Troup Bywaters + Anders LLP (TB+A LLP) delivers high quality building services consultancy across the UK and Europe. With a laser focus on social responsibility and forging ethical partnerships, TB+A LLP provide flexible services to cover the whole life of a building. We caught up with Vertical Transportation Lead & Partner, James Fraser-Chalk, to find out more about the business and its vision for the future.

Let’s start with a bit about you – tell me about your role and the stepping stones to get here?

I joined Troup Bywaters + Anders (TB+A) back in 2020 to head up the vertical transportation consultancy, but I began my career back in 2002 as an apprentice with Kone, which gave me a fantastic grounding in the industry with a full apprenticeship covering every department. In 2009 I moved to HSB, an engineering inspection company, as an Engineer Surveyor, which broadened my experience and gave me valuable insight into compliance and inspection. I found myself inspecting everything from theatres and tower cranes to escalators, window cleaning equipment and more. In 2016 I joined Focus FM as a consultant, which really developed my understanding of client-side challenges, and in 2020 I joined TB+A and have been developing the vertical transportation consultancy since. Each step has built on the last, giving me a solid mix of technical, consultancy and leadership experience, all within vertical transportation – I’ve never known anything else!