Meet the Team
Our core team is comprised of the best in the industry. Meet them below.....
Ben Silvestre
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Director
Rope Access Manager
Project Coordinator
Ben collaborates with architects, industry professionals, and contractors in the organisation of projects that go beyond routine maintenance. With over a decade of experience, Ben brings the creativity which makes rope access an increasingly competitive avenue in the conservation industry.
Whilst undertaking an NVQ3 in Heritage Masonry, Ben is also the first point of contact for consultation regarding the feasibility of rope access projects in the conservation environment.
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Will Oates
Director
Account manager
Maintenance Coordinator
Will’s role as account manager sees him looking after private clients, historic building owners, and churches. With a keen eye and practical mind, Will brings an engineering mindset to the team, and works hard to find creative solutions to difficult problems.
Whilst undertaking an NVQ3 in Heritage Leadwork, he enjoys the challenge of understanding building pathology, which places him well to coordinate maintenance packages for historic buildings, ensuring that they never fall into disrepair.
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Alex Haslehurst
Managing Director
National Accounts Manager
Alex acts as a national account manager and looks after many of our architects, surveyors, and engineers. Alongside this Alex helps build our client list from CADW, English Heritage, Country houses, The National Trust, DAC’s, Churches in Wales.
As well as being a highly capable craftsperson, as shown during his NVQ3 in Heritage Leadwork, Alex drives our tender collaborations and professional partnerships. He is happy to assist with any client queries and can help to direct you towards the resources you need.
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Steve Hogarth
Rope Access Conservator
SPAB Fellow
Technical Heritage Consultant
Steve has both a broad and deep knowledge of the historic built environment, and the repairs associated. A SPAB fellow and SPAB area chair he is well versed in philosophical debate when it comes to historic buildings. Steve's role at HLRA includes rope access building conservation work, advice or consultancy, media relations and digital marketing.
He is a highly capable and a multi-skilled craftsperson, with many years experience as a carpenter, training to NVQ3 level in Heritage Leadwork, and much experience as a mason.
Declan Cahill
Chartered historic building surveyor
SPAB Lethaby Scholar
CIOB, IHBC
Rope access building surveyor & consultant
Dec is our in house historic building surveyor, leading on condition surveys and report writing. With over a decade of experience working in building conservation in both the private and public sector, he is also a SPAB Lethaby Scholar. Being proficient in completing quinquennial inspections and producing repair packages up to RIBA stage 4, he has a burning interest on traditional mortars, building pathology and defect analysis. As a surveyor who wants to understand the process of repair, he also assists the team with maintenance and repair works.