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The starting pistol has been fi red and Brexit is under way, but that GREAT TIME has not deterred the UK’s Top 150 consultants from swelling their UK staff numbers by 12.5% over the past year. Louise Dransfi eld TO BUY reports, with the league tables on BRITISH pages 34-40

here are some notable changes this year 2,000 staff when it bought infrastructure engineers and the % increase in chartered Tin Building’s annual league table of the consultant from contractor Kier project managers, while the number of chartered UK’s biggest consultants by number of for £75m. jumped by 7.3%. employees – largely driven by the However, not all of the growth among the Growth has not been universal, however, with industry’s current appetite for mergers and Top 150 consultants has come via mergers and some big-name consultants shedding staff . acquisitions. These include the rise of Mott acquisitions, for some organic growth has Faithful+Gould saw its UK staff level fall by more MacDonald to the top spot, following the £2.1bn played a part, and the past 12 months reveal a than 8%, while -based consultant takeover of by Canadian fi rm SNC positive story. saw a 5.8% drop in its UK staff numbers Lavalin in June, which has meant the former “Last year and going into this year, there has and Mace lost nearly 3% of its UK staff . Lord number one is not ranked this year. been a reasonable increase in optimism. The Foster, whose practice Foster + Partners saw a The absence of CBRE and Waterman – following market has improved, not substantially, but 16% fall in UK staff levels, told Building earlier its £43m takeover by Japanese-based CTI materially over the last two or three years in terms this year: “It’s the last thing ever that you want to this year – has also allowed Gardiner of opportunities,” says Mike Haigh, Mott see happen, but the reality is that you are subject & Theobald to leap into the top 10. MacDonald’s managing director. “Our order to those economic changes and you see projects In part, the recent trend for takeovers can be book has seen a material increase, and which go on hold.” linked to the falling value of sterling over the past certainly our staff numbers have refl ected In the QS world, Currie & Brown, off the back of year. The pound hit a nine-month low in August, that,” he adds. its £2m takeover of Sweett, saw the biggest on the back of political and economic turmoil Mott MacDonald was one of the bigger increase in chartered QSs (27%) and project created by Brexit and prime minister Theresa recruiters in the UK over the past year, adding managers (135%), while Aecom shed a further 7% May’s snap general election in June. 367 members of staff to its ranks, while Arup of its QSs over the past year and Arcadis saw its The past year’s fl urry of mergers spearheaded by and Turner & Townsend each added more than number of QSs drop by nearly 1%. foreign fi rms may not remain confi ned to 260 new employees. Mott MacDonald’s Haigh, In the engineering sector, WSP saw the biggest construction consultants, according to Gleeds while “cautiously optimistic” for the UK’s rise in the number of chartered engineers, upping chairman Richard Steer. “Everything [UK construction industry over the next couple of its ranks by 4%, and also increased the number construction companies] is 10% to 15% cheaper years, says that diversifying into other sectors and of chartered project managers it employs by 36%. than it was a year ago, and with a good workload geographical areas outside the UK is still very In terms of numbers, Arcadis, which is coming up,” he says. much part of the engineer’s strategy. Newer currently mulling the sale of its architecture Vincent Clancy, chief executive of Turner & consultants such as Alinea and TowerEight are business CallisonRTKL as part of a strategy Townsend, agrees: “Sterling’s depreciation has also starting to look at opportunities abroad to overhaul, lost 55% of its chartered architects over meant that it’s a good time to buy British bolster workloads and support growth as things the past year. Aukett Swanke, meanwhile, companies. Within the big engineers and begin to stutter in the UK. reduced the number of its chartered architect construction-led companies there is a real race to Overall, staff numbers have been on the rise in staff by 46%. But there have also been changes in build scale, and the number of companies out 2017. Globally, the Top 150 upped staffi ng levels the other direction: 3DReid upped its chartered there left to acquire is reducing quite by 3.4%, while in the UK total chartered staff rose staff by 3% while Hawkins\Brown increased its signifi cantly. It’s a moment in time for those by 6.5% and total overall staff increased by 12.5%, chartered staff by 32%. companies to see what deals they can do to be which is a signifi cant jump from 2016’s much ahead of the pack.” smaller increase of 5% in overall total UK staff . At Market outlook the time of last year’s survey, several consultants The immediate outlook for the industry does not Taking on more staff were voicing concerns that 2017 would be marked off er much comfort, with the most recent data As far as consultants are concerned, however, by big fi rms making signifi cant redundancies, from the Offi ce for National Statistics showing these deals have seen them substantially add to which clearly has not been the case so far. Iain that construction output decreased by 1.2% in the their employee numbers, with the likes of Parker, partner in Alinea, puts the staff increases three months to the end of July. The latest US-based JLL taking on more than 3,700 staff down to “three good years” for the sector. Markit/CIPS UK Construction Purchasing through its acquisition of mechanical and On average, the total number of chartered Managers’ Index (PMI) also showed business electrical property maintenance fi rm Integral surveyors in the UK among the Top 150 rose just volumes falling for the second month. UK, while Canadian-owned WSP took on nearly 1.5%, a much lower rise than the 8% increase in But the Bank of England, despite holding È

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È interest rates at a historic low in its latest rates competitive market for staff and this competition decision, reported that a “slightly stronger picture” BREXIT FEELS LIKE IT’S to recruit the best talent from a limited pool of for the economy had emerged on the back of a ALMOST BECOMING A BIT OF skilled staff continues to drive up staff salaries. “slightly firmer” housing market, stronger Alinea’s Parker agrees that talent is at a growth and a rise in retail and new A CIRCUS DISTRACTION, AND premium, adding that the image of construction, car sales, which boosted the pound against other I THINK OUR FUTURES WILL BE compared with those of other industries that major currencies. Nevertheless, last week the promote themselves better – has meant it is still Monetary Policy Committee continued to warn MUCH MORE INFLUENCED BY struggling to entice fresh people into the sector. that there are still “considerable risks” to the ASIA AND ITS MONEY He adds that labour costs are likely to continue economic outlook as the UK’s split from the IAIN PARKER, ALINEA on an upward trajectory after Brexit if the free EU unfolds. movement of labour between mainland Europe These concerns and the general uncertainty and the UK is curtailed, meaning it will be even about the political and economic situation here either pause, or stop or get completed, and if you harder to resource jobs. and abroad are reflected in Building’s sentiment don’t have that same level of megaproject […] if And it looks like the government could be survey, taken as part of the league tables there’s no next one to do […] then it’s natural for planning to do just that, after a draft document compilation, which was carried out in the run-up there to be a headcount reduction,” he says. was leaked earlier this month setting out to June’s general election and shows a drop in “I’m pretty confident that the trend we’ve seen proposals that include limiting foreign workers optimism, with only 31% of the Top 150 confident over the last 12 months or three years won’t carry considered highly skilled to a three- to five-year about the UK’s prospects, compared with 43% on. I think it will slow down.” stay in the UK, while all other foreign workers last year. would have a maximum two-year stay. Despite the general lack of optimism, over half Staffing headaches If these proposals become law, it will exacerbate of the Top 150 still expect trading conditions to Despite these concerns and the uncertainty, 57% the already acute labour shortage in the industry stabilise in the coming year, while another 47% of the Top 150 consultants in our survey say they – and the competition among consultants to anticipate trading conditions improving. are planning to continue to recruit over the next secure the best staff will only intensify. More than half of the Top 150 consultants plan six months. Meanwhile, 62% anticipate further to target more work within the infrastructure pay hikes, after 85% reported staff salary To access interactive versions of this year’s tables, sector – where, according to the National increases over the past year. sortable by staff numbers, fee income and more, Infrastructure and Construction Pipeline, more According to T&T’s Clancy, it is still a “very” go to www.building.co.uk than £500bn will be spent over the next 10 years, while other sectors, such as commercial, slow. METHODOLOGY AND NOTES Tougher times ahead? Still, the unknowns linked to the Brexit Barbour ABI, provider of construction recruitment, wage patterns, margins, areas of Where the given total chartered staff negotiations are playing on consultants’ minds. intelligence services and Building’s sister work, and work expectations. number for a profession did not match the “Looking ahead, it feels like we’re entering a company, contacted more than 500 firms for The survey relies upon firms completing and total staff numbers listed for types of that period where things might get tougher,” T&T’s this year’s Building Top Consultants’ Survey. returning the annual survey form. For a variety profession (such as structural engineer or Clancy says. “There was a period where I think They were sent a survey form asking for of reasons firms sometimes decide not to electrical engineer), then the total professional people were getting used to it [Brexit] and were details on the number of chartered staff, take part. chartered number that was submitted has starting to feel that it might not feel so bad, non-chartered and technical staff, and Only those firms that complete and return been used. particularly as market activity had held up. But domestic and worldwide fee incomes. the survey form are included in the survey. Firms with any questions about the the negotiations have started in earnest and the Firms are ranked according to total UK Where firms have made two submissions, survey, or that wish to be included in news coming out of Europe and our government chartered staff, and for QSs, architects, we have used data from the most complete the 2018 survey, should contact is making people feel slightly uneasy about what engineers and project managers by chartered submissions. Where firms have omitted Barbour ABI. that deal will look like, and I think as that staff in each respective discipline. Practices answers from their response, we have left the (www.barbour-abi.com increases it might stall activity a little bit. were also asked questions relating to: staff space blank. or by email to [email protected]) “If there is a solution from Brexit that isn’t a seismic shock, then, while I suspect the market Notes not to grow necessarily at the same level as it has been, it will still be an orderly market. The real 1 Atkins did not provide figures this year. A spokesperson said: “Atkins 4 JLL figures reflect the acquisition of M&E property maintenance firm danger is if we see a real economic downturn: has recently been acquired by SNC-Lavalin and the two businesses are Integral UK in August 2016. then, no matter what you do with infrastructure currently going through the process of integrating their systems, 5 NPS Group figures reflect NPS North East ceasing trading on and public-sector spending, it will affect the processes and people. This has coincided with the collation of data for 31 October 2016 after TUPE transfer to an alternative provider. industry.” Building’s Top Consultants and it has not been possible for the merged 6 figures reflect the acquisition of M&E specialist Desco Jo Bacon, partner at architecture practice Allies organisation to provide the information required for this year’s rankings.” (Design and Consultancy) in August 2016. and Morrison, expresses concern that this Based on last year's staff numbers, Atkins would have remained the 7 Ridge and Partners figures reflect the acquisition of PH Warr in “post-Brexit-vote bubble may not be sustainable” largest UK consultant by number of chartered staff. Other large December 2016. and says that the firm is not predicting further businesses that failed to provide figures this year included CBRE, Deloitte 8 Turner & Townsend figures relate to the UK and . growth this year, but instead is focusing on Real Estate, Hurley Palmer Flatt and Waterman. 9 TÜV SÜD Real Estate figures include TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman (Lift maintaining its workload. 2 Chaplin Farrant Design Group figures reflect the departure from the Consultants), which became part of the UK business in 2016. Alinea’s Parker also sounds a note of caution group of engineering company CBL. 2016/17 turnover not yet available. 10 Whittam Cox Architects rebranded from WCEC Architects this year. over continuing growth in staff levels: “I think big 3 Currie & Brown figures reflect the acquisition of in 11 WSP figures reflect the acquisition of Mouchel in October 2016. practices through good times take on people to September 2016. resource megaprojects, and then megaprojects

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Rank Firm Total UK chartered Total UK staff Worldwide staff Annual UK fees Offices staff (£m) 2017 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2015/2016 financial year 2016/2017 financial year UK Worldwide 1 2 Mott MacDonald 3,349 3,693 6,741 7,108 16,248 16,006 517 560.6 30 176 2 3 Aecom 3,021 3,003 6,970 6,962 78,325 77,554 572 494 45 634 3 4 Arcadis 1,940 1,923 3,676 3,464 2,7000 2,7000 403.5 424.4 27 350 4 5 WSP11 1,319 1,887 5,265 7,261 34,000 36,200 347.6 378.4 60+ 500 5 6 Arup 1,656 1,801 5,041 5,308 13,547 14,134 408.9 471.9 14 92 6 7 Turner & Townsend8 1,532 1,660 2,087 2,350 4,278 4,674 203.9 212.5 17 104 7 10 JLL4 1,219 1,225 2,986 6,687 68,085 74,555 15 300 8 9 Mace 1,260 1,173 3,650 3,546 5,068 5,314 1,483 1,412.8 10 30+ 9 11 Faithful+Gould 706 645 1,020 933 2,390 2,248 121.9 134.6 21 55 10 14 Gardiner & Theobald 606 628 773 802 947 942 123.7 131 12 17 11 12 Gleeds 630 626 980 1,098 1,654 1,761 81.9 89.7 20 67 12 15 Ramboll 557 617 1,214 1,171 13,000 13,407 102.1 99.7 22 300+ 13 RPS 496 534 2,595 2,675 5,099 5,374 231.1 220.1 42 111 14 21 321 438 803 849 812 854 67 67.4 12 14 15 16 Foster + Partners 450 402 1,262 1,058 1,503 1,280 230 220 1 16 16 19 BuroHappold 376 394 996 1,071 1,834 1,840 75.9 87.1 5 21 17 18 BDP 368 377 782 807 933 932 64.5 71.8 6 11 18 44= Currie & Brown3 106 338 175 571 1,406 1,837 33.3 59.2 23 61 19 20 Peter Brett Associates 337 315 581 674 597 692 60.9 60 16 19 20 24 Rider Levett Bucknall UK 205 264 374 454 3,600 3,600 42 45.6 11 120 21 Royal HaskoningDHV 261 235 497 485 6,359 5,804 29.6 25.6 13 79 22 22 NPS Group5 320 224 988 924 988 924 123.2 91.3 24 24 23 32 Sweco 184 222 759 812 14,500 15,250 55.2 58.8 14 >100 24 27= Pell Frischmann6 178 211 452 539 775 899 23 32.9 10 19 25 29 198 207 472 511 472 511 36.6 37.6 11 11 26 26 Ridge & Partners7 263 196 486 559 487 560 39.1 45.8 10 11 27 Systech International 182 195 233 247 505 520 4 23 28 Allies & Morrison - 189 - 335 - 337 - 43.4 3 4 29 33 Cundall 169 183 547 584 695 794 36 36 6 21 30 27= WYG 293 180 1,225 1,318 1,600 1,600 96.3 107.6 25 50 31 31 Sheppard Robson 176 176 374 345 374 345 26.5 27.5 3 4 32 38 Lendlease 140 159 200 215 200 215 17.1 31.5 5 5 33 35 Hilson Moran 149 156 233 237 253 257 18.2 20.3 4 6 34 34 TPS Consult 158 155 281 252 281 252 21.8 21.8 8 8 35 37 CPC Project Services 141 150 170 180 170 180 15.8 16.4 7 7 36 36 Stride Treglown 143 149 326 323 330 323 22.5 21.5 9 9 37 Butler & Young 137 142 145 152 145 152 7.8 9.3 15 15 38 44= Stace 106 122 174 182 174 182 15.7 15.8 5 5 39 39 Scott Brownrigg 115 121 264 238 296 249 21 25.5 5 9 40 41 AHR 118 120 336 327 411 391 28.5 23.3 8 13 41 47 TP Bennett 100 119 301 312 301 312 24.6 27.2 2 72 42= 56= Hawkins\Brown 88 116 240 270 240 270 19 26 3 3 42= 42= Malcolm Hollis 107 116 265 290 282 309 25 29.1 16 19 44 49= PRP 94 108 230 267 230 267 18.4 23.7 3 3 45 46 Riley Consulting 107 106 217 228 224 237 18.9 18.5 13 15 46 51= Broadway Malyan 93 100 296 261 553 502 29.7 32.3 6 16 47 Curtins Consulting 80 96 323 368 323 370 27.4 30 12 1 48 56= WT Partnership 88 92 145 150 1,200 1,250 12 13.4 11 53 49 60 CalfordSeaden 83 85 248 257 248 257 6 6 50= 59 CampbellReith 84 84 144 160 146 162 13.2 13.2 5 7 50= 53= EPR Architects 80 84 156 153 172 180 11.8 13 1 2 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY

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TOP 150 FIRMS

Rank Firm Total UK chartered Total UK staff Worldwide staff Annual UK fees Offices staff (£m) 2017 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2015/2016 financial year 2016/2017 financial year UK Worldwide

52 63= Pollard Thomas Edwards 75 82 139 146 139 146 11.7 10.8 1 1 53 75 Levitt Bernstein 64 81 116 137 116 137 8.1 10.6 2 2 54 58 HTA Design 87 79 157 170 157 170 9 12.7 3 3 55 70= Pellings 71 76 129 135 129 135 10 10.8 5 5 56= ADP 72 75 112 113 121 123 7.3 8.1 8 9 56= Tuffin Ferraby Taylor 75 75 121 122 121 122 12.3 13.7 7 7 58= 68 AKT II 74 74 238 248 238 248 18 18.4 1 1 58= 63= Baily Garner 75 74 156 155 155 156 9.5 10.1 2 2 58= 63= Schofield Lothian 68 74 115 120 115 120 9.6 11.1 1 1 61= 72 3DReid 49 68 120 123 120 123 8 9.2 5 5 61= 73= Kendall Kingscott 68 68 128 134 128 134 8.3 8.3 4 4 63 CS2 Chartered Surveyors 63 67 62 72 62 72 5 5 64 77 Potter Raper Partnership 61 66 153 151 153 151 12.3 12.1 4 4 65= 78= Fletcher Priest Architects 64 64 104 112 105 113 9.6 10 1 3 65= jmarchitects 62 64 112 107 112 107 7.1 6.5 4 4 67 61 Stiles Harold Williams 62 63 173 176 173 176 12.3 12.1 7 7 68 89= AA Projects 49 62 93 110 93 110 7.9 7.7 6 6 69 86= Jestico + Whiles 52 61 105 109 117 121 6.7 6.5 1 2 70 Core Five 44 59 77 95 77 95 7.2 10 1 1 71 62 58 127 131 127 131 9.9 10.1 3 3 72 84 Clancy Consulting 54 57 173 184 173 184 9.7 11.2 9 9 73 86= Thomasons 52 56 128 128 128 128 10.8 11 9 9 74 85 Robinson Low Francis 53 54 110 109 111 110 9.8 9.9 5 6 75= Bryden Wood 43 52 129 154 132 160 2 3 75= 92 Leslie Clark 46 52 80 80 80 80 4 7 77= 51= Aukett Swanke 93 50 167 103 465 404 14.5 12.2 2 13 77= 94= Bailey Partnership 47 50 91 99 91 99 5.9 7.4 4 4 77= 93 John Rowan & Partners 52 50 80 108 114 84 6.9 7 3 4 80= 92 Alinea 45 49 75 82 75 82 8.2 10.5 1 1 80= 89= Clarkebond (UK) 49 49 80 80 80 80 4.8 5.3 3 3 80= 73= HLM 67 49 206 161 238 172 13.6 10.8 8 11 80= 96 Lewis & Hickey 34 49 93 92 108 112 5.7 4.6 5 7 80= 82 Price & Myers 51 49 187 184 187 184 14.5 14.5 3 3 80= 106 Stockwool 35 49 71 74 71 74 5.2 5.5 1 1 86= 101= Bidwells Building Consultancy 39 46 67 72 67 72 7.6 7.9 13 13 86= 98= Ingleton Wood 40 46 165 170 165 170 10.8 12.8 5 5 88 Graddon Lewis 31 45 51 52 51 52 2 3.1 3 89 101= Jackson Coles 39 44 52 59 52 59 6.6 7.6 2 2 90= 78= John Robertson Architects 56 43 119 95 129 103 6.6 10.1 1 2 90= 94= Rex Procter & Partners 39 43 110 112 110 112 8.4 10.6 4 4 92= 63= AWW inspired environments 42 41 95 93 95 93 7.1 6.9 3 3 92= 91 Doig & Smith 47 41 81 74 81 74 5.1 5.1 4 4 92= 97 TowerEight 41 41 66 65 66 65 10.5 11.5 1 1 95= 62 JNP Group 34 40 99 104 99 104 6 6.5 5 5 95= 107 Robert Bird & Partners 36 40 148 163 568 518 15 15.1 1 10 97= Baqus 38 39 84 83 84 83 6.1 6.2 9 9 97= McAndrew Martin 31 39 49 64 49 64 1.6 1.9 3 3 99 98= Holder Mathias Architects 33 38 55 61 55 61 3.9 4.8 2 2 100= ECE Architecture 32 37 57 67 57 67 4.5 4.9 3 3 100= 101= LSI Architects 26 37 61 69 61 69 3.4 4.2 2 2 100= 108= Summers Inman 35 37 90 96 90 96 8.1 8.4 6 6 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY

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Rank Firm Total UK chartered Total UK staff Worldwide staff Annual UK fees Offices staff (£m) 2017 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017 2016 2017 2015/2016 financial year 2016/2017 financial year UK Worldwide

100= 76 TSP Projects 38 37 390 427 390 427 29.3 29.6 4 4 104= 105 Assael Architecture 36 36 67 81 67 82 1 2 104= 108= Hunters 33 36 62 66 62 66 6.6 6.9 1 1 106= 126= P+HS Architects 34 35 56 556 56 56 3.4 3.5 3 3 106= Stephen George + Partners 30 35 56 85 56 85 5.9 7.8 5 6 108= Concertus 29 33 91 103 91 103 5.8 7 1 1 108= Whittam Cox Architects (formerly 32 33 145 138 145 138 8 7.5 3 3 WCEC Architects)10 110= RH Partnership Architects 40 32 68 62 68 62 3.8 3.2 3 3 110= 114= Ward Williams Associates 30 32 70 80 76 80 4.9 5.7 5 5 112= 108= Keegans 33 31 64 64 64 64 4.8 5.3 2 2 112= 78= Pozzoni Architecture 28 31 59 67 59 67 5.1 3.7 2 2 114 126= Consulting 20 30 47 46 47 46 5.5 6.4 1 1 115= DSSR 24 29 126 119 126 119 9 8.8 4 4 115= 119 Martin Arnold 24 29 75 75 75 75 4.2 4.6 2 2 117= Bruce Shaw 31 28 82 84 82 84 9.3 8.2 2 2 117= 114= GRID Architects 28 28 78 65 78 65 4.2 4.5 1 1 119= 131= Fulkers 19 26 47 59 47 59 3.2 4.2 6 6 119= 123= Meinhardt (UK) 21 26 72 81 3,533 3,547 6.5 7.9 1 45 121= Airey Miller 11 25 70 83 70 83 4 4 121= Mason Clark Associates 24 25 54 55 54 55 2.9 5 3 3 121= Penoyre & Prasad 27 25 48 42 48 42 4.2 4 1 1 121= 69 RISE Management Consulting 34 25 45 84 47 88 8.5 6.9 3 4 121= 117= TÜV SÜD Real Estate9 19 25 200 215 229 242 13.2 17.9 15 20 126= 126= Househam Henderson 19 23 50 61 121 135 3.6 3.7 2 7 126= 139= Pulse Associates 18 23 18 22 18 22 1.2 1.6 2 2 126= Threesixty Architecture 20 23 54 45 54 45 1.8 2.3 3 3 129= 123= IDP Group 21 22 84 86 84 86 3.5 4.6 3 3 129= Silcock Leedham Group 20 22 33 36 38 41 2.3 2.7 2 4 129= 121= Synergy 22 22 89 83 89 83 5.7 6.2 3 3 132= AKS Ward 25 21 77 61 77 61 5.3 4.7 6 6 132= 121= Barker Associates 18 21 40 48 40 48 2 3 2 2 132= 131= Gray Baynes + Shew 20 21 20 20 20 20 21 2.4 2 2 135= 144= Equals Consulting 16 20 35 41 35 41 3.5 4.8 1 1 135= 139= KAM Project Consultants 19 20 22 24 22 24 2.3 3 1 1 135= Lyons O'Neill 17 20 21 21 21 21 1.4 1.4 1 1 138= 53= ChapmanBDSP 19 19 180 180 134 199 1,462 1,692 3 5 138= 117= Clague 21 19 67 59 67 59 3.3 3.6 3 3 138= Procom Construction Consultants 19 19 24 24 24 24 2.1 2.5 1 1 141= 135= Daniel Connal Partnership 17 18 32 33 32 33 3 3 141= 142= Elementa Consulting 14 18 60 66 337 377 4.8 6.2 2 14 141= Frank Whittle Partnership 17 18 40 39 40 39 6.3 6.5 3 3 141= Iesis Group 17 18 39 40 39 40 4.7 4.4 2 2 145 126= Walker Sime 19 17 42 45 42 45 4.4 4.9 4 4 146= Create Design+Architecture 15 16 26 32 26 32 1.3 1.7 1 1 146= 78= DarntonB3 22 16 152 121 152 121 4.8 5.6 8 8 146= Harley Haddow (Edinburgh) 17 16 100 93 100 93 3 3 149= 139= Chaplin Farrant Design Group2 15 15 46 42 46 42 2.6 0 3 3 149= Norman Rourke Pryme 17 15 38 41 58 61 3.1 3.8 4 5 149= Rio Architects 12 15 28 38 28 38 2 2 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY

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TOP 50 QSs

Rank Firm UK surveying staff Total UK Total UK staff Offices chartered staff 2017 2016 Total chartered Quantity Building Other Non- /chartered technical 2016 2017 2016 2017 UK Worldwide

1 1 Turner & Townsend8 705 611 1,532 1,660 2,087 2,350 17 104 2 2 Aecom 601 531 38 32 148 3,021 3,003 6,970 6,962 45 634 3 3 Gleeds 534 448 44 42 240 630 626 980 1,098 20 67 4 5 Gardiner & Theobald 445 387 58 606 628 773 802 12 17 5 4 Faithful+Gould 474 373 100 1 8 706 645 1,020 933 21 55 6 5 Arcadis 600 307 293 0 56 1,940 1,923 3,676 3,464 27 350 7 7 Mott MacDonald Group 207 207 0 0 105 3,349 3,693 6,741 7,108 30 176 8 Systech International 192 192 182 195 233 247 4 23 9 15= Currie & Brown3 250 168 40 42 85 106 338 175 571 23 61 10 8 Mace 171 168 3 0 1,260 1,173 3,650 3,546 10 30+ 11 10 Rider Levett Bucknall UK 185 118 67 0 75 205 264 374 454 11 120 12 12 Riley Consulting 83 68 5 10 44 107 106 217 228 13 15 13 13 WT Partnership 67 63 4 0 32 88 92 145 150 11 53 14 Core Five 59 59 0 0 29 44 59 77 95 1 1 15 11 Ridge & Partners7 110 54 56 0 102 263 196 486 559 10 11 16 17 Alinea 49 49 18 45 49 75 82 1 1 17 19= Stace 74 41 22 11 31 106 122 174 182 5 5 18 18 Robinson Low Francis 39 38 1 0 26 53 54 110 109 5 6 19 19= Schofield Lothian 37 37 9 68 74 115 120 1 1 20 24 JLL4 1,152 35 120 0 26 1,219 1,225 2,986 6,687 15 300 21 19= Doig & Smith 35 33 2 0 33 47 41 81 74 4 4 22 23 Rex Procter & Partners 34 31 3 0 28 39 43 110 112 4 4 23 26= Leslie Clark 38 29 1 8 30 46 52 80 80 4 7 24= 31 Jackson Coles 34 28 3 3 4 39 44 52 59 2 2 24= 26= Potter Raper Partnership 47 28 10 9 72 61 66 153 151 4 4 26 25 NPS Group5 114 26 27 61 85 320 224 988 924 24 24 27 Bruce Shaw 25 25 35 31 28 82 84 2 2 28= BAQUS 26 23 3 0 41 38 39 84 83 9 9 28= 32 Summers Inman 34 23 8 3 53 35 37 90 96 6 6 30 19= Pick Everard 47 22 25 0 48 198 207 472 511 11 11 31= 33= TowerEight 21 21 0 0 5 41 41 66 65 1 1 31= 33= Ward Williams Associates 27 21 5 1 37 30 32 70 80 5 5 33= 34 John Rowan & Partners 36 19 10 7 15 52 50 80 108 3 4 33= 29= WYG 46 19 18 9 0 293 180 1,225 1,318 25 50 35= 42= AA Projects 37 17 15 5 16 49 62 93 110 6 6 35= 36 Calfordseaden 58 17 41 0 39 83 85 248 257 6 6 35= Procom Construction Consultants 17 17 0 0 3 19 19 24 24 1 1 38= 38 Lendlease 23 16 7 0 10 140 159 200 215 5 5 38= 42= Pulse Associates 18 16 2 18 23 18 22 2 2 40 37 Arup 15 15 1 0 23 1,656 1,801 5,041 5,308 14 92 41 39= Synergy 20 14 6 16 22 22 89 83 3 3 42= Christopher Smith Associates 13 13 30 14 13 48 48 3 3 42= 44 KAM Project Consultants 13 13 6 19 20 22 24 1 1 44= Equals Consulting 12 12 8 16 20 35 41 1 1 44= 47= Leach Consultancy 12 12 0 0 12 12 13 13 4 5 44= 39= Walker Sime 12 12 0 0 20 19 17 42 45 4 4 47 39= Poole Dick 11 11 0 0 15 13 11 32 30 2 2 48= Emmaus Consulting 10 10 10 12 2 2 48= 45= Hargreaves Jones 10 10 14 9 11 29 27 2 2 50 47= Castons 10 9 1 0 17 13 13 34 35 3 3 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY

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Rank Firm UK staff Total UK chartered Total UK staff Offices 2017 2016 Total Architecture Surveying Engineering Other 2016 2017 2016 2017 UK Worldwide

1 1 Mott MacDonald 1,178 12 19 502 645 3,349 3,693 6,741 7,108 30 176 2 2 Turner & Townsend8 955 1,532 1,660 2,087 2,350 17 104 3 3 Mace 877 0 0 0 0 1,260 1,173 3,650 3,546 10 30+ 4 WSP11 718 10 11 402 295 1,319 1,887 5,265 7,261 60+ 500 5 4 Arcadis 529 0 483 46 0 1,940 1,923 3,676 3,464 27 350 6 5 Aecom 454 20 182 152 100 3,021 3,003 6,970 6,962 45 634 7 8 Gardiner & Theobald 172 606 628 773 802 12 17 8 7 Faithful+Gould 163 116 1 46 706 645 1,020 933 21 55 9= 10 Lendlease 136 11 54 20 51 140 159 497 485 5 5 9= Royal HaskoningDHV 136 2 2 87 45 261 235 200 215 13 79 11 9 CPC Project Services 128 0 17 30 81 141 150 170 180 7 7 12 11 Ltd 123 4 20 74 25 1,656 1,801 5,041 5,308 14 92 13 RPS Group Plc 119 5 8 29 11 496 534 2,595 2,675 42 111 14 Currie & Brown3 87 0 87 0 0 106 338 175 571 23 61 15 12 Rider Levett Bucknall UK 74 0 74 0 0 205 264 374 454 11 120 16 14 Gleeds 67 5 47 3 12 630 626 980 1098 20 67 17 16 JLL4 65 N/A 65 N/A N/A 1,219 1,225 2,986 6,687 15 300 18 Butler & Young 61 0 43** 18*** 0 137 142 145 152 15 15 19 20 Stace 48 1 46 1 106 122 174 182 5 5 20 19 Pick Everard 47 1 43 0 3 198 207 472 511 11 11 21 CS2 Chartered Surveyors 33 33 63 67 62 72 5 5 22 22= Schofield Lothian 32 32 68 74 115 120 1 1 23 32 Ramboll 29 29 557 617 1,214 1,171 22 300+ 24 35= AA Projects Ltd 25 0 15 3 7 49 62 93 110 6 6 25= 21 Ridge & Partners7 24 0 0 0 24 263 196 486 559 10 11 25= 38= TPS Consult 24 158 155 281 252 8 8 27 30= WT Partnership 22 0 0 0 6 88 92 145 150 11 53 28 34 Bidwells Building Consultancy 21 1 18 2 39 46 67 72 13 13 29 30= TowerEight 20 20 41 41 66 65 1 1 30 33 Riley Consulting 18 0 0 0 0 107 106 217 228 13 15 31= 35= BDP 17 368 377 153 151 6 11 31= 35= Potter Raper Partnership 17 2 15 0 0 61 66 782 807 4 4 33 26 NPS Group5 16 3 13 320 224 988 924 24 24 34 38 Robinson Low Francis 15 0 15 0 0 53 54 110 109 5 6 35= 45= Baily Garner LLP 14 0 0 0 4 75 74 156 155 2 2 35= John Rowan and Partners 14 0 6 0 8 52 50 80 108 3 4 35= 41= Leslie Clark 14 0 0 0 0 46 52 80 80 4 7 38 BAQUS Group 13 0 0 0 0 38 39 84 83 9 9 39 17 RISE Management Consulting 12 34 25 45 84 3 4 40 41= Pellings 11 1 10 71 76 129 135 5 5 41 41= Jackson Coles 10 10 39 44 52 59 2 2 42 Rex Procter and Partners 9 1 8 0 0 39 43 110 112 4 4 43= Equals Consulting 8 8 16 20 1225 1318 1 1 43= 39= Foster + Partners 8 2 0 3 3 450 402 1262 1058 1 16 43= Fulkers 8 0 8 0 0 19 26 35 41 6 6 43= Interserve Consulting 8 2 2 2 2 20 30 47 46 1 1 43= 25 WYG 8 0 0 0 0 293 180 47 59 25 50 48= Iesis Group 7 4 3 17 18 22 24 2 2 48= KAM Project Consultants 7 5 2 19 20 39 40 1 1 50 45= Doig and Smith 6 0 6 0 0 47 41 81 74 4 4 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY

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Rank Firm UK chartered engineering staff Total UK chartered Total UK staff Offices engineers / technical Non-chartered 2017 2016 Total Civil engineers Structural engineers Mechanical engineers Electrical engineers Other 2016 2017 2016 2017 UK Worldwide 1 2 Mott MacDonald 2,278 1,142 248 269 420 199 1,867 3,349 3,693 6,741 7,108 30 176 2 3 Aecom 1,855 1,195 233 199 181 47 1,008 3,021 3,003 6,970 6,962 45 634 3 5 Arup Group 1,616 794 284 250 161 127 2,260 1,656 1,801 5,041 5,308 14 92 4 4 WSP11 1,106 394 116 69 72 995 1,319 1,887 5,265 7,261 60+ 500 5 6 Arcadis 775 80 1,940 1,923 3,676 3,464 27 350 6 8 Ramboll UK 588 118 127 67 38 238 313 557 617 1,214 1,171 22 300+ 7 11 Hoare Lea 438 0 0 242 167 29 346 321 438 803 849 12 14 8 9 BuroHappold Engineering 394 58 95 50 27 164 419 376 394 996 1,071 5 21 9 RPS Group 351 151 92 25 23 60 44 496 534 2,595 2,675 42 111 10 Peter Brett Associates 312 72 23 8 3 271 337 315 581 674 16 19 11 15 Sweco 221 100 8 25 25 61 460 184 222 759 812 14 >100 12 12 Pell Frischmann6 209 85 42 23 19 40 199 178 211 452 539 10 19 13 16 Cundall 183 21 49 56 35 22 323 169 183 547 584 6 21 14 17 Hilson Moran 156 0 0 69 51 36 47 149 156 233 237 4 6 15 18 WYG 112 66 28 5 13 0 0 293 180 1,225 1,318 25 50 16 13 Mace 104 44 9 51 0 1,260 1,173 3,650 3,546 10 30+ 17 19 TPS Consult 100 64 28 8 158 155 281 252 8 8 18 Curtins Consulting 96 38 52 0 0 6 172 80 96 323 368 12 1 19 Royal HaskoningDHV 95 73 0 7 4 11 129 261 235 497 485 13 79 20 21 CampbellReith 84 30 36 0 0 18 58 84 84 144 160 5 7 21 26 BDP 76 2 17 37 20 53 368 377 782 807 6 11 22 25 AKT II 74 16 56 0 0 0 147 74 74 238 248 1 1 23 23 Pick Everard 69 21 12 20 16 0 120 198 207 472 511 11 11 24 Elliott Wood Partnership 58 7 51 0 0 0 38 62 58 127 131 3 3 25 30 Clancy Consulting 57 21 25 6 5 87 54 57 173 184 9 9 26= 31 Clarkebond (UK) 49 17 21 0 0 11 22 49 49 128 128 3 3 26= 33 Thomasons 49 19 30 0 0 0 46 52 56 80 80 9 9 28 Price & Myers 48 5 43 0 0 0 111 51 49 187 184 3 3 29 28 Ridge & Partners7 41 9 9 10 13 0 105 263 196 486 559 10 11 30 37 Robert Bird & Partners 40 1 39 0 0 0 104 36 40 148 163 1 10 31 22 NPS Group5 36 3 4 3 11 15 34 320 224 988 924 24 24 32 24 JNPGroup 35 26 11 6 52 34 40 99 104 5 5 33 43= Stride Treglown 32 1 143 149 326 323 9 9 34 36 TSP Projects 30 16 4 0 1 9 231 38 37 390 427 4 4 35 DSSR 29 0 0 19 7 3 61 24 29 126 119 4 4 36 43= Meinhardt (UK) 26 1 14 3 2 2 33 21 26 72 81 1 45 37= 42 Gleeds 25 17 1 2 2 3 23 630 626 980 1,098 20 67 37= 40 TÜV SÜD Real Estate9 25 12 9 4 142 19 25 200 215 15 20 39 Silcock Leedham Group 22 9 6 7 11 20 22 33 36 2 4 40 Butler & Young 21 0 3 0 0 18 0 137 142 145 152 15 15 41= 46 Foster + Partners 20 0 5 6 4 5 55 450 402 1,262 1,058 1 16 41= Lyons O’Neill Civil & Structural 20 3 17 0 17 20 21 21 1 1 Engineers 43= Mason Clark Associates 19 8 11 0 0 0 15 24 25 54 55 3 3 44 Elementa Consulting 18 0 0 11 5 2 40 60 66 14 18 45= AKS Ward 17 5 13 0 0 0 33 25 21 248 257 6 6 45= 46 CalfordSeaden 17 1 3 5 8 0 32 83 85 77 61 6 6 45= 20 ChapmanBDSP 17 0 0 5 6 112 19 19 180 180 3 5 48= Bryden Wood 16 6 1 5 4 0 53 43 52 129 154 2 3 48= Harley Haddow (Edinburgh) 16 0 6 4 6 70 17 16 100 93 3 3 50 Baily Garner 14 0 0 6 4 4 7 75 74 156 155 2 2 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY

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Rank Firm UK architectural staff Total UK chartered staff Total UK staff Offices 2017 2016 Chartered architects Non -chartered / technical 2016 2017 2016 2017 UK Worldwide

1 1 Foster + Partners 374 185 450 402 1,262 1,058 1 16 2 2 BDP 283 118 368 377 782 807 6 11 3 3 Allies and Morrison 189 110 0 189 335 3 4 4 4 Sheppard Robson 174 60 176 176 374 345 3 4 5 8 TP Bennett 119 53 100 119 301 312 2 45 affiliates in 72 locations 6= 10= Hawkins\Brown 116 87 88 116 264 238 3 3 6= 9 Scott Brownrigg 116 55 115 121 240 270 5 9 8 13= Stride Treglown 109 115 143 149 326 323 9 9 9 16= PRP 104 65 94 108 230 267 3 3 10 12 Broadway Malyan 100 89 93 100 296 261 6 16 11 10= Aecom 93 165 3,021 3,003 6,970 6,962 45 634 12 19 AHR 92 118 120 336 327 8 13 13 13= EPR Architects 84 43 80 84 156 153 1 2 14 15 Pollard Thomas Edwards 82 46 75 82 139 146 1 1 15 16= Levitt Bernstein 81 35 64 81 116 137 2 2 16 22 HTA Design LLP 79 50 87 79 157 170 3 3 17 20 ADP 75 19 72 75 112 113 8 9 18 3DReid 68 36 49 68 120 123 5 5 19= 24 Fletcher Priest Architects LLP 64 36 64 64 104 112 1 3 19= JMArchitects 64 35 62 64 112 107 4 4 21 28 Jestico + Whiles 61 21 52 61 105 109 1 2 22 23 NPS Group5 58 55 320 224 988 924 24 24 23 Aukett Swanke 50 26 93 50 167 103 2 13 24= HLM AD 49 77 67 49 206 161 8 11 24= 36 Stockwool 49 35 49 71 74 1 1 26 16= Arup Group 47 69 1,656 1,801 5,041 5,308 14 92 27 Child Graddon Lewis 45 31 45 51 52 3 28 27 Pick Everard 44 54 198 207 472 511 11 11 29 26 John Robertson Architects 43 58 56 43 119 95 1 2 30 29= AWW inspired environments 41 19 42 41 95 93 3 3 31 32= WSP11 39 14 1,319 1,887 5265 7,261 60+ 500 32 Holder Mathias Architects 38 13 33 38 55 61 2 2 33= 29= Lewis & Hickey 37 42 34 49 93 92 5 7 33= LSI Architects 37 7 26 37 61 69 2 2 35= 38 Assael Architecture 36 21 36 36 67 81 1 2 35= 37 Bryden Wood 36 27 43 52 129 154 2 3 37 49 Stephen George + Partners 35 40 30 35 56 85 5 6 38 P+HS Architects 34 14 34 35 56 556 3 3 39= ECE Architecture 33 22 32 37 145 138 3 3 39= 41 Whittam Cox Architects (formerly 33 75 32 33 57 67 3 3 WCEC Architects)10 41 42= R H Partnership Architects 32 17 40 32 68 62 3 3 42= Kendall Kingscott 31 22 68 68 128 134 4 4 42= 46= Pozzoni Architecture 31 10 28 31 59 67 2 2 44 42= Mott MacDonald 30 14 3,349 3,693 6741 7108 30 176 45 GRID Architects 28 28 28 28 78 65 1 1 46 39= Penoyre & Prasad 25 10 27 25 48 42 1 1 47= Househam Henderson 23 30 19 23 54 45 2 7 47= Threesixty Architecture 23 30 20 23 50 61 3 3 49 Bailey Partnership 22 11 47 50 91 99 4 4 * SEE METHODOLOGY AND NOTES * SEE METHODOLOGY 50 Hunters 21 16 33 36 3650 3546 1 1

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