We have been delivering projects since 1988, working with some of the most recognisable high St names, alongside national accounts with our wonderful NHS & multiple commercial companies.
Industry leaders with a team of property professionals ready to add their expertise to your projects.
From design to delivery, we can help.
Who we are
Surveyors, Architectural Designers, Technical Experts, Project Managers, Health & Safety Gurus.
Our Mission
We are efficient, reliable, communicative & organised.
We strive to deliver our clients’ needs by being an effective, experienced, helpful & approachable team.
The creators & deliverers of ‘space’: providing the link between our clients’ ideas & reality.
Our Vision
Our clients receive multiple services through our approach & extensive knowledge of delivering quality building projects, in quantity & nationwide.
Our team are multi-disciplined, providing one stop creative & practical solutions. Established, experienced, diverse & impressive.
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Our Services
Our services are non-exhaustive as we are multi-disciplined, so our professional services cannot be boxed into a few words…
Flip the columns to find out more.
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Surveying
Measured & drawn – Accurately drawn surveys form a solid basis & are the foundation for all further drawings & technical information.
These are applicable for all projects. Retail, NHS or Commercial, they are invaluable. Always have the correct information right from the start.
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Technical
Why do we have a survey? Generally, it is because our clients have big plans for the space.
We take the survey details and use this as an accurate base to provide a whole suite of technical drawings and services to help deliver their plans.
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Design
As we are born & bred surveyors, we are used to working with our client teams to create a suitable lead design rather than unveil a concept design that may not represent your vision.
It is a different approach which has worked well for us and our clients for decades.
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Project Management
As we said, ‘From Design to Delivery’
We are experts in project delivery, excelling at multiple projects on a national basis for retailers and have delivered very large programmes, working with our high street client teams to ensure all surveys, drawings, designs, planning, approvals, CDM, tendering, engagements, procurement, cost control, onsite monitoring & project management is catered for & in-hand.
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Principal Designer
If you are a property professional and you haven’t heard of CDM2015! Then you need to speak with us.The health & safety of those you engage as ‘The Client’ is #1 on the list of priorities and paramount in good design, project management & project delivery. It is a legal requirement for all those involved with ‘The Client’ being the primary duty holder, having overall responsibility to the entire project team.
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Sustainable Solutions
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, it has to be. Not just because it is best practice, but morally we need to provide green technical solutions for our future generations & their future generations.
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Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, it has to be. Not just because it is best practice, but morally we need to provide green technical solutions for our future generations & their future generations.-
Sustainable Solutions
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, it has to be. Not just because it is best practice, but morally we need to provide green technical solutions for our future generations & their future generations.
Find Out More -
Principal Designer
If you are a property professional and you haven’t heard of CDM2015! Then you need to speak with us.
The health &safety of those you engage as ‘The Client’ is #1 on the list of priorities and paramount in good design, project management &project delivery. It is a legal requirement for all those involved with ‘The Client’being the primary duty holder, having overall responsibility to the entire project team.
Find Out More -
Project Management
As we said, ‘From Design to Delivery’
We are experts in project delivery, excelling at multiple projects on a national basis for retailers and have delivered very large programmes, working with our high street client teams to ensure all surveys, drawings, designs, planning, approvals, CDM, tendering, engagements, procurement, cost control, onsite monitoring & project management is catered for & in-hand.
Find Out More -
Architectural Design
As we are born & bred surveyors, we are used to working with our client teams to create a suitable lead design rather than unveil a concept design that may not represent your vision.
It is a different approach which has worked well for us and our clients for decades.
Find Out More -
Technical
Why do we have a survey? Generally, it is because our clients have big plans for the space.
We take the survey details and use this as an accurate base to provide a whole suite of technical drawings and services to help deliver their plans.
Find Out More -
Surveying
Measured & drawn – Accurately drawn surveys form a solid basis & are the foundation for all further drawings & technical information.
These are applicable for all projects. Retail, NHS or Commercial, they are invaluable. Always have the correct information right from the start.
Find Out More -
Our Services
Our services are non-exhaustive as we are multi-disciplined, so our professional services cannot be boxed into a few words…
Flip the columns to find out more.
Sustainability is at the core of everything we do, it has to be. Not just because it is best practice, but morally we need to provide green technical solutions for our future generations & their future generations.
Industry Sectors
Retail
Everything from one off projects to full scale retail roll-outs we can help.
Our experience is second to none when it comes to effective project delivery across all retail sectors, it doesn’t matter if it is a restaurant chain, betting shop, or high end jewellers we have delivered them all and so much more. New acquisitions, refurbishing & closures to your current portfolio, talk to us about your plans and let us help make the process simpler and efficient.
NHS
Our years of experience with all types of NHS properties, backed by our founding history in retail puts us ahead of our competitors with NHS projects.
We fully understand the process and standards required with any NHS project, however we bring the sense of detail & efficiency with us that our retailers expect to ensure all NHS projects are delivered to our very high standard, on time and on budget. Working with all key stakeholders ensuring every item of detail has been discussed & decided upon. You can rely on us to bring your projects to life.
Commercial
From corporate head office design to factory layouts, laboratories & clean spaces, to car parking solutions, EV points to bicycle shelters, break out areas to staff facilities, we can help.
As businesses grow, adapt & change so does the need to alter, adapt & extend the working spaces required. We can provide surveys and space planning exercises all the way through to efficiency projects and warehouse layouts covering any part of your business environment. We have a diverse history with almost every type of commercial business & truly understand the requirement to make your business as efficient as possible.
Aviation
Being so close to Stansted Airport we have built up a history of working for with STAL and Manchester Airport Group. We also work with other associated airport services that help ensure every flight goes smoothly for all their passengers & freight.
GPS land surveys have been popular to ensure the airport authority are always up to date with there colossal estate. We have also worked with landside & airside retailers and ground support service companies helping them design & delivery new operational premises throughout the airport estate.
It’s not only Stansted, we also work in other airports, so are quite familiar with the protocol of working in and around such important and prestigious places.
Industry Sectors
Retail
Everything from one off projects to full scale retail roll-outs we can help.
Our experience is second to none when it comes to effective project delivery across all retail sectors, it doesn’t matter if it is a restaurant chain, betting shop, or high end jewellers we have delivered them all and so much more. New acquisitions, refurbishing & closures to your current portfolio, talk to us about your plans and let us help make the process simpler and efficient.
Our experience is second to none when it comes to effective project delivery across all retail sectors, it doesn’t matter if it is a restaurant chain, betting shop, or high end jewellers we have delivered them all and so much more. New acquisitions, refurbishing & closures to your current portfolio, talk to us about your plans and let us help make the process simpler and efficient.
NHS
Our years of experience with all types of NHS properties, backed by our founding history in retail puts us ahead of our competitors with NHS projects.
We fully understand the process and standards required with any NHS project, however we bring the sense of detail & efficiency with us that our retailers expect to ensure all NHS projects are delivered to our very high standard, on time and on budget. Working with all key stakeholders ensuring every item of detail has been discussed& decided upon. You can rely on us to bring your projects to life.
We fully understand the process and standards required with any NHS project, however we bring the sense of detail & efficiency with us that our retailers expect to ensure all NHS projects are delivered to our very high standard, on time and on budget. Working with all key stakeholders ensuring every item of detail has been discussed& decided upon. You can rely on us to bring your projects to life.
Commercial
From corporate head office designto factory layouts,laboratories & clean spaces, to car parking solutions, EV points to bicycle shelters, break out areas to staff facilities, we can help.
As businesses grow, adapt & change so does the need to alter, adapt & extend the working spaces required. We can provide surveys and space planning exercises all the way through to efficiency projects and warehouse layouts covering any part of your business environment. We have a diverse history with almost every type of commercial business & truly understand the requirement to make your business as efficient as possible.
As businesses grow, adapt & change so does the need to alter, adapt & extend the working spaces required. We can provide surveys and space planning exercises all the way through to efficiency projects and warehouse layouts covering any part of your business environment. We have a diverse history with almost every type of commercial business & truly understand the requirement to make your business as efficient as possible.
Aviation
Being so close to Stansted Airport we have built up a history of working for with STAL and Manchester Airport Group. We also work with other associated airport services that help ensure every flight goes smoothly for all their passengers & freight. GPS land surveys have been popular to ensure the airport authority are always up to date with there colossal estate. We have also worked with landside & airside retailers and ground support service companies helping them design & delivery new operational premises throughout the airport estate. It’s not only Stansted, we also work in other airports, so are quite familiar with the protocol of working in and around such important and prestigious places.
Meet the team
Feel free to email any member of our amazing team, just follow the link by their image.
When Keith isn’t dreaming about buying new guitars, he’s focused on all things commercial & ‘steering the ship’ so to speak.
He is the backbone of the business and knows all about everything that’s going on at any one time.
He is usually the first port of call for any new business enquiries and runs the quotes team keeping a sharp pencil to ensure we remain competitive at all times.
Very approachable with a wealth of knowledge & experience, he was quite literally born into this business.
Beyond running the business, he is also a very experienced and talented project & programme manager along with a deep background in construction health & safety and not bad with a tape measure either, although the rest of the team say he should leave it to them!
Super confident in his work and easy to speak to, he has an eye for detail that others may not have noticed.
Drop him a line or send him an email for any of the 3 Q’s (Questions, Queries or Quotations) … Or just a chat about what the best Fender or Gibson is to buy.
Like Keith’s obsession with guitars, Andrew’s vice is cars. Do not get him talking about MG’s, you will be there for hours.
Another Phillips born into the business, Andrew’s eye for detail and going the extra mile for our clients is bordering on obsessive… there is no grey area, it has to be right for him and this is what he expects from his super talented team.
A stand-up type of guy with a knowledge bank which spans back to his first job back in 1988 designing floor loadings, Andrew has done absolutely everything. From full hospital designs, project managed & delivered (multiple times we must add) to designing the Ben & Jerry’s Woody cow surfing with a pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarers on.
Very easy to get along with, very level headed with a cool approach to everything he does. A total expert in his field and a knowledge bank which can be tapped into at any time.
His AutoCAD work is exceptional and approach to project management is second to none.
Call him, ask him any difficult questions you may have about your projects and I’m sure he’ll have a solution or be able to come up with one given a little time. Just do not get him talking cars.
Do not be fooled by Duncan’s cool, calm, quietness, he is thinking, always thinking, and when he talks, it is because he has something important to say.
Being with Ampersand since 1996 he is our longest ever employee and with that amount of experience, he really knows his stuff. A technical guru with a raft of expertise and someone who can manage multiple projects with different clients at any one time,he is a great guy to have on your team and to work with.
His roll your sleeves up, hands-on approach is superb and the way he can cut through any noise to get straight down to a solution is impressive.
Drop Duncan an email and he’ll be in touch as soon as he can.
Taran is ‘on it’ 24/7… Always thinking about his clients and their projects, coming up with some fantastic out of the box thinking and solutions in every aspect. Nothing is ever too much of a challenge for him as he sees everything as an opportunity.
A truly individual person with a personality to match.
The loudest in the office, his laugh, energy & enthusiasm is completely infectious along with his ability to successfully manage large scale retail roll-outs, organising surveys & project meetings for everyone in the office, in every corner of the country. His surveying skills and technical ability are second to none, always keeping his client teams up to date, never afraid to ask the right questions to the right people and always with a smile and a joke.
Taran is always available for a chat, give him a call.
A third generation ‘Ampersandian’ Josh was born to be a surveyor &project manager. Although young in his years he has already amassed a wealth of experience by completing an engineering diploma & also his initial apprenticeship with Ampersand. He is now undertaking a full degree in Building Surveying which we hope will make him one of the youngest members of RICS in the country. He does all of this whilst working super hard within the Ampersand team measuring & drawing buildings, project management, planning & approvals.
Like Andrew, he likes his cars… Good job, as he has travelled more than any of us this year and is always the first to say ‘I’ll do that’ completely unaware that he’s just put himself forward to a 4am start and 400-mile round trip! Still, he cranks up his tunes and gets on with it, and very well we might add.
Like everyone else, he is easy going & engaging. We have total confidence that Josh will be the go-to guy for all things property related in the very near future.
Carolina is a super talented architectural technician, with a solid architectural background from her home country of Argentina.
Her freehand work blows us away, although she is often slightly embarrassed to show it… (Believe us, it’s outstanding) and she can measure up a shop, office, warehouse, hospital etc with superb accuracy in no time with freehand drawing notes that are arguably better than most of our competitor’s final works. Put her in front of AutoCAD or any other BIM programme and watch her work.
She also has a sharp eye for design in all formats and loves a stunning property or out there design idea.
Shirley has been with us since 2002 and is a crucial member of the team. Well-loved within the office and our goto lady for all our account queries or if we just want a jolly good catch up.
She controls it all… invoicing, payments, payroll, holidays etc and provides key support to Andrew & Keith with running the business and making crucial decisions for the future.
A detail person in every way, if the figures don’t stack up, she’ll run them again, and again until they do. The backbone of Ampersand for the last 20years and a true asset to our business and our Clients.
For any account enquiries Shirley is always on hand.
Jo our Excel Queen, has a long history of process and getting it right… It’s a way of life for her and nothing makes her happier than a really dynamic spreadsheet with gadgets and gizmos that communicate from one cell to another! (don’t worry, she does get out in the real world from time to time as well) She thinks about the best way to streamline processes and make things simpler for our team and our client’s alike which is a benefit to us all.
Jo has also been involved with construction H&S for years and knows a thing or two about CDM2015, picking up her IOSH recently she provides a key role within the Ampersand office for all things PD & CDM related.
As the cornerstone of the office, she is pulled from pillar to post organising everything. From client trackers & booking in projects, to pre-construction H&S plans & risk assessments… and pretty much everything else. She does all of this whilst dreaming of Arsenal doing the treble.
She keeps us all under control and ensures we are doing the right things, at the right time.
Founder of Ampersand back in 1988 Brian is known as the ‘Yoda’ of surveying. He is the source of all things building related and still gets involved in projects when asked. Apart from that, he likes to spend some of his well earnt retirement in Majorca whenever he can.
Originally a property and estates director of a large wine retailer back in the 1970s & 80s Brian cut his teeth on the design floor standing at a drawing board for days on end, and can still turn a pen faster than most can draw in AutoCAD.
He founded Ampersand because at that time he couldn’t find a one-stop company that could offer him a multidisciplined approach from design to delivery… So he started one, and the rest is history with our project count exceeding 8500 over the years
A master surveyor, project manager, designer, planner,& successful business man with some shockingly bad jokes! He is well respected by his peers, our team and the whole industry we work in.
We still have clients who can happily remember working with Brian 30+ years ago, and they love to catch up with him from time to time.
When Andrew & Keith say ‘they we born into the industry’ Brian (Dad) is the reason why.
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