Mott MacDonald crowned Engineering Consultant of the Year at 2011 Building Awards

Mott MacDonald has been named Engineering Consultant of the Year at the 2011 Building Awards, which took place on 7 April 2011 at the Grosvenor Hotel, London, UK.

The global management, engineering and development consultancy has delivered sustainable achievement, stable business performance and ongoing investment despite the difficult economic conditions in 2010.

It also continues to deliver savings and add value to major projects around the world, such as at Hong Kong International Airport where Mott MacDonald is providing full design consultancy and construction support services. This project, which will include a new midfield terminal, is helping to increase passenger capacity at the airport by 10%.

The consultancy also delivered structural, civil and geotechnical engineering on the Manchester Joint Hospitals project which brought together five hospitals on a single site. Mott MacDonald’s design maximised construction speed and safety while minimising disruption to ongoing hospital operations.

The award judges commended Mott MacDonald’s ‘ongoing pursuit of innovation, high standards of customer care, sustainability, staff training and welfare, collaborative working and corporate responsibility’.

Mike Barker, Mott MacDonald Group practice manager for buildings, said, “We are delighted that our global expertise and hard work of our staff has been recognised at these awards, showing us to be a true industry leader in the buildings sector.”

Mott MacDonald won 120 awards in 2010, recognising international achievements in innovation, health and safety, training, value engineering and outstanding business performance. The consultancy was also named in the top 15 of the prestigious 2011 Sunday Times Top 25 Best Big Companies to Work For Survey for the fifth consecutive year.