Actemium UK, a trading name of Cougar Automation Ltd., stands as one of the UK’s leading Control Systems Integrators. With over three decades of experience in delivering cutting-edge automation control solutions across various industries, including two decades of expertise in the aviation sector, we’re trusted by some of the biggest names in business. As part of the globally renowned VINCI Energies Group, we provide the robust business systems, accreditations, and financial stability our corporate clients rely on.

What sets us apart is our local approach—our dedicated project teams work closely together, fostering strong relationships with clients to deliver tailored solutions with a personal touch. Beyond Control System Integration, Actemium UK Business Units also specialize in electrical installations, fiber optic and network installations, and EV charging infrastructure, offering a full suite of services to meet your needs.

AECOM is a global provider of technical services to airport owners, investors, airlines and aviation clients, leading and supporting programs for airports of all sizes and forms.  With experience at over 150 major airports worldwide, we use our global network of expertise and local knowledge to deliver collaborative aviation solutions across projects and continents.  Our multi-disciplined, skilled professionals are able to support any project every step of the way, from finance and analysis to masterplanning, programme management, design and construction services.

Ajar Technology specializes in audio-visual and security systems in the UK and EMEA for medium-sized to enterprise-sized businesses and it has been active in the aviation sector since 2007.

In our role as an independent partner, we leverage existing vendor relationships and research the market and identify appropriate technologies on behalf of our clients. Our recommendations are made to achieve Value for money and meet the functional needs of our clients.

Our solution subject matter expertise includes many systems used for airport operations such as – CCTV, Access control, Biometrics, cloud systems, security analytics, Airport control rooms, Advertising solutions, people management, people movement data gathering, vehicle flow management, audio announcements and data centre technology.

Aviation businesses must balance demand and global growth with the need to decarbonise, become more energy and operationally efficient and address climate change. Arup helps clients across the industry to understand how to make their operations and services more sustainable, efficient and resilient, designing for lower energy use and operating costs at the same time. We are working with our aviation clients to help them rethink their business models and operations to maximise social value, ensure supply chains are resilient, develop circular business models, reduce emissions, generate electricity, harvest water and eliminate waste. 

Arup is the creative force behind many of the world’s most innovative and sustainable building, transport and civil engineering projects and design technologies. We offer a broad range of professional services that combine to make a real difference to our clients and the communities in which we work.

We have advised the majority of the world’s leading airports and are recognised globally as a leader in airport masterplanning, delivering airport terminal and support facility designs and specialist aviation services.

We support operators, owners, investors and users to develop safe, secure and sustainable solutions that deliver customer service excellence on a sound commercial basis. We add value to our clients’ business through close stakeholder collaboration and draw on in-depth knowledge to deliver robust, resilient and efficient solutions.

Arup has been involved in aviation development for over 60 years, with experience gained through a wide range of assignments at more than 100 airports worldwide.  Dedicated to sustainable development, the firm is a collective of 16,000 planners, designers, engineers and business advisors working across 140 countries. Founded to be both humane and excellent, we collaborate with our clients and partners using imagination, technology and rigour to shape a better world.  Through strong internal networks we benchmark and share the learning from our global aviation and other sector experience to deliver better solutions for our clients by balancing the needs of people, processes, technology and environment.

BakerHicks are a design, engineering and project delivery company specialising in complex infrastructure, process and built environments across the full project life cycle, from design and construction to handover and operational management.  

Founded in 1957, they employ 1,300 people across 17 locations in the UK and Europe. Partnering with companies across the globe, their multi-disciplinary teams use the latest digital technologies to deliver complete project solutions across the aviation, defence, highways, life sciences & industry, nuclear, power, public and rail sectors – ensuring outcomes that are efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable. 

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. With 26,000 employees across the UK, US and Hong Kong, we're leading the transformation of our industry to meet the challenges of the future.

Trusted by our customers to deliver sustainable solutions and strengthen communities, we finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of the local communities.

Bechtel is one of the most respected global engineering, construction, and project management companies.  Together with our customers, we deliver landmark projects that foster long-term progress and economic growth.  Since 1898, we've completed more than 25,000 extraordinary projects in 160 countries on all seven continents.

Our company and our culture are built on more than a century of leadership, and a relentless adherence to our values, the core of which are safety, quality, ethics, and integrity.  These values are what we believe, what we expect, what we deliver, and what we live.

BMD entered the UK market in 2022 to bring proven Australian infrastructure expertise, additional skilled resources and a fresh delivery perspective to a sector under increasing demand.

BMD combines international experience with local UK knowledge to support the delivery of complex infrastructure programs – particularly within the aviation and transport sectors, where capability, capacity and pace are critical.

The UK–Australia Free Trade Agreement created a unique opportunity to mobilise highly skilled engineering and project delivery professionals with greater ease, enabling BMD to transfer specialist expertise while maintaining strong local engagement. This framework supports the movement of experienced Australian resources into the UK market, strengthening delivery teams without displacing local talent.

As an Australian-owned contractor with a strong track record in significant infrastructure, BMD brings new capability, innovation and investment to the UK. Our lean, agile teams can mobilise quickly, complementing existing industry strengths and supporting long-term sector resilience.

CGL Systems is a UK-based specialist manufacturer and supplier of construction products, with over 80 years of trading heritage. We design and manufacture high-performance Rainscreen facade systems and durable industrial guttering solutions engineered for compliance, longevity, and visual impact. Alongside our manufacturing capabilities, we supply advanced liquid-applied coating systems for waterproofing, protection, and refurbishment in commercial and industrial settings. Our experienced team works closely with architects, contractors, and asset owners to deliver technically sound, reliable solutions. CGL Systems is committed to quality, innovation, and long-term value across every project we support. We are also able to offer innovative solutions to integrate digital brand placement and signage into our facade systems, thus creating a revenue generating building envelope.

Costain helps to improve people’s lives by creating connected, sustainable infrastructure that enables people and the planet to thrive. We shape, create, and deliver pioneering solutions that transform the performance of the infrastructure ecosystem across the UK’s transportation, energy, water, defence and nuclear markets. 

We are organised around our customers, anticipating and solving their challenges and helping to improve performance. By bringing together our unique mix of  consulting, digital and construction experts, we engineer and deliver sustainable, efficient, and practical solutions.

 We help to safeguard security, increase capacity, improve customer service and drive efficiency in our customers' infrastructure programmes.  We deliver a range of services across the whole project lifecycle, including strategic advice and feasibility studies, concept design, planning and legal approvals (such as DCO), detailed design, asset optimisation, technology integration and the construction of complex major projects.

Emico is a multi-disciplined services engineering company that excels in complex and live operational environments.  We work across all sectors of Infrastructure - Rail, Aviation, Energy and Waste, Public Realm Power and Energy, and Civil related works.  Our business holds a niche ability to manufacturer containerised substations in joint venture operations with nominated partners both nationally and internationally.  Emico operates nationally and serves the needs of blue chip and government.

We are Fado. Repurposing, Refurbishment and Interiors Specialists whose work is driven by collaboration and creativity. As a partnership with Farrans Construction and Dowds Group, this provides us with the financial strength to tackle any project and confidence for our clients that we will deliver. 

We create innovative spaces across multiple sectors including the Aviation, Hospitality. Commercial, Healthcare and Education sectors.

We approach every project with enthusiasm and energy, knowing that the best ideas are still to come. With offices in London, Stansted, Warrington and Northern Ireland we support clients nationwide.

Farrans is a leading civil engineering and building contractor which specialises in innovative and sustainable solutions for the water, energy, aviation, transportation, marine, public sector, industrial and commercial sectors across the UK and Ireland. We employ over 600 people and have offices in London, Edinburgh, Leeds, Monaghan and Belfast.Farrans is a national business with a regional presence.The projects we deliver have an important role in the everyday lives of people in the UK and Ireland. We build, we transform and we connect.Through intelligent, high quality engineering and construction solutions, we solve complex problems for our clients.Our team specialises in eight core sectors – Aviation, Energy, Water, Transportation, Commercial, Industrial, Public Sector and Marine. We also offer a repurposing, refurbishment and interiors service through Fado.We are active on over 45 sites across the UK and Ireland this year.Making a positive difference to the communities in which we operate is our passion and we place social responsibility at the heart of every scheme.We are proud to be a Sisk company, part of one of Ireland’s largest providers of pioneering construction and engineering services with extensive operations across Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe

Founded in 1998, Firstco are control and communication systems engineers, specialising in the transportation sector.  Working predominately in airports, railways and intermodal operations our clients include infrastructure owners, operators, engineering consultancies, construction contractors and systems solution providers. Our experience includes the technologies and solutions commonly grouped as Communications, Security, Operational and Control & Monitoring systems, and often referred to as IT, ICT, SAS or ELV systems.

Based in London, we now employ over 80 staff and work extensively across the UK. We have grown into an international consultancy and system integrator with projects in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and we are currently exploring expansion into Asia and America.

As systems engineers we work throughout the asset lifecycle; consulting, delivering and supporting the growing number of technologies used to automate operational people and process.

Working from strategy to operations, Firstco specify, design, deliver, commission, integrate, trial, transition, support and maintain systems. We also specialise in stakeholder, interface, requirements and assurance management which are an increasingly complex and critical part of any infrastructure programme.

By remaining product-independent, we can help our customers to select the right solutions then ensure that they are configured to achieve effective and efficient operations. Our Technical Innovation Group work with emerging technologies and solution/product suppliers to identify opportunities and business benefits for introducing new solutions into high integrity environments.

A modern airport will have more than 150 systems with constantly developing and converging technologies, which are critical to safety, security and operation. In the world of ‘big data’, airport operators require increasing interoperability to efficiently manage their sites, and their stakeholders, regulators and passengers expect and demand easy access to a greater level of real-time data. However, with increasing global security issues and the advent of cyber threats, the need for secure, robust and resilient solutions has never been greater.

As existing airports continue to expand and new airports are constructed, it is imperative that the technology systems are considered from the outset and delivered as an integral part of the overall programme. The prerequisites and interfaces with the architecture, civil engineering, baggage and M&E solutions must be managed throughout to avoid costly delays at the point when the project hands over into the live operational environment.

Firstco’s broad experience over all these technologies, and throughout the entire asset lifecycle allows for a Value Assured Engineering approach to oversee the end-to-end solution, engaging the right specialist contractors at the right time in the process, to ensure quality on-time, on-budget delivery.

Firstco have worked at London Heathrow Airport for 20 years and have been involved throughout the major airport development programmes and in day-to-day operations.

Development programmes include:

•       Terminal 2 and Eastern Campus – Information and Control Systems (ICS)

-       ICS Design Leadership – strategy, scope, requirements, concept

-       ICS Scheme Design – Master Systems Integrator

-       DMI (Design, Manage, Integrate) – ICS technical assurance through delivery

•       Terminal 5

-       T5 Rail & Tunnels Guidance Team – design & commissioning leadership

-       T5 Rail & Tunnels Comms and Controls – design, delivery and integration

-       Airside Road Tunnel – control systems design and project management

-       Energy Centre and Control Tower – commissioning management

•       Heathrow Express

-       Station systems, original design and build, into operation

-       Extension of systems to Terminal 5 subsurface station and tunnels      -    Support and maintenance for 15 years

Engineering and operational solutions include:

Firstco are framework suppliers for SCADA across the airport

•       HEART – utilities control and monitoring

•       Heathrow Pods – automated people movers

•       APOC – airport centralised command and control facility

•       FAMS – centralised fire alarm monitoring across all terminals

•       Campus-wide metering and energy management

•       Baggage Handling Systems (BHS)

Support and maintenance of Heathrow’s systems, including:

•       Heathrow Rail

•       Heathrow Pods

•       FAMS

EMS

In addition to our work at London Heathrow Airport, Firstco have worked on UK aviation projects including:

•       Gatwick Airport – North Terminal redevelopment, Pier 3 expansion options, airfield utilities control & monitoringManchester Airports Group – London Stansted Airport Tracked Transit System (TTS) / Automated People Mover (APM) control system, utilities monitoring

•       Birmingham Airport – Airport Operation Systems specifications

Middle East airports including:

•       UAE – Dubai International, Dubai World Central and Abu Dhabi International

•       Oman – Muscat International and Salalah airports

•       Qatar – New Doha International Airport

•       Saudi Arabia – Jeddah, Madinah and Riyadh airports

•      Other GCC – Kuwait and Bahrain airports

Gardiner & Theobald LLP is an independent construction and property consultancy working across all built environment sectors. Our approach focuses on building strong relationships, understanding requirements, and providing professional advice to secure optimal client outcomes. Our team has significant experience in service areas across a range of airports, aviation clients, and project types including; Business Case Development, Supply Market Management, Procurement, Commercial, Cost and Contract Management, Portfolio, Programme and Project Management (P3M), and Programme Management Office (PMO), Due Diligence and Independent Assurance. We provide these services to a wide range of aviation facilities including baggage and cargo handling systems, runway and apron works, terminal buildings, M&E specialist systems, and operational and maintenance facilities. We also support airports by reviewing their investment strategies and have the capacity to follow on into delivery when required.

As a market leader in green services, Glendale has extensive experience of developing and delivering modern, forward thinking and effective partnerships throughout the aviation and aerodrome sector. Whether you are an international hub or a small, general aviation, airfield we can offer you innovation, experience and service from a network of offices across the UK.

Our Services

Glendale delivers quality and value through its extensive range of green solutions, including, but not limited to the following services:Airside Maintenance

Landside Maintenance

As well as routine and reactive maintenance services (with a 24-hour Emergency Call Out Service available) Glendale’s teams are available to carry out project work across the facility.Project Work

Jewers Doors manufactures the world renowned Esavian aircraft hangar doors and the Phoenix industrial sliding and folding door range. We also design bespoke door solutions for special projects. We provide a complete service – including design, manufacture, installation, repair, service and maintenance.

Operating from our UK headquarters in Bedfordshire and our Dubai based Middle East office, we supply and install our doors throughout the world.

With recent installations in Taiwan, the UAE, Australia and French Guiana, Jewers Doors has produced some of the world's largest and most sophisticated doors and is widely recognised as the market leader in the specialist field of aircraft hangar doors with its range of Esavian sliding and folding hangar door systems.

On a smaller scale, our Phoenix insulated sliding folding doors are designed for a wide range of buildings, including fire and ambulance stations, loading bays, warehouses, car showrooms, vehicle workshops, train depots, helicopter hangars and many other  applications. Phoenix products consist of the Swift bi-fold door, the Osprey top-hung multi-leaf folding door and the Kingfisher straight sliding door system.

Kier’s purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK. We are a leading provider of infrastructure services, construction and property developments and committed to delivering for communities and leaving lasting legacies through our work.

At the core of our project delivery is technical excellence, utilising the latest building methods, innovations and technology to ensure we offer the best value for our clients.

Kier launched sustainability framework, focused on two key components; environmental sustainability and social sustainability and this approach aims to safeguard three vital features; a resilient environment, a resilient community and a resilient balance sheet.

At Lagan we have a dedicated and agile team who work with clients from conception right through to completion of every project we work on.

The team you will first meet at the start of a project journey will be the same team who will be with you every step of the way.

We understand that collaboration is key for our clients and for ourselves to build relationships from the start, ensuring that we are all working towards the same goal to deliver a safe, sustainable, efficient and value for money project.

Our dedicated and agile team have successfully delivered over 60 projects across the globe utilising our in-house plant fleet including our mobile concrete and asphalt batching plants.  We can deliver on tight time frames, often carrying out our works during strict night time possessions to ensure minimal disruption.

Lagan Airport Maintenance has recently been established to focus on opportunities in smaller value airport projects such as maintenance for airport operators and undertaking small scale civils projects at airports.

The scope of works that Lagan Airport Maintenance will undertake includes; small scale civils, pavement repairs, asphalt supply and lay subcontract works and airfield ground lighting installation. 

Newmark is a global advisory business specialising in optimising non-aeronautical revenue with a focus on retail and real estate. We offer services from optimising your portfolio, new development as well as valuation and land transactions. From F&B to Cargo and Hangars to Hotels we have the global expertise to help you optimise your commercial revenues. Together with our sister company Cantor Fitzgeralsd we can fund and advise investors on optimising assets or acquiring new assets.