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BSc (Hons), MRICS
Anthony Brown is Group Director for Cost & Commercial at Brookbanks and led the establishment of the company’s Bristol office. A chartered surveyor and Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, he has more than 35 years’ experience, gained with large construction consultancy practices in London and Bristol and within the strategic division of a major UK housebuilder. Anthony is a member of the Brookbanks Executive Board.
Anthony specialises in the commercial management of large, residential-led developments, principally across the South of England and South Wales. Many of his schemes have run from initial sketch design through technical design development and planning application preparation, local authority viability negotiation and land purchase, and on to the procurement and delivery of strategic infrastructure. His experience covers pre and post-contract cost management of highways, drainage and earthworks contracts, Section 106 negotiations with local authorities and fire safety work in existing buildings.
His project experience includes Port Marine in Portishead, Bristol Harbourside, Plymstock Quarry in Plymouth, Weston Airfield in Weston-super-Mare, East Trowbridge, Comeytrowe in Taunton and Parc Derwen in Bridgend. Through Brookbanks he has also been involved in Kingsdown in Swindon, Grove Airfield in Oxfordshire and Sandleford Park in Newbury.
Anthony also provides expert reports and acts as the QS expert in land disputes and arbitration cases.
Anthony has supported Tottenham Hotspur and the Welsh national rugby team for many years, but despite this still manages to maintain a generally sunny disposition. Anthony has wanted to be a quantity surveyor since he was in primary school!
Commercial management of large residential-led developments from sketch design through viability negotiation, land purchase and infrastructure delivery, including Port Marine, Bristol Harbourside, Plymstock Quarry, Weston Airfield, East Trowbridge, Comeytrowe and Parc Derwen.
Pre and post-contract cost management of highways, drainage and earthworks contracts associated with new residential development, including strategic infrastructure procurement on major urban extensions such as Sherford New Town and Comeytrowe.
Earlier in his career, Anthony was involved in highway works associated with major retail developments, including Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, and Touchwood, Solihull, providing infrastructure cost management expertise.
Cost and commercial input on internal and external fire safety work in existing buildings in Chatham, Bristol and Eastbourne.
Section 106 negotiations with local authorities covering education contributions for the Plymstock Quarry and Weston Airfield developments.