LC Building Consultants Joins Livingcity CCIM Ltd

Experienced Leadership in Building Surveying

The Livingcity Building Consultants team is headed up by Robert Barnes, Director of Building Surveying. Robert is an experienced Chartered Building Surveyor with over 25 years’ experience across the construction industry, having worked extensively within both the public and private sectors. His leadership brings deep technical knowledge and practical insight, further strengthening Livingcity CCIM’s surveying and advisory capability.

A Timely Response to a Changing Market

With regulatory expectations increasing in the sector, particularly in relation to building safety, accountability and compliance under the Building Safety Act (2022), the partnership is pivotal as these obligations become more complex.  Clients are seeking advice that needs to be technically robust, reliable and practical, something that CCIM provides.

Livingcity CCIM has built a strong reputation for guiding clients through statutory duties, delivering compliance audits and regulatory assurance to support informed decision making and asset protection. This partnership strengthens their capability, allowing clients to access building surveying, compliance assurance and strategic property advice through a single, coordinated team. 

Strengthening an Expanding Services

Livingcity CCIM Ltd is a BSI-accredited and regulated property practice, focusing on delivering tailored solutions that can adapt to a wide range of client needs. Their services now include:

• Building and fire safety compliance and consultancy, supporting landlords, Principal and Accountable Persons, managing agents and developers with proportionate, role-specific compliance services, audits and governance frameworks.

• Regulatory assurance services, helping organisations demonstrate compliance with building safety obligations and maintain the ‘golden thread’ of safety information to the required regulatory standard.

• Chartered building surveying services, including project and cost management, reinstatement cost assessments, planned preventative maintenance programmes, condition and defect analysis, and party wall matters.

• Asset and investment management, with over £1bn under management, providing strategic support to institutional investors, wealth managers and developers across acquisition, funding, long-term stewardship and value optimisation.

This breadth of expertise enables Livingcity CCIM to respond quickly to changing client priorities, tailoring services to suit individual assets, portfolios and risk profiles.

Clear Benefit for Clients

For clients, the integration delivers a genuine end-to-end service. Technical surveying insight is aligned with structured compliance oversight, supporting decisions from due diligence and condition reporting, through to regulatory assurance, asset management and long-lasting planning.

The result is an efficient, commercially grounded approach to managing risk, meeting statutory obligations and protecting asset value in an increasingly regulated environment.

Leadership Perspective

Commenting on the merge, Daniel Bright, Director at Livingcity CCIM, said:

“Bringing LC Building Consultants into the Livingcity CCIM group is both an exciting and logical step for the business. As our clients’ needs continue to evolve, particularly around building safety and compliance, it is essential that we offer expertise that is not only informed but fully integrated. This partnership strengthens our ability to pivot, customise our services and provide clear, commercially focused advice across the full property lifecycle. We’re delighted to welcome the LC team and look forward to building on our shared values and ambition.”