Mark Cartmell (1952-2014)

It is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our friend and colleague Mark Cartmell who died suddenly on 2nd January while out walking in the Lake District.

Mark was one of BDP’s longest serving employees having joined in August 1973. Based initially in Preston and then subsequently in Manchester and Sheffield, Mark has worked on many of our most important projects over the years. He also made many friends within the firm. There is no doubt that a very large number of people are greatly shocked and saddened by this news.

Having initially qualified as a Quantity Surveyor, Mark later moved into Project Management where he represented the interests of BDP’s clients and coordinated the work of our design teams on many large projects. Over the past few years, Mark has taken a particularly active role on the interface with building contractor clients and has been a longstanding director of the Corporate Trustee of the BDP Pension Scheme.

Mark’s early work included the Liverpool International Garden Festival where he was Deputy Project Manager, a succession of five hotel projects where he led the inter-disciplinary design team during the late 1980s and then the Mormon Temple Project near Preston on which Mark spent five years as the Project Manager. He was also Project Coordinator for the National Football Centre facility at Burton-on-Trent.

However, it is for his work within the healthcare sector that Mark is probably best known. He worked as a Quantity Surveyor on a number of major hospital projects during the 1970s. These included the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham, Leeds General Infirmary, St James’ Medical Centre, Leeds and Stafford General Hospital. More recently, he had an active role on the new Romford Hospital, the Queen Victoria Hospital in Fife, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, Southmead Hospital Bristol and Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool. Mark’s management skills and experience have been invaluable to BDP on these large scale projects.

Mark was a great believer in BDP’s philosophy and culture. He was a great supporter of the firm’s values and always spoke enthusiastically about his work, the projects we were delivering and the people with whom he worked. He will be greatly missed by many people.