Balfour Beatty has revealed plans to create a new design consultancy partnership with Atkins, Mott MacDonald and WSP.

The UK Strategic Design Consultant Partnership, will see Balfour Beatty focus it's procurement of design consultants for projects towards Atkins, Mott MacDonald and WSP.

Designers and engineers from the four companies will work together to find solutions in key areas such as health and safety through design, value engineering and the use of more cost-effective design resources.

Lead by Balfour Beatty's newly-appointed Strategic Design Consultant Partnership Director, Robin Bashford, he will be responsible for implementing the Partnership working with the three design consultants to deliver increased value to customers.


Stephen Tarr, Managing Director for Balfour Beatty's Major Projects business and Executive Committee Sponsor for the Partnership, said: "This newly formed Strategic Design Consultant Partnership represents collaboration in its purest form. Providing a new and refreshed way of working between contractor and designer, I am delighted to announce that we are joining together with Atkins, Mott MacDonald and WSP to deliver the very best of the industry's ability and capability to provide a complete, refined and Expert offering to our customers."

Mike McNicholas, Managing Director of Atkins' Infrastructure division, said: "Infrastructure investment continues to be a high priority for the UK, but clients couldn't be clearer in their message to industry that we need to deliver it differently to provide better value and outcomes for them, their end users and those funding the projects.

"A greater use of technology is widely acknowledged as one way of doing this, but equally as important will be industry leading companies coming together to innovate and collaborate more effectively. This Partnership is an exciting step forward in achieving these goals."

(LM/MH)