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Buildings
sustainability specialist Fulcrum Consulting joins Mott MacDonald
Fulcrum Consulting has joined the Mott
MacDonald Group in a move to expand the Group’s building design
offering, especially in the area of sustainability.
London-based Fulcrum is recognised at industry and government levels as
one of the UK’s leading providers of sustainable energy solutions
for buildings and the built environment. The company is a founding
member of the UK Green Buildings Council and advisor to the UK
government’s Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed
Miliband. It also has a number of policy analysts seconded to the
government’s Zero Carbon Hub and is helping deliver the massive
step change required to make zero carbon homes a reality by 2016.
Director Andy Ford will be CIBSE President in 2011.
Its project portfolio includes a number of ground breaking schemes such
as Kingsdale School where Fulcrum designed the first active daylight
control ETFE roof, Westway Beacons which incorporates the first UK
application of aquifer thermal energy storage and the Natural History
Museum's new Darwin Centre Phase 2, on which the company provided
specialist and natural lighting, building physics, advice on the
external envelope and sustainable low energy design services. Another
landmark is the multi-award winning Brighton Library, acknowledged as
the first truly sustainable PFI project, where Fulcrum designed all
building services and Mott MacDonald was technical advisor.
Fulcrum’s skills and portfolio ideally complement and reinforce
Mott MacDonald’s highly successful track record and capabilities
in sustainable building design. These range from projects such as the
multi-award winning Manchester Civil Justice Centre, widely acclaimed
for setting new benchmarks for environmental performance, to
development of the construction industry’s first comprehensive
whole lifecycle cost and carbon tool for assessing the future
performance of entire buildings upfront.
Both companies believe that joining forces will bring benefits to staff
and customers alike. Mike Barker, Mott MacDonald Group’s global
buildings practice director, believes that Fulcrum is an ideal fit with
the Group’s existing skills. “Fulcrum has a tremendous
reputation in the building services and sustainability sectors and
brings additional skills in energy and sustainability master planning
for buildings. Uniting the talent from both our organisations will help
us deliver major advances for our clients in the field of sustainable
development.”
Richard Shennan, managing director of Fulcrum, is equally enthusiastic
about the opportunities that joining the Mott MacDonald Group will
bring. “Having direct access to the Group’s global network
and resources will enable us to offer our customers a more
comprehensive service, drawing on the complementary skills of our
colleagues in Mott MacDonald – many of whom we’ve already
worked with on various projects. For our staff it will provide
opportunities to work across different market sectors on a more diverse
range of projects worldwide – along with the benefits of broader
career development prospects.”
About
Mott MacDonald
Mott MacDonald is a global management, engineering and development
consultancy with more than 14,000 staff, £1 billion turnover and
work in 140 countries for the public and private sectors. The
employee-owned company is ranked 5th in the 2009 Sunday Times 20 Best
Big Companies to Work For survey. Mott MacDonald’s core business
sectors cover buildings, transport, energy, water, environment, health,
education, industry, oil and gas, communications and international
development.
About
Fulcrum Consulting
Fulcrum is recognised at industry and government levels an one of the
UK's leading consultants in the design of a high performance, low
carbon built environment.Established in 1984, Fulcrum has spent over 25
years shaping the sustainability agenda. Today our expertise is sought
to influence everything from single developments to whole communities
and cities, extending from our own doorstep to across the world.
Adopting a 'whole of life' approach, our mission is to help develop
outstanding low-impact built environments that combine comfort,
function and beauty whilst remaining efficient, cost effective and
future-proof.
For more information please go to www.mottmac.com
or contact Stephanie Dewey or Moya Galal in the press office on
020 8774 2205.
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