Siobhán Tarr

BSc(Hons) MCIAT

Position: Senior Architectural Technologist

Joined gcp: July 2008

qualifications & professional memberships

AVCE Construction Studies – City of Bristol College
HNC Building Studies – City of Bristol College
BSc(Hons) Degree Architectural Technology and Design - UWE
Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists
BIM ISO 19650 1&2 Project Delivery BRE the Digitalisation of Building Safety and the Golden Thread

background

Siobhán is a CIAT Chartered Architectural Technologist who worked and trained within the design team for sheltered housing developers McCarthy and Stone for 5 years before joining gcp in 2008. Siobhán now leads multiple teams at gcp within the housing sector, focused on delivering excellence from Stage 4 onwards. Siobhán’s technical knowledge and rigorous approach to detailed design are major contributors to gcp’s establishment as leading housing delivery architects.

Siobhán is responsible for developing technical drawing and BIM standards within gcp, as well as ensuring the team are kept up to date with Health and Safety matters, emerging office protocols and new industry targets. She is also responsible for coordinating CPD events and supporting team training needs.

Siobhán is a trained Principal Designer, allowing her to support projects under the current CDM 2015 Regulations. Siobhán has completed several courses on Information Management. This supports gcp’s move towards a globally recognised BIM certification standard to ensure that the team are producing information in support of industry targets.

experience

Siobhán works primarily within the technical team of gcp Architecture, predominantly within the Housing sector, and has obtained an in-depth understanding of Design Standards, Regulations and the importance of how these interact with client requirements. Siobhán has extensive experience of working at technical design stage and particularly enjoys complicated schemes where problem solving is essential and strategic information needs to be produced and coordinated.

Siobhan’s experience includes working closely with contractors on Design-Build contracts and she brings a detailed understanding of the needs of contractors to her work. This has included working onsite in a Design Coordinator role as a part of the contractor’s team on a complex housing project in Bath.