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.

With over 6,700 professionals, in 52 global locations for 54 years, Gensler provides planning, landscape, architecture, design and strategic consulting services to clients worldwide.

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.

We are Haptic.Our love of design, rooted in Scandinavian values, inspires everything we do. Based in London, Oslo, Bilbao, Washington and Shanghai we work all over the world, creating places that make people happy.

The Haptic Way is a way of working led by curiosity and ambition. It’s how we deliver exceptional design, getting more from less, irrespective of scale, programme orplace. Haptic relates to touch: we care deeply about the impression we leave - on both places and people.

We work across most sectors and specialise in aviation and infrastructure, including terminal design and masterplanning.

ICF is a leading global strategic and technical advisory consulting firm with 10,000 staff, including 100 aviation experts. 

We offer specialised practice areas in airports, airlines/ MRO, aviation finance and tourism, with cross-cutting expertise in sustainability and digital transformation.

Our clients include Governments, airports, airlines, trade organisations, investors, and finance providers. We help them to manage assets, achieve more efficient and sustainable operations, drive greater efficiency, mitigate risk, and maximise return on investment. In addition, by leveraging our aviation expertise with that of our colleagues in energy and renewables, we have developed world-class capability in Sustainable Aviation Fuels.

Jacobs is a global multi-disciplinary solutions provider, 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:J).

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.​ â€‹

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.​

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:

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.

As a leading international design consultancy, we employ some of the most highly creative design professionals, where creative and innovative design solutions are a prerequisite. We have over 20 years' experience of working with airport authorities and duty free operators and travel retailers and brands. We believe that we add value and offer a unique service for the following reasons: We are airport and travel retail specialists. Our international experience covers the whole spectrum of projects from airport commercial strategy and planning, to the design of commercial and public spaces including retail design guidelines, signage & wayfinding and brand/graphic environmental Many of our projects also involve the branding, planning and design of retail offers ranging from multi-category duty free environments, stand alone brand stores, F&B environments, shop in shops, and vendor brand experience. We understand customer behaviour. Our design solutions are driven by customer expectations and we have an intimate understanding of the unique customer psyche and behaviour of the travelling consumer. We have an intimate understanding of the physical and operational parametres of designing within an airport environment. We have developed guidelines for a number of airports and retail/mixed use developments across the world. We have an international perspective. We have worked on major landmark airport and retail projects around the world. We are customer advocates. Our projects are driven by the passenger experience. We are passionate about creating experiences that add genuine value to our clients' businesses and their customers' expectations.

Specialist services to support the Aviation, construction and facilities management sectors accros the UK.  Premier Technical Services Group Ltd (PTSG) is a multidisciplinary building compliance business specialising in access and safety, electrical services, façade maintenance and cleaning, fire solutions and water treatment.

We work collaboratively, forming an extension of our clients’ teams in order to achieve best-in-market quality. In our commitment to be the best, we have created five independent business divisions from which our 3,000 specialists deliver >170 building compliance, installation and maintenance services to over 30,000 customers throughout the UK.

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.

RPP is a creative team of architects and designers with over 40 years’ experience delivering distinctive, sustainable buildings and interiors across Northern Ireland and beyond. From homes to civic landmarks, we combine creativity and practicality to bring client aspirations to life. Our core service is architectural consultancy, supported by specialist teams in interior design, BIM, project managements, and Passive House. We use OpenBIM workflows, offer immersive 3d visualisations, with qualified architects to lead projects. Our design approach is detail-driven, collaborative, and environmentally responsible, transforming ideas into memorable spaces.

We are a global design leader ranked in the UK Top 20 and within the Global Top 100 architectural practice.  

Highly experienced in the masterplanning, design and delivery of aviation schemes including Istanbul Airport and Medina Airport, Bandaranaike Airport, a large number of airports throughout the Middle East and Africa and a portfolio of work with Gatwick and Heathrow Airports. We are currently designing an alternative option for Heathrow Terminal 6 - Heathrow West. 

 We undertake projects across all major sectors from aviation, transport and infrastructure, business space, education, residential and mixed use through to advanced technologies, hospitality, film and media, culture, defence and security.  With studios across the UK in London, Edinburgh, Guildford and Cardiff and international studios in New York, Singapore, Amsterdam and Riyadh, we have a Vision to transform the industry and enrich lives through the built environment to create a better world. 

Sidara are a global leader in providing design, planning, engineering, and project management services across various sectors, including energy, buildings, cities, transportation, civil engineering, infrastructure, water, and the environment. Sidara is at the forefront of airport planning, design, and delivery, with a proven track record of completing aviation projects in over 300 airports worldwide, ranging from major international hubs to specialised support facilities and adapting to a diverse range of local conditions.

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.

TWW Solutions is a Company founded by Tim Walder and its mission is to provide Strategic Consultancy Services to the Aviation Industry, providing solutions that bring clear benefits to clients. With over 45 years of experience in the construction industry, Tim has successfully led multi-disciplined aviation teams and managed multi-million-pound projects for prestigious organisations and airports worldwide.

Tim is a prominent figure in the UK and European aviation sectors, holding the position of Deputy Chair of the British Aviation Group (BAG) and actively promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion in the industry. His involvement in major projects such as the Heathrow 3rd Runway, Heathrow’s Terminals 5 and 2, the Gatwick 2nd Runway programme, and Manchester Airport’s Transformation Programme demonstrates his extensive expertise and influence.

Tim's contributions internationally span various countries, including Turkey, Ireland, Macau, Portugal, Oman, Turkmenistan, Greece, France, Poland, the Netherlands, Peru, and Abu Dhabi.

Furthermore, his qualification as a life coach in 2017 has allowed him to provide mentorship and career coaching, following the Co-Active coaching techniques and training mentors to impact and inspire others.

For more than 40 years, we have specialised in airport commercial strategy, retail planning, and the design of airport commercial environments. Our deep understanding of airport commercial models and their influence on terminal planning enables us to identify and develop opportunities from the earliest stages of the design process. By integrating commercial strategy, retail design, and a distinctive sense of place, we help airports and their commercial partners unlock the full potential of the passenger environment, creating memorable experiences that enhance both passenger engagement and commercial performance.