Latest News and Insights from Plan A

National Gallery Competition

We have seen some good interest in this competition already. Malcolm Reading Consultants competitions are well organised...

Thamesmead Masterplan Competition

Good luck to the architects and designers who have been shortlisted for the Thamesmead masterplan competition recently.

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

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

Museum of London Update

After over three and half years of dedication and hard work, yesterday marked a significant milestone...

Factors for Success

Even though we are still in lockdown, spreading the word about Design Management goes on. Many thanks to all those from Grimshaw...

Getting your Client Approvals in Place

In our position supporting Architects in their Lead Designer role, we often witness the good and the bad related to obtaining Client...

Sharing Knowledge

There are times during the week when being in our office in Farringdon can be a lonely place. For our Design Management service line...

Loughborough Careers Fairs

Very pleased to have met the rising stars of the construction industry at Loughborough University Careers Fair yesterday. We are...

RIBA Part 3 Workshop

Another great session this week talking about Design Management and Health and Safety with RIBA Part 3 students at the AA School. Thanks...

Building Awards - Consultancy of the Year 2019 Finalists

We are thrilled to announce that we have been shortlisted again for the Building Awards - Construction/Consultant Surveyor of the Year (fewe

Getting it in writing

A senior Plan A Design Manager was recently chatting over lunch about their experiences at University and specifically exposure to...

'In at the deep end'

For the past 10 months I have been undertaking my year out placement at Plan A Consultants as part of my 4-year Sandwich Degree. The aim...

Design Responsibility: Descriptive and Prescriptive specifications

The difference between Descriptive and Prescriptive specifications is often an area of confusion for designers and the distinction needs to

Optimising the Design Process

Associate Design Manager Geoff Rolandsen discusses the implementation of appropriate measures to help optimise the design process and manage

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