Anthony Gwynne, MRICS, MIFireE, is a Chartered Surveyor and Fire Engineer and has 35 years' experience in the construction industry. He co-manages a building control section and has been in building control for over 19 years. He has been responsible for overseeing the building control function of major developments, including commercial, industrial, healthcare, residential, housing developments, bespoke dwellings, extensions, conversions and works to heritage buildings. From 1976 to 1977 he worked in Canada on construction projects and from 1977 to 1986 he was apprenticed as a banker mason and was responsible for conservation projects with CADW (Welsh historic monuments and buildings). Following further academic study, he was later with English Heritage as a professional and technical officer, responsible for historic monuments in the south of England. From 1986 to 1993 he was a Building Surveyor with a local authority, dealing with the repair and planned maintenance of buildings including contract procurement and contract administration.