Clients including Philips Electronics and Richmond Council and a number of commercial and public sector organisations.
From the London office Lee has also taken a lead in the delivery of Project Management services with a particular specialism in the delivery of specialist medical equipment such as MRIs, Cath Labs and digital X-Rays. This includes delivering a number of complex projects within ‘live’ hospital environments where construction work is being completed whilst maintaining operational needs is key for patient safety.
Having a very pro-active approach to his work, Lee finds keeping a high level of communication between key members of the project team has been the driving force behind the success of the projects he has led. Lee has worked as the commercial manager for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS foundation Trust, has delivered a programme of 6th Forms as the programme manager for the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames which included managing a team of project managers, quantity surveyors, CDMCs and designers.
Lee is actively involved in his own community and has been a Governor for a local children’s centre. He also acts as an APC Supervisor and Counsellor for APC candidates and in his spare time spends his time playing sports and activities with his family.
