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Top 50 Project Managers 2019
Rank UK chartered project management staffTotal UK chartered staffTotal UK staffOffices
2019 rank2018 rankFirmTotalArchitectureSurveyingEngineeringOther2018201920182019UKWorldwide
1 1 Mott MacDonald Group 1,169 12 24 449 684 3,697 3,647 7,115 7,242 38 135
2 2 Turner & Townsend 1,084 na na na na 1,823 1,926 2,554 2,825 17 93
3 3 Mace 979 0 0 0 979 1,556 1,553 1,556 1,553 na na
4 4 Arcadis 515 0 480 35 0 1,789 1,688 3,351 3,763 26 292
5 5 Aecom 462 15 194 151 102 2,767 2,743 6,054 6,769 42 630
6 new Jacobs 280 0 0 0 280 na 1,827 na 8,966 34 300
7 6 Gardiner & Theobald 230 0 0 0 0 668 703 813 907 9 3
8 10 Arup1  155 9 24 87 35 1,901 2,059 5,599 6,073 15 na
9 9 CPC Project Services 154 6 23 39 86 161 176 185 203 7 0
10 11 Rider Levett Bucknall UK 126 0 126 0 0 369 440 586 675 10 113
11 12 Royal HaskoningDHV 114 2 1 71 40 178 232 524 552 13 74
12 new CBRE 88 0 36 2 50 na 277 2,077 2,021 17 480
13= 23 WSP2 73 0 0 27 46 na 1,208 7,191 8,100 57 456
13= 13 Currie & Brown 73 0 73 0 0 337 304 548 513 20 na
15 new Pick Everard 63 1 27 1 34 362 396 510 541 13 0
16 16= Systech International 55 0 55 0 0 256 266 288 298 3 20
17 24 Ridge and Partners 47 0 34 3 10 231 264 632 660 11 0
18= 21 Ramboll 45 0 0 45 0 706 770 1,293 1,328 17 300
18= 19 Stace 45 2 43 0 0 123 117 182 182 5 0
20 20 Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios 43 43 0 0 0 160 154 204 203 na 0
21 22 Schofield Lothian 37 0 0 0 37 74 74 109 94 1 0
22 27= TowerEight8 32 0 0 0 32 48 56 80 82 2 0
23 18 Gleeds 29 0 22 3 4 583 472 1,233 1,093 21 50
24= new Colliers International 27 0 27 0 0 78 78 960 1,016 14 386
24= 27= Artelia 27 2 9 8 8 43 50 108 115 1 85
26= 26 AA Projects 24 0 14 3 7 64 67 129 140 8 0
26= new K2 Consultancy 24 0 11 13 0 26 29 31 35 2 0
28 30 WT Partnership 22 0 16 3 3 96 97 160 162 11 62
29= 31 BDP3 20 0 0 0 0 529 586 878 980 6 7
29= new Engenuiti 20 0 0 20 0 26 27 26 27 1 0
29= 34= Pulse Associates 20 0 0 0 20 28 34 28 34 4 0
32 new Stride Treglown4 19 0 0 0 19 154 163 334 329 9 0
33 new Prosurv Consult 18 0 13 0 5 22 26 28 32 1 0
34= 32= Riley Consulting 17 0 14 0 3 109 109 220 227 13 2
34= new Paragon Building Consultancy5 17 0 17 0 0 102 95 181 168 5 0
34= 34= Potter Raper Partnership 17 0 17 0 0 68 65 176 168 4 0
34= new Fulkers Bailey Russell 17 0 17 0 0 32 46 71 95 8 0
34= new HTA Design 17 0 0 0 17 100 106 198 196 4 0
39 38= Robinson Low Francis9 16 0 16 0 0 55 55 107 108 5 0
40 new Projex Building Solutions 15 0 0 0 15 23 31 35 40 3 0
41 38= Thomas and Adamson 14 2 6 0 6 45 45 98 98 3 4
42= 44= Pellings 13 1 12 0 0 81 88 139 143 5 0
42= 44= KAM Project Consultants 13 0 9 4 0 24 30 34 40 2 1
42= new Rolfe Judd 13 0 0 0 13 53 58 88 104 2 2
45 new Blackburn & Co 12 0 12 0 0 10 12 12 15 1 0
46 new McAndrew Martin 11 2 6 3 0 47 69 71 88 3 0
47 40= NPS Group 10 0 1 0 9 202 185 727 533 18 0
48= 49= Keegans 9 0 9 0 0 29 31 57 61 2 0
48= new ETL 9 0 6 0 3 26 24 72 80 2 0
50 new Baily Garner 8 0 0 0 8 78 72 160 165 3 na

Methodology and notes

Close to 300 firms were contacted 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. Practices were also asked questions relating to: staff recruitment, wage patterns, margins, areas of work, and work expectations. 

All data in the tables are taken directly from firms’ replies. 

The survey does not claim to list all the top consultants, as it 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 completing and returning the survey form are included in the survey.  Firms having any questions about the survey, or wishing to be included in the 2020 survey, should contact Martin Hewes at Hewes & Associates: www.hewes-associates.com.  

NB: “New” is used to mean that the company was not in the 2018 Top 150 consultants table.

  1. Arup: Income data for 2019 is unaudited and provisional
  2. WSP: UK chartered total includes 1,193 other chartered, not identified in any questions
  3. BDP: Totals include other chartered staff
  4. Stride Treglown: Other engineers includes town planner, landscape architects and MCIAT staff
  5. Paragon Building Consultancy: 2018/19 figures take account of 2018 merger
  6. Levitt Bernstein: Income figures are estimates
  7. Price & Myers: Fee income for 2018 is estimated
  8. TowerEight: 2018 income is an estimate
  9. Robinson Low Francis: 2018 income is subject to audit
  10. Procom Construction Consultants: Fee income for 2019/20 projected as £5m
  11. Exigere Project Services: New company for 2019
  12. Black & White Engineering: Fee income for 2019 are estimates, based on seven months of data
  13. Iesis Group: Fee income for 2019 is estimated. July year end

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