Strategic Advice

The Aviation Industry, as any other sector, does not stand still. Advancing technology, passenger expectations of service quality and bigger, newer planes are driving much of the aviation work that 5plus architects is delivering.

As a consequence we do not consider ourselves just aviation architects. We are creative problem solvers that question established thinking in everything that we do. Through our highly skilled designers we are able to offer sector leading commercial solutions along with cutting edge innovation.

We work on a variety of aviation focused projects, large and small, glamourous and mundane, where our masterplanning, architectural, interior design and graphics design skills bring added value.

Our work engages the full range of stakeholders; The passenger, the airport, the airlines, the retailers and the wider community. The passenger is central, without whom there are no journeys, no flights or airports. Our projects give delight, work technically and offer best value for money. They also improve the passenger experience and the sustainability of air travel.

Our recent commissions include the upgraded passenger experience from check-in to IDL at Stansted and East Midlands Airports, the Escape Lounges in 4 locations nationwide, a new arrivals terminal at Bournemouth Airport, the Masterplan for Airport City Manchester, and various projects at Leeds Bradford, London Luton and Heathrow Airports.

At ADXBA we understand the power of connnection.  As an industry leader in digital communications, we deliver end-to-end digital signage solutions to a growing list of clients in the airports and out of home (OOH) industries.  Our integrated services connect to form a complete solution, bringing customer experience to the heart of some of the biggest airports in the world.

AGK is a privately owned procurement services company based in the UK with private and public sector presence across the UK, Europe and North America delivering high value procurement projects and world-class transformation programmes for some of the worlds biggest brands in Aviation, Defence and Space sectors at senior management level.

Through innovative commercial approaches we help clients transform entire procurement functions thereby delivering savings and overlal business improvement. We act as third party delivery partners to Private Equity firms helping them with pre and post merger integration processes, boutique consultancies and major prime / delivery integrators grow their service lines through a robust pipeline or qualified opportunities and project delivery capabilities in the areas of strategic sourcing, cost transformation and optimisation, supply chain restructuring, business strategy, process outsourcing and project management tasks.

Some relevant past engagements include the delivery of a high visibility indirect cost optimisation programme with Ernst & Young for a major UK defence equipment client, outsourcing of aircraft line maintenance and aircraft painting services for a global airline group and various supply chain cost transformation and organizational re-design programmes for top tier aircraft and security OEMs. The company is currently leading the delivery of a procurement and commercial multi-year strategy for a number of critical FM+ categories worth which, support the vision and strategic objectives of Heathrow Airport Limited across all Heathrow Terminal estates and infrastructure leveraging the benefits of Capex onto Opex spend.

AiQ Consulting provides fast, practical, and cost-effective kerbside to airside demand and capacity planning services and modelling tools to support worldwide airports on the path to recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.

Using our new Airport Recovery Tool ARTΔ, our experienced operational team provides detailed insights and a holistic operational vision across all key processes including health screening and social distancing for a range of scenarios, enabling fast and smart decisions in managing your changeable operation.

Protect your operation, solve complex problems, and reduce risk with our Airport Intelligence.

Discover more about our Airport Recovery Tool

Airport Technology Consultants (ATC) is a technology focused strategy, planning, design and management consultancy.  ATC provides project advisory and management services to Airport clients in the UK and Internationally. ATC is able to bring a wide range of associate consultants and companies with many years of experience to support projects at any stage of the project lifecycle.  ATC and its associates can offer a wide range of expertise and experience for clients who need to plan and develop strategies for Airport expansion to meet growth demands and/or develop new/replacement  infrastructure as well as improving operating efficiencies and the management of airport assets.

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.   

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.

Bosch Security Systems is your experienced partner for security, safety and communications solutions for the Aviation industry. We can support you with a large variety of solutions to protect passengers and employees, prevent terrorism in its many possible forms, deal with fire and explosions, managing insider threat and ensure safe evacuation of the airport in case of an emergency. We can support you in improving your overall airport efficiency, and help you provide security and comfort throughout your passengers’ entire journey.

Learn more: https://www.boschsecurity.com/xc/en/industries/airports/

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.

BuroHappold Engineering is an independent, international engineering practice that over the last 40 years has become synonymous with the delivery of creative, value led building and city solutions for an ever changing world.  

We understand the complex demands and commercial realities of air transportation in a fast-moving, security conscious world.  With our knowledge of current trends and understanding of the importance of flexibility to adapt to future requirements and technology, our engineers and airport planners work with airport operators, architects and contractor to optimise designs to improve the passenger experience and grow revenue.

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.

CCD designs, driven by human behaviour. We use experience & service design and behavioural science to design around how people think, feel and behave. We help airports look at end-to-end experience through the eyes of passengers and staff and design physical and digital with a human touch.

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 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.