Meet our team
At Alderson & Co Consultants, our team combines practical construction experience with professional consultancy expertise. We work across Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Contract Administration, and residential surveying, supporting clients throughout the lifecycle of their projects. Our approach is straightforward and commercially focused. We provide clear advice, manage risk effectively, and work closely with clients and project teams to help ensure projects are delivered successfully.
Sam
Founder and Director, Chartered Surveyor
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Sam Alderson is the Founder and Director of Alderson & Co Consultants, a Brighton-based construction and property consultancy. With over 24 years’ experience, he provides Quantity Surveying, Employer’s Agent, Project Management, Contract Administration, and RICS Home Survey services across residential and commercial sectors.
Sam has extensive experience delivering refurbishment, new build, and alteration projects, providing clear, commercially focused advice to help clients manage cost, risk, and procurement. He also undertakes RICS Home Surveys, offering independent, practical guidance to property purchasers across Brighton, Hove, and the surrounding areas.
Darren
Partner, Chartered Construction Professional
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Darren Tancred is a Partner at Alderson & Co Consultants and brings over 22 years’ experience across property development, contracting, and construction consultancy. Darren’s experience spans the full development lifecycle, including site acquisition, planning, delivery, and asset management. He has led contracting and consultancy teams delivering projects for a wide range of clients, including banks, housing associations, and private developers, covering distressed assets through to large-scale residential schemes of up to 160 homes. He provides Employer’s Agent, Quantity Surveying, and construction consultancy services, with particular expertise in residential and care home developments.
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Gemma manages the administration and coordination of the residential survey service at Alderson & Co Consultants. She is responsible for overseeing bookings, liaising with clients and agents, and ensuring surveys are arranged and delivered efficiently.
She acts as the primary point of contact throughout the process, coordinating access, managing schedules, and supporting clients from initial enquiry through to report delivery. Her organised and proactive approach helps ensure a smooth and professional experience for clients.
Gemma plays an important role in supporting the survey team and maintaining the high standard of service Alderson & Co Consultants provides
Survey Coordinator
Gemma
Jodie
Business Development and Account Manager
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Jodie is responsible for business development and client account management at Alderson & Co Consultants. She works closely with new and existing clients, helping to build strong working relationships and supporting the continued growth of the business.
Toby
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Toby is a Partner at Alderson & Co Consultants and provides Quantity Surveying and commercial management services across residential and commercial projects. He brings extensive experience managing project costs from early feasibility through to final account, ensuring financial control is maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
His role includes cost planning, procurement, tender management, contract administration support, and financial reporting. Toby works closely with clients, design teams, and contractors to ensure projects are commercially well managed and delivered in line with client objectives.
He is known for his practical, detail-focused approach and ability to manage cost risk effectively, providing clients with clear, reliable commercial advice at every stage of their project.
Partner, Quantity Surveying
Why work with us?
The personal touch
With more than 20 years of experience, Sam Alderson and his team know the construction industry from the inside, having learned his trade working for some of the largest contractors and consultants in the country on projects with values between £1m and £50m. Our years of first-hand experience liaising between all the different stakeholders involved in large and small projects puts us in a unique position to act on your behalf and help you to negotiate the many twists and turns involved in shepherding a project from inception through to final completion, ensuring you get the best possible results and value for money.
A full service consultancy
With Alderson & Co, everything’s under one roof. Thanks to our years of experience inside the construction industry, we’re able to offer a wide range of robust services that cover all of the key aspects of taking a construction project from feasibility right through to completion and beyond. A full-service consultancy like ours wouldn’t be possible without the extensive construction experience of our founder Sam. Sam has worked on some of the country’s most demanding building projects for both Local Authorities and developers in the residential, educational, retail, aviation, hospitality, rail and leisure sectors to name a few. We understand both the needs of clients and the pressures of specifying, costing and delivering a demanding build or refurbishment.
Trusted and certified
We are members of the RICS and CIOB, and Regulated by the RICS so you can be assured of a high level of service at all times.
