We are a uniquely diverse £1 billion global consultancy, delivering leading-edge solutions for public and private sector clients across 12 core business areas. As one of the world’s largest employee‑owned companies with more than 14,000 staff, we have principal offices in nearly 50 countries and projects in 140.

Our breadth of skills, sectors, services and global reach makes us uniquely placed to bring our customers:

• Holistic, innovative thinking
• Global experience with local insight
• World-expert practitioners
• Multisector perspective

We provide added value solutions which:

• Save money and time
• Reduce risks – technical, commercial, environmental
• Drive up efficiency
• Maximise sustainable outcomes – environmental, social, financial
• Embody best practice
• Result in market-leading customer satisfaction and repeat business levels
• What we do

We work with our customers and use our worldwide resources and experience to:

• Plan, design, procure and deliver projects on any scale
• Provide management consultancy built on technical know-how
• Help shape and implement development policies and programmes
• Advance sustainability and promote the wellbeing of the planet

Our service to customers
By staying closely attuned to our customers’ needs and aspirations, we seek to keep ahead of the game, proactively identifying new service requirements and gearing up to meet them. We understand what our customers need, what’s required to satisfy those needs and we get on with it – adding real value in the process by saving them as much money and time as possible without ever compromising on quality. We take pride in every commission, no matter the size.

Sustainable solutions
We are committed to working in partnership with our customers and supply chains to incorporate sustainable solutions into our projects. We are experts in sustainable design, construction and management, seeking to include sustainability as a driver at the most critical conceptual, planning and feasibility stages of all our projects – addressing the whole-life costs and impacts from a truly multidisciplinary viewpoint.

We are also acting to reduce our own impact and have committed to an active programme to make significant year on year reductions in our per capita carbon emissions.

Innovation
We pride ourselves in finding ways to solve existing challenges and tackle new ones. The value of our innovation can be measured by the prestigious awards our people and projects win – over 200 in the last three years.

Our people
Our principal differentiator is the quality of our staff. Our success is fuelled by their dedication, enthusiasm and ingenuity. Many of our engineers, environmentalists, planners, economists, cost consultants, project managers, safety experts, IT specialists, educationalists, healthcare advisors and management consultants are recognised as innovators or world authorities in their fields. Understanding that to work with the best we must be the best, we promote professional excellence and knowledge management, which is why continuous learning and skills improvement are ingrained in our company culture.

Community spirit
As a multinational company with a global reach, we recognise our obligation to make a positive contribution to communities in which we work. At a corporate level we engage and support local communities sponsoring a number of charity projects each year. We also encourage and support our staff who invest enormous time and energy in a range of charitable, educational, disaster relief and development work around the world.

Global presence
With major offices and centres of excellence across the globe, we bring our skills and resources directly to our customers, wherever they or their projects are based. Each office has in-depth knowledge and understanding of local conditions and practices, backed by our worldwide resources – enabling us to offer services around the clock, around the world.