PF+A announces expansion into Alderney

PF+A announces expansion into Alderney

PF+A Architecture is delighted to announce its expansion into the northern island of Alderney. Colin Partridge has been appointed as a consultant to PF+A as he steps down from the architectural practice he founded some 44 years ago.

Charlie Hodder will lead this initiative for PF+A and will be a regular visitor with other colleagues from the Guernsey team to assist current and prospective clients with their projects. PF+A have offices in Guernsey and Jersey and provide architectural services across all the Channel Islands.

Charlie Hodder of PF+A said, "This is an interesting time for Alderney with more people moving to the island or looking to improve their homes and businesses. We have several live projects in Alderney and are visiting the island every couple of weeks. We are really looking forward to working with Colin as he retires and to continue to support the local community by providing high quality architectural design that will enhance Alderney’s built environment."

Colin Partridge is retiring from practice but will work as a consultant to PF+A to ensure that Alderney continues to enjoy a high standard of architectural services. Colin had worked in Guernsey from 1972 before moving to Alderney in 1978. Since that time, he estimates that he has enjoyed being involved in more than 1,100 commissions of all shapes and sizes.

He also served twenty-two years as a jurat in the Alderney court, sixteen of which as chairman, for which he was appointed an OBE in 2012. Colin said, “I am looking forward to a close working relationship with PF+A to the greater benefit of the Alderney community and future sustainability of the island.”

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Having been educated and grown up in Guernsey and developing a passion for technical design work, information technology and an intrigue for building design and history during his GCSE years, Oliver decided to commence his career in 1999 as an Architectural Technologist with Lovell Ozanne one of the largest architectural practices in the Channel Islands, During those first inspiring 9 years he gained his BTEC HNC qualification increasing his fundamental experience and developing his knowledge base by working on multi-million pound commercial and residential developments including, Mixed Use and Redevelopment Areas (MURA), offices, apartments and industrial units.

Moving to the States of Guernsey’s Property Services Team in 2008, Oliver was able to learn invaluable working skills and practices, increasing his expanding skillset in tendering and contract administration, whilst having the opportunity to work on public buildings and the differing challenges brought about by these types of projects. These projects encompassed education premises, States buildings with high security requirements, projects at the airport and harbours and fully accessible health facilities. Full Accessibility audits for the health facilities became a prominent project for Oliver as his career progressed and he carried out a number of audits and reports for substantial business within the Island.

Now with a total of 21 years’ experience within the industry, his expansive knowledge not only covers all areas of a very vast field, but includes all aspects of a project from inception right through to the final handover of a completed project; which, for Oliver is the most rewarding experience.

Oliver’s exceptional wealth of knowledge has lead him to gain his chartership with the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists and was formally invited to become an Interview Assessor for the Institute in 2015, a position limited to only a small number and in which someone can only be invited by the Institute. Oliver completed the necessary assessor training a few months later.

Ever striving to continue growing and expanding his professional knowledge, Oliver is a driven member of PF+A and one of the top in his field. With his professional yet friendly approachable nature he is an individual able to facilitate and communicate to clients, contractors, sub-contractors and other third parties to ensure that a project is always the best it can be. Internally an exceptional trainer to the less experienced members of the team with an ease of teaching methods to ensure an unseamingly level of continuity for their development.

In his spare time Oliver enjoys spending time with his young family of three daughters, experiencing travelling and cultural diversity and of course Guernsey’s beautiful outdoor environment.