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