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Our passion is to improve the quality of life for learners and communities, both through the buildings we create/maintain, and the social value delivered. We help deliver better learning outcomes efficiently and provide certainty through proactively procured adn managed projects, with sustainability at the heart of all we do.
We focus on accelerating a Planet Positive Future for global communities, our clients, and our people. We help our Education sector clients deliver better learning outcomes more efficiently and provide certainty through the successful delivery of well procured and managed projects. We operate across all areas of the Education sector and have an enviable track record in science & research, higher education, school buildings, academy, and free school programmes.
Over the last 2 years we have undertaken over 300 projects throughout the United Kingdom with a capital expenditure of c£1bn+ covering the whole of the education sector and its clients. We have created inspiring learning facilities and transformed environments for approximately 150,000 pupils and created facilities for the benefit of the communities they are located in.
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At the heart of it all, our people bring to life our vision for the future. Our diversity is our strength. Our collective future focused skills and experiences reflect our society and changing client needs.
We are partnering with our clients, wherever they are on their journey, to help them focus and make the bold and sustainable project choices that benefit their business and communities. Enabled by our digital and human innovation, we are providing insights and new technologies that deliver lasting value.
Climate change, rapid urbanization and advances in technology are driving shifts in society and new opportunities for us to make a difference in the communities where we live, work, move and play. As our work and the world evolves, Arcadis is taking the lead.
Sustainable project choices
Digital and human innovation
Powered by our people
The success of our next strategy will come from accelerating a planet positive future for the next generation, our clients, our people and the communities where we operate.
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Sustainable projects choices
We’re partnering with clients on projects that align with the 2050 Paris Goals, helping them accelerate their transition to planet positive projects that leave a lasting impact on the energy transition, nature and biodiversity, and society.
We know what this journey looks like as we’re building on our own net-zero ambition, with equity, inclusiveness and sustainability being central to our approach. By embracing collaboration and forward-looking innovative solutions, we’re able to mitigate against and adapt to climate change and evolving social needs, ultimately helping our people, clients and communities thrive in the world tomorrow.
Making it happen
We are making bold choices and prioritizing planet positive solutions and projects with our clients, demonstrating the practical ways we can help our communities achieve prosperity into the future. This is our decisive decade, where decisions in our industry will set the stage for defining moments to come – let's take the path that gives us the future we want to see.
Alexis Haass Chief Sustainability Officer
How
Why
Improving quality of life
through sustainable solutions
Partnering with the clients on projects that align with the Paris goals:
We will maintain our leading position with EcoVadis and Sustainalytics.
We will sharpen our business selection criteria, helping clients accelerate their transition to planet positive projects that have a lasting impact, particularly in areas of energy transition, nature and biodiversity, and society.
We are focused on sustained profitability and will achieve this by expanding our key client program and prioritizing high margin projects and new commercial models.
By 2026, we're integrating new client methodologies and tools to quantitatively measure sustainability across: carbon, nature, water, circularity and social impact.
Committed to accelerating the transition to net zero by 2035 through our own operations:
By 2035, we're aiming to be net zero across our value chain.
We're reducing business travel emissions by 35% by 2025.
We're also purchasing 100% renewable electricity and transitioning our company fleet to electric vehicles by 2030.
We’re a smart, digitally enabled organization. We blend our deep subject matter knowledge with secure, cutting-edge innovation, data and technologies to anticipate and advise clients on the best solutions across the entire project lifecycle. We’re extending our right to play, nurturing growth across our business, and venturing into new markets in new corners of the world.
We’re amplifying our ability to address our clients’ needs and future-proofing our business by identifying, developing and investing in smart products and solutions.
Our new strategic direction will enhance our ability to support our clients solve their problems with speed and confidence, by blending our industry knowledge with proven, digital solutions.
Juud Tempelman Global President Intelligence and Advisory
enabled by digital innovation
Solving global challenges with data-driven solutions:
Introducing four product bundles to optimize our clients' operations, helping them make informed decisions about their business, operations, maintenance and asset planning.
In 2024, we will combine Arcadis' advisory business—including Sustainability Advisory, Digital Advisory and Business Advisory—with the digitally enabled solutions and products of our Intelligence GBA to enable our experts to get closer to client strategies from the outset and co-create solutions together.
We’re investing in Arcadis as a smart, trusted organization:
By 2026, as many as 2000 Arcadians will be certified as ‘citizen developers’ with hands-on digital fluency (across low code, code and AI) through five established Communities of Practice.
Partnering with leading digital organizations such as Niricson, Microsoft and Autodesk with a focus on optimizing delivery of our professional services and development of new intelligent solutions.
Developing and adopting generative AI tools, such as ArcadisGPT and Microsoft CoPilot, to empower our operations with efficient, secure, automated and intelligent tools.
Powered by our People
By transitioning to a Skills Powered Organization, we’re ensuring the long-term resilience of our people and business while we create a future-proof organization for sustained success. For our people, this means a chance to bring their best selves to work and develop future-focused skills and rewarding careers.
Our intention is to support people and develop people programs to create more inclusive and diverse teams that mirror society and look at solutions that address social safety, well-being, and mental health awareness.
We aim to unleash the power of our people to be the best version of themselves and create value through sustainable innovation for our clients, the communities we serve and our planet. We do this by fostering a workplace culture for all Arcadians in which safety and belonging, continuous learning, collaboration, global mindset, high performance and equity are key recognizable elements.
Sandra Bolder Chief People Officer (as from 1/1/2024)
with future focused skills, powered by our people
We’re enabling our people to bring their full selves to work:
By listening to all Arcadians, engaging with them and acting through employee dialogue programs such as Your Voice, we're aiming to continue to increase our engagement scores year on year, remaining in the top 25% quartile of our industry for employee engagement.
We are making extended commitments to our Global Affinity Groups—Pride, Age Representation, Ethnicity and Heritage, Access and Neurodiversity, and Gender—with a specific focus on increasing the percentage of women at Arcadis to 40% or more by 2026.
We’re investing in our people:
We’re embarking on our transition to become a skills-powered organization by providing all Arcadians equal and transparent access to personalized, skills-based career opportunities and learning and growth experiences supporting their skill development.
Over the next three years, we're investing in significantly building up our existing capability and future capacity in energy transition, growing to over 2,500 energy transition professionals, supported by the launch of our Energy Transition Academy.
'Driving value by optimising capability, ensuring every penny invested focuses on enhancing the teaching and learning environment'.
Our work with the DfE across all their programmes and our wider education clients demonstrates our passion and collaboration to deliver projects that deliver social value, sustainability, great client engagement and outcomes, as well as world class facilities.
Outcomes and Impact
Working with Clients to develop their ‘Zero Carbon Masterplans and Programmes’ to assist them in achieving their visions and targets
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Close collaboration across our Education Sector Clients
Supported and delivered for Trusts over 1200 compliance/maintenan ce services with over 600 jobs managed through our dedicated helpdesk, enabling schools to collectively save over 10% on their compliance and maintenance costs.
Supported 120 Trusts with their Capital Account Plans via the Capital Advisor Programme. Optimising capability of Estates Management Teams
Supported Schools and Trusts in identifying decarbonisation programmes for over 3000 schools and further delivering 500+ heat decarbonisation plans
Regular Client Experience Engagement resulting in high and maintained KPI/Quality scores (Average 9)
Continued training and learning provided to our clients via Thought Leadership, Round Table events and Workshops, bringing together best practice to improve and enhance the Sector
Seeking innovative design solutions to the UK’s first major research building by Oxford University. Designed to Passivhaus energy performance principles and significantly helping scientists to solve some of our major global challenges
Services we have provided
Education Facilities Delivered
Mainstream Primary ,Secondary and All-Through Schools
Special Primary, Secondary and All-Through Schools
Colleges, 6th Forms and FE
SEND/AP/PRU/SEMH
Vocational
Higher Education and Universities
Cost Management
Facilities and Asset Management
Cross sector capability: Sustainability...
Project Management
Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Data Collection & Analysis
Building Surveying Services
Building Physics
Education Case Studies
CAPABILITY
Our Case Studies
Supported and delivered for Trusts over 1200 compliance/maintenance services with over 600 jobs managed through our dedicated helpdesk, enabling schools to collectively save over 10% on their compliance and maintenance costs.
Our Capabilities | Case Studies
Embedding social value, equality, diversity and inclusion is a key business driver. Through our dedicated Early Careers Team, we work with universities, colleges, student unions and schools across the country on internships, placements, graduate opportunities and skills development.
Hiring over 200 Graduates a year into our GROW Programme.
Employing over 100 apprentices across our UK business, to specialise in key disciplines.
Hiring 50 placement students per year and support offers of permanent contracts and financial support for final year students that have been successful on the programme.
Taking on 50 summer interns per year.
Student work experience opportunities through partnerships with local colleges and education providers.
Our passion and commitment go beyond our recruitment, training and development drivers. As part of our Education Social Strategy approach, we also:
Deliver ‘Insight’ sessions at Universities, Colleges and Schools where our apprentices, graduates and experienced members undertake workshops to inspire the next generation.
Work with Student Unions in providing employability skills sessions to help students, to feel confident in their abilities at assessment centres, in interviews and other areas of concern they may have.
I wanted to thank you for the amazing experience, I truly have learnt so much especially being in the workspace. I'm now really excited to pursue a career in architecture." Arwa, Work Experience Student Holy Cross College
In the 5 years since I joined as an apprentice, Arcadis has provided me with countless career-building opportunities that I could only have gotten from a truly international company. It’s refreshing to work for a company that truly cares about embodying its values and leaving behind a positive impact. I’m proud to work for Arcadis.” Beth Cost Consultant and former Apprentice
Arcadis recognised as:
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Driving Social Value across the Archdiocese of Liverpool Schools Estate Management. We have supported the development of the local contractor database, which, so far, has supported over 200 local contractors and suppliers to work on local school projects – whilst driving employment, skills training, diversity and development in the community.
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Our Capabilities | Social Value
I wanted to thank you for the amazing experience, I truly have learnt so much especially being in the wokrplace. I'm now really excited to pursue a careeer in architecture.” Arwa Work Experience Student, Holy Cross College
In the 5 years since I joined as an apprentice, Arcadis has provided me with countless career-building opportunities that I could only have gotten from a truly international company. It's refreshing to work for a company that truly cares abour embodying its value and leaving behind a positive impact. I'm proud to work for Arcadis.” Beth Cost Consultant and former Apprentice
We developed for our client an Environmental, Social Governance (ESG) Strategy that established a framework to embed sustainability into business management and operations. The ESC will enhance the long-term benefits that the business provides to employees, communities, and the environment.
School Engagement Session for Planting
Llyn Tegid Flood Defence scheme, Natural Resources Wales
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As part of our ongoing Contract management and administration role on this £16 million flood defence scheme, Arcadis organised and coordinated for pupils from the local school, Ysgol Godre’r Berwyn, Bala, to join us on site and help plant trees as part of the Llyn Tegid Reservoir Safety Scheme.
Llyn Tegid Flood Defence Scheme, Natural Resources Wales
Working with the Landscape Contractor Ground Control, over 400 young trees were planted, species included Silver Birch, Hazel and Wild Cherry were planted. This formed part of a wider scheme consisting of over 2,500 trees and shrubs planted as part of the scheme to mitigate the loss of mainly ash trees removed during embankment strengthening works.
The scheme has subsequently been awarded the ICE Wales Award 2023 for Community Engagement.
Llyn Tegid Flood Defense Scheme, Natural Resources Wales
Education Sector Decarbonisation Plans: Value to Clients
DBE SERVICES UK
Close engagement with client priorities
Data analysis & succinct reporting
Clear recommendations aligning condition, energy efficiency and carbon reduction
Working with local supply client asset management needs
Used capabilities
As a result of the Decarbonisation Plan programme, DBE Services have been able to secure funding and deliver a £8m programme of improvement works to decarbonise 25 schools.” DBE Ltd.
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Our Capabilities | Sustainability
Arcadis Education have delivered over 100 HDPs for schools for client, DBE Services Ltd.
DBE Service UK
DBE Services UK
Department for Education #1
Department for Education #2
Department for Education #3
Located
The University of Manchester
Step 3: Strategic –Projects delivery aligned to funding
Step 2: Tactical - Identifying Projects
Step 1: Operational Systems & Data Assessment
operational and energy efficiency measures
making more efficient spending decisions
improving management of Trust accountability and statutory responsibilities for their school estate
Arcadis were appointed by the DfE to carry out strategic estate management reviews and recommend process improvements.
improving building safety
Capital Adviser Programme
DEPARTMENT FOR EDUCATION
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The Arcadis team recommended estate management interventions as follows:
Department of Education
Energy Pods
Net Zero Enabled
Selectable and Confiurable
Plug and Play
Platform Construction
The DfE funded a Sustainable Climate Strategy’s research and innovation project called ‘Energy Pods’.
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The DfE appointed Arcadis’s Education Sector to lead on the market engagement on behalf of the DfE.
The strategic objectives of the project are to design and develop low energy pod solutions to replace carbon intensive fuelled boilers that are:
Free Schools Programme - Forge Wood High Net Zero Feasibility Study
The University of Manchester has committed to be Zero Carbon by 2038, aligned to the city’s decarbonisation pathway and 2038 target for zero carbon and the Paris Agreement.
Arcadis were appointed by the DfE to carry out a feasibility study as part of the DfE funded Net Zero Pathway projects.
RIBA Stage 2 Concept Design
Site surveys
Net Zero concept recommendations
Sustainable Energy solutions including Smart Building recommendations
Enhanced biophilic design
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This Feasibility Stage scope was based on a mainstream secondary school designed for 6 FE (Form of Entry) (900 pupils) + 280 Sixth pupil places + Expanded core spaces (8FE + 360 Sixth Form) for ages 11 to 18 years.
Free Schools Programme - Forge Wood High Net Zero Feasibiliy Study
Net Accelerator Pilot (NZA)
LOCATED
Demonstrate the potential range of decarbonisation interventions
Recommend condition/fabric improvements
Provide a cost model for potential savings and income generation
Evidence the associated carbon and energy savings
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Arcadis developed a ‘proof of concept’ report including a finance and business model for the Net Zero Accelerator (NZA).
Zero Carbon Masterplan
THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER
The DfE appointed Arcadis’s Education Sector to led on the market engagement on behalf of the DfE.
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Energy • Demand • Infrastructure • Power Purchase Agreement • Self Generation & Renewables
Heat • Demand • LTM Lifecycle & Sources • Future Provision • Scale & Timeline
Efficiency • Performance • Energy Audits • Space & Culture Assumption • Self Funding Model
Funding Strategy & Cost vs Carbon Impact
Dynamic Model
Long Term Maintenance Approach/ Current Projects Wider Market Review and
Learnings
A further commitment for the University is to achieve this without exceeding its carbon budget, established by scientists at The University of Manchester’s, world class, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
Arcadis were appointed in a Programme Management role to develop a strategy to reach this goal.
Life and Mind Building
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
Located in Central London, the redeveloped site will become a central hub focussed on delivering unrivalled world-class clinical and research neuroscience excellence for a full translational pipeline, facilitating global breakthroughs in neurological disease and patient care. This central facility will be connected by spokes to centres that are being developed by five other leading Institutions nationally. The new accommodation will include CL2 laboratory space, an NHS Outpatient Facility and specialist spaces with the performance criteria to facilitate 6Nr. MRIs, electron microscopy, HIPSC Robotics (auto STEM cell duplication), clinical and molecular neuroscience, neurodegenerative disease, as well as clinical and experimental epilepsy.
First major research building in the UK to achieve the passivhaus principles energy performance standards
Our Capabilities | World Class Facilities
Oxford University
The previous Tinbergen Building on the site had the lowest thermal/energy performance of any major building in the entire University estate. Once a decision was made to redevelop in lieu of refurbish, creating a building that could align with the University’s Net Zero Carbon ambition and be delivered as the first major project from their new Sustainability Strategy were key elements of the brief. In addition to Passivhaus principles, the Sustainability Strategy contained requirements from other environmental assessments such as BREEAM and WELL in addition to the Oxford Local Plan.
The largest capital project (by GIA) ever undertaken by the University, which will be the first major research building in the UK which has been designed to Passivhaus energy performance principles. It will significantly improve the psychological and biological science that is carried out in Oxford, helping scientists to solve some of our major global challenges. Situated in a conservation area and between Oxford’s listed University parks, science area and historic city centre, the building will transform engagement with the public and enable co-location to promote collaboration in emergent fields. The tri-faculty co-location marks a step change in the respective departments operating models, which led to redesign of the research and teaching programmes, significantly increasing efficiency through the use of shared resources, enabling them to maximise student numbers and associated revenue.
University College London
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Institute of Neurology & Dementia Research
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Wren Academy is a new 6FE Secondary School and 360 student place Sixth Form located on the site of the old Chase Farm Hospital. Aimed at enhancing access to quality education within the local community, Wren Academy will provide over 900 student places for pupils ages 11-16 plus a newly formed sixth form center.
The Arcadis team adopts an attitude that considers our interests whilst balancing the needs of sensitive and demanding stakeholders. Their hands on and proactive approach is inspiring solutions to resolve complex challenges when they arise. Their depth and breadth of experience means I am confident we have the best team capable of delivering a project of this scale” Roger Tuke, Assistant Director of Estates
You and your team were crucial in leading the project team through challenging times which has been key to the success mentioned and closing out third party agreements with neighbours and statutory bodies which was key in enabling the work to commence as planned. Risks associated with the project continue to managed proactively, and we have every confidence in the approach of the Arcadis team to respond to these appropriately. The project remains on budget and programme and we are looking forward to bringing the new facility online in 2024” Martin Treacy, UCL Estates Development
Arcadis fully engaged with the UCL Green Team to ensure sustainability benchmarks (including BREEAM Outstanding) are being met. This included the review of design proposals to ensure compliance with UCL policies and our assessment of the requirements for securing sustainability funding for the installation of variable volume Air Handling Units in the IDRi.
One Degree Academy
One Degree Academy is a new 3FE Primary School, incorporating a 90-place nursery providing a safe, secure learning environment for 720 pupils aged 2-11 years old.
The school now sits proudly on the site of the old Chase Farm Hospital, alongside a newly built Secondary School, after the site was redeveloped to provide much needed school places in the local area and from the neighboring Linden 6 Homes development to the south of the site.
Our Capabilities | Educational Environments
Enhancing the educational learning for its pupils, the school includes a home for small farm animals bringing nature into the heart of its facility. The site boasts of new external landscaping and enhanced public realms benefiting not only the school pupils but also the wider chase farm development.
Department for Education
Wren Academy Enfield
Positioned adjacent to the One Degree Academy Primary School, the site boasts of new external landscaping and enhanced public realms benefiting not only the school pupils but also the wider chase farm redevelopment regenerating the tired and redundant old hospital site.
Arcadis knows what the trust needs before the trust knows the need. All deliverables are of a high quality and communication is proactive. At an estates level, the trust could not deliver without the support of Arcadis. Colleagues are experts in their field with a wealth of knowledge and reports are of such a high standard that they enable informed decisions to be made. I would always recommend Arcadis to other estate managers; having accurate and comprehensive asset information to manage your estate is priceless.” Tracy Field Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust
What Our Clients Say About Us
We value the work Arcadis provide to enable us to continue to deliver our vision.” Department for Education
The work together is generating successful outcomes all the time. There is an upfront/honest approach to communicating deadlines which helps manage expectations. A good and collaborative relationship best team capable of delivering a project of this scale.” Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust
The Arcadis team adopts an attitude that considers our interests whilst balancing the needs of sensitive and demanding stakeholders. Their hands on and proactive approach is inspiring solutions to resolve complex challenges when they arise. Their depth and breadth of experience means I am confident we have the best team capable of delivering a project of this scale.” Roger Tuke Assistant Director of Estates, University College London
Arcadis offer outstanding service quality and are instrumental in supporting the Diocese maintain its estate. Their insight, expertise, design/project delivery capability enable us to keep children and staff safe and enhance learning environments.” Paul Lovell Lancaster Diocese
Our Capabilities | What Our Clients Say About Us
We delight our clients at every touch point in their journey, use digital to simplify their lives and collaborate on their challenges and ambitions to maximise their impact and better their customers.
Market Insight
The latest Market View report hints at a more optimistic outlook for the construction sector. Highlighting factors such as improving economic conditions and a robust workload pipeline, the report indicates a more promising outlook for the industry, with Arcadis data suggesting that fewer projects are subject to delay and an increasing number are restarting following the resolution of funding and viability issues
AUTUMN MARKET VIEW:
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UK Autumn Market View:
Reasons to be cheerful
The latest Market View report hints at a more optimistic outlook for the construction sector. Highlighting factors such as improving economic conditions and a robust workload pipeline, the report indicates a more promising outlook for the industry, with Arcadis data suggesting that fewer projects are subject to delay and an increasing number are restarting following the resolution of funding and viability issues.
September 2024
Arcadis has maintained its existing inflation forecasts for buildings and infrastructure projects, suggesting that as activity levels ramp up, so tender prices will rise to 3-4% for buildings and 3-7% for infrastructure next year, rising yet further from 2026 onwards. Regional activity is mixed, but revisions to future forecasts may be required for London and the South East if growth continues there at its current pace.
Director & Education Sector Leader
Andrew Dutton
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Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life.
UK Account Lead - Further Education
Jamie Mcfarland
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