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NCE Graduate Awards sponsors

NCE’s Graduate Awards are sponsored by many of Britain’s major clients, consultants and contractors. Read here why they enthusiastically support our industry’s civil engineering graduates and click on the logos to find out more about them.

We live in a complex and unpredictable world. The demands of a growing population have to be met within finite resources. AECOM brings experience gained from improving quality of life in hundreds of places. We join together creative, technical and management specialists to work on projects at every scale. We engineer energy-efficient buildings and build links between cities. We design new communities and regenerate existing ones. We are the first whole environments business, going beyond buildings and infrastructure. We draw on the experience of 45,000 staff in 150 countries. We know the importance of fully understanding the local context, climate and culture. Through 360 ingenuity, we develop pioneering solutions that help cities, companies and communities to see further and go further.

Amey is the UK’s fastest growing engineering consultancy and one of the country’s leading public and regulated services providers. We are the faces behind the services you use every day from roads, railways and airports, to the energy and water you use in your home. Servicing a £1bn forward order book, our 3,000 engineering designers, strategic consultants and operational specialists work from our network of design hubs throughout the UK and from our bases in Australia and the Middle East. Because we understand that our people are our business, we prioritise investment in our employees which is just one of the reasons why Amey is a great place to work. With a graduate population of around 10%, we’re proud to be developing and inspiring the next generation of engineers.

Arup is an independent global firm offering a broad range of professional services. Our designers, planners, engineers, managers, consultants and technical specialists believe in creating value for our clients and making a positive difference in the world. We design with the future in mind and have a reputation for delivering innovative and sustainable designs that respond positively to the built environment. Arup was voted the NCE/ACE UK Consultant of the Decade, and is a place where employees are inspired and proud to work. This pride comes from the firm’s unique values, which stem from our independent ownership structure. It comes from the opportunities our staff have to work with leading experts who are keen to share their knowledge. And it comes from working on some of the most exciting projects in the world, supported by unrivalled opportunities for learning.

Atkins is one of the world's leading design, engineering and project management consultancies. We have the breadth and depth of expertise to respond to the most technically challenging and time critical infrastructure projects in the UK and overseas. Our skills lie primarily in the expansive area of infrastructure – the wiring of society – encompassing buildings; land, sea, and air transport; information communications and security systems; and utilities (including energy and water); as well as in our experience of working for a broad range of clients, including national and local governments as well as the commercial sector.

Balfour Beatty is an international infrastructure group that delivers world class services essential to the development, creation and care of infrastructure assets; from finance and development, through design and project management to construction and maintenance. Our businesses draw on more than 100 years of experience to deliver the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise to our clients principally in the UK and the USA, with developing businesses in Australia, Canada, the Middle East, South Africa and South East Asia. With proven expertise in delivering infrastructure critical to support communities and society today and in the future, our key market sectors focus on infrastructure - transportation (roads, rail and aviation), power and energy, water and complex buildings (both commercial and social).
Balfour Beatty employs 40,000 people around the world.

Every year, over 70 million passengers use Heathrow airport. Heathrow’s vision is to make every journey better and the transformation of Heathrow continues at a fast pace. Every year around £1 billion is being invested in modernising the airport. This investment is currently focussed on the construction of the new Terminal 2. This new facility will open on 4th June 2014 and will accommodate up to 20 million passengers per year. There are other major improvements under way to the Terminal 3 baggage system and also passenger experience improvements in Terminals 3 and 4. Heathrow is also currently re-surfacing its two runways. Heathrow is a keen sponsor of the NCE Graduate Awards as Heathrow wants to see the next generation of civil engineering talent working on the continuous improvement at the airport and recently Heathrow has created its own graduate programme which includes a number of civil engineering graduates.

THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS (ICE) represents over 80,000 people involved in civil engineering worldwide, embracing the very best talent in the engineering profession. ICE's vision is to place civil engineers at the heart of society, delivering sustainable development through knowledge, skills and professional expertise. ICE's main purpose is to qualify professionals engaged in civil engineering - we support all members from their student days through until after they are professionally qualified. ICE places particular emphasis on students and graduates and is proud to support the NCE Graduate Awards as it shares our mutual vision of developing, encouraging and inspiring graduate civil engineers - the engineers of tomorrow

Laing O’Rourke is a globally diverse engineering and construction group with a commitment to delivering excellence plus performance, founded on 166 years of experience. We fund, design, manufacture, construct and maintain the modern world – providing the buildings and infrastructure to accommodate, educate, employ, transport, care for and sustain communities. ur business model comprises the full range of engineering, manufacturing, construction and project management services. Through our fully integrated offering we deliver bespoke solutions to meet the particular requirements of some of the world’s most prestigious public and private client organisations.

Mace is an international consultancy and construction company employing over 4,000 people, across five continents with a turnover in excess of £1bn. Mace’s business is programme and project management, cost consultancy, construction delivery and facilities management and is truly multi-disciplinary with services spanning the entire property and infrastructure lifecycle. Mace has three strategic sectors serving clients in the private, public and infrastructure sectors and five strategic hubs in Europe, Middle East & North Africa, the Americas, Asia Pacific and Sub-Sahara Africa that service over 70 countries. Recruiting the best graduates is integral to our future growth so we run a two-year graduate programme. The structured scheme combines challenging client work, exceptional training and support to achieve a prestigious professional qualification.

Using our ingenuity to create lasting value for all – our customers, our people, the communities we work in. We work on amazing projects all over the world, offering the opportunity for you to test yourself, develop new skills and grow in experience and confidence. We’re massively diverse by sector and skills, which allows you to pursue your interests and discover new ones. Our aim is to create an environment in which you can find personal and professional fulfilment. Our ambition is that our people are able to enjoy a lifelong, rewarding career. We encourage and enable people to achieve their full potential; we’re open and honest; we advance safety and wellbeing for all; and we judge each person solely on merit. So come on – join us!

MWH Global is a strategic consulting, technical engineering, environmental and construction services firm leading the wet infrastructure sector. Offering a full range of services and innovative, award-winning solutions beginning in the initial planning phases through construction and asset management, we partner with our clients in multiple industries to implement projects and programs that focus on water, energy, natural resources and infrastructure. Our nearly 8,000 employees in 35 countries spanning six continents are dedicated to fulfilling our purpose of Building a Better World, which reflects our commitment to sustainable development. MWH is a private, employee-owned firm with a rich legacy beginning in 1820.

J. Murphy & Sons Limited is a leading multi-disciplined engineering and construction company operating in the UK, Ireland and Australia. From the Lower Lea Valley Cable Tunnels for London Olympic Village to the Crossrail Thames Tunnel C310, our entrepreneurial thinking and in-house engineering capabilities give us unrivalled flexibility in delivering safe and sustainable solutions for our clients. At Murphy, we recognise that developing new talent is a key ingredient to sustaining the success of our business and the future of the industry. Our graduate programme, which has supported our new talent in developing award-winning graduate careers, is designed to provide a structured path for tomorrow’s leaders. Graduates at Murphy are exposed to some of the industry’s most prestigious projects, driving smarter, safer and greener solutions for clients.

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Ramboll is a leading engineering, design and consultancy company which employs close to 10,000 experts and has a significant presence in Northern Europe, India and the Middle East. We work across the Buildings, Transport, Environment, Energy, Oil & Gas and Management Consulting markets, constantly striving to achieve inspiring and exacting solutions that make a genuine difference to our clients, end-users and society. As a global multidisciplinary consultancy we are able to offer talented and ambitious graduates a truly diverse range of career opportunities, together with the freedom to take responsibility and make decisions early on. Ramboll is delighted to be sponsoring the NCE 2014 Graduate Awards as we have a shared ambition to nurture the leaders of tomorrow.

Thames Tideway Tunnel is a proud sponsor of the NCE Graduate Awards 2013, recognising the important contribution young engineers are making to the industry. The Thames Tideway Tunnel is a Thames Water project which is being programme managed by CH2M HILL. Set to be the UK’s longest and deepest tunnel, the 25km long relief sewer will tackle the discharge of over 50 million tonnes of untreated sewage which flowed into the tidal River Thames last year. With a shortage of skilled engineers in the UK, Thames Water and CH2M HILL believe it is vital to support new graduates and recognise their importance in developing tomorrow’s infrastructure. Engineers of the future are key to the success of projects such as the Thames Tideway Tunnel and now more than ever we need to recruit and keep the best talent to work with us on large scale projects.

TOPCON, an innovative and global market leading company, develops and manufactures precise positioning products and software solutions for civil engineering, earthworks, road and rail, construction site management, mobile asset mapping and management and GIS data capture. TOPCON’s product portfolio exists of high precision GNSS receivers, robotic and imaging total stations, laser scanners, mobile mapping systems and machine control systems supported by desktop/field/management software, telematics and a wide range of accessories. Topcon’s global network of engineers constantly work to develop systems that simplify work processes within the increasingly complex environments and industries in which our customers operate. Topcon are proud to be involved in the NCE 2014 Graduate Awards and feel it is imperative to support the future and development of the technology users of tomorrow.

TfL is responsible for the day-to-day to operation of the Capital's public transport network, managing London's main roads and planning and building new infrastructure. No other city is as defined by its transport system as London, with its red buses, black cabs and Tube trains instantly recognised the world over. Every day around 24 million journeys are made across our network. Every journey matters to us and we do all we can to keep the city moving, making sure the transport network is safe, reliable and fit for the future. We manage London's buses, the Tube network, Docklands Light Railway, Overground and Tramlink. We also run Barclays Cycle Hire, London River Services, Victoria Coach Station, the Emirates Air Line and London Transport Museum. As well as controlling a 580km network of main roads and the city's 6,000 traffic lights, we regulate London's taxis and private hire vehicles and the Congestion Charge scheme. All our income is reinvested to run and improve services. This allows us to upgrade stations and bring in new trains, tubes and buses to continually improve capacity and reliability. We are making the biggest investment in a generation to improve roads and streets for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians."

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