Kognitive is a specialised consultancy driving digital transformation in aviation and infrastructure through advanced estimation, planning and programme management solutions.  Leveraging platforms like Sterling Estimation, Kognitive supports UK airports including Luton, Birmingham, and Manchester and Internationally on Fraport, Changi, STH and Athens capital programme development, 5D BIM integration, and tender management.  The company delivers strategic advisory services, enabling clients to improve cost certainty, transparency, and operational efficiency.  With a focus on innovation, ethical governance, and collaboration, Kognitive sits on three BSI standard setting committees, is an RICS tech Partner and adds measurable economic value through UK-based consulting, technology deployment, across the aviation sector.

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.​

Maynard is a global practice of strategists, designers, and makers, dedicated to improving everyday life. 

With a legacy of over 400 transformative projects spanning 17 countries, we combine sharp thinking with creative making across user experience, signage and wayfinding, placemaking, and product design.

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.

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.

At Norder we plan, design and advise on airfield infrastructure. Norder’s professional award-winning team provides expertise to end users, the professional services and contracting sectors and Expert Witness services.

This includes:Airfield planning;Airfield civil and structural engineering;Airfield capacity analysis;Airfield drainage and environmental;Airport pavement engineering and management;Hangar, MRO, FBO and cargo centre airside planning;Heliports; Military airfields and

Smaller aerodrome infrastructure advice.

Norder provides designs and assessments in accordance with ICAO, EASA and FAA standards for infrastructure in all environments. Norder also utilises advanced software for aircraft tracking, fillet design and blast analysis (AviPlan), airfield pavement design and evaluation (AirPave, FAARFIELD, COMFAA), airfield drainage (MicroDrainage), airfield capacity (CAST), BIM (Revit), structural design (Tekla Tedds) and project quality (Deltek).

Having acquired Fjori Limited in 2022, Norder has strengthened its client base and airport project portfolio, including projects at over 50 airports in the last 11 years, in UK, Brazil, France, Canada, Italy, India, Japan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, South Atlantic Islands and Ireland.

Pascall+Watson are an award-winning international design practice with studios in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East. We are experts in the field of aviation design with global experience in airport masterplanning, terminal design, passenger modelling, wayfinding and all airport building types. Our reputation for designing and delivering complex projects has been founded on a collaborative and customer orientated approach. With over sixty years’ unrivalled experience, we provide a unique perspective to aviation design.

Pinsent Masons LLP is a full service law firm advising on a broad range of legal matters in  the aviation industry.  We act for a number of owner/operators of a number of airports worldwide. We also advise on major airport concessions utilising procurement strategies such as public private partnerships. More generally our advice to the aviation market includes regulatory issues, telecommunications, planning, property and environmental law and competition issues such as merger control, anti-competitive practices, abuse of market power and state aid. We also assist in the claims management and dispute resolution process.

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.

Established in 1982, Robert Bird is a global consulting engineering firm.  We are committed to delivering each client's vision through the relentless pursuit of engineering excellence across all projects.  We offer consulting engineering services across six disciplines, drawing upon our international expertise. 

These are: Structural, Geotechnical, Civil and Construction Engineering, Virtual Design & Construction and Pre-Construction Solutions. 

We integrate engineering design excellence with construction and delivery expertise to achieve significant benefits for our client, notably those related to cost, programme and risk. 

Globally collaborating to address projects at a local level, we can quickly assemble teams of engineering and related professionals from our offices worldwide.

With over 115 years industry experience, Robson is a fourth generation family owned UK materials handling provider. Developing innovative solutions to address your end-to-end baggage handling system requirements. With a comprehensive portfolio of high quality baggage handling integrated products with clear design and engineering capabilities. Proven by decades of industry experience.

Operating from its headquarters in Sheffield, Robson delivering single products to full integrated systems incorporating the latest highly efficient technologies. From initial enquiry, 3D design, point cloud survey, project management, manufacture, EDS integration, controls, SCADA, installation, commissioning, validation. A full range of proactive and reactive Robson life-cycle solutions are provided, including refurbishment, spares, servicing and maintenance packages. Increasing the life of your system and significantly reducing costly down-time.

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.

RSK is a leading global multi disciplinary environmental and technical services consultancy with approximately 3.000 staff operating in the UK, Europe, and the Middle East. Key areas of business include energy, property, manufacturing and transport. Experience within the airports sector includes services offering: geo-technical and site investigation; remediation and contaminated land; asbestos, environmental management; air quality; carbon; noise,  and vibration; airspace design, delivery and consultation engagement, building sciences; permitting; land quality; water; and ecology. RSK is an evolving business entity, changing with the times to offer services that directly respond to or pre-empt global conditions and legislative drivers. RSK is approved to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OSHAS 18001.

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.