Les joint has joined GTH as a senior building surveyor

Surveyor combines martial arts for construction challenges

Paul JonesMarch 1, 20260 Comment0

A JIU Jitsu expert had traded wrestling on the mat for challenging building projects as part of a new role at a Somerset firm.

Having worked in the construction industry for more than two decades, senior building surveyor Les Joint has joined Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s expanding Development Land and Planning Department in Taunton.

There, the Chartered Institute of Building member will be working closely with the architecture and design team to tackle the challenges of modern construction projects.

Welcoming his appointment Mark Chugg MRICS, who heads up the Development Land and Planning Department at GTH, said: “We are delighted that Les has joined us and will be building a team of buildings surveyors to offer a new service to our existing and prospective clients.”

Les began his career at his family’s firm, which has been involved in the construction industry for four generations.

He has worked on some of the UK’s most interesting and complex properties. He worked for the Bishop of Bristol at his residence in Winterbourne, as well as on other ecclesiastical projects such as the main abbey house and Spanish Barn at Torre Abbey, Torquay and Buckfast Abbey.

Les has a clear passion for building structures including historic and listed buildings and a vast knowledge within buildings and surveying.

He was involved with the full restoration of The Farmers Arms, Minehead, and has worked extensively with English Heritage and the National Trust.

Les then made the switch to surveying and project management, gaining his chartered membership in 2023.

Away from work, he is an accomplished and active martial arts athlete, training in and teaching Brazilian jiu jitsu.

Competing internationally allows him to visit some of the world’s most interesting building architecture, with favourites including Notre Dame Cathedral and the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the Jerónimo’s Monastery and the Convento do Carma in Lisbon.

For comprehensive and professional building survey advice contact Les on 07523 270636, or email leslie.joint@gth.net.