David joined TFT’s Building Consultancy team as a Director with nearly 25 years experience, carrying out a wide range of work for Clients such as Aviva Investors, M&G Real Estate, Amazon and Knight Frank Investment Management (KFIM) within the commercial sectors including industrial, retail and offices.
David has extensive experience in managing refurbishment projects ranging in value up to £3.5million. He has provided technical due diligence advice to many clients and has undertaken Building Surveys on a wide range of properties including retail parks, shopping centres, data centres, logistics warehouses, industrial estates and property portfolios.
David also has extensive experience in dealing with Dilapidations matters and has acted for both Landlords and Tenants in relation to claims ranging up to £3million.He also has acted on behalf of funders and investors in monitoring development works for a number of multi-million pound schemes.
Alistair is TFT’s CEO, responsible for the strategic management and operational performance of the firm. He has a particular focus on and business risk management and was previously responsible for business growth, and the oversight of TFT’s ‘hub’ of Built Asset consultancy services.
As a chartered building surveyor and member of the association for project management, he provides a variety of development and project consultancy services, specialising in the procurement and delivery of large construction projects.
Alistair also has considerable experience in contract administration, technical due diligence, investor/fund monitoring and reinstatement cost assessments.He is chairman of the judging panel for the British Council for Offices (BCO) Awards (southern region), a former founding member of the BCO NextGen committee in the south-west, and was the shadow editor for the RICS Guidance Note for Design & Specification.
Hot on the heels of our Leeds opening, we are pleased to now open our latest office in Southampton! The move is part of our ongoing investment in key regional markets, as we grow our team and get work on a promising range of projects in the UK and beyond.
Having led TFT instructions on the south coast from our London and Guildford offices, David Bassett will lead and grow our Southampton office with coverage including Bournemouth, Portsmouth and Brighton.
Alistair Allison, Managing Partner of TFT said: “TFT has operated on the South Coast for some time, and opening a new dedicated office here will allow us to work with and invest in the talented people in this area and to offer an unparalleled local service for our new and existing clients to benefit from.
Post-Brexit and Covid, we predict that new and existing employees – and clients – will look to more non-core office locations, and Southampton is in an ideal position to attract inward movers. We have adapted excellently to the hybrid model of working and feel wider geographic coverage will be of real benefit to everybody we work with.”