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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 ...
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31/08/2023 Building Awards 2023We 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 ...
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17/08/2023 NLA Active Travel SummitOn 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 ...
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02/08/2023 Industry / Manufacturing Partner of the Year 2023Plan 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 ...
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26/07/2023 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium TourEarlier 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 ...
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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 ...
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18/07/2023 New Civil Engineer Rail and Transit Conference 2023Associate 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 ...
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12/07/2023 Behind the Scenes: Unravelling Museum Design ProcessMuseums 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 ...
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07/07/2023 University of Cambridge – Part 3 Design Management Lecture and WorkshopAssociate 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 ...
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07/07/2023 AJ100 Awards Gala DinnerWe 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 ...
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12/06/2023 Entopia Building Tour, CambridgeOn 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 ...
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07/06/2023 European Healthcare Design Congress 2023We 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 ...
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25/05/2023 AJ100 Awards Collaboration of the Year 2023 SponsorsWe 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 ...
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24/05/2023 Higher Education Sector Study TripOn 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 ...
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24/05/2023 The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2023We 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 ...
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18/05/2023 International Museum Day 2023Happy 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 ...
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16/05/2023 Waste Build Zero 2023We 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 ...
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15/05/2023 Cambridge Careers Fair 2023Associate 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 ...
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04/05/2023 Abrahamic Family House OpeningOn 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 ...
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19/04/2023 AJ100 Awards 2023 SponsorsWe 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 ...
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04/04/2023 RIBA Part 3 LectureOn 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 ...
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28/03/2023 Insights into MasterplansA 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 ...
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13/03/2023 Building a project brief through collaboration: The challenges of Higher Education projectsCollaboration 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 ...
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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 ...
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27/02/2023 Architectural Association Open Practice DaySenior 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 ...
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22/02/2023 The Importance of Stage 1The 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 ...
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17/02/2023 CSSDA Web Design AwardsWe 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 ...
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17/02/2023 MIPIM 2023Next 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 ...
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07/02/2023 We’re Hiring – Design Managers!If you're interested in developing your career in Design Management, get in touch with us. Plan A Consultants is keen to hear from Design Managers looking to start or develop ...
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31/01/2023 New year, new lookSince 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 ...
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12/01/2023 Abu Dhabi Study Trip 2022Back 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 ...
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12/01/2023 New StarterA warm welcome to Stacey Pike, who joined this week as People and Culture Manager. Stacey has just moved to London and brings a wealth of HR experience from both the ...
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19/12/2022 New StarterA warm welcome to Joanna Kielbowska, who joined us last week as a Senior Design Manager. Joanna was previously an Architect and brings a wealth of experience to the role. She ...
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16/12/2022 Bath Spa University LectureThank 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 ...
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14/12/2022 Completion of Gascoigne East Phase 2We 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 ...
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13/12/2022 9B Careers 2022 Architectural Salary Survey ReportGreat 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 ...
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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 ...
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24/11/2022 New StarterA warm welcome to Caleb Kung, who joined us last week as a Senior Design Manager. Caleb was previously an Architect and brings a wealth of experience to the role. He ...
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18/11/2022 IMCC 2022 ConferenceOur 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 ...
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07/11/2022 The importance of Design Management PlansA 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 ...
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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 ...
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17/10/2022 New StarterA warm welcome to Dina Abu Shamat, who joined us last week as a Design Manager. Dina has recently graduated from the University of Bath completing a MSc in Management, ...
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30/09/2022 Plan A Promotions – October 2022We 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 ...
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28/09/2022 Macmillan Coffee MorningFor 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, ...
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27/09/2022 New StarterA warm welcome to Emily Zinselmeier, who has joined us this week as a Design Manager. Emily graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture, completing her RIBA Part I ...
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23/09/2022 Plan A has been shortlisted for the 2022 Building Innovation AwardsPlan 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 ...
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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 ...
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16/09/2022 AA School RIBA Part 3 WorkshopAssociate 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 ...
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12/09/2022 New StarterA warm welcome to Yvonne Onah, who has joined us as a Design Manager. Yvonne graduated from Westminster University, with a Masters of Architecture, after which she spent two years ...
- 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 ...
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07/02/2022 LSE Marshall BuildingGreat 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 ...
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25/01/2022 Burns Night 2022We 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 ...
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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 ...
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10/11/2021 IMCC 2021The 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 ...
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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 ...
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05/11/2021 UCB HeadquartersGreat 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 ...
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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 ...
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15/07/2021 RIBA Chartered PracticePlan 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 ...
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23/06/2021 Plan A Promotions – March 2021We 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 ...
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23/06/2021 Gascoigne East & Gascoigne West Regeneration ProjectsOver 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 ...
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23/06/2021 UCL Marshgate building on-siteAfter 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 ...
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21/02/2021 MIPIM 2022Plan 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 ...
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04/02/2021 Time to Talk DayToday 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 ...
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20/01/2021 Design Management in Practice WorkshopWe 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 ...
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11/08/2020 Helping Architects Get PaidStay 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 ...
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24/08/2022 Finalist in Building Awards 2022We'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 ...
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02/08/2022 Four ways to make your emails effective1. 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 ...
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15/07/2022 National Building and Construction award shortlistingPlan 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 ...
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12/07/2022 Ceren: my work experience week at Plan ACeren 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 ...
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03/07/2022 Getting it in writingAn 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. ...
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28/06/2022 Designing cities for womenHow 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 ...
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24/06/2022 Shortlisted for two SME National awardsWe’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 ...
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14/06/2022 CN Specialists award shortlistingWe’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 ...
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07/06/2022 Supporting the next generationAs 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 ...
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13/05/2022 Mental health responders presentationOur 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 ...
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09/05/2022 Mental health awareness week 2022We'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 ...
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06/04/2022 Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi revealedWe 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 ...
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24/03/2022 Abrahamic Family House, Abu DhabiPlan 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 ...
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23/03/2022 IMCC Dubai 2022Plan 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 ...
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21/03/2022 International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationThis 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 ...
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09/03/2022 International Women’s Day 2022Today 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 ...
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08/03/2022 New Starters!We would like to make a warm welcome to Peter Chinnock who has just started his career with us as Design Manager. Peter joins us on the back of a ...