Chartered surveyors mark 30 years in city

Scottish chartered surveyors DM Hall has celebrated 30 years in Dundee.

Since being established by residential surveyor Bob Fraser on Reform Street in September 1986, the Dundee branch has continued to grow.

It moved first to offices in South Tay Street and is now in converted and refurbished transit sheds in City Quay.

Mr Fraser, who rejoined the firm this year after working in England, said: “It is quite fitting that we are now situated on the waterfront, since it is development here which is creating a mood of excitement and optimism across the city.

“I have come back to DM Hall and Dundee relatively recently and the city will always be home tome. I am very pleased to be playing a part in celebrating the opening of the branch all these years ago.”

The Dundee office, one of 25 throughout Scotland, boasts three residential surveyors including associate Joe Dowie, and three residential administrative staff.

A commercial department was established in 2008 by Jim Honeyman who heads it with two support staff.

The firm is at the centre of the £1 billion Dundee waterfront regeneration, one of western Europe’s most extensive civic transformations, and centred on the V&A Museum of Design Dundee due to open in 2018.

Hotels, businesses and retailers are set to reap the rewards of the investment which is expected to create a further 7,000 full-time equivalent jobs throughout Dundee.

Mr Honeyman said: “The changes on the waterfront are very positive and they are reverberating throughout the city.

“With new hotels, an improved railway station and the infrastructure work for the V&A, there is optimism about the future direction of Dundee.”

The Edinburgh-based firm marks its 120th anniversary next year.

Bob Fraser is back in Dundee with DM Hall.