Jim Roots                               

Polytechnic Diploma in Quantity Surveying: June 1974 (Kingston Polytechnic, now University)

Associate of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: January 1976

Fellow of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors: January 1996

May 2001 to present: Practising as independent Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Hastings, East Sussex

June 1998 to April 2001: Senior Associate / Project Director for AYH plc, Construction Cost Consultants and Project Managers, London

August 1984 to May 1998: Senior Associate for The MDA Group , Construction Cost Consultants and Project Managers, London

August 1983 to July 1984: Quantity Surveyor for G. Cappa Ltd, Building Contractors, Lagos, Nigeria

May 1992 to July 1983: Resident Quantity Surveyor and Office Manager for Rowland Epega and Partners, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Lagos, Nigeria

September 1980 to April 1982: Senior Quantity Surveyor and Office Manager for Caston Palmer and Partners, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Hastings, East Sussex

May 1978 to August 1980: Senior Quantity Surveyor for AL Smith & Partners, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Haywards Heath, West Sussex

June 1976 to April 1988: Quantity Surveyor for Shepherd and Furlong, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Ewell, Epsom, Surrey

September 1970 to May 1976: Trainee / Assistant Quantity Surveyor for County Architect's Department, Surrey County Council, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey