Tuffin Ferraby Taylor

Tuffin Ferraby Taylor is a UK building and property consultancy, founded by David Tuffin in 1973.^[1] The company has offices in London, Guildford, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Cardiff and Edinburgh.^[2] It operates throughout the UK and across Europe.^[3]

TFT operates as an independent advisor^[4] and is not involved in commercial real estate marketing or agency sales. The practice is structured as a limited liability partnership which is managed by an executive board. Alan Pemberton succeeded David Tuffin as managing partner on the executive board in 2009.^[5]

TFT’s services include Technical Due Diligence (Building Surveys), Development Monitoring, Dilapidations, Project Management, Sustainability, M&E, Compliance, Insurance Assessment, Reinstatement Consultancy, Expert Witness, Design, Party Walls, Employer’s Agent, CDMC, Cost Consultancy and Property Consultancy.^[6] The company works across several market sectors including offices, retail, industrial, education, leisure, heritage, housing and mixed-use developments.^[7]

Tuffin Ferraby Taylor’s team includes building surveyors, project managers, architects, interior designers, conservation specialists, quantity surveyors, sustainability consultants and property focussed management consultants.^[8] TFT also has in-house mechanical and electrical engineers.^[9]

TFT’s clients include investors and building owners and occupiers, including Aviva Investors, The Crown Estate, Legal & General,^[10] Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames,^[11] SEGRO,^[12] Shaftesbury PLC^[13] and Threadneedle Property Investments,^[14] as well as building occupiers including Tesco Stores,^[10] Amazon.com, B&Q,^[15] Monsoon Accessorize^[16] and Screwfix.^[17]

Tuffin Ferraby Taylor has worked on projects including:

• Maughan Library, King's College, London^[18]
• All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon^[19]
• The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge^[20]
• The Heal's Building, London^[21]
• Chessington Community College^[22]
• Iso Omena Shopping Centre^[23]
• Southgate, Bath^[24]
• Ninian Park^[25]
• The Guildall, Windsor^[26]
• Colmore Gate, Birmingham^[27]

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