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.

Alchemmy is a consultancy that specialises in delivering lasting transformational change, putting people at the centre of everything we do.  We work as a Transformation Partner for Airports and others in the airport ecosystem.  We specialise in supporting teams to deliver sustainable and lasting change in operational environments, supporting the delivery of complex projects and programmes, with a particular focus on technology led change.  We provide a wide range of transformation and strategic advisory services from programming design, programme management, business change and operating model design.  We provide you with end to end support, helping to provide solution assurance and minimise the risk of implementation of change projects failing in the organisation.

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.

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.

AtkinsRéalis 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.

Established by a group of industry-leading software development and project management professionals with a lean, agile and innovative approach to project analysis and integrated delivery AAC now operate globally, working in partnership with some of the world’s largest organisations to deliver mission-critical control systems. Our approach allows clients to concentrate on their core business whilst we bring our expertise and experience in project delivery management. The result is reduced operational costs and an improved customer experience. Our philosophy is at the heart of everything we do and has been enhanced over the years to become embedded in our people, culture and values. At AAC we work in partnership with you to focus on the crucial aspects of your business with an eye on future operational and legislative requirements.

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.

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.

Cirium, the global leader in aviation analytics, is trusted by industry leaders worldwide to provide invaluable insights that drive operational excellence, revenue growth, and enhanced customer experiences.  With our cutting-edge data and analytics capabilities, we are at the forefront of accelerating digital transformation in the aviation sector.  Our mission is to empower airlines, airports, travel companies, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions, and other key stakeholders with seamless data flow and ensuring information is readily available when and where it's needed most.

Collins Aerospace: Keeping passengers moving and operations flowing.

Collins Aerospace, a unit of United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX), is a leader in technologically advanced and intelligent solutions for the global aerospace and defense industry. Created in 2018 by bringing together UTC Aerospace Systems and Rockwell Collins, Collins Aerospace has the capabilities, comprehensive portfolio and expertise to solve customers’ toughest challenges and to meet the demands of a rapidly evolving global market.

As a leading provider of self-service solutions, and with an enviable reputation as a master systems and communication network integrator, we understand how airports work. Airports, airlines and ground handlers around the globe rely on Collins Aerospace integrated airport solutions and our services are used by virtually all of the world’s carriers.

Airports and their passengers are constantly adapting and evolving to meet the needs of an industry where passenger traffic will grow on average more than 4 percent per year for decades to come. Collins Aerospace offers a wide range of services and solutions for modern airports and we continue to set the technical standards for the industry.

Combining our in-depth knowledge of airline IT systems and strong communications network expertise, Collins Aerospace creates integrated solutions for airports of all sizes and customers with a wide range of needs..

Self-Service Solutions

As a leading provider of self-service solutions focused on airport operational efficiency, optimized passenger facilitation and enhanced security, you can be assured of the highest level of innovation and integration from Collins Aerospace. From self-service bag drop to self-service kiosks we are innovators of seamless solutions that make the airport experience as efficient as possible.

Passenger Processing Solutions

Our passenger processing solutions make the most of IT resources and infrastructure to maximize your services. As passenger numbers grow and security requirements change frequently, airport operators are constantly working to keep lines shorter and passengers moving. With our passenger processing solutions, you can make the check-in processes faster for passengers and staff whilst attracting new airlines and routes through reduced service setup costs.

Airport Baggage Systems

Airport baggage systems can also make significant enhancements to passenger processing and must be seamless, efficient and cost-effective. Offsite, curbside, at the counter or the kiosk - it doesn't matter how you check-in, Collins Aerospace's baggage solutions lead the way. Baggage management, bag drop and baggage sorting solutions will help you reduce check-in delays and operational peaks, whilst maximizing revenue, resources and security.

Systems Integration

Our systems integration expertise means we offer robust, flexible and reliable architectures. By creating airport systems that share data and infrastructure, operations become more efficient and cost-effective. With unsurpassed industry experience, we reduce the complexities of airport integration to leverage existing investments with the best systems and technologies available and eliminate problems caused by disparate information sources.

Airport Operations Management

Gain greater control of your operations through data analysis and airport operations management. Optimizing airport operations and communications allows for greater profitability and ultimately, improves passenger processing. Enhanced airport business intelligence allows airlines and airports work to provide a seamless travel experience for the passenger, intertwining their operations to be optimally efficient, cost-effective, safe and customer-friendly.

Find out more at  www.rockwellcollins.com/airports

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.

CPC is an independent, result-driven project and cost management consultancy.  With over 30 years' experience in the transport industry, providing technical advisory and project consultancy services to support strategic, infrastructure and capital development programmes. 

We complement these with management consultancy and change services to transform business performance and organisational structures building robust governance, eliminating waste and realising efficiencies.

CPC is owned by its employees through an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), and has a network of eight office hubs across the UK and Ireland, and over 300 employees.  In 2023, CPC was recognised as APM’s SME of the Year and Building Magazine’s Construction Consultancy of the Year (over 100 staff).

CPC are actively engaged with Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, and Leeds Airports as well as TfL, Heathrow Express and Manchester Airports Group.

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.

EA Maven is a management consultancy firm focusing on solving the key challenges in Advanced Air Mobility through the provision of AAM strategy support, demand modelling, infrastructure design and due diligence services.

EA Maven works with airports, airlines and aircraft manufacturers to help them better understand the potential for Urban Air Mobility and Regional Air Mobility.  Our demand modelling and scheduling capability allows us to accurately predict the demand for electric aircraft operations.  Key outputs include:

More information on the services we provide can be found on our website www.eamaven.com

Empathyce is a consultancy and training company specialising in Customer & Passenger Experiences. Support is primarily around developing a clear vision for the passenger experience and relevant strategies, customer journey mapping, employee engagement and feedback programmes.

Founder Jerry Angrave has worked with many UK airports and is a member of Heathrow’s Accessibility Advisory Group. He published the “Journey Mapping Playbook” in 2020 and hosts a monthly forum for passenger experience professionals from airports and airlines around Europe and the Middle East.

Jerry regular chairs sessions on customer experience at events including the Passenger Terminal Expo and World Aviation Festival.

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

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.

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.