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

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

4. 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.

6. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERS’ PRESENTATION

7. 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.

8. 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

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

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

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

13. 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