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let the good times rollFollowing the positive signs in last year’s rankings, this year’s Top 150 consultants survey sees the upbeat trend continue. With growth heading towards 4.7%, a burgeoning workload, improved margins and more jobs being created, some celebration seems justifed. It’s now just a matter of fnding the staff to keep it going. Joey Gardiner reports

This year’s Building top consultants survey paints an encouraging picture of practices working in an economy which has

defnitively turned a corner, and where the London-centric growth of 2013 has broadened into an upturn afecting most parts of the UK. This is no surprise, in a construction economy which is now forecast to grow by 4.7% this year overall, far higher than originally expected.

Welcome though this is after six long years of recession and low growth, it does bring its own problems. Talking to consultants who sit in the Top 150, it’s clear there are already signs of overheating in the market, particularly in London and the South-east, with clients looking to develop elsewhere in order to secure acceptable returns. The pace of growth is therefore creating its own headaches, with many consultants now having difculty fnding the experienced staf to service the workload they see coming. Given the number of qualifed people who left the industry during the downturn, this should come as no surprise. The question for architects, surveyors

and engineers alike, is how to navigate this optimistic but potentially risky period, given the lack of any signifcant increases in fee levels.

The trends in the market are clear from the survey data provided by the Top 150 consultants. These show the number of chartered staf employed by these frms in the UK has risen by 7.6% to over 32,000. At the same time the total number of staf employed in the UK by these frms has grown by 11%, and is now topping 68,000 people. Likewise fee income has increased, from £4.6bn to £5bn. Just 4% of frms said they have seen margins reduce in the last year, compared to more than half saying they are rising. Most encouragingly for employees are the fgures on planned expansion and salaries: 87% of frms say they plan to increase staf numbers in the coming year, and a similar number – almost nine out of 10 – say they have put salaries up in the last year.

Many practices identify private commercial work and private housing – in particular student housing – as the hot sectors driving improvement, while public sector work outside of education

remains subdued. David Hunter, chairman of 250-strong Bristol-based architect Stride Treglown, which is this year planning to take on around 50 part 1 and part 2 architecture graduates, sums it up: “There’s very much less concern now over where the next project’s going to come from.”

Geographically, 2014 has been the year in which the recovery spread from London to the rest of the UK. Derek Pitcher, Europe MD at QS Sweett Group, says: “Last year I was saying there were signs of improvement outside London. But now everyone in the market is saying the regions are beginning to move, with our Manchester ofce particularly busy.”

Furthermore, with the consolidation of the larger players seen in recent years seemingly continuing, through planned mergers between Aecom and URS, and Hyder and EC Harris/Arcadis, smaller frms say the growing scale and shifting focus of this top tier of players is creating opportunities further down the food chain.

The pick-up in work opportunities will have added to the impact of this trend, with bigger frms less likely to have to chase smaller work to fulfl turnover targets. Phil Jones is senior partner at 29th-placed player Ridge, which has grown by around 20% in the last year, adding nearly 40 chartered staf, and which is looking to grow by a similar amount in the next year. “Inevitably there is some fallout from the big deals that have been made,” he says. “It means those frms tend to work at a certain level, concentrating on global corporations and major infrastructure programmes. So opportunities open up for us and other smaller frms to fnd work.”

However, despite this improvement in workload, practices say the scales haven’t totally tipped in their favour away from clients, with competitive bidding keeping fee rises modest, even if widespread. With overall construction costs rising, those consultants being paid on a percentage basis of construction cost have seen some consequent uplift in payment, but many say they aren’t yet able to demand an increase to the percentage itself.

Ridge’s Jones says: “We’re getting some improvement in fees, and some clients are looking a bit more at the service they can get from us, not just the price, but it’s not that much at the moment. It’s competitive still.” With some frms from less buoyant parts of the economy still prepared to undercut others in London and the South-east, Stride Treglown’s Hunter agrees: “Clients are used to us delivering at a certain price. We’re trying to improve margins but it remains very competitive.”

So with clients wanting more work done, but at similar fee rates, the biggest issue for many consultants has become their ability – or lack of ability – to recruit and train and retain the necessary staf, and the pressure this puts on costs. Alan Davison, head of building surveying at 100-strong surveyor Pellings, says a »



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particular pinch point is around young chartered staf with two to four years’ experience, those who would have graduated into their f rst jobs during the downturn. “Now the projects are there, but it’s the staf that’s become a problem. People with three years’ experience just aren’t around, because when they qualif ed they couldn’t get the jobs they expected and took their degrees and are now doing something else. These people are great job-runners, and they’re the future directors,” he says.

Another pinch point is BIM skills. Even Mark Thompson, managing partner at Ryder Architecture, who says the f rm’s reputation as a good employer (it was the highest ranking architect in the Sunday Times’ 100 Best Employers’ list) means it has not in general found it dif cult to recruit, says this area is a problem. “People are going out and paying ridiculous money for anyone who can talk about BIM. Often clients are asking for skills and experience that don’t exist.”

These points are echoed by Ridge’s Jones: “There’s probably 100% employment in the sector, meaning recruiting people is about trying to attract them in from another f rm,” he says. “We’re very mindful that in order to keep the numbers up we have to do the right thing in terms of salary and benef ts.” This is driving salary infl ation as f rms attempt to parade themselves in front of potential applicants. Hunter says he’s heard of architects who are promising six-monthly salary reviews in order to keep staf happy. Seven out of every 10 f rms in the Top 150 say they plan to raise salaries again next year. With staf both the biggest cost and principle asset of consultants, wage

growth is putting pressure on bottom lines. “We’re trying to improve margins. But a lot of projects are moving at a rate of knots and with the ef ciencies we’ve had to make in the recession there’s not much margin if someone leaves when you’re on a project. It’s driving salaries,” says Hunter.

Practices are attempting to f nd ways around this impasse. Graduates are once again highly sought after, with Jones saying most are getting picked up early, often by the biggest players in the industry. Sweett Group’s Pitcher says the f rm has had success taking on apprentice surveyors as well as graduates. Sweett is also considering staf ng individual jobs with non-permanent project staf for the f rst time, and is focusing a lot of attention on staf retention. “We’re bringing graduates and apprentices in. At f rst, some people in the business didn’t want to use the apprentice surveyors, but now they’ve come in, to a man they’ve been very impressed with their quality and their drive,” says Pitcher.

Stride Treglown is responding in part by attempting to raise the quality of its training – including by setting up job shares with engineering f rms – and by expanding an existing arrangement under which it outsources drawing work to Vietnam. Hunter says Stride Treglown has brought the Vietnamese staf over to learn from the business in the UK, in order for them to understand the business better, and ultimately become able to take on more work.

As this skills problem worsens, it is causing some f rms to consider how quickly they will be able to expand. While Hunter says his f rm’s partners have been “debating the extent to which we can now become more selective” over the

work it bids for, for Pellings’ Davison it is much more clear cut. “It’d be great if I could expand and expand to meet the workload, but it wouldn’t be easy. We’re having to look very carefully, and we’ve been looking at limiting it to 10% year-on-year growth, slowing it down a bit to ensure we can get the quality staf to do the work.”

If the improvement in the construction economy continues, it will only be a matter of time before clients will have to look at how much they are paying the consultants that advise on projects. That will be a genuine improvement for 2015.

THERE’S PROBABLY 100% EMPLOYMENT IN THE SECTOR, MEANING RECRUITING PEOPLE IS ABOUT TRYING TO ATTRACT THEM IN FROM ANOTHER FIRMPHIL JONES, RIDGE

Notes■ Mott MacDonald fi gures include Franklin + Andrews Limited■ CBRE fi gures include acquisition of Norland Managed Services Ltd■ Faithful+Gould is listed separately from parent company Atkins; fi gures include acquisition of Confl uence■ Waterman Group includes impact of withdrawal from Russia and the UAE■ Gardiner & Theobald LLP fi gures include the impact of the transfer of some of its European businesses■ BDP fi gures include impact of changing the fi nance year to January to December, meaning fi gures relate to 18-month period.

■ Ridge and Partners LLP fi gures include acquisitions of Brazier Holt in Sept 2013 and Upton McGoughan in Feb 2014■ AHR fi gures include impact of de-merger from Aedas in July 2014■ Opus International Consultants fi gures include impact of Canadian consultancy Stewart Weir in 2014■ HOK fi gures include impact of BBG-BBGM’s New York and Shanghai employees joining HOK in December 2013■ The fi gures refl ect the fact Aukett Swanke, formerly known as Aukett Fitzroy Robinson, merged with Swanke Hayden Connell Europe in December 2013

■ URS, which was third ranked in last year’s survey, this year was unable to provide UK-specifi c data on employees, due to a change of company policy on disclosing the information and therefore has not been included■ TP Bennett offi ces include 20 affi liate offi ces■ Holder Mathias offi ces include one associate offi ce■ Elementa Consulting offi ce fi gure includes 10 offi ces throughout the USA and Canada owned by parent company Integral Group■ CBRE offi ces includes 10 subsidiary offi ces in the UK■ WYG offi ce fi gure excludes a further 21 project offi ces

METHODOLOGY AND NOTES

Barbour ABI, provider of construction intelligence services and Building sister company, contacted more than 500 fi rms 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 manager by chartered staff in each respective discipline. The QS table does not include comparative rankings because we have ranked this by chartered QS staff this year; last year fi rms were ranked instead by total chartered surveying staff. Practices were also asked questions relating to: staff recruitment, wage patterns, margins, areas of work, and work expectations.

The survey relies upon fi rms completing and returning the annual survey form. For a variety of reasons fi rms sometimes decide not to take part. Only those fi rms that complete and return the survey form are included in the survey. Firms with any questions about the survey, or that wish to be included in the 2015 survey, should contact Barbour ABI (www.barbour-abi.com or by email to [email protected]).

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1 1 Atkins 2,807 2,988 8,245 8,811 16,771 17,489 967.7 930.0 61 1852 2 Mott MacDonald 2,720 2,847 5,398 5,536 14,912 15,734 335.0 352.4 30 1783 4 Aecom 2,295 2,344 4,016 4,102 44,985 47,606 312.0 323.0 31 5274 5 EC Harris Group 1,959 2,010 2,572 2,662 22,000 22,000 219.0 241.0 21 3665 7 Capita 1,450 1,462 3,975 4,201 3,997 4,217 na na 35 376 8 Arup Group 1,364 1,461 3,714 3,986 11,233 11,931 282.3 308.9 14 917 12 Mace 1,166 1,317 2,613 3,085 3,959 4,459 171.2 174.8 10 408 9 Turner & Townsend 1,271 1,282 1,598 1,623 3,239 3,660 160.7 174.3 13 839 10 CBRE 1,128 1,125 1,766 1,889 37,050 44,000 na na 25 43610 14 WSP 831 924 2,023 2,522 14,924 17,043 204.0 208.0 27 32711 15 Parsons Brinckerhoff 801 885 1,832 1,857 14,209 13,818 187.2 193.6 15 16012 16 Faithful & Gould 682 693 985 1,007 2,079 2,360 114.0 129.0 23 6613 17 Waterman Group 455 549 798 995 990 1,108 50.0 58.0 15 2214 21 Ramboll 385 498 848 1,054 10,283 10,161 56.7 64.4 13 1315 18 Deloitte Real Estate 450 486 753 821 754 713 na na 24 2416 Gardiner & Theobald 423 443 514 605 923 855 75.1 80.5 11 2816= 19 Gleeds 411 443 663 729 1,161 1,293 54.8 57.9 16 5418 20 Sweett (UK) 342 380 486 553 1,454 1,557 41.7 42.6 21 5819 24 Foster + Partners 345 362 923 1,209 1,068 1,209 153.0 159.0 1 1520 23 BDP 354 350 667 676 790 820 54.3 64.3 6 1221 22 NPS Property Consultants 382 339 1150 1,066 1,150 1,066 80.3 88.7 28 2822 25 Buro Happold Engineering 304 312 872 894 1,490 1,531 63.0 67.0 7 2223 27 Hoare Lea 273 304 593 697 602 706 47.5 55.4 11 1324 29= Fairhurst 241 249 406 424 407 424 27.3 28.4 16 1625 26 TPS 300 226 300 261 na 316 na 24.3 8 1026 31 Grontmij 221 223 287 287 6,997 na 57.9 53.5 11 31127 33 Pell Frischmann 191 207 428 458 891 894 33.4 32.1 7 1528 IBI Group 195 206 357 383 2,655 2,614 24.9 19.6 10 7529 36 Ridge and Partners 159 196 279 370 281 370 22.3 24.7 9 930 35 Pick Everard 175 193 387 453 387 453 23.4 30.9 10 1031 78= Make 0 192 0 220 na 387 11.6 16.2 1 332 29= WYG na 180 na 1145 na 1,960 na 126.9 18 3533 39 Allford Hall Monaghan Morris 138 165 185 220 275 300 18.2 26.5 2 334 13 GVA Grimley na 164 0 184 na 230 22.0 25.0 12 1235 Sanderson Weatherall 142 151 208 221 208 221 13.0 14.0 8 836 38 Hilson Moran 145 141 203 202 213 215 16.1 16.6 3 537 AHR 159 136 376 352 1,750 457 32.5 33.0 8 1238 41 WT Partnership 130 132 174 175 1,120 1,203 na na 10 4739= 82 Pollard Thomas Edwards 112 124 127 139 234 267 7.1 9.8 1 139= 48 Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates 103 124 124 207 621 660 26.2 44.3 1 641= 43 Troup Bywaters & Anders 122 123 175 177 175 177 12.2 12.3 8 2241= 46= Broadway Malyan 112 123 289 318 514 539 17.8 20.9 6 1643 46= Allies and Morrison 112 118 244 272 245 272 14.3 17.9 2 244 44 PRP 120 117 276 161 300 301 17.1 19.9 3 545 45 Stride Treglown 115 112 244 242 248 267 13.2 13.7 8 1046 Hurley Palmer Flatt 108 110 167 174 185 189 17.9 22.4 4 947 51 Cundall 89 108 142 377 403 455 18.7 21.3 6 1948 49 Riley Consulting 99 100 203 201 204 203 16.6 15.1 12 1549 57 CPC Project Services 76 91 99 124 99 124 9.1 9.8 5 550 Wilkinson Eyre Architects 52 89 105 200 105 200 7.0 10.5 1 2

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51= Ryden 79 87 199 208 343 351 11.3 13.2 6 651= 62= Scott Brownrigg 73 87 146 181 150 193 10.3 13.7 4 753 59= Purcell 81 86 183 206 183 223 13.1 11.4 16 1754= 95= Lend Lease Consulting (EMEA) 49 80 174 189 174 189 24.4 22 6 654= 56 Curtins Consulting 77 80 197 236 197 236 15 18 11 1156 68= EPR Architects 66 79 122 132 122 132 8.9 9.1 1 157= 52 DBK Partners 65 77 161 197 85 104 6 7.2 4 457= 54 Currie & Brown 84 77 217 209 580 650 15.6 17.2 9 2759 78= Artelia 62 76 127 134 2,933 3,214 13.7 11.3 5 8760= 70= Tuffn Ferraby Taylor 65 74 80 88 na na na na 7 760= 55 Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 79 74 136 151 133 151 11.1 11.1 2 260= 73 Malcolm Hollis 58 74 117 151 123 151 11.2 15.1 13 1463= 65= Calford Seaden 72 73 215 207 215 207 na na 5 563= 65= HLMAD 72 73 148 176 175 176 10.2 10.7 7 965= 58 TP BENNETT 65 71 197 219 197 219 14.7 16.1 2 2265= 99 Opus International Consultants (UK) 47 71 90 120 2,594 3,000 16.5 19.6 12 10365= 68= Hill International (UK) 66 71 167 184 3,800 4,400 28.1 28.8 9 10068= 59= Frankham Consultancy Group 74 69 206 228 206 228 10.8 12.8 5 568= 53 Archial NORR 64 69 86 91 949 1008 10.4 9.6 8 2570 86= Watts Group 64 68 139 134 269 257 11.5 11.6 8 871 100= HOK 48 65 152 157 1,600 1,600 21.3 21.9 1 2372= 85 AA Projects 54 63 104 126 104 126 7.9 9.3 7 772= Aukett Swanke 52 63 107 192 229 290 5.1 1.6 4 1574= 62= NDC 2000 72 62 92 85 na na 12 11.4 5 574= 70= HCD Group 65 62 95 97 95 97 6.5 5.6 9 974= 152= Atelier Ten 41 62 118 80 97 151 2 2.3 na 577= 74 ADP 62 60 109 100 114 110 6 6.4 7 877= 83= 3DReid 55 60 105 103 101 122 10.5 11.5 5 779 118= Doig + Smith 57 58 93 94 157 160 4.6 4.1 4 480= 100= Hawkins Brown Architects 46 56 105 147 105 147 8.5 10 1 280= 91= Pellings 51 56 91 105 91 105 7.2 8 3 380= 83= Pozzoni 48 56 76 88 87 88 3.3 4.1 2 280= 175= Schofeld Lothian 45 56 54 98 96 115 8.2 10.2 1 184 102= Thomasons 45 55 102 110 na na 6.7 7.4 8 885= 91= BAQUS 51 54 96 96 na na 5.4 na 10 1185= 86= Price & Myers 53 54 149 164 149 164 9 10.1 3 387= 102= John Rowan and Partners 45 53 116 148 119 148 7.5 10.3 5 787= 88= HTA Design 48 53 63 147 102 147 4.9 6.8 2 287= 95= DSSR 49 53 63 66 93 98 7 na 4 490= 102= The Harris Partnership 51 51 98 108 92 108 5.5 7.2 4 490= 105= Hadfeld Cawkwell Davidson 43 51 69 83 69 83 4.2 4.2 1 190= Ian Simpson Architects 57 51 62 57 95 100 7.2 8.8 2 293= 97= Kendall Kingscott 48 50 95 107 95 107 5.7 6.5 4 493= 117 Rolfe Judd 45 50 56 62 104 121 7.7 7.8 1 395 97= Clancy Consulting 48 49 81 84 186 204 8 8.3 9 1096= 94 Bidwells 50 47 70 71 5.4 5.4 12 1296= 40 Cluttons 38 47 281 300 460 481 29.4 30.3 16 2798 75 Leslie Clark Construction 43 46 77 84 77 84 na na 5 799= 109= ChandlerKBS 43 45 157 163 277 293 na na 5 799= 114 Potter Raper Partnership 39 45 90 114 90 114 7.4 8.3 3 3

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101= 125= Hulley & Kirkwood 29 44 127 185 132 141 9.9 9.9 8 8101= 105= P+HS Architects 43 44 64 60 64 60 3.5 3.5 3 3101= 115 Stanton Williams 38 44 53 62 76 90 4.9 6 1 1104= 105= Bailey Partnership 43 43 79 83 78 83 na na 4 4104= R H Partnership Architects 44 43 66 73 66 73 3.3 3.5 3 3106 109= Jackson Coles 42 42 52 53 52 53 5.3 6 2 2107= 141= Clarkebond (UK) 21 38 21 65 na na 4.1 4.1 3 3107= 125= AWW inspired environments 29 38 55 69 55 69 3.7 3.8 3 3109 109= RPP t/a Rex Procter & Partners 44 37 72 58 72 58 na na 4 4110= 121 LSI Architects 31 36 39 47 49 57 na na 2 2110= 112= Holder Mathias 40 36 52 48 66 59 4.3 4 2 3112 78= Ryder Architecture 29 32 46 56 110 123 7.2 7.8 4 5113 122= Assael Architecture 29 31 45 50 56 68 4.5 6.2 1 1114= 122= Interserve Consulting 30 30 99 99 61 61 6.2 5.8 1 1114= 166= JNP Group 14 30 71 95 71 95 4.7 6 5 5114= B3 Architects 26 30 68 77 68 77 3.7 4 8 8114= 138= Ward Williams Associates 23 30 30 38 54 70 3.6 3.5 4 6118 129= John Robertson Architects 25 29 59 63 60 71 3.4 3.7 1 2119= 138= Keegans 23 28 53 60 51 60 2.9 3.1 2 2119= 138= Darling Associates 24 28 28 33 42 55 3.5 3.1 1 3121 162= Colin Toms & Partners 21 27 25.5 30.5 25.5 31.5 2.2 2.6 1 1122= 125= CS2 Chartered Surveyors 24 26 61 73 114 136 4.4 4.7 6 6122= 120 ADAM Architecture 21 26 67 78 67 78 5.6 5.6 2 2122= 129= Darnton EGS 26 26 72 70 72 70 4.5 na 3 5122= 133= Silcock Leedham Consultant Engineers 26 26 28 28 36 36 2.5 2.8 2 5122= 133= Flanagan Lawrence 22 26 30 40 66 88 5.7 8 1 1127= 145= Conisbee 25 25 62 36 na na 4.6 5 3 3127= 145= Stock Woolstencroft 20 25 47 63 47 63 3 4.8 1 1129 122= Alan Baxter & Associates 30 24 113 117 113 117 7.2 7.4 1 1130= 129= Synergy Group 26 23 84 80 84 80 5.5 5.5 4 4130= 154= Cooper Cromar 22 23 42 45 41 46 2.9 3.2 1 1130= 32 Barton Willmore 22 23 250 275 288 310 25 30 11 11133= 137 Penoyre & Prasad 24 22 43 45 80 84 3.7 3.1 1 1133= ECD Architects 20 22 28 31 53 59 na na 2 2133= Appleyard & Trew 21 22 36 37 36 37 3 3.7 4 4136= 166= McAndrew Martin 15 20 36 46 57 72 0.8 1 1 1136= Heyne Tillett Steel 16 20 43 60 77 108 3.3 4.1 1 1136= 133= Hunters 22 20 52 51 52 51 6.1 6.5 1 1136= 145= W T Hills 20 20 37 38 37 38 2.3 2.2 4 4136= 158= Barker Associates 17 20 32 34 32 34 2.5 2.6 1 1136= 158= Thomson Gray 17 20 19 21 23 25 1.3 1.3 na 0136= Buttress 20 20 21 23 33 33 na na 1 1143= WCEC Group . 13 19 110 126 216 248 5.2 6.2 4 4143= 154= Daniel Connal Partnership 18 19 29 34 29 34 na na 3 3145= Walsh Associates 15 18 80 96 80 96 7 8 1 1145= 145= Martin Arnold Associates 20 18 54 62 54 67 2.9 na 1 1145= 162= Househam Henderson 16 18 20 23 65 89 2.6 2.7 2 5148= 166= Airey Miller Partnership 14 17 32 42 32 42 na na 3 3148= Nexus Planning 15 17 16 18 20 23 na na 3 3150 180= Holbrow Brookes 16 16 40 40 64 64 1.6 1.6 1 1


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16 Hilson Moran 141 0 0 60 49 32 26 145 141 203 20217 63 TPS Consult 134 70 30 7 7 20 21 300 226 300 26118 55 Broadway Malyan 123 0 0 69 43 11 0 172 123 225 17719 46= Troup Bywaters & Anders 123 0 0 69 43 11 39 122 123 175 17720 27 Hurley Palmer Flatt 110 0 4 46 55 5 30 108 110 167 17421 24 Cundall 108 14 30 27 24 13 214 89 108 142 37722 12 EC Harris/Arcadis 96 25 0 71 0 0 0 1,959 2,010 2,572 2,66223 13 nPS Property Consultants 80 1 13 13 42 11 45 382 339 1,150 1,06624 15 Curtins Consulting 80 31 41 0 0 8 119 77 80 197 23625 20 BDP 79 2 22 34 21 38 354 350 667 67626 16 Hill International 69 24 13 0 0 32 2 47 71 90 12027 17 Pick Everard 61 27 8 16 10 0 106 175 193 387 45328 Atelier Ten 61 - - 10 14 37 12 72 62 92 8529 49= CBRE 53 1,128 1,125 1,766 1,88930 30 DSSR 53 - - 31 21 1 32 49 53 63 66

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