The Brookbanks Difference: Smarter Cost and Commercial Insight
At Brookbanks, we’re more than just cost consultants- we’re strategic partners embedded within your team, helping you make smarter financial decisions and maximise the value of every pound invested.
What sets us apart is our integrated expertise across six distinct business groups. This means that when you work with Brookbanks, you’re not just getting cost and commercial insight – you’re gaining access to a team that understands infrastructure, engineering, and development from the inside out.
Many of our consultants have worked client-side, so we know what truly matters:
- Accuracy
- Reliability
- Efficiency
- Clear, outcome-driven planning
We understand that budgets are more than just numbers on a spreadsheet. They influence planning agreements, land values, and long-term viability and ultimately, they impact profit margins. That’s why we don’t just present figures; we help you make confident decisions grounded in real-world experience.
Take, for example, a recent project in Bedfordshire. By rethinking the drainage strategy from below-ground installations like private soakaways and storage crates to above-ground attenuation basins we identified cost savings of £1.7 million for our client. That’s the kind of tangible value we deliver.
We make projects more efficient, more cost-effective, and future-ready.
That’s the Brookbanks difference.
Meet the Cost and Commercial Team...
Group Director of Cost and Commercial
Anthony Brown
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Head of Cost and Commercial
Ben Wakeling
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Senior Cost Consultant
George Wood
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Project Cost Consultant
Ismail Ali
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Associate Director, Cost and Commercial Group
John-Michael Davies
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Senior Associate Director, Cost and Commercial Group
Mark Miller
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Graduate Cost Consultant
Shiv Raja
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Cost & Commercial Group
Infrastructure/Abnormal/Site-Wide Cost Planning. We have vast experience in structuring, maintaining and managing budgets of hundreds of million pounds, en...
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Cost Planning
Being able to accurately estimate abnormal build costs and mitigate risk is crucial to the success of any development.
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Expert Witness
If you find yourself in a Commercial Cost Dispute, you might need to call upon the services of an Expert Witness.
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Procurement
We understand that engaging with the right contractors gives your project the best chance of success.
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