Property consultancy and project management services
Self employed
Total years of experience :45 years, 7 Months
2005 and presently - Self employed - Johannesburg.
Operate as A G Oldfield & Associates.
Property consultancy and project management services for new and existing properties.
Project co-ordination & management.
Building condition and due diligence inspections.
Equipment audits. Insurance replacement valuations.
1994 to 2005 - Marriott Property Services (Pty) Ltd - Hyde Park.
Regional Technical Services Director.
Management of commercial, industrial and retail properties, new commercial & industrial developments, surveys, inspections, due diligence investigations, major lease negotiations, insurance valuations, etc.
1987 to 1994 - Louis Karol Architects - Johannesburg.
Job Captain with Associate status.
Commercial and industrial work including Jan Smuts air traffic control tower, Riverwoods Office Park at Bedfordview, Pinmill Farm Office Park at Sandton, Jorrissen Place in Braamfontein.
1984 to 1987 - Self employed - UK.
Worked with architectural practices, Local Authority and Manchester Airport Authority.
Surveys, housing refurbishment and upgrade and new domestic airport terminal.
1977 to 1984 - Botswana Housing Corporation - Gaborone.
Assistant Building and Maintenance Manager based in Gaborone.
Responsible for the maintenance of the national housing stock, depots, offices and new construction. Responsible for 350 depot staff in Gaborone and overview of depots in Lobatse, Jwaneng, Selibe Phikwe, Francistown and Maun.
Purchase of building materials & equipment, furniture and motor vehicles and production of national maintenance budgets.
1975 to 1977 - Louis Karol Architects - Capetown.
Job Captain dealing with commercial and industrial work including D F Malan air traffic control complex, Shell House, Golden Acre, Pinelands Masonic Centre and Malmesbury factory.
1970 to 1975 - Abbey Hanson Rowe & Partners - Huddersfield, UK.
Architectural Assistant working on offices, warehousing, factories, schools, multi-storey parking garages and public houses including new developments and refurbishments.
1969 to 1970 - Stephenson's Developments Ltd - Huddersfield, UK.
Architectural Assistant dealing with timber framed warehousing, schools, housing and mobile offices for construction sites, oil rigs and Ministry of Defence.
1967 to 1969 - Prices Tailors Ltd - Leeds, UK.
Architectural Assistant dealing with design, refurbishment and construction of retail outlets and factories for John Collier, Alexandre, Peter Pell and Richards Ladies Shops throughout the UK.
1963 to 1967 - Heywood-Helliwell Ltd - Huddersfield, UK.
Draughtsman dealing with thermal and acoustic insulation linings, suspended ceilings, curtain walling, patent glazing and shop fronts. Also did some estimating for quotes on suspended ceilings and insulation.
EXPERIENCE
I have worked in a wide variety of different environments and disciplines in junior and senior positions entailing team membership, team leadership and co-ordination, negotiations with principals, government departments, local authorities and statutory bodies. Administration duties include all types of reporting, record keeping, attendance at meetings and seminars, strategy formulation etc.