Academic Staff
Jimi Johnston
Lecturer & Chartered Building Surveyor
Email: jimi.johnston@tudublin.ie
Jimi is a Registered & Chartered Building Surveyor with over 15 years’ experience in private practice prior to joining TU Dublin.
During this time, Jimi specialised in the survey, assessment, repair, conservation and management of historic buildings focusing on Building Conservation, Traditional Methods of Construction, Building Pathology, Building Maintenance, Quinquennial Surveys, Historical Research & Impact Assessments, Defect Investigation & Diagnosis, Project Administration, Statutory Compliance, Planning & Building Control, Fire Safety and Health & Safety.
In addition, his core professional Building Surveying experience covers the broad spectrum of the discipline including pre purchase building surveys, vendors surveys, technical due diligence surveys, fire safety audits, measured building surveys, condition surveys, defect analysis, specification writing, schedules of work, planning and construction drawings, tender and contract administration, dilapidations schedules, opinions on compliance, planned preventative maintenance schedules, sinking fund projections, reinstatement valuations and land registry mapping for a large variety of commercial and residential property types.
Jimi’s primary area of interest involves all aspects of the Historic Built Environment having specialised in this sector since his Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Building Repair & Conservation at Trinity College Dublin in 2008. Since then, he also completed the MSc Conservation of the Historic Environment (CHE) at the University of Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom in 2021.
He is a member of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (MSCSI), Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), Irish Georgian Society (IGS), Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) Ireland and the Building Limes Forum Ireland (BLFI).
He is an active contributing member of the SCSI Building Conservation Working Group and RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group representing surveyors and advocating in the best interests of the Historic Built Environment.