10 Top Tips for Planning an Extension to Your Home Extensions are a great way to maximise space. It is one of the biggest investments most people make so planning your extension thoroughly can save you serious pennies, not to mention ensure you have exactly what you

Meet your local area Surveyor: Bath   Third in our series of getting to know our South West Surveyors is, Paul Stevens. Moving up through Devon and Somerset, next we’re heading slightly more North East to Bath. We asked Paul a few questions about his background, his

Meet your local area Surveyor: Somerset   Moving our way up through Devon towards Somerset, we would like to introduce to you Alistair Clark who covers the Somerset and Dorset region. Find out more about Alistair’s typical working day, his work background and his project experience below.

Meet your local area Surveyor: Plymouth   First in the series of getting to know our South West Surveyors is Chris Maslen. Chris is based in our Plymouth office, covering here and the surrounding area. We asked him some questions to find out more about his work

Spotlight on the South West! Meet your local area Surveyor   Cook Brown Building Control operate nationally across England and Wales, including a large presence in the South West of England. In this area we have 18 Building Control Surveyors that cover all areas from Bristol and

Energy Innovation Award Nominations Now Open   We are excited to have launched the last Cook Brown Award of 2022: Energy Innovation Award. The aim of this award is to recognise and reward a project and team that have emonstrated innovative practices and design skills that incorporates

Design Excellence Award Shortlist Announced! We are excited to be announcing the 2022 shortlist for our Design Excellence Award. The aim of this award is to recognise and reward a project and team that have demonstrated innovative design skills whilst incorporating sustainable features. We want to show

Getting to know our new Associate Director, Andrew Wilkes   Andrew Wilkes joined us in May as a new Associate Director. Andrew has an extensive career in Building Control and has a lot of ideas and knowledge to bring to the team. We caught up with Andrew

To conclude Women in Construction Week we would like to introduce to you Jayne Hall from Cook Brown Building Control. Jayne has had an established career with South Gloucestershire Council where she managed the Built Environment Enforcement Service, looking after the Building Control, Planning Enforcement, Environmental Enforcement

Jayne is joining the team at Cook Brown Building Control from her established career with South Gloucestershire Council where she managed the Built Environment Enforcement Service, looking after the Building Control, Planning Enforcement, Environmental Enforcement and Envirocrime functions. She is the immediate Past President of the Chartered