Past President - Beryl Menzies PPBEng MBEng MRICS
Beryl was inaugurated President on 08 May 2009 at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London.
Beryl is Director of Menzies Partners Chartered Surveyors and practises as a Fire Safety Consultant. Born in London, Beryl currently lives in North Essex with her husband Ian, a Chartered Building Surveyor, and their two teenage sons.
After leaving school, Beryl joined the Greater London Council Building Regulations Division. She subsequently transferred to Building Control at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, where she specialised in matters of fire and life safety, reviewing innovative and complex designs in the development of Docklands.
In 1991 Beryl became an independant fire consultant and has been involved in major projects in various parts of the country; City and Docklands developments, residential developments, hotels, theatre (Hull Truck Theatre), exhibition complexes, hospitals, sports stadia (including Wembley National Stadium), museums (including the Victoria and Albert Museum), schools, colleges (Corpus Christi) and shopping malls. Her clients include both the public and private sectors.
Beryl was a member of the Building Regulatory Advisory Committee (BRAC), sponsored by Communities and Local Government and was on the working party which undertook the review of Approved Document B of the Building Regulations. She is also a member of the CIC Regulatory Advice Committee and CIC Approved Inspectors appointment and renewal panel.