Ainsley and Partners: Who we are

A Brief History

London 1930. The grandfather of the current partners - James and Andrew Coley established Ainsley & Partners. Over 70 years later, the practice has a busy workload with clients in both the public and private sectors.

The foundations laid all those years ago remain firmly in place today.

Built on quality, expertise and excellent working relationships with our clients, we combine enthusiasm, commitment and an overall drive to succeed on any project with in which we have an involvement.

As a result, Ainsley & Partners now enjoy an outstanding reputation within the industry.

The practice has a long association with the BBC. Having worked on projects in many landmark buildings including Broadcasting House, Langham Place, Television Centre and Pebble Mill.

Today. With the benefit of its long history, Ainsley and Partners merges its undoubted experience with modern techniques and business tools to bring together optimum benefits of its past and present forms.

We are very proud of our excellent service provision and truly believe what we offer and provide is unsurpassed by our competition.

Services Provided

With offices in Northampton as well as Central London, Ainsley and Partners offer a full range of professional services including Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Project Co-coordination & Monitoring, Planning Supervision (under CDM Regulations), Taxation Advice, Fire Insurance Valuations, Risk Management, Value Engineering, Expert Witness, Development Appraisal and general Property Advice

We place huge emphasis on simple but effective cost management throughout a project. We always aim and pride ourselves on providing a service that is comprehensive and competitive, efficient and professional.

We are flexible in our approach and can draw up an individual service to suit the specific requirements for each commission or appointment whether this be a one-off piece of advice or a multi million pound development.

This business philosophy shines through all we do. Above all, we never forget the needs of the client and to provide the information he needs in an efficient and appropriate form.

Value of Projects Undertaken

We advise and manage all types of construction projects ranging in value from £100.000 to £25million

People

A practice can only be as good as the people we employ. We fully recognise the importance of our staff and the qualities and diversity they bring to the level of service we provide.

Our business philosophy is to win work through employing first rate and enthusiastic staff who enjoy their job.

We are very proud of our record of an extremely low turnover of personnel throughout our history. We believe this reflects on the work environment and satisfaction gained from the work we undertake combined with the loyalty and personality of individual we look for in our recruitment policy.

Many individuals have been with us in excess of 10 years.

We always strive to fully participate, to get involved and in this way to get the most out of working in such an interesting profession.

"I would just like to say, I think you are doing a fantastic job on this project. Very thorough. Well done."
Alex Michelin, Finchatton

"You have done a truly outstanding job."
Private client

"I would like to convey my most sincere gratitude for your help on the many and varied tasks we have discussed and worked on together over the past years."
John Cook, Haileybury College

"Budget reporting was excellent. Reports were made bespoke and presented in a very clear manner, no mysteries."
Kevin Rellis, Natural History Museum

"Thanks for your major contribution"
London Borough of Harrow

"Your command of what is required has been a reassurance and inspiration to us and the efficiency with which you have kept us informed and the contractors under control has been impressive"
James McArthur, Headmaster of Reading Bluecoat School

W. James Coley BSc MRICS