David Houston B
Managing Partner
BSc (Hons) MRICS ACIArb ICIOB
PERSONAL DETAILS
Profession: Chartered Quantity Surveyor Nationality: British Membership: MRICS, ACIArb, ICIOB, Society of Engineers (UAE), Society of Construction Law
Languages: English
Academic: BSc (Hons) in Quantity Surveying University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland Relevant
Experience: Office and Retail, Leisure, Residential, Banking, Hospitality, Industrial, Educational
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Houston And Partners (Dubai, U.A.E) Jan 2006 – Present
Position: Managing Partner
Having established the Practice in late 2005, David is responsible for the management of the Practice and the servicing of the Practice’s Clients.
Davis Langdon (Dubai, U.A.E) (Singapore) 1995 – 2005
Position: Associate
Working on his own initiative and reporting to the practice partners, David’s duties and responsibilities comprised all aspects of pre and post quantity surveying work and general management of the office ensuring all project compiled with the Quality Assurance requirements while also supervising the staff members with APC preparation and reports.
Bruce Shaw Partnership (Belfast, Northern Ireland), March 1995 – Aug 1995
Position: Senior Quantity Surveyor
D G Jones and Partners (Paris, France) 1994 – 1995
Position: Quantity Surveyor
Bell Burton Associates (Douglas, Isle of Man) 1992 – 1993
Position: Quantity Surveyor
Moore MacDonald and Partners (Holywood, Northern Ireland) 1984–1991
Sami Elayan
Partner
BSc (Hons) Architecture
PERSONAL DETAILS
Profession: Architect
Nationality: Jordan Membership: Society of Engineers (UAE), Jordan Engineering Union
Languages: English, Arabic
Academic: BSc (Hons) in Architecture from Jordan University of Science and Technology Relevant Experience: Office and Retail, Leisure, Residential, Hospitality
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Houston And Partners (Dubai, U.A.E) 2018 – Present
Position: Partner
Having joined the practice in mid 2018, Sami provided insight to moving the consultancy to its next level, providing his experience to manage the office and staff.
D&A Consult (Dubai, U.A.E) 2015- 2018
Position: General Manager
Working on his own initiative and reporting to the chairmen, Sami’s duties and responsibilities comprised all aspects of pre and post quantity surveying work and gneral managment of the office ensuring all project are moving forward with a quality accepted by the chairmen while also supervising the staff members operations and office day to day.
Richmond SES (Dubai, UAE), 2013– 2015
Position: Business Development Consultant
Cyrstel Call (Amman, Jordan) 2008– 2013
Position: Team Leader