Our Sectors
With over 30 years’ experience in delivering Project Management, Employer’s Agent, Quantity Surveying and Building Surveying services, our collaborative approach and in-depth knowledge gained across the built environment is what sets Ayer Associates apart.
Affordable Housing
Affordable housing expertise for growing communities. We are a professional, property and development consultancy providing a range of high quality, value add services to our housing clients.
Ayer Associates work with local authorities, housing associations and care operators to deliver developments that support families, individuals, vulnerable people and sustainable communities.
Our experienced teams go beyond the traditional employer’s agent role, combining strong communication, close collaboration and robust project management to deliver successful outcomes for clients and stakeholders.
Our expertise spans housing development, site identification, development strategy, project management and innovative procurement and contract solutions.
Central Government and Government Agencies
Providing innovative and transformative services for the built environment across local government property portfolios, in partnership with project stakeholders.
With proven experience across a range of public sector organisations trough established Frameworks, our capability to support central government and government agencies across their property portfolios is well tested. Our experts are highly experienced at providing services for Real Estate management strategies, Hard FM and Soft FM services, FM service benchmarking and FM services procurement through to delivering change management and improvement programmes.
We understand the dynamic nature of government projects and at Ayer Associates our qualified consultants are on hand to help drive and implement changes that improve services whilst reducing expenditure – delivering high impact projects on time and on budget.
Commercial and Industrial
From low tech to high tech, Ayer Associates work with commercial and industrial enterprises to keep their business-critical operations and production facilities working uninterrupted.
From refurbished Victorian warehouses to modern, technology-driven facilities, our team brings the technical knowledge and experience required to meet sector-specific needs.
Through integrated services, we help clients enhance, maintain and manage their property assets and estates with confidence.
Education
Working in partnership with education providers to provide best in class asset and facilities management services for 21st century education.
Ayer Associates multi-disciplinary teams are committed to supporting education providers, from nurseries through to universities, with education facilities that are sustainable and inspirational.
Supporting the full lifecycle of physical assets, from concept and design through to building maintenance and compliance, our integrated expertise helps you manage and enhance your teaching environment with confidence.
Emergency Services
With many Emergency Service units seeking collaboration and coming together to share resources and assets, Ayer Associates’ qualified property specialists truly innovate to help improve service delivery, save money and achieve organisational effectiveness.
We support emergency service organisations with estate rationalisation, development and construction opportunities, acquisition and disposal, and the effective management of property portfolios.
Drawing on extensive public sector experience across building services, facilities management, and estate and asset management, we understand the operational demands and accountability required in these environments.
Working collaboratively through direct appointments or national frameworks, we help deliver practical, effective property solutions tailored to the needs of each service.
Local Government
Providing innovative and transformative services for the built environment across property portfolios, asset management, local infrastructure and regeneration programmes in partnership with project stakeholders.
Ayer Associates work in partnership with local authorities, district councils and local agencies through direct appointments and local or national frameworks.
Our qualified professionals provide services including Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, Project Management, Property and Portfolio Management, Facilities Management, and strategic advisory support.
With experience across sectors such as affordable housing, education, healthcare, regeneration, commercial, retail and social care, we help deliver projects that support thriving communities and local economies.
Healthcare
Working with healthcare providers to support the health of their patients and property portfolios.
Ayer Associates experts work with healthcare providers to support their delivery of patient care without interruption or disruption. Our experience affords us the technical capability and strategic know how to help healthcare providers to effectively forward plan and gain efficiencies and drive service delivery improvement across their physical assets and property portfolios.
Our services range from feasibility studies, risk analysis and dispute resolution through to providing strategic analysis and business cases for Hard FM and Soft FM service improvements. Project management, quantity surveying, building surveying, health & safety, and ancillary services to NHS trusts, public sector bodies and private service providers.
Infrastructure
Ayer Associates teams have extensive experience and understand the challenges associated with infrastructure projects.
Ayer Associates teams have extensive experience and understand the challenges associated with infrastructure projects across sectors that include; Education, Emergency Services, Energy, Health, Housing, Leisure and Sport, Prisons and Secure Accommodation, Regeneration and Transportation.
With one eye on the future, our experienced consultants know to ensure that the incumbent infrastructure does not deteriorate, to ensure service continuity whilst reducing financial and community impact.
Our project management expertise and know how to deliver cost-effective solutions across a wide range of infrastructure projects – provides unparalleled experience.
Regeneration
Working with development partners, we deliver regeneration strategies to provide communities where people want to live, work and enjoy their leisure time.
Our team have the sector knowledge and influence to work with local authorities, registered providers (“RPs”) and contracting authorities who use arm’s length management organisations (“ALMOs”).
Our services are bespoke, versatile and innovative, successfully matching the aspirations of the community and housing needs of local authorities with commercial ambitions.
Working collaboratively, our specialists utilise their combined breadth of knowledge, project management, planning, sustainability and financial appraisals to find sites and source opportunities.
Private Equity, Landlords
We are a highly qualified team of professionals working with institutional, private equity and private landlords, selected for our expertise in commercial and residential properties.
Working with specialist private equity real estate funds for social impact investments, we support social care and affordable housing projects.
Ayer Associates support clients across the public and private sectors with property portfolio and asset management services that protect the interests of owners, landlords and tenants.
Our multi-disciplinary team provides whole-life project support, from site identification, feasibility and acquisition through to planning, design, procurement and construction.
We also deliver surveys, development appraisals, condition assessments and maintenance strategies to help clients manage and enhance their property assets.
We work with local authorities, housing associations, developers and investors to deliver practical, commercially focused outcomes.