At Barker, our people are the heart of our business. Creating a workplace where our people can thrive helps us deliver a better service to you. We bring together wide-ranging experience, a diverse array of professional skills and the utmost commitment to every project we undertake.
Our team is built from chartered architects, building surveyors, quantity surveyors, engineers and professionally certified project managers. The work we do is always collaborative. Our teams manage design, functionality and cost to ensure our solutions are delivered effectively.
Discover the team belowPartner | Architect
Associate I Architect
Associate Structural Engineer
Associate Architect
Partner | Architect
Richard is a partner at Barker and leads the architecture department. He is dual qualified as a chartered architect and professionally certified project manager with over twenty-five years’ experience in the public and private sectors.
A diverse portfolio of completed projects includes new school buildings, visitor centres, courthouses, commercial offices and a variety of residential and mixed use projects both in the UK and overseas. Richard led the development and managed Staffordshire County Council’s first strategic construction partnership after several years leading an architectural team and has a broad knowledge of construction procurement.
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Tel: 01279 648086
Associate Structural Engineer
Daniel joined Barker in 2019. Daniel has been appointed as an Associate to provide and develop Structural Engineering services. Daniel has over 22 years of experience on projects in the Residential, Commercial and Education sectors providing a wide range of engineering solutions on new build, refurbishment and remodelling projects.
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Tel: 01279 648076
Associate Architect
Simon joined Barker in 2021. He is a Chartered Architect with 20 years of specialist experience in the education sector working at all project work stages from feasibility and inception to completion. He has a proven track record of successfully delivering projects ranging from £100k to £36m working with schools, academies, local authorities and private clients.
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Tel: 01279 648067
Associate Partner
Dan is an engineer and construction manager and heads up our Birmingham Office. He spent the eight years prior to joining Barker managing the Building Schools for the Future (BSF), Additional Pupil Places (APP) and Special School Additional Places (SSAP) capital delivery programmes for Birmingham City Council and has and in-depth knowledge of estate planning in the education sector. He is knowledgeable on funding streams and bid management and has built and managed multi-disciplinary consultancy teams for large scale programmes. An accomplished project and programme manager, he has overseen complex construction projects across multiple sectors on both client and contractor sides.
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Tel: 0121 4509080
Associate Partner
James specialises in the education sector assisting schools and Multi Academy Trust clients with compliance, Condition Improvement Funding and School Condition Allocation advice, applications and project management of new and refurbishment projects.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01279 790058
Associate Architect
Simon joined Barker in 2021. He is a Chartered Architect with 20 years of specialist experience in the education sector working at all project work stages from feasibility and inception to completion. He has a proven track record of successfully delivering projects ranging from £100k to £36m working with schools, academies, local authorities and private clients.
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01279 648067