The top 50 QSs of 2017.

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Top 150 Consultants 2017 - Great time to buy British

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Top 150 Consultants

Top 50 QSs

Top 50 Project Managers

Top 50 Engineers

Top 50 Architects

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Top 50 QSs 2017
Rank - 2017Rank - 2016FirmTotal charteredQuantityUK surveying staff - BuildingUK surveying staff - OtherUK surveying staff - Non-chartered / technicalTotal UK chartered staff - 2016Total UK chartered staff - 2017Total UK staff - 2016Total UK staff - 2017Offices - UKOffices - Worldwide
1 1 Turner & Townsend 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 & Brown 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 & Partners 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 JLL 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 Group 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

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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