Consultants

Construction disputes in the UK were settled more quickly in 2019 than the year before, according to the latest annual figures on disputes, compiled by Arcadis. The report from the consultant said the average time required to resolve disagreements fell to 9.8 months, down from 12.8 months a year earlier.…

Former Downing Street chief of staff Lord Gavin Barwell has joined Arcadis as a non-executive adviser. A statement from the consultant confirmed the former housing minister has been hired to provide strategic advice on construction, housing, placemaking and urban regeneration. It added that he will help Arcadis focus on its…

Procure Partnerships’ £500m Professional Services Framework will open for bids later this month. The framework, which will be available for use by public sector bodies across England and Wales, is open to consultants working in civil and structural engineering, quantity surveying and other disciplines. Procure Partnerships framework director Robbie Blackhurst…

Engineering firm Mott MacDonald has launched a visualisation toolkit aimed at tier one contractors and their supply chains. The software, called Rehearsive, allows users to interact with 3D design and engineering models in a multi-user virtual environment. The company said it expected the new product to assist contractors in process…

Gleeds has named three new directors among a raft of promotions. In the consultancy's London team, Matthew Sumpter (pictured) and Shane Broad have both been promoted from project directors to directors specialising in commercial office jobs. Broad recently oversaw the 124,000 square foot refurbishment of 51 East Cheap in London…

Arcadis's EBITA margin dropped in the first quarter of 2020 due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis on its Asian operations. The Dutch-owned consultancy saw its global earnings before earnings, taxes and amortization fall to 7.2 per cent compared to 7.6 per cent in the same quarter in 2019.…

Aecom has been appointed to provide engineering, consultancy and project management services at Glasgow’s temporary field hospital, which has been set up to treat coronavirus patients. Up to 40 Aecom consultants are supporting the transformation of the city’s Scottish Event Campus into the NHS Louisa Jordan hospital. Due to open…

Wates and Atkins are among the companies awarded places on a £1bn Welsh housebuilding framework. The four-year North and Mid-Wales Residential Construction Framework was organised by public sector framework provider the Welsh Procurement Alliance (WPA). Works for tender include both single and multi-site projects, and community buildings such as libraries, sport…

Mace is among the firms to have landed a spot on a £200m NHS consultancy framework. The contractor's consulting arm won a place on a lot worth up to £10m covering estates construction and building management consultancy. Mace will compete with the other lot winner, Birmingham-based consultant RLB, for work.…

Arcadis global chief financial officer Sarah Kuijlaars has resigned. Kuijlaars, who joined the consultant's executive board in April 2018, has left for “personal reasons and in mutual agreement”. The search for her successor is under way, chairman Niek Hoek said. “The process to identify candidates will start immediately and we…