Richard Cavadino
Chartered Quantity Surveyor & Commercial Mediator
- 2009 RICS Accredited Mediator
- 14 years mediation experience
- Chartered Quantity Surveyor, Expert Witness / Determination, construction, dilapidations, property, boundary specialist
Mediator Richard Cavadino qualifications
- 1974 BSc Quantity Surveying Leeds Polytechnic
- 1976 Associate of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- 1988 Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
- 2009 Awarded Accredited Mediator Status
Employment history
- 1988 – Variously Proprietor and Senior Partner and currently Managing Director Richard Cavadino and Associates Limited
- 1986-1988 Partner, Rex Procter and Partners, Chartered Quantity Surveyors, Leeds
- 1980-1986 Associate Rex Procter and Partners
- 1975-1980 Senior Quantity Surveyor, Davis Belfield and Everest, London
- 1974-1975 Assistant Quantity Surveyor, Davis Belfield and Everest, Leeds
Experience
Chartered Quantity Surveyor covering all aspects of quantity surveying both pre and post contract on a variety of building projects
- Evaluation of contractor’s claims
- Employer’s Agent and Contract Administrator on major building contracts
- Expert witness advising on quantum in dispute resolution
- Accredited RICS Mediator
Selection of previous and current projects as a Quantity Surveyor:
- New Casino Scarborough £5,000,000
- New build Church of St Patrick for Diocese of Leeds – £850,000
- New build Church of St Phillip for Diocese of Leeds – £700,000
- Renovations and Extensions to St Urbans Church Leeds for Diocese of Leeds – £520,000
- Leeds Metropolitan University: Projects from £1,000,000 to £5,000,000
- Harrogate Hydro Swimming Pool for Harrogate Borough Council value £6,500,000
- New Arrivals Facility for Leeds Bradford International Airport value £7,100,000
- New Preparatory school for Wakefield Girls High School value £2,600,000
- Refurbishment and extension to Retail Park for ASDA Property Holdings value £2,200,000
- New Superstore Barton-upon-Humber for the Proudfoot Group
As Employer’s Agent/Contract Administrator and QS
- 23 apartments at Oliver’s View Scarborough – £1,800,000
- Industrial units at Newcastle for Gladedale Capital plc – £4,500,000
- Refurbishment of Recovering Alcoholics Hostel in Leeds for St George’s Crypt – £500,000
- Refurbishment and extensions to St George’s Crypt Leeds to provide overnight accommodation for the homeless. This was the subject of a successful £1 million grant bid to Central Government prepared by Richard Cavadino
- Currently employed by Peel Developments working up a number of schemes including:
- Retail Park Extensions and Refurbishment at Blackburn – £12 million
- Part new-build and part refurbishment Retail Park Corby – £5,000,000
- Hotel – Teeside Airport
- 70 new private houses for Capricorn Homes, Streethouse Wakefield – £5,000,000
- New multi-storey car park for Harrogate Borough Council value £3,500,000
- New Leisure Centre for Ripon City Council value £1,800,000
- New Departure Lounge for Leeds Bradford International Airport value £2,200,000
- New Exhibition Hall for Harrogate International Centre value £2,300,000
- Retail Park, Rochdale for Kingsway Rochdale Ltd value £2,500,000
- Banqueting Suite for Leeds United – £2,000,000
- New stand for Leeds United value £6,500,000
- New stand for Carlisle United AFC value £2,500,000
- Consultant to Rochdale Council for new Leisure Centre at Middleton value £13,000,000
- New Hall at St Anne’s Cathedral Leeds for Diocese of Leeds – £750,000
- Restoration of The Ropewalk at Barton-upon-Humber for the Proudfoot GroupRetail Scheme at Stockport for Peel Developments – £2,200.000 – completed.
Richard has also provided a number of Expert Witness reports on construction disputes and as a RICS accredited mediator has mediated a number of disputes in construction and property-related matters.
