Stantec intends to acquire Barton Willmore, deepening planning and design expertise in the United Kingdom
March 09 2022 - 6:45AM
TSX, NYSE:STN
Stantec, a global leader in sustainable
engineering and design, today announced its intention to acquire
Barton Willmore, the United Kingdom’s leading planning and design
consulting firm. The transaction is expected to close in early
April 2022. Barton Willmore supports many of the largest and most
transformational projects in the region’s residential, logistics,
retail, infrastructure, energy, higher education, and urban
regeneration sectors, providing services to both public and private
sector clients. The financial terms of the transaction were not
disclosed.
Founded in 1936, Barton Willmore is the largest
independent, inter-disciplinary consultancy in the UK, with over
300 town planners, master planners, urban and landscape designers,
architects, and environmental planners employed across the country.
Headquartered in Reading, Barton Willmore has offices in
Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kings
Hill, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Southampton.
“Barton Willmore and Stantec share a passion and
commitment to delivering sustainable, dynamic projects that improve
communities,” said Cath Schefer, Stantec’s Chief Operator Officer,
Global. “It’s incredibly exciting to welcome Barton Willmore to our
growing global team as we look to strengthen our project delivery
expertise across several sectors. Barton Willmore’s master planning
and urban design capabilities greatly enhance our ability to drive
innovative solutions for clients across the globe.”
- Delivering advanced infrastructure applications, area
masterplans, and urban and landscape design, Barton Willmore is
lead consultant in the realization of Linmere New
Community in Bedfordshire. Working for a
development consortium, the scheme will deliver over 5,000 new
homes, a primary school, a local center, a park and public open
space, and significant employment within a new regional
distribution center.
- Enhancing visitor facilities and maximizing opportunities on
their wider land holdings, Barton Willmore planners and designers
are working closely with Bristol Zoo, a historic
zoological park in an environmentally sensitive area. This work
includes planning and design services for an exciting residential
development on underused land close to the park and located within
the highly sought-after Clifton area.
- Navigating a complex urban regeneration scheme for
Birkenhead Town Centre. The project will deliver a
new commercial quarter and residential neighborhood, as well as a
new hotel and home for Birkenhead’s Market, while supporting
heritage assets, active travel, and community connections.
- Guiding proposals for over 15 years that will see the delivery
of 10,800 new homes within a healthy new community at
Barking Riverside – a key greater London
brownfield site. As lead consultant, Barton Willmore has worked
closely with the public-private partnership client and wider
Barking community to secure key transport infrastructure, healthy
living principles, social infrastructure, and an attractive new
environment for future residents and the wider Barking
community.
“Both Stantec and Barton Willmore are passionate
about drawing on our shared expertise to deliver sustainable and
lasting projects that improve communities around the world. By
combining our respective technical and creative capabilities, plus
our extensive collective strategic understanding, we believe we can
deliver a real step-change to the UK market,” said Iain Painting,
Senior Partner, Barton Willmore.
“Stantec’s cultural values also mirror our own,
and through comprehensive inter-disciplinary working, we are
looking forward to delivering a unique, integrated, and highly
attractive workplace for planners and designers, alongside their
broad existing teams,” said Mark Sitch, fellow Senior Partner at
Barton Willmore. “We look forward to seeing how these integrated
teams can transform project solutions for our clients across the UK
and beyond.”
Today's announcement marks the most recent in a
series of regional acquisition investments by Stantec in the UK
market over the past several years, including Peter Brett
Associates and ESI Consulting. Upon close, the Barton Willmore
acquisition will bring Stantec’s regional presence to more than
2,500 team members distributed across the UK.
About Stantec
Communities are fundamental. Whether around the
corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of
place and of belonging. That's why at Stantec, we always
design with community in mind.
We care about the communities we serve—because
they're our communities too. This allows us to assess what's needed
and connect our expertise, to appreciate nuances and envision
what's never been considered, to bring together diverse
perspectives so we can collaborate toward a shared success.
We're designers, engineers, scientists, and
project managers, innovating together at the intersection of
community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these
priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in
communities across the globe.
Stantec trades on the TSX and the NYSE under the
symbol STN.
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