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.

GHD is a leading technical, advisory and engineering consultancy operating in the global markets of transportation, environment, water, energy, property and buildings.  Our Aviation Service Line employs over 100 dedicated professionals with global expertise covering airside and landside infrastructure across concept, design, construction and operations. 

In the UK, we are actively involved in aviation projects at a number of airports supporting the delivery of our clients' capital and maintenance infrastructure programmes. We are interested in engaging with potential partners and suppliers to build collaborative teams in line with our client service led culture.

Grimshaw is an international architecture firm that specialises in transport projects of national importance. Grimshaw is highly regarded in this particular sector for providing design leadership to projects that have strict cost, programme and highly aspirational outcomes at their core. Our portfolio of completed work includes projects in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Australia, North America and Mexico. The practice specialises in helping aviation clients de carbonise their estates through efficient master planning and building designs which benefit from extensive experience in long-span structures and efficient form-finding parametrics. These skills support Grimshaw's on-going research and development thesis, including low-cost carrier terminal buildings. Grimshaw have committed to net zero carbon designs by 2025.

Sustainability Capabilities 

Grimshaw are fully committed to helping our clients deliver sustainable aviation infrastructure. We pride ourselves in creating master planning, infrastructure and building designs that push the boundaries in social and environmental regenerative design. We are committed to delivering only net zero carbon designs by 2025 and our highly skilled architects bring a people-centric approach to their focus on the key issues in aviation today.

Working on over 46 major global airport projects ICAD has become the technology provider of choice. Receiving awards for every airport project our team is the go to company for strategic advice, design, build, operation and sustainable development.

We have offices and facilities in London, West Midlands, Bedford and Leeds. Each filled with people from Airport, Airline, Supplier and OEM backgrounds.

Idom UK is a multi-disciplined consultancy with a proven track record of providing high quality, practical and pragmatic advice and designs to a wide range of clients across many sectors.  We are wholly owned by the IDOM Group, an employee-owned firm based in Bilbao, Spain. We have strong expertise and specialisms in different sectors including building, manufacturing, aviation, railway, and urban transport systems, providing services of aeronautical engineering, civil and structural engineering, architectural, MEP services, ground contamination, and health and safety. We are currently advising and designing airport infrastructure around the world, mainly in Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East, working on projects that involve: Masterplanning; Runway design and/or rehabilitation; Airfield signage re-designation; Environmental and sustainability improvements to existing infrastructure; New terminal buildings/ modification of existing buildings; and design of landside infrastructure.

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Jacobs is a global multi-disciplinary engineering company. Helping our clients succeed drives our business. To meet their challenges, we have to understand their industry and their objectives. Over the years, our partnerships have helped us develop a wide range of technical expertise to better serve a variety of clients in multiple industries. Combined with the resources of a global network, our extensive project experience leads to better, more economical solutions. Jacobs U.K. Limited is a private limited company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., a public limited company which is trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:JEC).

Leonardo is an international leader in electronic and information technologies for defence systems, aerospace, data, infrastructures, land security and protection and sustainable 'smart' solutions. Within the civil domain, Leonardo delivers integrated airport solutions - leveraging our capabilities in automation, IT services, security and safety - that incorporate systems for baggage handling, secure communication, security and air traffic management. Our lead in Air Traffic Management operations is built on a proven pedigree in air traffic control, weather systems, surveillance, and navigation aids which see our systems operational in over 150 countries.

We are a consultancy that cover many industries, we are a diverse group and have a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience within this sector.​ ​

We have assembled a dynamic team that shares our values and vision and have the experience behind them to drive innovation across many different environments.​

Our combined experience is gained over many years  to many customers on a range of business areas.​

McCor Airport Solutions is a highly specialised consultancy with extensive capabilities through the complete project lifecycle from capturing operational needs through solution procurement and delivery assurance to Operational Readiness and Transition. We focus on ICT infrastructure but from a very operational viewpoint. We bring our experience in developing Operational Concepts to support the delivery of passenger processing, security, building management and communications systems within integrated command and control environments. Our core technical skills are underpinned with solid project, risk and stakeholder management capabilities providing a complete consultancy service. McCor Airport Solutions is available to support your projects wherever they are around the globe.

Mima have over 40 years’ experience in solving problems through understanding how people think and behave.  We use these insights in the design process to make usable and accessible spaces, services, and products - physically, operationally and digitally.  We bring together a mix of complementary disciplines, including human factors and ergonomics, service design, wayfinding and information design, interior design and accessibility and inclusive design. 

Our work with airports covers four main areas:

Mott MacDonald is one of the world’s most experienced aviation consultancies, providing global expertise for over 40 years. With over 16,000 staff, we have principal offices in 50 countries and projects in 140. We have provided project finance, technical, business planning and transaction advice for >$75 billion of airport assets in over 100 countries. Our truly global project portfolio includes Heathrow, Gatwick, St. Petersburg, Istanbul, Cyprus, Cairo, Cape Town, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sydney, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Toronto, New York, Costa Rica, Columbia and Ecuador.

NATS – Advancing aviation, keeping the skies safe.

We are the UK's leading provider of air traffic control services. In a typical year pre-Covid, we handle over 2.5 million flights and 250 million passengers travelling over the UK and across the North Atlantic. If you’ve been a passenger on a commercial aircraft flying in UK airspace then it's highly likely that we’ve handled your flight.

With our experience delivering operations in one of the world’s busiest and most complex airport and airspace environments we also provide technology powered solutions to customers around the world, including airports, airlines, air traffic service providersand governments.

Onepoint is a leading provider of enterprise-grade IT, data, and analytics solutions that help organisations achieve their strategic goals.  With a team of experienced architects, engineers, and data scientists.  Onepoint delivers solutions that are tailored made to each client's unique needs.

Onepoint's solutions are designed to help organisations:

Onepoint is a trusted partner for global organisations in a variety of industries, helping its clients succeed in the digital age.

Park Air Systems Limited is a wholly-owned business within the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Business Sector. Park Air is the world's leading provider of VHF and UHF ground-to-air communication solutions, both for civil and defence applications. We are highly skilled in the design, development, manufacture, installation, integration and long-term support pf communication systems with over 50 years experience in ATC Systems. Dedicated research and design teams guarantee Park Air communication solutions are tailored to individual requirements ensuring flexible and dependable performance. An installed base of over 60,000 radios in over 180 countries gives Park Air a global presence and local expertise. 

Ramboll is a leading aviation consultancy with the delivery of airport facilities and infrastructure, encompassing more than 600 completed projects in over 50 countries across the world. In the UK we have worked or are working at most of the major airports including Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, Manchester, Glasgow & Edinburgh. The airport projects that we have delivered range from strategic advisory, due diligence, masterplanning, project management, environmental and social impact, engineering design through to construction supervision, from the delivery of whole solutions for airport projects to specialised bespoke support. From major international airport hubs through to small regional airports serving the local community. At Ramboll to deliver innovative and award winning solutions we are able to draw upon not just our airport specialists but our expertise from across the world including off site manufacture, air quality, carbon management, ground remediation, fire safety, acoustics, energy, waste, geotechnics, tunnels, environmental engineering, transport planning and economic planning This is combined with local insight from our 300 offices across the globe to deliver world class airport solutions locally. We approach every project with a commitment to deliver inspiring solutions that deliver sustainable environments. Ramboll has been a leading thinker in defining new sustainability criteria tailored to a development as bespoke and complex as an airport terminal and producing innovative airfield designs that deliver long term performance and safety at a reasonable cost.

Ricardo is a global consultancy, delivering strategic, environmental and engineering solutions that are at the intersection of transport, energy and global climate agendas.

Ricardo has been working with the aviation sector for more than 30 years to support them to understand and reduce their environmental impacts. We are proud that our clients include many UK and international airports, airlines, airside operators, concessionaires and aircraft manufacturers. This experience means we have an in-depth understanding of the challenges faced by the sector and how organisations are approaching them.

We have expert teams focused on sustainability, net zero strategy development, waste management, sustainable transport, air quality and carbon emissions reduction, water and biodiversity management, sustainable procurement, engineering solutions and energy efficiency. This expertise, coupled with our aviation industry knowledge and policy insight, ensures we provide our clients with impartial strategic and practical support to accelerate and optimise their sustainability journeys.

We support clients across the value chain, from strategy development to implementation and reporting. We provide robust evidence and advice to inform decision making, and help to build business resilience to future climate, market and reputational pressures.  We accelerate progress and efficiency as our clients improve the sustainability of their operations, services, products and investments.

Our consultants also work with policy makers giving them unique insight into the policy landscape. We have worked with the European Commission on the European Green Deal, Fit for 55 and ReFuelEU, including running the EU Sustainable Aviation Clearing House. Our teams of engineers are designing the next generation low carbon propulsion systems for aircraft engine OEMs and airframe manufacturers.

Ricardo plays a key role in improving the sustainability of the aviation sector. Our experts sit on the UK Jet Zero Council and are accelerating the uptake of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) with our leading role in running the SAF clearing houses in the UK and Europe. We are active members of the UK Airport Operators Association Sustainability Working Group and members of the British Aviation Group. We work closely with UK Sustainable Aviation on environmental issues and have been working with the UK Civil Aviation Authority to build their capacity in understanding the impacts of working with hydrogen. We are also designing the aircraft propulsion systems of the future, working with Cranfield Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney designing their next generation engines.

Please get in touch to discuss how we can help you to achieve your sustainability goals.

Straten CSL is a specialist aviation consultancy, providing a wide range of support services to airports and developers. Our principal capability is in the field of Air Traffic Management (ATM) with a focus on airspace.  Additional services are airport safeguarding, feasibility studies for developers (including windfarms), Solar PV glint and glare studies and providing Business Continuity Management support.

Thales ATM, a world leader in Air Traffic Management, offers a comprehensive range of CNS/ATM (Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management) solutions from design and integration to installation and maintenance. Thales ATM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thales, a world leader in professional electronics for civil and military markets. With over 40 years' experience, operations in six countries and customers in over 170 countries, Thales ATM is fully dedicated to the civil aviation community. Thales ATM's portfolio of products and services embraces air traffic control centres and tower systems, surveillance and detection systems, navigational aids and communications systems.

TODD Architects is a client focused, people driven, multi award winning practice. Established in 1976, TODD’s have grown to be included within the Architect’s Journal’s list of top 100 UK practices, with studios in Belfast, London, Dublin, Manchester and associated studios in Edinburgh and Riyadh

In 2013 MAP Architects (McAlister Armstrong & Partners) joined TODD Architects Group as a sister company and in February 2016, fully merged with TODD Architects. MAP Architects were one of the UK’s leading aviation architects.

TODD's aviation team's experience covers over 30 airports throughout UK, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Aviation related projects include terminal design, refurbishment, re-configuration and extension of land-side infrastructure, air traffic and cargo facilities, hangars, master-planning of airport and its environs and feasibility studies.

Turner & Townsend is an independent professional services company specialising in programme management, project management, cost management and consulting across the real estate, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. With 104 offices in more than 44 countries, we draw upon our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximising value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets. For the past decade, Turner & Townsend have been supporting clients on some of the most complex aviation projects across the globe and we pride ourselves on adopting innovative tools and techniques to drive productivity and performance.