Construction Consultancy of the Year

Black & White Engineering

B&W Engineering's exceptional growth is a testament to our commitment to innovative, sustainable MEP design and employee development. Within 12 months, our business has increased turnover by 38% and headcount is near 500. The launch of the B&W Global Academy and B&W Global Graduate Pathway Programme demonstrates our ongoing investment in talent development, ensuring our team excels in delivering innovative, sustainable MEP solutions for the construction and built environment sector. Coupled with our strategic global expansion, including new offices, and growth of existing, in key markets, B&W has established a strong reputation for high quality, innovative and sustainable building design.

Cahill Design Consultants

2023 saw CDC grow significantly - not just in employees but client offerings and quality of service. All of this was done whilst maintaining the core ethos of the company with its diverse and flexible workplace culture that employees have cultivated and are proud of. CDC won the 2023 CN Best Place to Work Award. This has seen the company embrace its client-focused approach, introducing people and practices to further improve delivery and enable the team to work on a wide range of projects and deliver exemplary results. CDC’s dedication to progress and excellence makes them worthy of this recognition.

Curtins

An employee-owned business, Curtins have been established for more than 63 years and continually build on their legacy to leave a lasting positive legacy for the communities they serve. During the last year, they have grown as a recognised expert in the investigation and mitigation of RAAC, and announced realistic targets for embodied carbon reduction based on bespoke analysis of the embodied carbon in their projects. As thought leaders, Curtins collaborate to develop industry guidance and share best practice and learnings at national industry- and independent Curtins’- events.

Kent Construction Consultants

Kent Construction Consultants is the region’s leading independent and award-winning chartered quantity surveyors and construction consultants, focused on delivering sustainable development across the private & public sectors. Our firm has a live project portfolio of over £500m and has quickly established itself as a reputable and well-known practice in the Southeast. We have an excellent reputation with clients and recognised by institutions as experienced consultants delivering net zero carbon projects, disrupting and rivalling larger firms, showing geographically placed SME's can add value. Our team represent the strength of our business, we focus on people, providing opportunity with strong social values.

OFR Consultants

OFR Consultants is a forward-thinking, agile consultancy which is continuing to demonstrate its inspiring strategy and vision. Its passion for its workforce combined with the use of leading technology over the past year have not only contributed to the business’ outstanding growth of 20% but have ensured its unwavering commitment to creating safe and sustainable structures. OFR’s innovative workplace culture has created a dynamic environment where the team is not only encouraged to explore new ideas, but are also surrounded by inspiring colleagues who are operating at the top of their game, ensuring outstanding project success and client satisfaction.

Pell Frischmann

Pell Frischmann has seen the successful implementation of a Business Plan, aimed at achieving sustained growth. At its heart, our focus was on making Pell Frischmann an exceptional place to work. We transformed our culture by empowering our people and encouraging individuals to be driven by their passions. The results produced an exceptional year of business in 2023. Financially, we exceed our growth expectations, but we also excelled in many other metrics including: Sustainability; Social Value; Client Satisfaction; and EDI. As we continue along this impressive trajectory of sustained growth, we are confident of even more success throughout 2024.

Ridge and Partners

Ridge is a multidiscipline consultancy working on diverse, often transformative projects across the UK and beyond. 2023 saw Ridge greatly step up our activities in seeking to become the consultancy of choice for clients from the 14 sectors in which we work, including great new initiatives for recruitment, retention, training, marketing, innovation, social value, sustainability and overall strategy. We have expanded our services and reach with strategic acquisitions and a large equity investment to help fund our ambitious, but sustainable, growth strategy – all while retaining our local business feel and reputation as a one-stop shop for multidisciplinary excellence.

Rubicon Wigzell

Rubicon Wigzell has a 15 year track record of continually improving performance along the value stream for construction and related industries. In the past year we have notably increased our turnover through the ongoing delivery of our high quality, trustworthy service, allowing the business to invest in developing our Associate Team and customer offerings, helping RW stand apart from our competitors. Ours is a people business where improvement happens through human intervention, performance increases as people progress the way in which they think. RW pays an integral role facilitating customers along this journey to become high performing projects and teams.

WSP

WSP has continued to grow, innovating for a sustainable future and co-creating high-quality projects for its clients and communities. Our clients are at the heart of what we do, WSP works tirelessly to ensure we deliver on our promises, through collaboration and partnership with our clients, partners and communities. We champion the ingenuity of our brilliant people to shape the world of tomorrow. With our global reach, we connect the brightest minds in the field. It’s through the passionate, adaptable and curious mindset of our teams that we continue to deliver exceptional outcomes, responding to the challenges facing society today.