Mott MacDonald moves to bigger Birmingham offices as workforce doubles
Engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has moved to a larger office in Birmingham after more than doubling its staff over the last five years to reach 550 people.
The new office has space for up to 700 people.
Tim Fawcett, Mott MacDonald’s Birmingham city lead, said: “We’re delighted to open our vibrant, dynamic workspace in Birmingham and recognise the critical role the office plays in fostering our culture of collaboration, innovation and excellence.
“We continue to enjoy flexible working whilst continuing to provide inspiring office environments to bring our people, clients and collaborators together. This enables us to deliver outstanding projects and solutions that improve social outcomes for all communities across the West Midlands.”
The firm’s commitment to achieving net zero by 2040 led to it to adopting a relocation and refurbishment construction approach rather than new build.
The office, at Livery Street, is on track to receive a gold SKA rating, the highest standard for sustainable refurbishment with 100 best practice measures covering energy and CO2 emissions, waste, water, materials, pollution, wellbeing and transport.
Mott MacDonald’s portfolio includes work on most of the railway stations currently under development and construction in the region, including University Station in Birmingham and influencing investment across all modes of transport over the next decade by helping the West Midlands Combined Authority write its Local Transport Plan.
Mott MacDonald is also working in partnership to deliver the masterplan for Arden Cross, closing the health skills gap at the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital and identifying more than 4000 potential renewable energy and storage opportunities as part of the Solihull renewable energy project, which could deliver more than double the current electricity demand.
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, said: “Mott MacDonald have been involved with a number of major construction projects in our region – from the design of HS2 through to Sandwell Aquatics Centre that was front and centre in the spectacular 2022 Commonwealth Games. I will watch the firm’s continued progress with great interest – now from their new Birmingham headquarters – and very much welcome their efforts to help local people from a wide range of backgrounds to find rewarding careers in construction.”
