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.

Associated Asphalt Contracting Ltd is a specialist civil engineering company delivering high?quality civil engineering, surfacing, and infrastructure solutions across the UK’s highways, airfield, and road construction sectors. Established in 2014, our growth is underpinned by our core values of Safety, Respect, Integrity, and Leadership by Example. We provide fully integrated services from planning through to delivery, supporting complex, safety?critical environments. Our clients include Heathrow Airport, National Highways, the Ministry of Defence, HS2, and numerous Local Authorities. Known for reliability, technical excellence, and sustainable delivery, we play a vital role in maintaining and enhancing nationally significant infrastructure.

Balfour Beatty is a leading international infrastructure group. With 26,000 employees across the UK, US and Hong Kong, we're leading the transformation of our industry to meet the challenges of the future.

Trusted by our customers to deliver sustainable solutions and strengthen communities, we finance, develop, build, maintain and operate the increasingly complex and critical infrastructure that supports national economies and deliver projects at the heart of the local communities.

Capital Programme Consultancy was established in 2017 and provides executive support to client and contracting organisations in both the nuclear and aviation sectors.

Clients have include Atomic Energy Canada Limited (AECL),

Birmingham Airport Limited, Manchester Airport Group, Arcadis, and Arup;

Highlights include:

Delivered the Birmingham Airport Next Generation Security Project and the first phase of onsite solar power. Resolving numerous legacy issues with BHS, ILS and the property portfolio.

DeliveredPhase 1 of the London Stanstead Airport £600 million transformation programme in 2019, resolved outstanding commercial issues with the BHS, delivered new stands and a Multi Story Car Park.

Designed simplified project governance and managed delivery of the £1.2 billion Capital Investment Programme at London Gatwick.

Delivered the London Heathrow £.3billion Q6 Capital Investment Programme in 2012.

Delivered the Sao Paulo International Airport (Brazil) new Terminal 3 into operation to support the FIFA World Cup in 2014.

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.

Develop Consulting is a management consultancy with a proven track record of delivering real-world operational improvements. Our team of around 50 seasoned professionals brings decades of hands-on industry experience, having successfully led transformation projects worldwide. Drawing on our ex-Toyota expertise, we specialise in applying lean principles to drive sustainable change. We focus on people and processes, tailoring proven strategies to meet the unique needs of our clients. From short-term studies to large-scale transformation programmes, we streamline airport operations, reduce turnaround times and optimise aviation supply chains-delivering measurable value and lasting impact.

As a market leader in green services, Glendale has extensive experience of developing and delivering modern, forward thinking and effective partnerships throughout the aviation and aerodrome sector. Whether you are an international hub or a small, general aviation, airfield we can offer you innovation, experience and service from a network of offices across the UK.

Our Services

Glendale delivers quality and value through its extensive range of green solutions, including, but not limited to the following services:Airside Maintenance

Landside Maintenance

As well as routine and reactive maintenance services (with a 24-hour Emergency Call Out Service available) Glendale’s teams are available to carry out project work across the facility.Project Work

ICAD is a Global Technology Corporation. It is an engineering solutions provider specializing in aviation and critical infrastructure. Operating from KSA & UK & subsidiaries in UAE and India, ICAD delivers end-to-end Airport EPC Projects & services across Master System Integration (MSI), airport operational systems, ICT, security, and smart infrastructure.

The company has a strong track record in executing complex airport and government projects, supported by strategic technology partnerships and multidisciplinary engineering expertise. Its capabilities span design, integration, testing, commissioning, and lifecycle support.

ICAD enables clients to achieve operational efficiency, scalability, and digitally enabled environments across both greenfield and brownfield developments, positioning itself as a trusted partner for mission-critical programs

Formed in 1982, JSA developed into a specialist Agricultural and Landscape maintenance Company providing specialist works including:

- Airfield Landscape Maintenance to CAP 772

- Airfield High Blast Reinstatement Solutions to CAP 168/772 using Flex-Terra

-Landscape Maintenance

-Supply of Overaasen snow clearance equipment as UK agents

-Conservation, Ecology and Biodiversity

-Arboricultural works and woodland Management

- Fine Turf Management

-Agricultural Operations

Although the Company has expanded since the early days, the goal has not changed – that goal being: Innovation, professionalism and safety

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.

Logika Consultants helps aviation clients navigate often-complex legislation, policy and regulation required to gain consent for development, providing environmental advice and strategy.  Furthermore, Logika works with airport architects and engineers, to support the development of proposals to ensure that they have environmental design measures fully embedded within them.  These measures cover all environmental and sustainability issues at airports including (with our sister organisations Air Quality Consultants and Noise Consultants) carbon, climate change, air quality, noise, biodiversity, flood etc.  We are able to advise on expansion, plans, airspace design and all other matters where airport operations could affect the environment.