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09/10/2026 Promotions – October 2026!
We are delighted to announce a new round of promotions! At Plan A we invest in people and celebrate success. Our recent promotions reflect the hard work and talent shown by ...
22/09/2026 How to Be the Lead Consultant
Lead Consultant: From Master Builder to Project CEO The construction industry has a habit of promoting its best designers into non-design jobs, whether they like it or not. Architects in particular spend ...
30/07/2026 RIBA AI Report 2026
How do we ensure AI strengthens rather than erodes professional development? Last week RIBA released the 2026 AI Report spotlighting the insights and concerns of AI adoption across practices within the ...
29/05/2026 How to Build a Successful Multi-Architect Design Team?
Most of us have worked in a project team with more than one architect – whether it's an international project that requires local insights, a technical challenge that requires specialist ...
06/05/2026 Her Success is Our Success. Give, Gain, Grow.
Her Success is Our Success. Give, Gain, Grow. Here at Plan A, we aim to be the change we want to see in the industry. That's why it was important for ...
24/04/2026 Let’s Discuss: Her Success is Our Success. Give, Gain, Grow.
Let's Discuss: Her Success is Our Success. Give, Gain, Grow. Which initiatives give the most meaningful support to women in your workplace? AI is reshaping how we work, but if the ...
30/03/2026 Reflections from Bisnow UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Summit
Earlier this month, our Education and Science sector lead, Scarlett Petchey, was pleased to attend the Bisnow UK Life Sciences and Healthcare Summit, and came away with some valuable insights ...
27/03/2026 Happy World Theatre Day
Theatres and performing arts venues represent some of the most technically demanding building typologies in the world. The intricate integration of acoustic engineering, specialist stage technology, back-of-house logistics, and exceptional ...
11/03/2026 Spotlighting International Women’s Day
This Monday, we spotlighted International Women's Day 2026 at Plan A! Our DE&I team took us through the history of IWD, highlighted why the UK and South Africa observe different dates, ...
06/03/2026 Being a Lead Consultant: Our In-House Weekly CPD
Last week, Associate Design Manager Hayley Chivers led our Plan A weekly CPD, exploring the difference between the Lead Designer and Lead Consultant roles, and how Plan A help architects ...
11/02/2026 RIBA AI Summit
On Wednesday, 4th February, Associate Director & Head of Tech and Innovation Ryan Farthing and Design Manager & AI Lead Olivia Stobs-Stobart attended the RIBA AI Summit to explore the ...
06/02/2026 Race Equality Week (REW) 2026
This week marks Race Equality Week (REW) in the UK. Our DE&I team were excited to draw attention to this important initiative, for the first time at Plan A, through ...
13/01/2026 Helping Architects Get Paid
After a turbulent 2025 which saw tightening of belts across a number of markets globally, delays to getting paid have been one of the unfortunate consequences. As the new year starts ...
23/12/2025 A Year at Plan A Consultants
2025 is coming to an end, so let’s seize the opportunity to review the last 12 months in detail and celebrate our accomplishments. Here are the key highlights from our ...
18/12/2025 The Role of Our Technical Director Explained
As our design management consultancy continues to grow, so has our inhouse management team that provides specialised support to our colleagues and Clients. The ‘Technical Director’ position created in 2023 is ...
28/11/2025 Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi Opens to the Public
On Saturday 22 November, the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi officially opened, creating a new landmark in the Saadiyat Cultural District. We are very proud to have supported Mecanoo with design ...
05/11/2025 We have BIG NEWS to share!
Last night, we were honoured with the Building Magazine Good Employer of the Year award. This achievement is a tribute to our ethos, team culture, and our determination to always ...
05/11/2025 Celebrating Black History Month
In honour of Black History Month, members of our team joined a guided walk led by Bex Cooper, exploring London’s often overlooked links to the transatlantic slave trade. Learning about this ...
21/10/2025 Plan A is 10!
October 2025 marks an important milestone for Plan A Consultants. This month, we turned 10 and celebrated a year since becoming an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT). A lot of things have ...
16/10/2025 The British Museum – After-Hours
At Plan A, we believe that sharing our knowledge, celebrating our projects, and spending quality time together are key to our office culture. Hayley Chivers, Associate Design Manager, and Dina Abu ...
06/10/2025 Promotions – September 2025!
We are very pleased to announce a new round of promotions at Plan A! Our Senior Leadership Team is growing with five new members promoted to Associate Design Managers. Well done ...
22/09/2025 Toolbox Talks Workshops
As part of our internal training and upskilling process, Ellie Smith, Senior Design Manager, has been seconded from the London Office to our Cape Town office. Ellie has been with ...
14/08/2025 Plan A x Immerse Education: Career Insight Days
This month, Plan A was excited to host a series of Career Insight Days with Immerse Education in our UK office, our first ever in house outreach event! Led by ...
11/08/2025 Project Update: Canadian Parliamentary Precinct
We’re excited to share a major milestone in this landmark project in Canada. For the past couple of years, Plan A has been working closely with David Chipperfield Architects, alongside Zeidler ...
14/07/2025 Insights from this year’s UDF Annual Conference
Three weeks ago, two members of our Education sector went to the University Design Forum annual conference. Scarlett Tong Petchey, Associate Design Manager and Sector Lead, and Emily Zinselmeier, Senior Design ...
11/07/2025 We are Building Awards 2025 Finalists!
We are delighted to be shortlisted for the Building Awards 2025 in two categories: Building's Good Employer of the Year Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (fewer than 100 staff) This fantastic ...
11/07/2025 Plan A South Africa Unplugged: Recharging by the Sea
A few weeks ago, our Cape Town team swapped city life for sea views and spent a few days at a beach house on the West Coast in Langebaan. With ...
30/06/2025 Plan A 2025 Study Trip: Destination Devon
Two weeks ago, we escaped London and closed our Clerkenwell office for three days of team-building and social activities in peaceful Devon. Our People and Culture Manager, along with the ...
25/06/2025 Our Ongoing Exploration in AI
Earlier this month, four of our Design Managers - Rob Fernandes-Dwyer, Grace Wardle-solano, Dina Abu Shamat, and Olivia Stobs-Stobart - attended the Architecture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence talk ...
05/06/2025 Mental Health Awareness Month 2025 at Plan A
May marked Mental Health Awareness Month - a time to focus on mental well-being, challenge stigma, and speak openly about how we're truly feeling. At Plan A, we recognise that ...
23/05/2025 AI in Practice Summit: Unlocking AI’s Potential in Architecture
On Thursday, 8th May, Design Manager Olivia Stobs-Stobart attended the AI in Practice Summit, organised by RIBA, to hear the latest developments within the industry and gain insight into how ...
04/04/2025 Promotions – April 2025!
New Round of Promotions at Plan A Congratulations to Scarlett Tong Petchey and Emily Yeung on their well-deserved promotions to Associate Design Managers, and to Rebecca Mark and Boitumelo Masela on ...
28/03/2025 UK Life Sciences and Innovation Real Estate Annual Conference
Members of the architecture, engineering, real estate, construction, biotech, and healthcare industries gathered for the annual UK Life Sciences & Innovation Real Estate Conference on Thursday, 20th March at the ...
27/03/2025 Plan A’s Corporate Partnerships for 2025!
We are pleased to announce our partnership with three charities: St Luke’s Community Centre in London, and Ladles of Love and Girls with Wiings in Cape Town. These corporate partnerships highlight ...
26/03/2025 Updates from our Sports and Entertainment Sector
At Plan A, we are proud to develop our in-house expertise and knowledge through working groups streamlined into sectors. On behalf of our Sports and Entertainment sector, Josh Banwell and Will ...
10/12/2024 The Stadium Design & Development Summit 2024
It was a pleasure attending The Stadium Business Design & Development Summit 2024 last week and catching up with existing connections and forging new relationships. Particularly enjoyable was learning about the ...
08/11/2024 Matriarch – Unconscious Bias Workshop
A big thank you to Ria Kalsi from Matriarch for returning to the office to lead another engaging and thought-provoking workshop for our team. This time the session ‘Inside the ...
06/11/2024 Building Awards 2024
Our team had an incredible evening at the Building Awards last night, celebrating our shortlisting for Building’s Good Employer of the Year and Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 ...
05/11/2024 Black History Month 2024
Recapping Black History Month at Plan A! October was Black History Month in the UK and our D&I team were busy filling up our calendars. We ordered lunch for our CPDs throughout ...
04/11/2024 Challenges of Sustainability in Museums/Cultural Projects
Museums and cultural institutions play a vital role in preserving heritage, fostering community engagement, and sparking creativity. However, as concerns over our planet's future intensify, these institutions face a crucial ...
27/10/2024 Plan A becomes an Employee Ownership Trust
We’ve always believed our success is down to our people. That’s why we’re delighted to announce that Plan A is now a 100% employee-owned business. Our team has always had ...
18/10/2024 Embodied Carbon: The Importance of Early Design Decisions
At Plan A Consultants, one of our responsibilities is to ensure that all sustainability opportunities are identified and integrated in the design programme for maximum benefit - which is why ...
03/10/2024 Annual Hospitality Conference 2024
We’ve just wrapped up an amazing time at the Annual Hospitality Conference (AHC) Conference 2024 in Manchester, and we couldn’t be more excited about the insights and connections we made. The ...
02/10/2024 Promotions – October 2024!
We’re thrilled to share our latest promotions, effective October 2024! Congratulations to Samantha Avery, who has been promoted to Head of Finance. We also celebrate Patrick Arends and Natalie Jones, now ...
18/09/2024 AA School RIBA Part 3 – Design Management Workshop
Technical Director Simon England, and Senior Design Manager Janet Durkin, were delighted to be back at the Architectural Association giving a Part 3 lecture titled ‘Design Management for Architects’ last ...
19/08/2024 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2024
Our team had a fantastic couple of hours exploring the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition last week. It was great to see first hand the sensitive refurbishments undertaken recently ...
09/08/2024 St Luke’s Community Centre – Volunteering Sessions
We are delighted to share our journey of volunteering with St Luke's Community Centre over the past year. This collaboration has allowed us to connect with amazing people, share our ...
18/07/2024 UCL Marshgate Building Tour
Plan A Consultants Ltd have been working in the Higher Education sector since the consultancy was formed, with prestigious completed projects including UCL’s Marshgate building with Stanton Williams and The ...
15/07/2024 Festival of Place 2024
Associate Director Jennifer Sale and Senior Design Manager Monica Win attended the Festival of Place. It was our first time attending the one-day conference held at BOXPARK Wembley. Attending on behalf ...
10/07/2024 Building Awards Shortlist 2024!
We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for both the Building Magazine Awards Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 staff) and Building’s Good Employer of the ...
08/07/2024 NLA London South Bank University Tour
Senior Design Manager Scarlett Petchey and Design Manager Emily Zinselmeier visited London South Bank University's London Road building on a guided tour led by Nat Keast from WilkinsonEyre and Lukas ...
03/07/2024 University of Cambridge – Part 3 Lecture 2024
At Plan A Consultants, we enjoy sharing our expertise and regularly deliver design management lectures in various professional practice courses. Last week, our Technical Director, Simon England, and Associate Director, Jennifer ...
02/07/2024 Building Safety Act CPD
At Plan A Consultants, our weekly CPD sessions offer a fantastic opportunity to share knowledge, ask questions, and learn from industry experts. Last week, we had the privilege of hosting Ruth ...
28/06/2024 Design Management Lessons Learnt CPD
This week our Senior Design Managers, Sophie Pearce, and Natalie Jones, were invited to present an external CPD covering “Lessons Learnt” to 7N Architects. Key reflections covered included communication, programme, design ...
26/06/2024 Architect of the Year Awards 2024 Shortlist
We are excited to share that Plan A has been shortlisted for the 2024 Architect of the Year Awards, organised by Building Design. For the second year in a row, ...
24/06/2024 Steps for Success 2024
Last week Scarlett Tong Petchey, Ellie Smith, Joshua Jones and Dina Abu Shamat – took part in our Charity partner St Luke's Community Centre - Business Engagement ‘Steps for Success ...
20/06/2024 What makes a Project Review successful?
It’s something our Technical Director Simon England discussed with colleagues in a team meeting last week. And it’s important, because such feedback loops are an important part of any improvement cycle ...
17/06/2024 NLA Study Tour at UAL Wimbledon Campus
Last week our Senior Design Manger Scarlett Petchey and Design Manager Haytham Hamodi attended the NLA Study Tour at UAL Wimbledon Campus. It was fantastic to hear from Jayne Knowles, ...
10/06/2024 University Design Forum Annual Conference 2024
Sector-focused conferences like the University Design Forum (UDF) are invaluable for bringing together clients, consultants, and designers to share knowledge and insights. This year's UDF, held last week in Glasgow, was ...
03/06/2024 Cape Peninsula University of Technology Lecture
One of our key objectives, at Plan A Consultants, is to foster knowledge sharing of the discipline of design management to the architects and designers of tomorrow. We recently had ...
28/05/2024 Liveable City Biannual Conference – May 2024
The Liveable City biannual conference took place in London last Wednesday, at the Arne Jacobsen designed Danish Embassy. Plan A Consultant’s Technical Director Simon England attended, finding the range of speakers ...
17/05/2024 Plan A Charity Quiz 2024
On Wednesday evening we held our annual Plan A Charity Quiz night in aid of our joint charity this year between our London and Cape Town offices One to One Africa. One ...
16/05/2024 UCL Marshgate Building Tour
Many thanks to Stanton Williams for the behind-the-scenes tour of the UCL Marshgate building yesterday. The building is located in the fantastic setting in the Queen Elizabeth Park in Stratford. ...
11/05/2024 University of Cambridge Careers Day 2024
We had the pleasure of attending The Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge yesterday for a careers event aimed towards final year Part I and II students. This event ...
10/05/2024 Beach Co-op Clean-up
At the end of last month, the Cape Town team dedicated an afternoon to volunteering by actively participating in a Dirty Dozen beach clean-up at Bloubergstrand Beach, in collaboration with ...
08/05/2024 Masterplanning Sector Toolkit
Plan A have worked on many masterplan projects across the middle east and UK. Through our experience, we identified gaps in current guidance and procedures for masterplanning and urban planning ...
02/05/2024 Cape Town Office Visit & Training
Earlier this month, one of our Directors, David Palmeri, had the pleasure of visiting our Plan A team based in Cape Town. The video call world that many of us live ...
01/05/2024 Matriarch Diversity CPD
A big thank you to Ria Kalsi from Matriarch for providing a thought-provoking DEI session with our team on ‘Our Place with Race’ to help better understand racism and our ...
26/04/2024 Canning Dock, Waterfront Transformation Scheme – Planning Approval
Congratulations to Asif Khan Ltd., Theaster Gates Studio and the design team for all their hard work in getting planning approval for the National Museum Liverpools’ Canning Dock, Waterfront Transformation ...
23/04/2024 Jeddah Opera House
We are delighted to share our involvement on Jeddah Opera House. This was our first project with Henning Larsen, we provided services from the competition entry through to Stage 4 supporting ...
12/04/2024 Plan A Director Promotions April 2024
We are thrilled to announce that Ben Brouard, David Palmeri, Lucy Freeston and Ned Barran have all been promoted to Directors at Plan A. This occasion marks not just a personal ...
09/04/2024 RIBA Part 3 – Design Management Lecture
At Plan A Consultants we encourage knowledge sharing on our projects as part of a process of continuous improvement. That's why we were delighted to participate in this year's RIBA Professional ...
08/04/2024 Plan A Promotions April 2024
We are delighted to share the exciting news of our latest round of promotions, effective April 2024. These promotions represent the culmination of hard work, dedication, and exceptional performance from ...
04/04/2024 Coliseum Global Sports Venue Alliance Summit 2024
Last week, Associate Design Manager Ryan Farthing attended the Coliseum Global Sports Venue Alliance Summit at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. The event was a great opportunity to connect with ...
14/03/2024 Welsh School of Architecture – Design Management Programme Workshop 2024
Last Friday, Associate Director David Palmeri provided a Design Management lecture and programme workshop to the Part 3 students at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University's Diploma Professional Practice ...
11/03/2024 RIBA Europe Launch – Paris 2024
Associate Design Manager Ryan Farting, had the pleasure of attending the RIBA Europe Programme Launch in Paris. This is first of a series and it kicked off with an amazing ...
06/03/2024 Plan A’s Corporate Partnerships for 2024!
Plan A Consultants are thrilled to announce its official corporate partnership with three remarkable charities: One to One Africa, St Luke's Community Centre, and The Beach Co-op. These collaborations reflect ...
20/02/2024 Meet our Cape Town Team!
In November 2022, we started our journey to open a Plan A Consultants office in Cape Town, South Africa. 1 year and 3 months later, we are pleased to say ...
08/02/2024 Plan A Team Feedback
At Plan A, we believe in fostering a culture that thrives on feedback. We value the ideas of our people, who bring with them diverse skills, experiences and perspectives that ...
29/01/2024 Key considerations for a Hospitality Project
The hospitality sector, involving hotels, resorts, and other accommodation offerings, presents a unique set of challenges and considerations for all stakeholders involved. From client teams and operators to design consultants ...
16/01/2024 Working with Universities
"We have found the Design Management lecture to be very popular as it gives the candidates an idea of how the overall project team is being managed beyond what their ...
12/01/2024 UCL East Marshgate – Study Tour
Plan A Higher Education Sector attended the NLA Study Tour of UCL East Marshgate. Designed by Stanton Williams, the building is the main educational component of the first phase of ...
11/01/2024 People and Culture Manager
A year ago this month, we took the step familiar to many companies of a similar size and trajectory. Up until this point, issues related to people management, admin, employee ...
08/01/2024 2023 Highlights
Happy New Year from all of us at Plan A! In 2023, Plan A had a successful year with notable achievements. We experienced significant growth off the back of multiple project ...
19/12/2023 The Stadium Business Design & Development Summit 2023
Our Sports Sector Team thoroughly enjoyed attending The Stadium Business Design & Development Summit in Manchester last week. Ryan and Caleb Kung found it incredibly insightful and it was a great ...
19/12/2023 Royal Diriyah Opera House
Plan A Consultants is employed by a number of Signature Architectural practises globally working on some truly incredible projects. We often cannot shout out about our role of Design Manager due ...
09/11/2023 Winners of Building Awards Consultant of the Year 2023!
We are thrilled to announce that we have been awarded the Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 staff) at Building Magazine's, Building Awards 2023, held at the Grosvenor House Hotel. This ...
08/11/2023 Loughborough Careers Fair 2023
Last week, Senior Design Manager Ellie Smith and Design Manager George Birch had a fantastic day attending the Loughborough University careers fair. They were pleased to meet the new rising talent of the construction ...
07/11/2023 Behind the Curtain: Unravelling the Design Process of Performing Arts Venues
The design process for opera houses, theatres, and performing arts venues is a complex and multifaceted undertaking that requires careful planning, creativity, and a deep understanding of both artistic and ...
16/10/2023 Exemplar Passivhaus Projects in the Higher Education Sector: Cambridge Study Trip Two
As part of an ongoing CPD programme of presentations and research into Passivhaus in the HE Sector, we visited two completed Passivhaus projects. Both recent developments by King’s College, Cambridge. King's ...
03/10/2023 Plan A Promotions 2023
We are thrilled to announce the following Plan A promotions from October 2023. A big congratulations to Simon England who has been promoted to Technical Director, Cheryl Tang who has been promoted to Associate ...
28/09/2023 RIBA+VitrA Talks: beyond Boundaries – Asif Khan lecture
Plan A Consultants Design Managers David Palmeri, Joshua Jones, Max Milton and Ellie Smith all attended the ‘RIBA+VitrA Talks: beyond Boundaries – Asif Khan MBE’ lecture at RIBA, Portland Place this week. The session focused on Asif’s explorative project ...
27/09/2023 Building Awards & Architect of the Year Awards – Shortlisting Party 2023
Plan A Consultants’ Design Managers Simon England, Rachel King, Joanna Kielbowska, and Natalie Giannakopoulou enjoyed celebrating our Building Awards and Architect of the Year Awards 2023 shortlisting with other shortlisted industry professionals last night. The event ...
26/09/2023 Ham Yard Hotel Visit
Last week, the Hospitality Sector team from Plan A had the incredible opportunity to visit the Ham Yard Hotel in the heart of Soho, London. It was truly a one-of-a-kind experience! ...
25/09/2023 UCL East Marshgate Opening
Congrats to UCL, their design and construction team, for the opening of a significant part of the knowledge quarter at Stratford. Marshgate will add real gravitas to UCLs goal of building ...
08/09/2023 NLA Conference- ‘Scales of Circularity, building towards a renewable London’
Jonathan attended the half-day NLA conference on Monday 04 September that examined how circular is London today? The event included speakers from the GLA, Local Authorities, Consultants and Clients that ...
31/08/2023 Building Awards 2023
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for Building Magazine 'Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 staff)' for the 7th consecutive year with previous wins in 2019 & 2022! This year the ...
17/08/2023 NLA Active Travel Summit
On Monday, Senior Design Manager Joshua Jones attended the NLA’s Active Travel Summit on behalf of Plan A's Transport & Infrastructure Sector. The session brought together an esteemed panel of professionals ...
02/08/2023 Industry / Manufacturing Partner of the Year 2023
Plan A has been shortlisted for the 2023 Architect of the Year Awards organised by Building Design. for the new category Industry/Manufacturing Partner of the Year in partnership with Construction Products Association. The ...
26/07/2023 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium Tour
Earlier this month, Senior Design Manager Caleb Kung and Design Manager Mamta Joshi joined our client Populous on a learning tour of Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, home to Tottenham Hotspur Football ...
25/07/2023 Why is design management becoming a client requirement in the higher education sector?
Higher education clients are increasingly asking for design management to be provided within the scope of services when appointing the design team for a new project. At Plan A Consultants we ...
18/07/2023 New Civil Engineer Rail and Transit Conference 2023
Associate Director Lucy Freeston and Senior Design Manager Joshua Jones presented an insightful CPD on 'Working in Rail' to the Plan A Office on Friday. The session provided an overview of the unique sector ...
12/07/2023 Behind the Scenes: Unravelling Museum Design Process
Museums provide rich cultural offerings within our built environment. They have the potential to unite communities and the public who have a thirst to be educated. A building which can ...
07/07/2023 University of Cambridge – Part 3 Design Management Lecture and Workshop
Associate Design Manager Jennifer Sale and Simon England thoroughly enjoyed being back at the University of Cambridge on Friday to lead a Design Management Lecture and Design Programme Workshop to the RIBA Part 3 Architecture students. Thank you for ...
07/07/2023 AJ100 Awards Gala Dinner
We were honoured to sponsor and present the 'Collaboration of the Year' Award last night at the #AJ100 Awards Gala Dinner. Congratulations to the winners Architype with Peter Kelly at ISG and Eve Waldron for the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) Entopia ...
12/06/2023 Entopia Building Tour, Cambridge
On Friday, a small group from Plan A’s Higher Education Sector team visited the award winning Entopia building in Cambridge. The building is the home of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability ...
07/06/2023 European Healthcare Design Congress 2023
We are delighted to be attending the European Healthcare Design Congress next Monday 12th June 2023 at the Royal College of Physicians for the first time. If you are attending the congress and ...
25/05/2023 AJ100 Awards Collaboration of the Year 2023 Sponsors
We are proud to be sponsoring the Architects’ Journal - AJ100 Awards Collaboration of Year 2023. Congratulations to all of the shortlisted companies! > Architype with Peter Kelly at ISG and Eve Waldron for ...
24/05/2023 Higher Education Sector Study Trip
On Friday, Plan A’s education sector team visited two award winning projects by Stanton Williams in Cambridge. Planned as the first of a series of study tours looking at higher education and research ...
24/05/2023 The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023
We are delighted to be featured on The Sunday Times best places to work list for small organisations (under 50) in 2023. It is fantastic to be listed next to so ...
18/05/2023 International Museum Day 2023
Happy International Museum Day! Today, we celebrate the architectural wonders that museums are, showcasing the beauty of design and the power of space. From iconic structures to innovative designs, museums inspire ...
16/05/2023 Waste Build Zero 2023
We attended WasteBuild Zero last week in Amsterdam. A conference and exhibition to showcase the latest advancements in materials, techniques, solutions, and innovators driving low carbon and circular construction projects. It was great ...
15/05/2023 Cambridge Careers Fair 2023
Associate Design Manager Jennifer Sale and Design Manager George Birch had a fantastic time presenting at the University of Cambridge Careers Fair last week to the third year Architecture students. Both Jennifer and George are alumni of ...
04/05/2023 Abrahamic Family House Opening
On a recent business trip to Abu Dhabi, Max Milton had the chance to visit the newly opened Abrahamic Family House located in the Saadiyat Cultural District. Design by Adjaye Associates, the centre ...
19/04/2023 AJ100 Awards 2023 Sponsors
We are delighted to be sponsoring this year’s AJ100 Awards category 'Collaboration of the Year'. The AJ100 Awards celebrates the achievements of UK’s largest architecture practices, measured by the number of ...
04/04/2023 RIBA Part 3 Lecture
On Saturday, Max Milton, Design Manager gave a lecture and Q&A session on preparing for and passing the RIBA part 3 course to the current 2023 cohort. As a graduate of the course in ...
28/03/2023 Insights into Masterplans
A big thank you to Dr. Giuseppe Parità for visiting the Plan A office to provide an insight into Masterplans. It was fascinating to hear about the variety of Masterplans you have worked ...
13/03/2023 Building a project brief through collaboration: The challenges of Higher Education projects
Collaboration with stakeholders is critical for successful briefing on any type of project. However, on higher education projects this group is supplemented by a multitude of end user groups whose ...
02/03/2023 Plan A Charity Quiz Night!
Last night we held our first Plan A Charity Quiz night in aid of ISLINGTON CENTRE FOR REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS – a local charity set up to support refugees & migrants in ...
27/02/2023 Architectural Association Open Practice Day
Senior Design Managers Cheryl Tang and Joshua Jones had a great time at the first Architectural Association Open Practice Day today. They were very pleased to meet the rising stars of the architecture industry and to catch ...
22/02/2023 The Importance of Stage 1
The importance of developing and agreeing a clear and robust brief during RIBA Stage 1 should not be underestimated. We often experience a desire from clients, project managers and design teams ...
17/02/2023 CSSDA Web Design Awards
We are delighted to have won the following web design awards at CSSDA: UI - User Interface, UX - User Experience, Innovation and Special Kudos. Founded in 2009 and launched in ...
17/02/2023 MIPIM 2023
Next month Associate Director, Ben Brouard and Marketing Manager, Zoe White will be representing Plan A at MIPIM 2023 from 13-17th March. Please get in touch if you would like to set up a meeting ...
31/01/2023 New year, new look
Since 2015, we’ve been on an incredible journey working with brilliant architects on projects across the world. But it was time for a change. We’re delighted with our bold new look ...
12/01/2023 Abu Dhabi Study Trip 2022
Back in November Plan A had the privilege of taking the whole team to Abu Dhabi for a study trip. It was a great opportunity to see two of Plan A ...
16/12/2022 Bath Spa University Lecture
Thank you, Bath Spa University, for inviting Associate Design Manager Simon England to give a lecture on ‘Building within Buildings’. It was a wonderful opportunity to see first-hand the adaptive reuse ...
14/12/2022 Completion of Gascoigne East Phase 2
We are delighted to see the completion of one of London’s largest regeneration schemes, Gascoigne East Phase 2 in Barking designed by White Arkitekter. The affordable housing scheme features Scandinavian-style ...
13/12/2022 9B Careers 2022 Architectural Salary Survey Report
Great to be able to contribute to 9B Careers '2022 Architectural Salary Survey Report' with our company profile explaining how we have progressed in the last year and what we offer as ...
10/12/2022 Movember!
The Plan A Team have been participating in Movember’s activities to raise money and awareness about mental health, suicide prevention, and prostate and testicular cancer. Typically, Movember runs the full length ...
18/11/2022 IMCC 2022 Conference
Our Associate Director, David Palmeri, has been reflecting on an insightful 3 days in Oslo last week at the IMCC 2022 conference. The event provides a great forum to connect with ...
07/11/2022 The importance of Design Management Plans
A key document that is usually set up by Plan A at the beginning of a project is the Design Management Plan (DMP). This is normally produced in alignment with ...
02/11/2022 Winners of Building Awards Consultant of the Year 2022!
We are delighted to have won the Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 staff) at the Building Awards 2022 at the Grosvenor House Hotel. This is the sixth consecutive year ...
30/09/2022 Plan A Promotions – October 2022
We are delighted to announce the following Plan A promotions from 1st October 2022. Congratulations to Ben Brouard and Ned Barran who have been promoted to Associate Director, Rachel King ...
28/09/2022 Macmillan Coffee Morning
For our annual Macmillan coffee morning, we decided to make this year a bit different and asked everyone to make a dish from the around the world including starters, mains, ...
23/09/2022 Plan A has been shortlisted for the 2022 Building Innovation Awards
Plan A has been selected for the Most Innovative SME category at this year's 2022 Building Innovation Awards. Organised by UK Business Events, the Building Innovation Awards are an occasion to ...
23/09/2022 Team Social!
We had a great time last night learning how to make our own pizzas for our end of financial year social and to celebrate the new starters that have recently ...
16/09/2022 AA School RIBA Part 3 Workshop
Associate Design Manager Simon England and Senior Design Manager Cheryl Tang had a great time on Friday leading a workshop on Design Management and Design Programmes with RIBA Part 3 ...
16/02/2022 Museum of London First Phase Completed!
First phase of the Museum of London completed! Over 5 years since we set off on the journey supporting Stanton Williams, Asif Khan Ltd. and Julian Harrap Architects Llp to deliver ...
07/02/2022 LSE Marshall Building
Great to see LSE Marshall Building nearing completion. Plan A Consultants was appointed directly by Grafton Architects to support them in carrying out their Lead Consultant role. With over 20 ...
25/01/2022 Burns Night 2022
We had a great time celebrating Burns Night on Friday with Scottish food and drinks. It was great to be able to have everyone back in the office for the ...
16/11/2021 New Office!
We are delighted to have settled into our new office at 27-31 Clerkenwell Close in Farringdon. It is great to have more light, more space and more facilities for our ...
10/11/2021 IMCC 2021
The past few days Plan A Consultants had the opportunity to participate at the International Museum Construction Conference London held from 7th to 9th November. Many interesting presentations and discussions held ...
05/11/2021 Movember!
Rounding off a month of celebrating Black History Month at Plan A with a great walking tour by Black History Walks in St Pauls & Bank. The tour was a ...
05/11/2021 UCB Headquarters
Great to be supporting Veretec, Heatherwick Studio and the rest of the team on the UCB Headquarters project. Directly appointed by the Designers and sitting within the Design Team, Plan ...
02/09/2021 Calthorpe Community Gardens Volunteering Day!
We had a great time volunteering at Calthorpe Community Gardens in Kings Cross. The team got stuck in with removing ground elder roots, cutting the lawn and hedges, and clearing ...
15/07/2021 RIBA Chartered Practice
Plan A Consultants are proud to be the first non-architectural practice to become a RIBA Chartered Practice. We are RIBA Chartered Practice number 20042935. While we do not intend to expand ...
23/06/2021 Plan A Promotions – March 2021
We are delighted to announce the following Plan A promotions from 01 March 2021. Really well done to David Palmeri who has been promoted to Associate Director, Ben Brouard who ...
23/06/2021 Gascoigne East & Gascoigne West Regeneration Projects
Over the past two and a half years Plan A Consultants has been employed by Swedish practise White Arkitekter on both the Gascoigne East and Gascoigne West regeneration projects in ...
23/06/2021 UCL Marshgate building on-site
After all the challenges during spring and summer months, it’s really positive to see progress moving forward on the Marshgate building which is part of the University of College London ...
21/02/2021 MIPIM 2022
Plan A is delighted to be sponsoring Gareth Atkinson and James Bruce at Civic Engineers on their Knight Frank Club Peloton Cycle to MIPIM this year raising money for a ...
04/02/2021 Time to Talk Day
Today is ‘Time to Talk Day’, organised by Time to Change. Their aim is to get the nation talking about mental health and change the way we all think and ...
20/01/2021 Design Management in Practice Workshop
We really enjoyed giving a lecture yesterday on “Design Management in Practice” for the Master of Design Administration course at The Welsh School of Architecture. It was thoroughly rewarding testing out ...
11/08/2020 Helping Architects Get Paid
Stay at home? Stay alert? The only thing that it seems we can agree on at the moment is that we are facing an unprecedented period of economic uncertainty. There ...
24/08/2022 Finalist in Building Awards 2022
We're pleased to announce our fifth award shortlisting this year. Plan A is shortlisted for the Consultant of the Year (fewer than 100 staff) category in the Building Awards 2022. The judges ...
02/08/2022 Four ways to make your emails effective
1. Subject Make sure it’s clear what your email is about, so they know they should open it. If there’s a naming convention, follow it, so everyone can easily track ...
15/07/2022 National Building and Construction award shortlisting
Plan A has been shortlisted for Consultancy of the Year in the National Building & Construction Awards. That's our fourth shortlisting this year (so far!) The award is for 'consultancies may ...
12/07/2022 Ceren: my work experience week at Plan A
Ceren writes: I am a year 12 student studying BTEC art and design at Highbury Grove Sixth Form who is very interested in the process of design and architecture. I came ...
03/07/2022 Getting it in writing
An important part of the role of Lead Designer is managing contractual correspondence. The Lead Designer - usually the Architect - on a project does more than create a good design. ...
28/06/2022 Designing cities for women
How can we design cities for women? Design Manager Emma Say writes: I attended a very interesting webinar earlier this month: ‘How can we design cities for women?’ The London Legacy Development Corporation ...
24/06/2022 Shortlisted for two SME National awards
We’re proud to announce that Plan A Consultants has been shortlisted for two SME National Business awards. We have reached the finals of both the Business of the Year under 50 ...
14/06/2022 CN Specialists award shortlisting
We’re delighted that Plan A Consultants has been shortlisted for a Construction News Specialists Training Excellence award. The award recognises specialist consultants and contractors that put training and employee advancement at ...
07/06/2022 Supporting the next generation
As we near the end of the university year, a number of Design Managers across Plan A are delivering career sessions to architecture students at Loughborough, Cambridge, Cardiff and Bath ...
13/05/2022 Mental health responders presentation
Our mental health first responders, Cheryl Tang and Christianna Chatzichristou, gave a presentation to the team at lunchtime on 12 May. They described some of the elements involved in good mental ...
09/05/2022 Mental health awareness week 2022
We're running a series of activities for Mental Health Awareness Week (9 – 15 May) The theme for 2022 is Loneliness. We know that loneliness can be both a cause and ...
06/04/2022 Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi revealed
We are pleased to finally announce our role providing design management services for Mecanoo, as their design for the new Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi is announced. Plan A were appointed ...
24/03/2022 Abrahamic Family House, Abu Dhabi
Plan A Consultants had the opportunity to visit Abu Dhabi and see the progress on the Abrahamic Family House construction site. It has been really inspiring to see one of ...
23/03/2022 IMCC Dubai 2022
Plan A Consultants had the opportunity to participate in the IMCC UAE 2022. It has been a great pleasure to meet the industry experts and visit Sharjah Heritage houses and ...
21/03/2022 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
This year’s theme for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, is Voices for Action Against Racism. To mark this date, the Plan A team shared information to raise ...
09/03/2022 International Women’s Day 2022
Today the 8th of March, is International Women’s Day and at Plan A we are celebrating by raising awareness with some of our team joining the Break the Bias event ...