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Jim looking at the camera standing in the atrium at the Newton building.

Jim Kempton

Senior Lecturer

School of Architecture Design and the Built Environment

Staff Group(s)
Property Management and Development

Role

Course Leader for the BSc (Hons) Building Surveying Degree. Main teaching areas are construction technology, building defects and building pathology. Supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations and supervision of Doctoral candidates.

Career overview

Research posts with the Building Research Establishment and Coventry University. Practice posts in Schools/ Local Government, Social Housing and Private Consultants.

Research areas

Housing particularly  Social and Affordable Housing

Urban Regeneration

Building Surveying Defects and Pathology

Psychology of Decision Making

External activity

External Examiner - Construction Managment Coventry University (Oman Programmes)

Course(s) I teach on

  • Academic showing a drone to students
    Undergraduate | Full-time / Sandwich

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/architecture-design-and-the-built-environment/ug/bsc-hons-building-surveying

  • Students looking at a property plan
    Undergraduate | Full-time / Sandwich

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/architecture-design-and-the-built-environment/ug/bsc-hons-property-development-and-planning

  • Students walking and smiling in Arkwright
    Undergraduate | Full-time / Sandwich

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/architecture-design-and-the-built-environment/ug/bsc-hons-real-estate

  • Student smiling in a seminar
    Undergraduate | Full-time / Sandwich

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/architecture-design-and-the-built-environment/ug/bsc-hons-property-finance-and-investment

  • Image of building surveying students
    Postgraduate taught | Full-time / Part-time

    https://www.ntu.ac.uk/course/architecture-design-and-the-built-environment/pg/msc-building-surveying

Property Maintenance and Adaption

I emphasise the reuse of buildings and the need to keep existing building functioning efficiently and effectively through planned maintenance, improvement and adaptation.

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