Why Bellrock

Workplace expert in public sector projects.

Mike Smart has significant experience of managing complex public sector projects. His portfolio of contracts includes some of the most mature PFI contracts in the UK, LiftCos and SPVs where Bellrock is a significant shareholder. Mike brings energy and drive raising standards in performance and delivering value. Mike is leading the development of the bespoke Concerto platform to integrate the complex KPI reporting structures often demanded by public sector contracts.

Workplace expert in the government, healthcare and local authority sectors.

Demitri has over 15 years’ experience working developing property and facilities solutions with the public sector. He has been involved with local authority that are investing and developing property in order to generate additional income streams, with healthcare using property to support a commitment to providing the best possible care to the community at large and with central government projects to share resources and improve the provision of effective management information.

Demitri is committed to helping clients identify the best outcomes using good practice underpinned by technology.

Workplace expert in the corporate, retail and leisure sectors.

With over 20 years’ experience in property and facilities management, Kelly is the Bellrock expert for the corporate, retail and leisure sectors. Kelly has been creating service solutions to increase compliance, reduce cost and improve the customer experience and that of the in-house teams who work there. Kelly understands that the environment typifies the brand. In dynamic sectors it must keep pace with every changing consumer needs.

Kelly is focused on using technology to streamline processes and use data to make informed and effective decisions about the workplace.

Expert in workplace consultancy for the education sector.

Valerie has over 18 years experience working facilities management, seven of which have been spent working with the education sector. Valerie takes a strategic view, helping clients think about their long-term goals, as well as the day to day property challenges. Valerie has significant experience in creating an estates solution specifically for education environments where there is careful consideration of how to reduce spend without impacting on the quality of service.

By leveraging the estate any school has opportunities to innovate and improve the environment for educators and students, directly impacting learning outcomes.

Estates consultancy expert.

Andrew is a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years' experience in the property sector. He supports asset managers, property owners and occupiers to develop, maintain and operate their portfolio using his extensive knowledge and experience. Andrew combines his technical project management and building surveying expertise with the application of new technologies to deliver robust property advice.
Andrew also works with clients co-ordinating refurbishment and new build construction projects.

Expert for project management and capital works projects.

David has significant experience in managing the end to end process for turnkey projects from feasibility and concept, to practical delivery. David leads the delivery of diverse projects from single asset replacement to full design. These can be as complex as an extension to a school or hospital, or an office refurbishment. David manages every aspect of the project including the tender process, creating a cohesive on-site delivery team to execute the project on time and within budget.

Andrew is a leading service charge expert with over 35 years’ experience, specialising in property and construction disputes and matters relating to landlord and tenant relationships. He has acted as an expert witness on numerous occasions and was a quantum expert in a multi-million High Court case in 2017. Andrew was instrumental in the launch of the highly regarded annual SCOR report that benchmarks service charge payments and management to the RICS code of practice.

Russell Heath is a Chartered Surveyor, who for the last 15 years,has specialised in commercial service charge management.

Russell is an acknowledged expert in the service charge field, with long-standing clients in the retail sector. He provides occupiers with comprehensive service charge management advice, focused on commercial return. Russell has been actively involved in the RICS professional statement – Service charges in commercial property and is a regular speaker for the RICS CPD Foundation seminars.

Harry is a RICS registered valuer with over ten years’ experience working across all asset classes.
Harry has combined his expertise in valuation, lease advisory and agency, specialising in the education, charities, and ecclesiastical and religious order sectors. He uses his insight in these sectors to provide a comprehensive estate strategy for clients, including identifying opportunities to release capital for investment in new facilities. With a detailed understanding of long term and latent asset value, he maximises estate value and return on investment.

Paul is a RICS Registered Valuer and specialises in the charities and ecclesiastical sectors, providing expert estate strategy advice across all disciplines to institutional and third sector clients nationwide.
Paul has over 15 years’ experience in advising charities and institutional property owners. Paul’s in depth knowledge and market experience brings together estate strategy, valuation, purchase and disposal advice on a wide range of institutional properties including schools, convents, churches and all categories of charity owned property in compliance with their regulatory requirements.
Providing specialist development consultancy and estate strategy advice to third sector and not-for-profit organisations on unlocking latent land value to achieve best value from under-utilised assets. Working with clients to develop holistic real estate strategies across a wide range of disciplines to maximise value and returns tailored to meet clients objectives.

Critical assets expert.

Stuart is a chartered engineer, with over 18 years’ experience of both electrical, and electronics engineering in the facilities sector. He leads the critical assets business, including the integration of expertise for new service streams to support clients’ planned, preventative maintenance schedules and projects.
Stuart’s customer first approach is based on an understanding that robust infrastructure is designed to protect the core organisational activities.

Hasi is an engineer with over 30 years' experience in the mechanical and electrical services sector. He has significant knowledge and insight in predictive maintenance technologies, developing critical asset preventative maintenance programmes to help clients reduce costs and improve reliability.
Benchmarking products and service costs means Hasi also advises managing agents on budgeting service charge allocation against key asset maintenance priorities.

Life cycle replacement expert.

Colin is a highly experienced engineer with over 40 years working in the healthcare, education and commercial sectors. Any requirement to replace or renew HVAC or M&E plant requires planning to minimise disruption, selection of the appropriate product and a focus on energy efficiency. Colin’s professional advice is invaluable for operating within capital expenditure budgets and reducing risk.