David Rafferty
Associate Director
MEng (Hons) CEng FIStructE

David is a Chartered Structural Engineer and has focussed on heritage, cultural and higher education projects throughout his career.

He has delivered complex refurbishments and restorations in several well-known public buildings including the Royal Academy of Arts and The Royal Observatory Greenwich.  In many of these buildings, complex structural alterations were carried out with no interruption to the public’s access to the gallery spaces above and below the work site.

Smaller scale works include helping clients diagnose problems in their listed buildings and supporting the process of sensitive and appropriate restoration and alteration.

He has collaborated on art installations including Rodin’s Gates of Hell and Superbloom at the Tower of London, and ensured the safety and stability of new installations at HMS Belfast and IWM London.

In 2022 David was elected as a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers.  David chairs the IStructE Applications and Professional Review Panel and sits on the Membership Committee.  He is Chair of the Institution's Task Group charged with reviewing and updating the attributes for structural engineers to become qualified.