Kirkby & Diamond Milton Keynes - Gemma Templeman MRICS fully qualified  Building Surveyor

Date: 1/12/07

Eleven years ago, aged 16, Gemma Templeman started at Kirkby & Diamond as an office junior. Today she is a fully qualified building surveyor. Her interest started later when founding partner, Duncan Kirkby, decided that all support staff should have the opportunity to accompany surveyors on site to help them appreciate the impact their role has on the surveyor’s job and the customer’s requirements.

Consequently, Kirkby & Diamond paid for Gemma to take a Building Surveying degree part time, which she completed in 4 years with 1st Class Honours. In less than 3 years Gemma had completed her APC at the firm. During this time she had to prove her competence across all Building Surveying skills to an internal assessor then sit an external exam to become qualified as a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS).

Kirkby & Diamond currently employ five graduate surveyors, working towards their APC, who enjoy a broad spectrum of work experience and benefit from close support and guidance, in particular from partner, Jean Howe, who is an external APC Assessor.