Strategic Advice

Airbiz specialise in international aviation consultancy.  Our clients include airport owners, operators, investors, airlines, government agencies and other aviation stakeholders.  The Airbiz team consists of airport and terminal planners, business analysts, aviation marketing specialists, project facilitators, simulation experts and creative strategists.

Team members are renowned for their lateral thinking resulting in innovative and cost effective outcomes.  The Airbiz team has accumulated over 30 years' experience in the aviation industry and has successfully completed over 2000 projects in 50 countries, on five continents.

Airbiz is an active contributor and World Business Partner of Airports Council International (ACI).  Airbiz is recognised globally as a specialist aviation industry advisor that delivers tailored solutions for aviation clients.

Ajar Technology offer comprehensive consulting, technical and engineering skills to help your organisation work smarter and achieve your digital transformation goals.

We offer the end to end single source for digital technology solutions, but we also work as part of a multi service provider project team fulfilling project roles as required.

We are an independent organisation & with the freedom to research and source the best fit technologies for the individual use case in the airport.

Our propose is to make all technology projects simple, efficient and stress free for our clients.   

Alan Stratford and Associates (ASA) was established in 1968 and provides specialist services in air transport consultancy.    More than 200 airport and 50 airline studies have been carried out in the UK, Europe, Africa, SE Asia and Australasia.  Services provided include air traffic forecasting, airport master planning, airport privatisation studies, airport investment appraisal, airport and airline sales / due diligence and airline business plans.

Arcadis is the leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. Arcadis differentiates itself through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. Our experience of working in complex airport environments around the world gives us knowledge and insight into the unique challenges faced by the aviation industry. Our global team offers a complete aviation service from planning through to construction in live operations. We maximize the potential of the airport by creating outcomes-focused strategies, ensuring the business is aligned with continuously changing aviation environments.

Arup is a global firm of over 14,000 planners, designers, engineers and business consultants, operating from 88 offices in 33 countries. We have over 50 years’ experience in the aviation sector, gained through assignments at more than 100 airports worldwide. Significant recent commissions have included London airports, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Dublin, Istanbul, New York, Los Angeles, Singapore, Mexico City, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, Perth, Melbourne and Auckland. In all of our work we focus on helping our clients solve today’s complex issues while planning for the future. We seek creative operational and planning solutions that address the complex relationships between aircraft, passengers, baggage, ground transportation and cargo. We help optimise the capacity and value of existing assets, while assisting with the complex decisions of when and how to take the jump to redevelopment. The circular economy, sustainability, resilience and climate change are dominate factors in our solutions based engineering schemes within the airport environment and equally figure heavily in the surface access transport and cities based agendas. Our aviation team provides a leading edge, comprehensive range of planning, design leadership, program management, operations, project leadership and business consultancy services, including: Airport masterplanning services relating to airport wide (airside and landside) and terminal area planning, service level definition, definition/analysis of processes for passenger flow, ground support equipment, terminal logistics and simulation modelling. Recent projects include Copenhagen, Krakow, Queenstown, Auckland, Mexico City and Istanbul airport masterplanning. Facilities engineering and program management relating to new build and redevelopment works with airfield and terminal design projects such as Heathrow, New York, Dublin, Hong Kong, Perth. Specialist award winning airport systems advisory services (baggage systems, security, fire, lighting, cargo, information/digital systems, visualisation, auralisation and simulation tools etc ) including development of user requirements, operational processes and service levels and associated engineering / procurement management / commissioning, with recent projects at Manchester, Heathrow, Dubai and Hong Kong airports. Operations consultancy, such as operational readiness planning and program management including development of plan of operations, scheduling and management of resourcing, training and trials, management of stakeholder relations, and organisational transformation. Recent projects include Operational Readiness at Heathrow T2, Mumbai, New York and Perth. Corporate finance services associated with business plan development, technical due diligence on sale / acquisition and public-private partnerships such as Kansai and Itami privatisation vendor due diligence advisor. Our team employs a highly analytical approach to problem definition and solution development, based on an in-depth understanding of airport and airline operations and an appreciation of airports as commercial businesses and public assets. We deliver pragmatic solutions, directed to achieving projects that are fundable, buildable and minimise impact on operations.

Atkins is one of the world’s most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies. Working through trusted long-term partnerships we help our clients create world class airports, making air travel safer, easier and faster. We work on developments of all scales – from general aviation terminals to infrastructure at the largest global hubs.

With a commitment to technical innovation and service excellence, we engage with our clients to introduce them to new ways of thinking and new ideas within a new digital culture.

Acquired by SNC-Lavalin in 2017, Atkins can tap into experience from across the SNC-Lavalin group to help our clients achieve their business goals.

At Aviaire our consultants specialise in providing strategic wildlife hazard management support to assess and mitigate wildlife strike risks on airports and within their surrounding 13km airspace.

We always work in partnership with our clients to identify time and cost effective solutions that are proportionally appropriate to minimise the risk of conflict between aircraft and wildlife.

We collectively have over thirty years of operational aviation and built environment experience. Our advice is always evidence-based supported by high quality data and longstanding operational experience. We understand and support the need to minimise the risk of litigation, to enhance reputations, to reduce costs and to maximise biodiversity.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission statement is to sustainably minimise risk of damage to aircraft, human life and the environment through proactive wildlife and habitat management.

Core Values

·                 Integrity

·                 Passion

·                 Partnership

OUR COMMITMENT

·             High quality services that provide value for money

·             Cost effective control of wildlife and habitats

·             Appropriate solutions and services

·             Certainty of being ecologically and economically sustainable 

·             Long-lasting relationships with clients and suppliers

CLIENT GROUPS:

Experience and support available for a broad base of client groups:

·                 Airport operators

·                 Airline operators

·                 Helipad operators

·                 Central government and local authorities

·                 Developers, architects, town planners and ecologists

.           Site owners and facilities managers

AVAILABLE SERVICES: 

·                 Wildlife & Habitat Surveys

·                 Strike Risk Assessments

·                 Aviation Impact Assessment

·                 Management Plans

·                 Performance Reviews

·                 Performance Turnaround Support

·                 Training & Equipment

·                 Safeguarding Support

Azinq is an IT services and consulting company specialising in, Software Development, IT Consultancy, System Integration and Support Services for airports. 

The team combines a unique blend of technical and airport business expertise with deep knowledge and experience, from working within Airport IT for many years. They are specialists in enabling efficient connectivity across an airport campus using modern integration technologies to enable digital innovation.

Azinq is trusted by major airport authorities which includes Manchester Airport Group, Oman Airports, London Luton Airport, AGS Airports and Isavia.

Founded in 1989, BEC provide installation and servicing of Building Energy Management Systems (BEMS).  Our work at various airports including Manchester, East Midlands, and Stansted, includes controls for Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning, DALI lighting, Surface Water Drainage and condition monitoring of numerous key airport systems including Airbridges, UPS units, lifts and auto walks.

We offer integration to the flight information systems, so automatic adjustment to both temperature and light levels is achieved as flights arrive and depart.

In addition to BEMS, we offer Energy Analytics software to ensure the plant is operating as efficiently as possible to varying requirements.

Capita are the UK's leading provider of business process management and integrated professional support services solutions with 62,000 staff in the UK and internationally.  We aim to provide our diverse portfolio of experience and expertise to the aviation market to work in partnership with our clients to maintain, adapt and innovate in the evolving aviation market.  Our approach is to provide an enduring service that looks at projects from inception, through the business case, planning, approval, design, execution and delivery, through to commissioning and operation support.  We can draw upon our multi sector expertise to advise, design and deliver on any market challenge that affect our aviation clients through providing them with innovative solutions backed up with proven sustainable strategies.

Capita also takes a collaborative approach to working with our supply chain, external consultants and contractors to ensure the best possible outcome for our clients.

Our Agility is our strength coupled with our ethos of listening to our client's needs.  Creating innovative and efficient solutions and deliverying on our promises.

Costain is one of the UK's leading smart infrastructure solutions companies.  Our purpose is to improve people's lives by deploying technology-based engineering solutions to meet urgent national needs across the UK's energy, water and transportation infrastructures.  We help to safeguard the security, increase the capacity, improve customer service and drive efficiency in our clients' infrastructure programme.  We deliver a range of services across the whole life-cycle of our clients' assets through front-end advisory, concept design, planning and legal approvals (such as DCO), detailed design, asset optimisation, technology integration and delivering complex projects.

Cundall is an international multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy operating in over 10 countries across the globe. With a full range of engineering services including strategic sustainability advice, critical systems, acoustics, IT and AV, security and, health and wellbeing. We devise the best possible solutions for our clients projects. We are currently working on creating new designs at a variety of airports in UK, Australia and in the Middle East.

Damarel is a specialist software house, at the forefront of developing mission critical systems for airport operations. The sole focus is automating passenger and ground handling processes, using IT to deliver outstanding business results. Damarel makes companies such as ground handlers, airports and airlines more efficient and profitable with industry leading applications. The company has 25 years’ experience, understands the pressures facing businesses in this sector and delivers cost effective solutions that work.

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 & monitoring

•       Manchester 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

At Fjøri we plan, design and advise on airport facilities worldwide, specialising in airfield infrastructure. Fjøri provides expertise not just to end users, but also to the professional services and contracting sectors. This includes: airfield planning, airfield engineering, airfield environmental, airport pavement management, FBO and cargo centre airside planning, heliports, military airfields and aerodrome infrastructure advice. 

Independently owned, Fjøri continues to grow and invest, working for a strong client base at over 75 airports in the last 10 years, including in UK, Brazil, France, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Oman, South Atlantic Islands, and the Middle East. With a combined experience of over 200 airport projects, our professional team is a unique and exciting proposition.

Frazer-Nash Consultancy has many years of experience supporting leading aviation organisations who have benefitted from our asset management, analysis, assurance and simulation expertise to improve the performance, safety and reliability of their systems and infrastructure.  We combine an innovative, pragmatic approach to problem solving with advanced analytical engineering assessment techniques.

Our extensive portfolio of services includes: Safety engineering; Strategic Asset Management; Reliability/Availability engineering; Maintenance planning and optimisation; Whole Life Costing; Design and analysis of Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Control and Information systems; Baggage system simulation; Fire and blast modelling; Data analytics and Digital Twin development; Software development, Cyber Security; Project Management.