Balfour Beatty has chosen Jacobs to switch WSP as one in all its three engineers of alternative for complicated initiatives.

Jacobs joins Mott MacDonald and Atkins as a pre-appointed consultancy in Balfour Beatty’s strategic design partnership, which goals to enhance venture procurement, design and supply.

The partnership specialises in devising options for complicated development and infrastructure initiatives in areas similar to well being and security, sustainability, social worth and trendy strategies of development.

Balfour Beatty first introduced a partnership six years in the past with Mott MacDonald, Atkins and WSP to advertise collaborative working, however WSP is absent from the most recent iteration of the alliance.

A Balfour Beatty spokesperson mentioned the partnership was “regularly evolving”.

“We evaluation our companions each 5 years to make sure that our mixed experience and functionality aligns with the upcoming market alternatives we’re primed to ship,” he mentioned.

“For the second era of the partnership, we now have chosen to leverage Jacobs’ breadth of experience within the power sector, as we align our organisation to capitalise on the last decade of infrastructure progress we see in our chosen markets.”

Stephen Tarr, Balfour Beatty’s chief govt for main initiatives, mentioned the corporate continued to take an revolutionary method to the connection between contractor and designer.

“We really imagine that collaborative partnerships such because the strategic design partnership have the chance to revolutionise our business and have to be thought-about because the automobile of alternative to make sure that initiatives are procured, designed and delivered safer, quicker, higher and greener,” he mentioned.

Jacobs vp Bruce Chalmers mentioned the partnership would allow nearer integration of the corporations’ collective experience to drive efficiencies and create value-focused options.

“That is an thrilling alternative to assist form the way forward for UK infrastructure supply, placing sustainability and other ways of working on the coronary heart to construct higher outcomes for society and the setting,” he mentioned.

WSP has been approached for remark.