Team

Our team are the key to the success of our business and we take pride in our commitment to professional development and staff welfare.

A high proportion of our technical staff hold or are working towards chartership accreditations with professional institutions such as the Institution of Structural Engineers and Institution of Civil Engineers.

Over many years we have developed a collaborative working environment that is based upon innovation, sharing collective knowledge and peer review. We experience high levels of staff satisfaction that is reflected in a very low level of staff turnover. With an ever-changing construction industry, we invest in the latest technology and training to ensure our staff have the tools and knowledge required to provide the best service possible to our clients.

We currently have over 35 members of staff at our Norwich office and our further details of our management team are provided here.

We aim to enjoy our work and organise regular site visits to local projects and stage other activities including office technical workshops, training webinars and in house CPD seminars to advance our knowledge in a collaborative approach.

We enjoy a variety of office social activities which include sporting activities (football, cricket, badminton, table tennis, volleyball), quiz nights, ten pin bowling and both Christmas and Summer staff outings.

Simon Rossi
Managing Director

Simon has been a senior director within Rossi Long Consulting and its previous associated companies since 2001. He has a breadth of engineering skills across various sectors, including health, industrial, residential/care, leisure, education, and conservation. He has previously been responsible for a range of framework commissions, including EEDA, English Heritage, and Norfolk Education.

Alongside managerial responsibilities, Simon retains an active involvement with projects, assisting with concept designs and participating in regular technical reviews and workshops with colleagues.

Simon’s experience spans a wide range of projects, including work with Historic England on the conservation of Bromholm Priory, a Grade I listed ruin, and All Saints Church in Necton, which won the SPAB John Betjeman Award for repairs to its timber cupola.

For over 20 years, Simon has also collaborated with Norwich University of the Arts (NUA), contributing to sensitive contemporary improvements and significant investments in their campus buildings, located in the historic heart of the city. His work has included the award-winning conversion of the Monastery building into Media Labs, as well as numerous other projects such as the conversion of a Grade II listed building, and the development of the university’s library, studios, art gallery, and student accommodation.

Shaun Long
Director

Shaun has been a director at Rossi Long Consulting since 2012, where he is responsible for project management, financial management, and business development. He also maintains control of technical issues on projects.

Commencing his career as a draughting technician whilst also undertaking part-time degree studies, Shaun obtained a first-class honours degree in civil engineering. He was awarded the Institute of Civil Engineers Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Work in 1991 and became a chartered member of the Institute of Structural Engineers (IStructE) in 1995. In April 2010, he was awarded Fellow status of the IStructE. Shaun has been acknowledged for his contributions in a series of construction books written by Emmitt and Gorse.

Shaun has extensive first-hand experience of the design of a wide range of sectors with values up to £45M, including education, health, industrial, commercial, residential, conservation, offshore works, and temporary works design.

Mike Lloyd
Director

Mike is a Chartered Structural Engineer with experience in both civil and structural engineering disciplines, working in several different sectors. Appointed as director at Rossi Long Consulting in 2012, he oversees the civil engineering, planning, and residential teams, while also focusing on project management, financial management, business development, and health and safety.

During his time within the company, Mike has nurtured a multidisciplinary team of engineers capable of delivering a variety of civil and structural engineering projects to a diverse range of clients, including private developers, Registered Social Landlords, and design and build contractors.

Services include initial feasibility, provision of surveys/reports to accompany planning submissions, flood risk, site investigations, and detailed construction designs from building’s substructure and superstructure to adoptable and private drainage and pavement designs.

Rob Scholes
Director

Rob is a Chartered Structural Engineer who began his career in engineering in 1994. In 2012, he became director at Rossi Long Consulting, where he now leads the major capital works team. He is responsible for the day-to-day running and supervision of these projects and is actively involved with each scheme, maintaining a collaborative and hands-on role from inception to delivery.

He brings extensive experience across public sector, commercial, and residential projects, with specialist expertise in the health and education sectors. Career highlights include leading the Westlegate Tower redevelopment in Norwich, winner of the Institution of Structural Engineers Regional Award for Structural Excellence in 2015, and working as a Structural Engineer for Goldsmith Street, the recipient of the 2019 RIBA Stirling Prize.

Oliver Edwards
Technical Director

Oliver joined Rossi Long Consulting in 2002 as an Undergraduate Engineer, gaining practical experience during his university holiday periods whilst studying a Civil Engineering degree at Nottingham University. He graduated in 2005 with a first-class honours degree.

He has built up a wide range of civil and structural engineering design experience on projects up to the value of £40m, spanning the healthcare, education, residential, commercial, defence, industrial, waste, public, and religious buildings sectors. As a member of the senior management team, his responsibilities include maintaining and improving technical standards, managing the IT infrastructure, and overseeing marketing.

In 2005, Oliver was awarded the runner-up prize in the TRADA Timber Engineering Student Competition for research undertaken into the use of Glue Laminated Timber. He was also awarded runner-up prize for the IStructE Young Engineer of the Year 2007, Regional IStructE Award for Structural Excellence 2009 (New Wymondham Library). He became a chartered member of the Institution of Structural Engineers in 2010.

Paul Cosford
Technical Director

Paul joined Rossi Long Consulting in 2020 as a technical director within the civil engineering team. He is a Chartered Civil Engineer covering all aspects of infrastructure design and team management, with extensive experience of the planning and adoption process and associated agreements such as S106, S278, S38, and S104.

He has a diverse range of experience, having been involved in the delivery of a wide variety of projects across sectors including commercial, residential, retail, academic, leisure and research with individual project values of up to £180m.

Paul remains hands-on throughout all stages of a project, from pre-planning to master planning, developing value-driven strategies through to construction, and has extensive experience in managing the interim design process.

Glenn Gammons
Associate

Glenn joined Rossi Long Consulting in 2015 following an earlier spell with the company. Having begun his career in 2001, he progressed from draughtsman to Chartered Engineer, giving him a broad range of skills to draw from in both structural and civil engineering.

During his time as an engineer, he has worked on a wide variety of projects from conception to completion, in a range of sectors including commercial, education, laboratory, retail, residential, refurbishment.

Glenn has a particular interest in historic building conservation engineering, developing sympathetic and practical engineering solutions in a mixture of settings. He is also experienced in the concept and detailed design of a variety of building forms in concrete, steel, timber, and masonry, as well as experience in drainage and highway design.

As a member of the management team, he is responsible for maintaining and reviewing Rossi Long Consulting’s quality management systems.

Graham Atkins
Associate

Graham is a Structural Engineer who graduated from Loughborough University in 2002 with a First-Class Honours degree. His career started within the energy sector before joining Rossi Long Consulting in 2004.

During his career, Graham has worked on a variety of projects across the residential, healthcare, education, refurbishment, and conservation sectors. He has been involved with the design of numerous steel and concrete framed structures, as well as having extensive contributions within the conservation sector and the refurbishment of local historic and listed buildings. He is regularly involved with new build housing schemes for housing associations and private developers throughout Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire.

Graham has been the lead Engineer on The Nook, a children’s hospice located near Norwich, and the state-of-the-art new Priscilla Bacon Hospice building. Other projects include Peter O’Sullevan House, a rehabilitation centre for injured jockeys, and the King's Lynn Innovation Centre (KLIC) – an award-winning building offering commercial workspace to small and start-up businesses. He has also been heavily involved on several conservation projects, amongst these include the fire damage restoration of Oulton Hall and Mansion House and the refurbishment and extension of buildings at Earlham Hall, Norwich.

Luke Fairall
Associate - Transport Planner

Luke is responsible for the management of transport and travel planning projects. He began his career in 2003 and has since developed a wealth of experience in Transport Planning and Policy, Sustainable Travel Planning, Traffic Engineering, Development Control, and Spatial Planning projects for both public and private sector clients.

He is highly experienced in the preparation of Transport Assessments, Transport Statements, and Travel Plans, along with a wide variety of traffic engineering projects. This spans across junction and visibility analysis, pedestrian/cycle accessibility, traffic counts, safety audits, parking studies, and public transport routes.

Luke also has extensive experience in Development Control matters for the public sector, having been involved in the assessment/review of over 100 substantial residential, employment, leisure, and retail planning applications across East Anglia.

Gavin Ackland
Associate

Gavin began his career within the construction industry as a civil engineering consultant in 1995, having graduated from Loughborough University with a BEng Honours degree in Civil Engineering. In 2008, he joined Rossi Long Consulting, having worked previously for leading housing developers, private consultancies, and within the County Council. He therefore has a comprehensive knowledge and experience across the sector.

His experience includes residential developments up to 400 units for a range of private developers and housing associations, as well as providing expertise on commercial and retail projects.

As a hands-on civil design engineer, Gavin is involved with an assortment of projects from the pre-planning stage to project completion, including advising clients on development layouts with consideration of ever-changing drainage, SuDS, and highway requirements.

He regularly prepares drainage strategies and Flood Risk Assessments but specialises in the detailed design of adoptable Infrastructure works under S38, S278, and S104 Agreements.  

Daniel Hubbard
Associate

Daniel has been working as a structural engineer since 2012 on a wide range of projects, utilising a variety of construction materials.

He has a strong background in technical design and has acted as structural engineer lead on several large-scale projects. Daniel has successfully delivered projects in a range of sectors including research/industrial, residential, student accommodation, leisure, education and has a breadth of experience working on schemes of various sizes including new and existing buildings.

With a strong track record of collaborating with project teams, Daniel can confidently achieve project goals and requirements. His expertise and pragmatic approach provide him with a solid foundation to overcome any challenge.

Ting Liu
Associate

Having worked in the industry since 2008, Ting has extensive experience in managing large-scale residential development projects, including the design and coordination of off-site highway infrastructure such as roundabouts and signalised junctions.

She leads multidisciplinary teams through the successful delivery of detailed designs and the negotiation of key Section Agreements. Responsibilities include the preparation of designer’s risk assessments, drainage calculations, and comprehensive external works design packages for construction.

Ting is also responsible for technical input to the structural engineering team on commercial developments and has expanded capabilities into flood modelling using InfoWorks ICM, securing approval from the Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA).

Emma Kerrison
Associate

Emma has worked within the construction industry since 2006 and is predominantly involved in pre-planning, preparation of Flood Risk Assessments and Drainage Strategies to support planning applications.

Her extensive experience with the lead Local Flood Authorities in East Anglia, enables her to successfully assist clients in achieving planning permission and overcoming objections based of flood risk and surface water drainage.

Proficient in all major design software including AutoCAD, PDS and Microdrainage, Emma is also a confident in the design and implementation of SuDS design solutions.


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