Top 50 engineers

Top 50 engineers, ranked by the number of UK chartered engineering staff employed by each firm. Click on the buttons below to sort the tiles and hover over each firm to to reveal more information.

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Atkins

2015 rank: 1

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 3555

Civil engineers: 1664

Structural engineers: 359

Mechanical engineers: 566

Electrical engineers: 315

Other: 651

Non-chartered/technical engineers: -

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 4,138

2016: 4,260

Total UK staff

2015: 8,885

2016: 8,873

Offices

UK: 57

Worldwide: 190

2

Mott MacDonald

2015 rank: 3

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 2007

Civil engineers: 1073

Structural engineers: 166

Mechanical engineers: 277

Electrical engineers: 342

Other: 149

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 1742

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 3,033

2016: 3,349

Total UK staff

2015: 5,933

2016: 6,741

Offices

UK: 29

Worldwide: 180

3

Aecom

2015 rank: 2

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 1875

Civil engineers: 1205

Structural engineers: 229

Mechanical engineers: 193

Electrical engineers: 203

Other: 45

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 1029

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 3,527

2016: 3,021

Total UK staff

2015: 7,423

2016: 6,970

Offices

UK: 49

Worldwide: 634

4 -

WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff

2015 rank: 4

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 1720

Civil engineers: 385

Structural engineers: 139

Mechanical engineers: 60

Electrical engineers: 64

Other: 1072

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 704

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 1,712

2016: 1,797

Total UK staff

2015: 4,984

2016: 5,100

Offices

UK: 29

Worldwide: c.500

5 -

Arup Group

2015 rank: 5

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 1487

Civil engineers: 684

Structural engineers: 288

Mechanical engineers: 254

Electrical engineers: 146

Other: 115

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 2217

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 1,561

2016: 1,656

Total UK staff

2015: 4,514

2016: 5,041

Offices

UK: 14

Worldwide: 92

6 -

Arcadis

2015 rank: 6

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 690

Civil engineers: 380

Structural engineers: 110

Mechanical engineers: 105

Electrical engineers: 90

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 280

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 2,645

2016: 1,940

Total UK staff

2015: 3,700

2016: 3,676

Offices

UK: 41

Worldwide: 312

7

Waterman Group

2015 rank: 8

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 607

Civil engineers: 317

Structural engineers: 149

Mechanical engineers: 50

Electrical engineers: 23

Other: 68

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 417

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 591

2016: 607

Total UK staff

2015: 1,138

2016: 1,170

Offices

UK: 14

Worldwide: 19

8

Ramboll UK

2015 rank: 9

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 536

Civil engineers: 146

Structural engineers: 133

Mechanical engineers: 52

Electrical engineers: 30

Other: 175

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 404

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 578

2016: 557

Total UK staff

2015: 1,277

2016: 1,214

Offices

UK: 23

Worldwide: 300

9

BuroHappold Engineering

2015 rank: 11

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 342

Civil engineers: 34

Structural engineers: 87

Mechanical engineers: 42

Electrical engineers: 27

Other: 152

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 309

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 374

2016: 345

Total UK staff

2015: 1,007

2016: 993

Offices

UK: 6

Worldwide: 23

10

Peter Brett Associates

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 330

Civil engineers: 83

Structural engineers: 35

Mechanical engineers: 7

Electrical engineers: 3

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 152

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 343

2016: 337

Total UK staff

2015: 693

2016: 581

Offices

UK: 18

Worldwide: 21

11

Hoare Lea

2015 rank: 12

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 321

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: 206

Electrical engineers: 102

Other: 13

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 312

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 318

2016: 321

Total UK staff

2015: 754

2016: 803

Offices

UK: 12

Worldwide: 14

12

Pell Frischmann

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 231

Civil engineers: 106

Structural engineers: 64

Mechanical engineers: 3

Electrical engineers: 12

Other: 46

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 89

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 209

2016: 233

Total UK staff

2015: 454

2016: 457

Offices

UK: 7

Worldwide: 13

13

Mace

2015 rank: 10

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 299

Civil engineers: 56

Structural engineers: 9

Mechanical engineers: 234

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: -

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 1,408

2016: 1,260

Total UK staff

2015: 3,637

2016: 3,650

Offices

UK: 10

Worldwide: 30+

14

Hurley Palmer Flatt

2015 rank: 18

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 205

Civil engineers: 2

Structural engineers: 11

Mechanical engineers: 84

Electrical engineers: 92

Other: 16

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 42

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 135

2016: 205

Total UK staff

2015: 208

2016: 290

Offices

UK: 4

Worldwide: 9

15

Sweco*

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 183

Civil engineers: 100

Structural engineers: 8

Mechanical engineers: 15

Electrical engineers: 15

Other: 45

Non-chartered/technical engineers: c.450

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 165

2016: 184

Total UK staff

2015: 711

2016: 759

Offices

UK: 12

Worldwide: 100+

16

Cundall

2015 rank: 19

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 169

Civil engineers: 20

Structural engineers: 48

Mechanical engineers: 50

Electrical engineers: 31

Other: 20

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 320

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 123

2016: 169

Total UK staff

2015: 355

2016: 547

Offices

UK: 6

Worldwide: 20

17

Hilson Moran

2015 rank: 16

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 149

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: 66

Electrical engineers: 49

Other: 34

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 45

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 145

2016: 149

Total UK staff

2015: 225

2016: 233

Offices

UK: 4

Worldwide: 6

18

WYG

2015 rank: 20

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 112

Civil engineers: 14

Structural engineers: 14

Mechanical engineers: 21

Electrical engineers: 37

Other: 36

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 21

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 208

2016: 233

Total UK staff

2015: 1,085

2016: 1,255

Offices

UK: 25

Worldwide: 54

19

TPS Consult

2015 rank: 17

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 109

Civil engineers: 65

Structural engineers: 33

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: -

Other: 11

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 34

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 183

2016: 158

Total UK staff

2015: 297

2016: 281

Offices

UK: 8

Worldwide: 8

20

ChapmanBDSP

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 92

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: 49

Electrical engineers: 37

Other: 6

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 44

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 77

2016: 92

Total UK staff

2015: 184

2016: 196

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 5

21 -

CampbellReith

2015 rank: 21

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 84

Civil engineers: 31

Structural engineers: 37

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 16

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 45

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 81

2016: 84

Total UK staff

2015: 141

2016: 144

Offices

UK: 5

Worldwide: 6

22 -

NPS

2015 rank: 22

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 79

Civil engineers: 2

Structural engineers: 11

Mechanical engineers: 13

Electrical engineers: 43

Other: 13

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 44

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 358

2016: 320

Total UK staff

2015: 1,080

2016: 988

Offices

UK: 26

Worldwide: 26

23

Pick Everard

2015 rank: 26

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 78

Civil engineers: 21

Structural engineers: 13

Mechanical engineers: 23

Electrical engineers: 17

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 97

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 197

2016: 224

Total UK staff

2015: 468

2016: 472

Offices

UK: 10

Worldwide: 10

24

JNPGroup

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 77

Civil engineers: 33

Structural engineers: 38

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: -

Other: 6

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 14

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 70

2016: 77

Total UK staff

2015: 92

2016: 103

Offices

UK: 5

Worldwide: 5

25

AKT II

2015 rank: 24=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 74

Civil engineers: 18

Structural engineers: 55

Mechanical engineers: 1

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 139

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 71

2016: 74

Total UK staff

2015: 227

2016: 238

Offices

UK: 2

Worldwide: 2

26

BDP*

2015 rank: 23

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 72

Civil engineers: 1

Structural engineers: 15

Mechanical engineers: 37

Electrical engineers: -

Other: 19

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 56

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 362

2016: 368

Total UK staff

2015: 800

2016: 777

Offices

UK: 6

Worldwide: 11

27

BWB Group*

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 66

Civil engineers: 39

Structural engineers: 22

Mechanical engineers: 3

Electrical engineers: 2

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 123

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 49

2016: 75

Total UK staff

2015: 200

2016: 248

Offices

UK: 7

Worldwide: 7

28

Ridge & Partners*

2015 rank: 29

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 59

Civil engineers: 5

Structural engineers: 29

Mechanical engineers: 12

Electrical engineers: 13

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 61

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 226

2016: 263

Total UK staff

2015: 434

2016: 486

Offices

UK: 10

Worldwide: 11

29

Price & Myers

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 55

Civil engineers: 5

Structural engineers: 50

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 106

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 54

2016: 57

Total UK staff

2015: 165

2016: 187

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3

30

Clancy Consulting

2015 rank: 28

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 54

Civil engineers: 18

Structural engineers: 25

Mechanical engineers: 8

Electrical engineers: 3

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 78

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 54

2016: 54

Total UK staff

2015: 162

2016: 173

Offices

UK: 9

Worldwide: 12

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Clarkebond (UK)

2015 rank: 31

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 49

Civil engineers: 17

Structural engineers: 21

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 11

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 21

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 35

2016: 49

Total UK staff

2015: 73

2016: 80

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3

32

CBRE*

2015 rank: 27

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 46

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 1

Other: 7

Non-chartered/technical engineers: -

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 1,082

2016: 1,269

Total UK staff

2015: 5,900

2016: 10,150

Offices

UK: 16

Worldwide: 400

33

Thomasons

2015 rank: 30

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 44

Civil engineers: 19

Structural engineers: 25

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 47

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 47

2016: 52

Total UK staff

2015: 122

2016: 128

Offices

UK: 9

Worldwide: 9

34

Jenkins & Potter

2015 rank: 42=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 42

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: 12

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 30

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 51

2016: 50

Total UK staff

2015: 52

2016: 49

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3

35

Max Fordham

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 39

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 39

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 124

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 34

2016: 39

Total UK staff

2015: 205

2016: 210

Offices

UK: 5

Worldwide: 5

36

TSP Projects

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 38

Civil engineers: 30

Structural engineers: 4

Mechanical engineers: 1

Electrical engineers: 1

Other: 5

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 91

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 64

2016: 62

Total UK staff

2015: 321

2016: 360

Offices

UK: 4

Worldwide: 4

37

Robert Bird and Partners

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 34

Civil engineers: 34

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: -

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 80

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 19

2016: 34

Total UK staff

2015: 134

2016: 150

Offices

UK: 1

Worldwide: 11

38

Hill International UK

2015 rank: 34

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 33

Civil engineers: 14

Structural engineers: 3

Mechanical engineers: 2

Electrical engineers: 6

Other: 8

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 38

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 83

2016: 91

Total UK staff

2015: 197

2016: 194

Offices

UK: 8

Worldwide: 100

39

Hulley & Kirkwood

2015 rank: 32

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 29

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: 18

Electrical engineers: 11

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 98

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 32

2016: 31

Total UK staff

2015: 138

2016: 145

Offices

UK: 8

Worldwide: 8

40

TUV SUD Wallace Whittle

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 25

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: 13

Electrical engineers: 11

Other: 1

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 119

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 23

2016: 25

Total UK staff

2015: 164

2016: 168

Offices

UK: 6

Worldwide: 8

41

Walsh

2015 rank: 37=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 23

Civil engineers: 4

Structural engineers: 19

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 106

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 16

2016: 23

Total UK staff

2015: 109

2016: 137

Offices

UK: 1

Worldwide: 1

42

Gleeds

2015 rank: 42=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 22

Civil engineers: 14

Structural engineers: 1

Mechanical engineers: 1

Electrical engineers: 3

Other: 3

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 16

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 477

2016: 630

Total UK staff

2015: 928

2016: 980

Offices

UK: 19

Worldwide: 59

43=

Stride Treglown*

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 21

Civil engineers: 1

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: -

Other: 20

Non-chartered/technical engineers: -

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 135

2016: 143

Total UK staff

2015: 304

2016: 326

Offices

UK: 9

Worldwide: 10

43=

CalfordSeaden

2015 rank: 46

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 21

Civil engineers: 5

Structural engineers: 5

Mechanical engineers: 16

Electrical engineers: 16

Other: 78

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 83

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 235

2016: 245

Total UK staff

2015: 6

2016: 6

Offices

UK: -

Worldwide: -

43=

Meinhardt UK

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 21

Civil engineers: 1

Structural engineers: 9

Mechanical engineers: 5

Electrical engineers: 1

Other: 5

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 32

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 11

2016: 21

Total UK staff

2015: 51

2016: 72

Offices

UK: 1

Worldwide: 42

46

Foster + Partners

2015 rank: 42=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 20

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: 4

Mechanical engineers: 6

Electrical engineers: 5

Other: 5

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 82

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 413

2016: 450

Total UK staff

2015: 1,236

2016: 1,261

Offices

UK: 1

Worldwide: 11

47=

Crofton Design

2015 rank: 42=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 18

Civil engineers: 1

Structural engineers: 2

Mechanical engineers: 11

Electrical engineers: 4

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 19

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 15

2016: 18

Total UK staff

2015: 48

2016: 47

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3

47=

QODA Consulting

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 18

Civil engineers: -

Structural engineers: -

Mechanical engineers: 8

Electrical engineers: 10

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 18

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 14

2016: 18

Total UK staff

2015: 25

2016: 40

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3

49

Westlakes Engineering

2015 rank: 50=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 17

Civil engineers: 10

Structural engineers: 5

Mechanical engineers: 1

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 1

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 26

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 14

2016: 17

Total UK staff

2015: 39

2016: 50

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3

50=

Frankham Consultancy Group

2015 rank: 41=

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 16

Civil engineers: 6

Structural engineers: 4

Mechanical engineers: 2

Electrical engineers: 3

Other: 1

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 29

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 71

2016: 71

Total UK staff

2015: 237

2016: 208

Offices

UK: 4

Worldwide: 4

50=

Ellis and Moore

2015 rank: 33

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 16

Civil engineers: 5

Structural engineers: 11

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: 0

Other: 0

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 9

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 16

2016: 16

Total UK staff

2015: 25

2016: 26

Offices

UK: 1

Worldwide: 1

50=

Scott White and Hookins

2015 rank: -

UK chartered engineering staff

Total: 16

Civil engineers: 10

Structural engineers: 11

Mechanical engineers: -

Electrical engineers: -

Other: -

Non-chartered/technical engineers: 35

Total UK chartered staff

2015: 15

2016: 16

Total UK staff

2015: 65

2016: 68

Offices

UK: 3

Worldwide: 3



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 filled the space with a “–” symbol.

Where the given total chartered staff number for a profession didn’t match the total staff numbers listed for types of that profession (eg. structural engineer, electrical engineer), then the total professional chartered number that was submitted has been used.

2016 revenue figures for these companies are approximate or forecast or unaudited:

  • Arcadis (UK only)
  • Arup
  • Hilson Moran
  • Jestico + Whiles
  • Towereight
  • Walsh Associates
  • Walker Sime
  • Rolton Group.

Firms with any questions about the survey, or that wish to be included in the 2016 survey, should contact Barbour ABI. (www.barbour-abi.com or by email to info@barbour-abi.com).