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    Directors
    Babak joined BMJ in 2021. With over 30 years in the business, he has gained vast experience in the property and construction industry with significant experience in retail, offices and residential. He has led many successful projects from inception to completion including 200 Broomielaw and One Waterloo Street, Glasgow. He has led masterplan designs for ‘Elements Edinburgh’, a 76acre mixed-use development at Edinburgh Airport for Crosswind Development and contributed to strategic designs for the regeneration of Middlesbrough town centre, assisting their bid for Future High Street Fund. Babak also produced the original building design concepts and masterplan for TECA, a world-class exhibition, conference and hotel facility in Aberdeen that provides a 15,000 seated arena, extensive covered exhibition halls and a four-star 200-bed hotel. The scheme is located on the 130-acre former Rowett Research Institute site, adjacent to Aberdeen International Airport. Babak believes in collaboration and encouraging talent to flourish. Working with clients and colleagues, he demonstrates an analytical approach, communicating ideas both visually and verbally. He has served on committees for Glasgow City Council’s urban design panel for Glasgow Institute of Architects, BCSC Scotland and Junior Chamber of Commerce and has been closely involved with several Charities including SPIFOX, Hearts and Minds and Clown Doctors. Babak is ambitious, diverse, dynamic and can think out of the box. He has advised clients on sustainable, innovative development for a number of high-profile projects and recently produced forward thinking post pandemic design guidance for a new Extra Care home provider’s use across England. A self-confessed petrol head and gadget man, Babak has a fascination for technology, automotive and product design.
    Babak
    Sasan

    Director

    Duncan has two decades of experience in developing briefs and design responses for award winning buildings for complex, multi-headed stakeholders and user groups on higher education, research and translational medicine projects. He has the skills to manage complex projects, creating elegant well-crafted buildings that are conceived, planned and detailed with clarity and rigour, often in sensitive site contexts. Duncan’s projects range from single room installations to £300m translational medicine research facilities, for Clients that include 12 Russell Group Universities. His experience spans all project stages, allowing him to inform early design decisions with a thorough understanding of subsequent processes and detail. He will interrogate and challenge a design, proposing enhanced or innovative solutions, ensuring the best possible outcomes. Duncan employs an innovative Visioning process to assist Clients define the common vision and aspirations for new facilities. He focuses on understanding and developing Clients’ requirements into proposals; controlling design development to ensure these are achieved.
    Duncan
    Leach

    Director

    Nick has extensive experience on complex highly serviced new and refurbishment schemes in both private and public sectors ranging from £30k to £50m. He has a wealth of in-depth knowledge, acquired over 20 years working with various healthcare, education and specialist laboratory Clients. He is highly experienced in managing design teams and the design process. He has an established track record in the delivery of design solutions, from project inception with the development of feasibility studies and business cases, the formulation of outline and detailed briefs and the co-ordination of comprehensive scheme design information. Nick advocates a best value management approach on all projects from the outset, working in close collaboration with the cost consultant and other design team members. Nick is also a highly skilled Project Manager, liaising directly with the Client’s team whilst developing project execution plans, detailed pre-construction programmes and advising on alternative procurement routes.
    Nick
    Benn

    Director

    Sonia joined BMJ Architects in 1992 and has gone on to become Board Director with overall responsibility for quality throughout the practice. She is a highly experienced design team leader and project architect with highly developed organisational and design skills, a well-developed understanding of project buildability and specialist experience in complex research laboratory projects, higher education campuses and specialist healthcare facilities. Sonia is a specialist in detailed briefing and lead consultancy on large highly serviced building projects. She was lead consultant and architect for the £82m Scottish Government Crime Campus at Gartcosh, which includes forensic laboratories and specialist offices. Sonia maintains an overview of BMJ’s total service along with leading service performance appraisals ensuring targets are achieved whilst developing continuous improvements. She is highly adept at interpreting Clients’ project needs, ensuring these are properly defined and understood and subsequently carried through to project delivery on time, within budget and quality.
    Sonia
    Scott

    Director

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