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Meet our Team

London Office

  • Andrew Jones -
  • David Bruce -
  • Ivan Krynauw -
  • Jim Gunn -
  • Paul Lewis -
  • Geoff Whiffen -

Newmarket Office

  • Graham Thompson -
  • Les Harrop -
  • Nick Buxton -
  • Richard Shurvell -
  • Peter Richardson -

Ivan Krynauw

The route to Tillyard

2001 - Present: Associate, Tillyard & Newmarket
2000 - 2001: Quantity Surveyor, Davis Langdon & Everest, London
1996 - 2000: Quantity Surveyor, C.P. de Leeuw Ltd (Trading as De Leeuw Jupp) (London)
1994 - 1996: Quantity Surveyor, C.P. de Leeuw Ltd (Cape Town)

Client Experience & Projects:

Bus Depots for Transport for London
Infraco JNP Pumps & Sumps, Jubilee Line, London
King´s Cross Underground Station Redevelopment
Medway Park & Ride and Retail Store
Office Developments at Central London Locations
Residential Developments - £300,000 to £12,000,000

Professional qualifications:

BSc (Quantity Surveying), MBA, Dip.Proj.Man.

Proudest professional moment:

Settling final accounts within budget

Interests outside work:

Canoeing
Cycling

Jim Gunn

The route to Tillyard

I joined Tillyard from London Underground in mid 1998

Client Experience & Projects:

Procurement manager for Metronet.
Commercial manager for Battersea Power Station project.
Senior Surveyor on 2 Bankside Substations (Tate Modern)
Senior surveyor for 3 Gas compression stations in Greece for the European Union.

Professional qualifications:

Member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

Proudest professional moment:

Becoming qualified

Graham Thompson

The route to Tillyard

1988 - Present: Director, Tillyard, London & Newmarket
1981 - 1988: Self employed, Project Manager/Quantity surveyor, East Anglia
1975 - 1981: R M Smart Ltd
1972 - 1975: Kier Ltd
1968 - 1972: John Mowlem Ltd

Client Experience & Projects:

Joint Director responsible for all M.O.D.
Commissions for the past eighteen years with extensive MOD and United States Air Force/RAFexperience.

Joint Director responsible for all private commissions for the past eighteen years. Local Authorities, Housing Associations, Office Developments, Care Homes, Colleges, Banks, Pharmaceutical Production, Research Centres and Factories.

Professional qualifications:

Chartered Institute of Building Final Examination
Former member of Chartered Institute of Building

Proudest professional moment:

In a career that has spanned nearly 40 years there have been many significant moments but two that are worth noting are firstly the completion of the construction of my house which I designed and built myself. The second was to be involved with Tillyard when they were awarded the first Term Commission which has given us a fantastic base for the last 20 years.

Interests outside work:

Golf/Sport
Walking/Travel
Cookery/Healthy Eating

Les Harrop

The route to Tillyard

1988 - Present: Director, Tillyard, London & Newmarket
1973 - 1988: Senior Quantity Surveyor/Associate, Tillyard
1972 - 1973: Quantity Surveyor, Davis Belfield Everest
1968 - 1972: Quantity Surveyor Tillyard, London
1965 - 1968: Junior Quantity Surveyor, Eric G Lynde

Client Experience & Projects:

Joint Director responsible for all M.O.D. commissions for the past twenty years.
Joint Director responsible for all private commissions for the past thirty years including local Authorities, housing associations, office Developments, care Homes, colleges, banks, pharmceutical production, research centres, and factories.
Overseas Project Quantity Surveyor for new University and Hospital/Medical Centre in Benghazi, Libya.

Professional qualifications:

Completed R.I.C.S. Final course at South East Essex Technical College

Proudest professional moment:

My proudest professional moment is still providing Forest Heath District Council with quantity surveying services, an involvement spanning over thirty years. My most fun moment was beating one of our best client architects at golf.

Interests outside work:

D.I.Y
Gardening
Fishing

Nick Buxton

The route to Tillyard

1987 - Present: Associate, Tillyard, London & Newmarket
1981 - 1987: Quantity Surveyor, Lewis & Marshall

Client Experience & Projects:

Associate with particular responsibility for Local Authority projects andcontracts, schools, colleges and social housing.
Engaged extensively along with Directors in M.O.D. commissions for the past 10 years.

Professional qualifications:

Passed R.I.C.S. Final Exam - Gold medal Award
Probationary member of R.I.C.S.

Proudest professional moment:

Seeing through to successful completion a large social housing project.

Interests outside work:

Golf
Running
Football

Richard Shurvell

The route to Tillyard

1987 - Present: Quantity Surveyor, Tillyard

Client Experience & Projects:

Responsible for various projects for the past 19 years for Local Authorities (New Projects and Refurbishments), Housing Associations, Office Developments, Care Homes and MOD housing.

Professional qualifications:

Degree in Quantity Surveying

Proudest professional moment:

Meeting my long term partner whilst working at Tillyard

Interests outside work:

Snooker/Billiards (Player for A team in local league)
Football (Ipswich supporter)

Peter Richardson

The route to Tillyard

1988 - Present: Senior Quantity Surveyor & IT Manager, Tillyard
1991 - 1998: Freelance Quantity Surveyor
1981 - 1991: Quantity Surveyor, Lewis & Marshall

Client Experience & Projects:

Local Authorities/Private Housing and Office Developments
MoD and USAF projects let under various GC Works or Defcom

Professional qualifications:

Completed R.I.C.S. Final course at Cambridge College of Arts and Technology.
Passed R.I.C.S Final examinations.

Interests outside work:

Computers and the internet
Geneology

What our clients say
" Tillyard was project quantity surveyor for a new partnership one-stop-shop that contains a public library, a health centre, and council offices. Tillyard produced separate bills of quantities for the County Council and the Health Partners, with particular attention paid to our needs in respect of cost control and apportionment of additional works. "

Geoff Bruce
Cambridge County Council
" I personally have worked with Tillyard since 1986, I have a tremendous respect for them. They have excellent communication skills and a vast knowledge of the construction process. This gives me the confidence that they are best placed to deliver a good quality, responsive service, at all times. Tillyard have always added value to any services they have provided. This along with their competitive fee rates represents excellent value for money. "

David Manns
Forest Heath District Council
" Tillyard are highly regarded as far as this practice is concerned. The service they provide to us, the client and the rest of the team is superb, accurate, thorough, sensible and practical. Communication skills, integrity and sound advice are what you would hope everyone in business would aspire to. It has to be said that most fail where Tillyard succeed - they are a safe pair of hands. I would have no hesitation in recommending them for any project of any size, value and complexity. "

Keith Johns
The Johns Practice
" We have found Tillyard to be responsive, extremely helpful and above all accurate. They are more than willing to send a representative along to design or start up meetings to ensure that they are kept fully part of the procurement team. Their forms of submission are informative and easy to follow and we have found that they honour deadlines. "

Ian Walsham
French Kier Anglia
" We have worked with Tillyard for many years, on projects ranging from £50,000 to £10 million in size. They have provided a consistently reliable and personal service and we look forward to working with them for many years to come. "

James Bowdidge
The Property Merchant Group
" Tillyard have had a close association with us from the early 1960´s to the present, providing quantity surveying and project management consultancy on both overseas and UK projects. We have found them responsive and timely to our instructions and accurate in the work they present for our client’s consideration. Our satisfaction can be judged by our continued support for them. "

John Kress
James Cubitt & Partners
" I have worked with Tillyard for 10 years. They are one of our longest serving suppliers and that is no coincidence. From a client´s perspective they give us everything we need, very competent and personable people, quick response times, at great value. "

Alastair Thomas
Equity Estates
" I have had a close working relationship with Tillyard for over 20 years, working mainly in the defence and education sectors. They are very approachable and pragmatic. Their delivery in terms of advice, time and quality has always been good and reliable. Hence, I have continued to return to them with further commissions. "

Paul Darlow
Capita
" Since their appointment Tillyard have worked as an integral part of the project team, and have made possible an open and partnering approach between the client and the main contractor. As well as this, they have shown a detailed understanding of the scheme and have consistently highlighted potential areas for value engineering without compromising the Client´s requirements. I have no hesitation in recommending Tillyard to other project managers, and look forward to my next opportunity to work with them. "

Dave Poulter
Dave Poulter Consulting
" Tillyard are providing construction cost advice on a large and very complicated town centre redevelopment scheme. I have been consistently impressed by the high quality of their advice and their ability to meet demanding deadlines. The professionalism, dedication and commitment shown by the Tillyard team, expertly led by Andrew Jones, is second to none. Tillyard always put the interest of their clients first and have a total understanding of our needs and aspirations. Tillyard are a key member of our professional team in which I have complete trust and confidence. "

Philip Cable
CFK Investments Limited
" I have known and worked with Tillyard for over 30 years, both in the UK and abroad, during which time I have admired their honesty and integrity. Given the opportunity we would always employ Tillyard as project managers or quantity surveyors. "

John Sinnett
The Sinnett Partnership Limited
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