Outstanding performers revealed across British construction, development, architecture and infrastructure overseas.
The cream of UK consulting excellence working abroad is highlighted in this year’s British Expertise Awards shortlist revealed today.
British businesses from across construction, development, architecture and infrastructure overseas are rewarded for their contribution, which now accounts for 10% of UK exports and 24% of UK services exports and which last grew by 120%.
"This year's shortlist demonstrate the strength of UK expertise delivering infrastructure and development services around the world.” Tracey Smith, chief executive, British Expertise.
“The UK professional services sector continues to make a massive contribution to the UK economy,” said Tracey Smith, chief executive of British Expertise. “This year’s record awards entry numbers and the quality and diversity of entries demonstrates the strength of UK expertise delivering infrastructure and development services around the world.”
Following a rigorous judging process by a panel of authoritative industry experts chaired by HRH the Duke of Gloucester, the shortlist has been drawn ahead of the winners being announced in April 2015.
The Awards are supported by key players in the professional services sector. The Lead Sponsor is Cardno Emerging Markets. Further sponsors include Adam Smith International, Beckett Rankine, ESL Group, Hyder Middle East, The Leadership Trust, Maxwell Stamp, Mott MacDonald, Polypipe UKTI and WYG.
For details of the gala awards dinner and how to secure your table on 14 April visit: www.britishexpertiseawards.com.
The British Expertise Awards shortlist
Lead sponsor: Cardno Emerging Markets
Outstanding International Business
SPONSORED BY POLYPIPE
Arup
MACE
Pell Frischmann
Turner & Townsend
Outstanding International Business (SME)
SPONSORED BY Mott MacDonald
Blackthorne International Transport
Economic Development Initiatives (EDI)
IMC Worldwide
Outstanding International Collaboration
SPONSORED BY UKTI
Met Office - Mainstreaming Climate Adaptation into Planning
Met Office - The South East Asia climate Analysis & Modelling Framework
Turner & Townsend - Integrator Outsource Model
WYG - South Africa-European Union Dialogue Facility Programme
Outstanding International Leadership
SPONSORED BY Leadership Trust
Adam Smith International - Adam Smith International Leadership
Jasper Alliance London - Kurdistan - A Place where Leaders are Made!
Mott MacDonald - Turkish Hospitals PPP Programme
Outstanding International Design Project
SPONSORED BY Maxwell Stamp
Atkins - The Briman Reservoirs Project
Mott MacDonald - San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Pell Frischmann - Mid-Western Iraq Water Supply Project
Outstanding International Architecture Project
SPONSORED BY ESL Group
Knight Architects - Lower Hatea River Crossing (Te Matau a Pohe)
PLP Architecture - Suning Plaza, Foshan, China
Outstanding International Masterplanning Project
SPONSORED BY Beckett Rankine
Broadway Malyan - East Village Masterplan, Calgary, Canada
Mott MacDonald - The Helmand River Basin Master Plan
Pell Frischmann - Maluku Special Economic Zone, DR Congo
Outstanding International Development Project
Arup Associates - Ntunga Maternity Centre
Adam Smith International - Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF)
Pell Frischmann - Mid-Western Iraq Water Supply Project
WYG - Water and Sanitation in Republika Srpska
Outstanding International Development Project (Non-Infrastructure)
Adam Smith International - Growth & Employment in States 3 (GEMS3)
Adam Smith International - Nepal Centre for Inclusive Growth
Crown Agents - Scaling up of the Complementary Basic Education (CBE) Programme, Ghana
Gems Education Solutions - Making Ghanaian Girls Great (MGCubed) - improving the learning outcomes and life chances of marginalised girls in Ghana
Nathan Associates - Food Retail Industry Challenge Fund
Outstanding International Development in a Fragile State (Infrastructure)
SPONSORED BY Hyder Consulting
IMC Worldwide - Conflict Affected Region Emergency Project - National Highways Component
Mott MacDonald - Reconstruction of transport and education Infrastructure, Pakistan
Pell Frischmann - Mid-Western Iraq Water Supply Project
Outstanding Development Proejct in a Fragile State (Non-Infrastructure)
SPONSORED BY WYG
Adam Smith International - Tamkeen Al Mubadarat Al Mahalia (Empowering Local Initiatives)
Adam Smith International - Growth and Employment in States 3 (GEMS3)
British Council - Pyoe Pin Programme - Fisheries in Rakhine, Burma
Crown Agents - Support to civil society, Libya
Young Consultant of the Year
SPONSORED BY Adam Smith International
Sian Rogers - Crown Agents
Ana Becheru - EC Harris LLP
Dr Serufusa Sekidde - Oxford Policy Management, nominated by African Development Bank
Elizabeth Natukunda - Turner & Townsend International PLC