Tracey Hartley

BSc Hons MRICS GradDiplCons AA

Tracey Hartley is a Chartered Building Surveyor with a degree in construction, and trained in Contracts Management. She developed an early interest in historic buildings working in London in the 1980s.

In 1990, she became a professional member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and in 1994, obtaining the Postgraduate Diploma in Building Conservation at the Architectural Association London. She became a Building Manager for The National Trust, in three different regions of England for Seven years. During this period, she developed a detailed knowledge of building types and materials and conservation techniques and philosophy.

In 2000, she became formally accredited in Conservation by the RICS and ran her own practice with her husband Phillip, in South West England, working exclusively on historic buildings and sites.

Tracey has been a member of the Board of Accreditation in Conservation, RICS, UK and the Advisory Board of RICS/ Reading College of Estate Management’s Post Graduate Course in Building Conservation.

Tracey’s expertise includes defects analysis, condition survey report writing, writing specifications, project management, maintenance programming, setting conservation policies, and conservation planning (including production of Conservation Plans). She is keen on the use of traditional materials and techniques in the repair of historic buildings.

Tracey moved to Auckland and joined Salmond Reed Architects Ltd in early 2006.

Since joining Salmond Reed Architects she has prepared specifications and contract managed major projects on heritage buildings in Auckland, including repairs and conservation at Auckland Town Hall, Civic Theatre and Auckland Girls Grammar School, and the Dilworth Building. She has prepared condition assessments on the former Auckland Railway Station and churches and major buildings in Auckland and as far away as Dunedin. She has been involved in the promotion of traditional materials in repairing heritage buildings, particularly lime, and was one of the major contributors to an educational seminar held recently by Salmond Reed.