The top 150 Consultants of 2017.

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Top 150 Consultants 2017 - Great time to buy British

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Top 50 QSs

Top 50 Project Managers

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Top 50 Architects

 

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Top 150 consultants 2017
Rank - 2017Rank - 2016FirmTotal UK chartered staff - 2016Total UK chartered staff - 2017Total UK staff - 2016Total UK staff - 2017Worldwide staff - 2016Worldwide staff - 2017Annual UK fees (£m) - 2015/2016 financial yearAnnual UK fees (£m) - 2016-2017 financial yearOffices - UKOffices - 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 27,000 27,000 403.5 424.4 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 1,412.80 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 Hoare Lea 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 Pick Everard 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
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   Elliott Wood Partnership 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   Child 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
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 WCEC Architects)10 32 33 145 138 145 138 8 7.5 3 3
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= Interserve 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

Postscript

* see methodology and notes below

Methodology

Barbour ABI, provider of construction intelligence services and Building’s sister company, contacted more than 500 firms for this year’s Building Top Consultants’ Survey. 

They were sent a survey form asking for details on the number of chartered staff, non-chartered and technical staff, and domestic and worldwide fee incomes. 

Firms are ranked according to total UK chartered staff, and for QSs, architects, engineers and project managers by chartered staff in each respective discipline. Practices were also asked questions relating to: staff recruitment, wage patterns, margins, areas of work, and work expectations.

The survey relies upon firms completing and returning the annual survey form. For a variety of reasons firms sometimes decide not to take part. 

Only those firms that complete and return the survey form are included in the survey. Where firms have made two submissions, we have used data from the most complete submissions. Where firms have omitted answers from their response, we have left the space blank.

Where the given total chartered staff number for a profession did not match the total staff numbers listed for types of that profession (such as structural engineer or electrical engineer), then the total professional chartered number that was submitted has been used.

Firms with any questions about the survey, or that wish to be included in the 2018 survey, should contact Barbour ABI. 

(www.barbour-abi.com or by email to info@barbour-abi.com)

 

Notes

1. Atkins did not provide figures this year. A spokesperson said: “Atkins has recently been acquired by SNC-Lavalin and the two businesses are currently going through the process of integrating their systems, processes and people. This has coincided with the collation of data for Building’s Top Consultants and it has not been possible for the merged organisation to provide the information required for this year’s rankings.”  Based on last year’s staff numbers, Atkins would have remained the largest UK consultant by number of chartered staff. Other large businesses that failed to provide figures this year included CBRE, Deloitte Real Estate, Hurley Palmer Flatt and Waterman.

2. Chaplin Farrant Design Group figures reflect the departure from the group of engineering company CBL. 2016/17 turnover not yet available.

3. Currie & Brown figures reflect the acquisition of Sweett Group in September 2016.

4. JLL figures reflect the acquisition of M&E property maintenance firm Integral UK in August 2016.

5. NPS Group figures reflect NPS North East ceasing trading on

3. 1 October 2016 after TUPE transfer to an alternative provider. 

6. Pell Frischmann figures reflect the acquisition of M&E specialist Desco (Design and Consultancy) in August 2016.

7.  Ridge and Partners figures reflect the acquisition of PH Warr in December 2016.

8.  Turner & Townsend figures relate to the UK and Ireland.

9.  TÜV SÜD Real Estate figures include TÜV SÜD Dunbar Boardman (Lift Consultants), which became part of the UK business in 2016.

10. Whittam Cox Architects  rebranded from WCEC Architects this year.

11. WSP figures reflect the acquisition of Mouchel in October 2016.

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