History

History

John Foord, founded in London in 1828, specialises in the valuation of commercial and industrial buildings, civils, structures, plant and equipment. As a truly independent advisory firm, delivering advice of the highest quality that minimize risk is central to our purpose. This commitment to quality is at the core of our business strategy, the focus of which is to build trust and transparency with our clients, the insurance and financial markets and wider society.

We support insurance companies, re-insurers, brokers and owners by assessing current reinstatement costs, indemnity values and actual cash values.

For financial reporting, lending and asset management requirements, we provide accurate defendable values and costs as well as documenting fixed assets.

All senior John Foord staff are either qualified with The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors or the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, or have internationally recognized quantity surveying, IT or engineering qualifications.

We support clients across 60 countries and have valued assets in over 80 countries. We typically value assets exceeding $400+ billion US dollars per annum.