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At Mott MacDonald buildings are our passion. Distinctive, imaginative buildings that invite corporate and civic pride, buildings that reflect our drive for quality and innovation.

We present a breadth, depth and calibre of technical expertise that ranks amongst the best in the industry. We strive to develop elegant solutions that enhance quality and meet the standards of user comfort and safety – all while keeping a sharp focus on economy, buildability, functionality and sustainability.

Civic and commercial, health and education, retail and residential, transport, sport and leisure – our experience across the various building sectors has helped us to develop strong, multidisciplinary teams who are continually striving for excellence. Our aim is to deliver high quality consistently throughout our wide spectrum of projects for all our customers – multinationals, developers, architects, contractors, local authorities, inward investors and private individuals alike.

Winner of the RIBA English Partnerships Sustainability

Award, shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize and winner

of over 25 industry awards including the British

Construction Industry’s Special Award, Manchester Civil Justic Centre fulfils its demanding brief to

provide a sustainable building of civic generosity and

European significance. We carried out civil, structural,

building services and fire engineering, tuning each

element of the building to optimise performance.

Architect: Denton Corker Marshall

Client: Her Majesty's Courts Service

Cost consultancy

Mott MacDonald was design engineer and supervised

implementation of building services for the new

Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne, on the UK’s

Sussex coast. Working with Rick Mather Architects we

designed the mechanical and electrical systems for the

galleries and conference, café and community spaces.

Service routes have all been incorporated within the

building fabric to prevent visual impact within the rooms.

In the gallery and studio areas the systems have been

designed to meet strict environmental criteria for

gallery conditions.

Architect: Rick Mather Architects

Client: Eastbourne Borough Council

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City of Dreams is an integrated urban entertainment resort

in Macau. The development includes a vast five storey podium

with two levels of gaming floors, an underground car park, two

levels of retail facilities, five hotel towers, an aquatic theatre

and an energy centre. The project is a fast track development

so designs have incorporated simple steel connections and

standardised steel sections. Transfer beams and trusses in

areas such as ballrooms provide large column-free spaces.

Mott MacDonald provided geotechnical, civil and structural

design services for most aspects of the project and building

services design for the two five star Hyatt hotels.

Architect: Arquitectonica/Leigh & Orange

Client: Melco Crown (COD) Developments Limited

One of the UK’s greenest buildings with a BREEAM

Excellent rating, Vulcan House brings together the

two opposing principles of cost and sustainability

in a unique project that is a trailblazer in property

development. We provided engineering and sustainability

technical advisory services for the building which benefits from

low carbon design and construction, and beats government

targets set for both energy and water use.

Architect: Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson

Client: The UK Border Agency

Civic a nd commercial

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Comprising 32 storeys Bridgewater Place in Leeds

is one of the tallest buildings in the north of England.

We provided comprehensive structural engineering services.

Working with architect Aedas, we applied the latest finite

element analysis techniques to design efficient stability

systems that maximise net floor area. The floor system uses

post tensioned, flat slabs that are straightforward to construct,

provide a flat soffit for simple building services installation and

are only 225mm thick, minimising floor to floor heights.

Architect: Aedas

Client: Bovis Lend Lease

Civic a nd commercial

Mott MacDonald is part of the design team working

on the new Birmingham Magistrates' Courts. The 20,000m2, 14 storey building will house 24 magistrates

courts and associated facilities, including waiting areas,

meeting rooms, a custody area, offices and car parking.

Mott MacDonald is providing structural, building services,

façade and fire engineering and incorporating features

that will deliver energy efficiency, sustainability

and BREEAM excellence.

Architect: Denton Corker Marshall

Client: Her Majesty’s Courts Service

The redeveloped Eden Court Theatre in Scotland is

the premier performing arts venue serving Inverness and the

Highlands & Islands. As well as the restored former Bishop's

Palace, the new facility includes a 250 seat auditorium, two

cinemas, two dance and drama studios and a dressing room

block. The majority of the refurbished and rearranged theatre

is naturally ventilated producing substantial energy savings.

We provided full project management services including

appointment of the design team, preparation of the project

brief, assistance with funding applications and risk and

value management.

Architect: Page and Park

Client: The Board of Governors of Eden Court Theatre

Mott MacDonald is providing civil, structural, building services

design and cost consultancy for a new library and auditorium

at Al Fateh University in Tripoli, Libya. The centrepiece of the

development is an eye-catching 150m diameter dome housing

the 25,000sq m library. Sustainable design strategies are key

to the project. Thermal mass, prevalent winds and natural light

are being used to minimise energy consumption.

Architect: Hamiltons

Client: Libya’s Engineering Consulting Office for Utilities

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education

Manchester Joint Hospitals development is an extremely

complex regeneration of an existing hospital facility. It involves

constructing an integrated building incorporating five state-of-

the-art hospitals – The Children’s Hospital, Manchester Royal

Eye Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital for Women, an extension to

the existing Manchester Royal Infirmary and a stand-alone

mental health facility. As civil and structural designer on behalf

of Bovis Lend Lease, Mott MacDonald adopted a concrete

framed solution for the accommodation arranged around

a series of independent central courtyards.

Architect: Anshen and Allen

Client: Catalyst Healthcare (Manchester) Limited/

Bovis Lend Lease

Mott MacDonald is working on a number of the Building Schools

for the Future programmes, a national initiative that aims to deliver

21st century facilities for every secondary school pupil in England.

Pudsey Grangefield School is one of six secondary schools

being built or remodelled under the Leeds BSF Phase 1

programme. Liaising closely with the architects we provided

civil, structural and building services design incorporating a range

of energy efficient features and structural solutions to facilitate

construction and give future flexibility.

Architect: FaulknerBrowns

Client: Interserve Project Services

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A new purpose-built facility at St John's Central Collegein the heart of Cork in Ireland incorporates a number of facilities

previously scattered across an existing site. Mott MacDonald

provided civil and structural services for the project which involved

raising the ground levels and constructing a four storey building

and two storey canteen connected via a glazed structural steel link

bridge at first floor level.

Architect: ORSA

Client: City of Cork Vocational Education Committee

The Titanic Quarter in Belfast, Northern Ireland – Europe's

largest waterfront urban regeneration project – is an

interactive mixed use development comprising residential,

workspace, education, leisure and tourism facilities.

Under the project’s first phase a new £44 million campus

is being built for Belfast Metropolitan College,

which is relocating from two of its Belfast city centre sites.

Mott MacDonald is providing civil, structural and building

services engineering for the new four storey building.

Architect: Todd Architects

Client: Titanic Quarter Limited

In order to attract the most dynamic young artists from

across the world, The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama located in Cardiff is upgrading its facilities.

We’re providing civil, structural, mechanical and electrical

services using state-of-the-art BIMS (Building Information

Modelling Systems) design technology for a new concert hall,

a new drama theatre with flexible teaching requirements and

associated academic buildings.

Architect: Hamiltons

Client: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama

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Bahrain City Centre Mall is a large retail and leisure

complex located in the Kingdom’s capital city Manama.

As well as retail space, luxury hotels, a dedicated energy

centre and a 20 screen cinema, the complex includes an

impressive 40m high glazed atrium roof and the largest

indoor climate controlled water park in the Middle East.

Mott MacDonald was lead consultant and also provided

structural, mechanical, electrical, public health, lighting,

façade and vertical transportation engineering design.

Architect: RTKL/Woods Bagot

Client: Majid Al Futtaim Investments

Mott MacDonald provided all civil, structural, fire and building

services engineering, advice on façades, cost consultancy

and project management for the Kolachi Enclave Development located in Karachi, Pakistan. The

development comprises a 78 storey tower, conference

centre, retail development and four residential buildings.

At almost 330m high, the KPT office and hotel tower will

be the highest building in the subcontinent and required

specialist design and seismic analysis to seismic

zone 3 standards.

Architect: Aedas

Client: Karachi Port Trust

Retail and residential

Mott MacDonald was façade consultant for the luxury

Shangri-La Futian Hotel in Shenzhen, China. The

180m tall structure has a glass and aluminium curtain

wall with high performance, low E-value reflective insulated

glazing. The emphasis has been thermal and acoustic

performance and ultimately customer comfort. Corners

have been curved by faceting the façade.

Architect: Wong Tung International

Client: Shangri-La Hotel (Shenzhen) Co Limited

Located in Causeway Bay Hong Kong, 1-3 Hoi Ping Road

is a mixed-use commercial development. At 105m high,

the building makes maximum use of its 376m2 site to

maximise rental revenue for the client. Mott MacDonald

provided all mechanical and electrical design services

plus the eyecatching façade design, making it a landmark

for the region.

Architect: Woods Bagot

Client: Great Felicity LimitedMott MacDonald was civil, structural, highway, remediation

and environmental consultant for Barton Square,

a striking retail development located on a brownfield

site in Manchester UK. A 65m tall feature tower fronts the

development which includes a central colonnaded courtyard

and water feature and a large rotunda building located at the

rear. It is linked to the existing Trafford Shopping Centre by

a series of enclosed footbridges and covered walkways.

Architect: Chapman Taylor/Leach Rhodes Walker

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Vista Xchange, an integrated hub comprising a civic and

cultural zone over nine levels and a retail and entertainment

zone over four, is a stunning, iconic development in

Singapore's one-north precinct. We're providing mechanical

and electrical design and project managing building services

works. The building has been designed to meet high

environmental, acoustic, comfort and fire safety standards.

Architect: Aedas

Client: Rock Productions Private Limited/

CapitaLand Retail Limited

Dwarfing the huge Heathrow Terminal 5 building

are its even more colossal underground structures – the

basements, foundations and tunnels. These huge, unseen

feats of construction house baggage handling and storage

halls, underground railway stations and five tunnels which

are 14km in total length. As one of BAA’s first-tier integrated

suppliers, Mott MacDonald was lead designer for all

substructures and foundations.

Architect: Richard Rogers/Pascall & Watson

Client: BAA

Transport

San Francisco’s US$4.2 billion Transbay Transit Centre Development will be the USA's largest transit integrating,

intermodal centre west of New York City. A critical element

within the programme is the extension of the Caltrain rail

service, incorporating a 2.4km tunnel and new subsurface

station, improvements to existing surface stations and

reconfiguration of the Caltrain yard. We’re providing programme

management including overseeing design, monitoring budget

and schedule and advising on procurement.

Architect: Pelli Clarke Pelli

Client: URS/Transbay Joint Powers Authority

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Gateway Towers forms the approach to Palm Jumeirah in

Dubai and comprises a 14 storey podium – approximately 290m

by 90m – which will house the Gateway monorail station, a

multistorey car park on 12 floors, luxury accommodation plus

food and retail outlets. Mott MacDonald is providing technical and

site assurance services, reviewing the proposals for compliance

with requirements and current technical and building regulations

together with on-site assurance, planning and health and

safety advice.

Design and build: Taisei Corporation with Atkins

Client: Nakheel

101 Moorgate is a new seven storey office and retail

development located over the proposed Crossrail tunnels and

existing Circle and Metropolitan underground lines in London. As

structural engineer for the building Mott MacDonald developed an

innovative approach for the crash deck – concrete encased steel

beams and pre-cast planks – bringing significant benefits in terms

of both cost and risk associated with constructing over an

operational station.

Architect: John Robertson Architects

Client: Aviva Investors

A new station designed by Mott MacDonald will provide park and

ride interchange facilities between bus and rail services alongside

a major new housing development and associated highway

infrastructure. Known as Aylesbury Vale Parkway the station

forms part of the upgrading of the railway infrastructure on the

freight line north of Aylesbury, UK. Mott MacDonald provided

civil, structural and building services design as well as helping

to prepare the planning application.

Architect: Supporta RPD and TPS

Client: John Laing and Carillion

Transport

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Lok Ma Chau rail terminus and border crossing in

Hong Kong is arranged over three storeys and designed

to accommodate a peak passenger flow of 250,000 people

per day. Mott MacDonald’s role included project managing

the multidisciplinary team of architects and engineers as

well as providing civil, structural, geotechnical and building

services design.

Architect: LD Asia

Client: Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

Mott MacDonald was lead consultant for the North Satellite

Concourse and temporary stands upgrade project at

Hong Kong International Airport. Design of this

dedicated Code C aircraft facility was particularly challenging

as it is located in a busy operational environment and

constrained within an existing set of Code E and C parking

stands. Mott MacDonald’s role involved design management

and all civil, structural, geotechnical, building services and

façade engineering. The company was part of the team

responsible for management and engineering design

of the original airport terminal.

Architect: Aedas

Client: Airport Authority Hong Kong

Sport and

leisure

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In Glasgow UK our construction economists at

Franklin + Andrews are providing cost consultancy

services to Glasgow City Council for a new

National Indoor Sports Arena and Velodrome,

which will be one of the main venues for the 2014

Commonwealth Games. Located on brownfield land,

the project is an important part of the regeneration of the

East End of the city. The multimillion pound, multisports

facility will comprise a 5000 seat sports arena with

a 200m hydraulically operated running track and a

2000 seat indoor velodrome, the first of its kind

in Scotland.

Architect: Sport Concepts

Client: Glasgow City Council

We provided civil, structural, conservation and transportation

design services for the refurbishment of an existing 18th

century lodge into the new five star Castlemartyr Hotel and golf course on a 220 acre site in Ireland. Design services

were also provided for 42 holiday lodges, 10 terraced houses,

conversion of old stable buildings into 10 self catering units,

a single span bridge at the new entrance and consolidation

of an existing 11th century castle.

Architect: Reddy O’Riordan Staehli Architects/

Jack Coughlan Associates

Client: John F Supple Limited

Mott MacDonald is providing all engineering services,

including structural, mechanical, electrical, public

health and fire engineering for a major upgrade of

Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Warwickshire UK.

The project comprises a new stand, a museum, members

area and new main entrance. For construction of the terracing,

we’re looking at innovative solutions including the use of a

composite material known as SPS which is quicker to build

and lighter than conventional terracing, giving potential

improvements in design, particularly in dynamic behaviour.

Architect: Broadway Malyan

Client: Warwickshire County Cricket Club

The new £8 million Waendel Leisure Centre,

built on a town centre site for the Borough Council

of Wellingborough, UK, includes a six lane 25m pool,

fitness suite, GP referral unit, dance studio, crèche and

administration facilities. Mott MacDonald was project

manager overseeing the initial project appraisal and

proposals, and managing the design development,

tender process and construction. We also provided

cost consultancy services for the project.

Architect: SMC Charter Architects

Client: Borough Council of Wellingborough

Le Mans Football Stadium in France is a unique project

being procured as a concession with MUC72 football club and

French contracting giant Vinci, which is designing and building

the 25,000 seat project and will then operate and maintain it

under a 35 year concession. Mott MacDonald carried out a

commercial audit for Vinci’s lenders, acted as lenders'

technical advisor and is supervising construction.

Architect: Cardete Huet Architectes

Client: Vinci

We’re providing full quantity surveying and employer's agent

services for the new Brighton and Hove Albion Football Stadium. Located on the outskirts of Brighton, the 22,500

seat community stadium will include corporate hospitality

facilities, community learning hub and independent education

space for two local colleges plus the club’s offices and

a retail outlet.

Architect: KSS

Client: Brighton & Hove Albion FC

With its stunning arch visible from over 20km, the new

Wembley Stadium stands out as a landmark on London’s

skyline. The roof, hung from a basket weave lattice arch

spanning 315m, is a unique, innovative and structurally

efficient solution to providing fully covered unobstructed

views to all 90,000 spectators. We were structural engineer

within the Mott Stadium Consortium and building services

designer for this award winning project.

Architect: World Stadium Team comprising Foster and

Partners/Populous

Client: Wembley National Stadium Limited/Brookfield

Construction (UK) Limited

Procured through PFI the new £25 million, six

storey Newcastle City Library has been built

on the old city library footprint. As civil and structural

design engineer for the project, Mott MacDonald

incorporated the original library foundations into

the new works, providing significant environmental

and programme benefits.

Architect: Ryder Architecture

Client: Kajima Partnerships/Tolent Construction

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