STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION The National Trust is a charity. Membership currently 3.3 million

Central Office Divided into a number of Directorates The Building Department is part of the Conservation Directorate

Each Region is headed by a Regional Director. Supported by a management team, including a Finance Manager, Customer Services Manager and Regional Building Manager (RBM). Also in the team are Area Managers -who are Line Managers for Property Managers.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION Mansion subject to Quinquennial Inspection & Report. Mostly by Architect or Building Surveyor. Property subject to electrical test and may involve M&E Engineer. Quinquennial can involve Structural Engineers. Structural Engineer could carry out Quinquennial.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION Consultants are appointed for a number of reasons. workload where the skills are not available in-house can include Architects, Building & Quantity Surveyors, Mechanical & Electrical Engineers and Structural Engineers Expenditure on Consultants’ fees - £5 million

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION Very little new build. Prefer to make use of existing structures. Structural Engineers with knowledge of old buildings.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION NT is subject to all legislation, including: Planning Permission LBC Building Regulations Health & Safety - CDM

Conservation approach to intervene as little as possible to retain as much as possible of the original fabric use materials sympathetic to the structure

NT owns approximately 25,000 buildings and structures Insurance reinstatement value £4.5 billion NT is spending £60 million on building work annually £11 million on operational repairs £49 million on project work