The Team

Christopher Brittain
Founding Director
Chris has over 35 years’ experience as a Quantity Surveyor and Commercial Director in the construction industry with major UK Contractors and a Consultancy.
He has a wide range of experience covering many sectors including Building, MEP and Civil Engineering on projects including technology, industrial, offices, hospitals, schools, stadia, residential and housing, student accommodation, hotels, shopping centres, MOD bases, maritime, civils structures and utilities.
Chris regularly provides a broad range of “hard edge” and “hands on” commercial services for main contractor, developer and sub-contractor clients bringing them much needed solutions to problematic issues whether at project or business P&L level.
Christopher Brittain BSc (Hons), MCIOB

Jeremy Hughes
Founding Director
Jeremy has amassed a wealth of experience in the over 30 years he has worked in the construction industry. Now a panel registered Adjudicator (RICS) and with an Advanced Professional Award in Expert Witness Evidence, he regularly provides services to the professional and contracting sectors of the construction industry. He remains a hands-on practising professional who has developed broad skills and knowledge from a solid foundation of his many years of experience in the construction industry. His expertise extends to all areas of quantity surveying, including quantity surveying practice, contract administration, dispute resolution, construction quantum and the ascertainment of loss and/expense.
Jeremy has acted as an Adjudicator and party representative in numerous disputes and an expert adviser and consultant to claimants and respondents, specialising in quantity surveying matters in various jurisdictions, including the high court, arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

James Johnson
B.Sc. (Hons) Quantity Surveying
Consultant: Commercial
James has over 28 years’ experience working for several leading Tier 1 UK Contracting organisations as the Lead Quantity Surveyor on construction projects up to £100m including grade one and grade two listed structures. James’s professional experience includes a period where he headed the commercial function for a specialist demolition and land remediation company before returning to main contracting overseeing several challenging brownfield city centre mixed use design and build projects.
James’s experience also includes several project intervention and project turnaround assignments where his laser focus to detail and risk management skills became invaluable to his Employer and formed the bedrock to his commercial services offering today.

Richard Scarrott
Senior Consultant: Construction
Richard is a veteran of the construction industry with a wealth of almost 40 years of experience having worked through the operational ranks from Site Manager to Divisional Director in the Tier 1 UK Contracting arena.
In 2020, Richard made the bold decision to leave his established Divisional Director Tier 1 Contracting career behind and instead pursue his own development opportunities which gave him invaluable exposure and understanding of the challenges facing smaller enterprises in the construction sector.
Richard’s experiences outlined above then ignited his desire to diversify further and from 2025 pursue a consultancy offering with particular focus on advising clients (large or small) and providing a variety of construction consultancy services tailored from his vast multi sector operational and delivery experience.
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Vanguard Construction Consultants Ltd.
LONDON OFFICE:
Garden Studios, 71-75, Shelton Street, Covent Garden,
London, WC2H 9JQ
MIDLANDS & NORTH OFFICE:
3, Arden Court, Arden Road, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 6HN
Email: consultant@vanguard-consultants.com