Consultants

Wates and Atkins are among the companies awarded places on a £1bn Welsh housebuilding framework. The four-year North and Mid-Wales Residential Construction Framework was organised by public sector framework provider the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA). Works for tender include both single and multi-site projects, and community buildings such as libraries, sport…

Mace is among the firms to have landed a spot on a £200m NHS consultancy framework. The contractor's consulting arm won a place on a lot worth up to £10m covering estates construction and building management consultancy. Mace will compete with the other lot winner, Birmingham-based consultant RLB, for work.…

Arcadis global chief financial officer Sarah Kuijlaars has resigned. Kuijlaars, who joined the consultant's executive board in April 2018, has left for “personal reasons and in mutual agreement”. The search for her successor is under way, chairman Niek Hoek said. “The process to identify candidates will start immediately and we…

Aecom UK’s profit has fallen by a third, partly due to restructuring costs. Pre-tax profit for the UK arm of the US engineering firm fell to £12.4m for the year ending 29 September 2019, down from £19.2m the previous year. The decline was partly due to restructuring in the business,…

Arcadis’s business in China has almost ground to a halt amid the coronavirus epidemic in the country. Chief executive Peter Oosterveer told analysts this morning that the company had kept its offices in the country closed for an extended period after the Chinese New Year, when they were already scheduled…

Mace has revealed a number of internal promotions to its newly formed consultancy division. As part of a wider leadership restructure, announced in September, the company has united its property and infrastructure consultancy divisions to form a unified body. Its property consultancy business was previously run by Mark Holmes, now…

Arcadis has launched a new business dedicated to its digital offering, including digital management of clients’ assets and developing new technology. Arcadis Gen follows the Dutch-owned consultant’s acquisition of tech companies SEAMS and EAMS Group. It is a separate legal entity with 200 employees spread across the globe, but no…

Gleeds has appointed WYG chief executive Douglas McCormick as executive chair of its UK business, Construction News can reveal. In a statement, the consultancy said McCormick will be responsible for the development of the business at a time when it looks to expand its presence in several sectors and hopes…

Ex-Osborne chief operating officer Rennie Chadwick has joined digital consultant Professional Construction Strategies Group (PCSG) as major projects director. PCSG is a Croydon-based consultancy, which specialises in BIM, digital twinning and digital manufacturing. Chadwick will oversee work on several large infrastructure projects, and work with clients such as HS2 and Highways…

The estimated cost of three HS2 consultancy contracts has risen by a combined £174m. The cost increase is due to an extension in the scope of works to include connectivity links to Northern Powerhouse Rail, which were not included in the contract when they were awarded in 2017, a HS2…