Davis Langdon
Davis Langdon an AECOM company, is a construction consultancy firm headquartered in London, UK with 62 offices globally. The company has approximately 2,500 employees working in over 18 countries worldwide.
History
The firm was established by Horace W Langdon in Holborn in 1919.[1] He was joined by Tom Every in 1921 and the firm became Horace W Langdon & Every.[1] The firm became Langdon Every & Seah in 1969 when the contribution by Seah Mong Hee in the Far East was recognised.[1]
In 1988 the firm merged with Davis Belfield & Everest (a firm formed in 1931 by Owen Davis who was joined in 1935 by John Belfield and in 1944 by Bobbie Everest) becoming Davis Langdon & Seah International.[2] In July 2007 it merged with the Mackenzie Partnership, a large Scottish-based practice.[3]
In 2009 Davis Langdon acquired DEGW, an international strategic consultancy.
In 2010 Davis Langdon was acquired by AECOM.
Services
The specific services offered by the company include cost consultancy, project management, CDM coordinator and health and safety services, management consulting, legal support, specification consulting, engineering services, fiscal incentives advice and facilities management. The company provides these services for clients investing in infrastructure, property and construction. Davis Langdon has worked on a number of high profile projects including including the Tate Modern and the Eden Project in the United Kingdom; Estádio do Dragão in Portugal; Abu Dhabi International Airport; Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt; The Gateway Bridge Upgrade in Brisbane, Australia; the San Francisco Transbay Terminal, U.S.A.; the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link in Johannesburg, and the Green Point Stadium – built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup – in Cape Town, South Africa.
List of Davis Langdon office locations
United Kingdom
- London – Head Office
- Birmingham
- Bristol
- Cambridge
- Cardiff
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Leeds
- Liverpool
- Maidstone
- Manchester
- Norwich
- Oxford
- Peterborough
- Plymouth
- Southampton
Europe
Ireland
- Cork
- Dublin
- Galway
- Limerick
Spain
Germany
Middle East
- Bahrain - Manama
- KSA - Riyadh
- Lebanon – Beirut
- Qatar – Doha
- United Arab Emirates – Dubai
Australia & New Zealand Australia
- Adelaide
- Brisbane
- Cairns
- Canberra
- Darwin
- Hobart
- Melbourne
- Perth
- Sydney
- Townsville
New Zealand
- Auckland
- Christchurch
- Wellington
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North America
USA
- Boston
- Denver
- Honolulu
- Houston
- New York
- Philadelphia
- Santa Monica
- Sacramento
- San Francisco
- Seattle
- Washington DC
Africa
South Africa
- Cape Town
- Durban
- George
- Johannesburg
- Pietermaritzburg
- Port Elizabeth
- Pretoria
- Stellenbosch
Botswana
Mozambique
Egypt
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Asia These offices are operated by Davis Langdon & Seah, which is not part of the Davis Langdon business operated by AECOM. However, Davis Langdon has a longstanding collaboration agreement with Davis Langdon & Seah in Asia, and the two organizations collaborate on numerous projects worldwide and share relationships with a number of major global clients.
Brunei
China
- Beijing
- Chongquing
- Guangzhou
- Hong Kong
- Macau
- Shanghai
- Shenzhen
- Tianjin
- Wuhan
- Shenyang
India
- Bangalore
- Chennai
- Hyderabad
- Mumbai
- Delhi
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
- Johor Bahru
- Kota Kinabalu
- Penang
- Kuala Lumpur
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Vietnam
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Areas of specialty
Davis Langdon, an AECOM company, delivers cost, program and project management services as well as offering a range of specialist consultancy services including management consulting; legal support; specification consulting; engineering cost management services; and banking, tax and finance advice and has expertise across a wide range of end markets, including:
- Commercial – Offices; Fit-out; Business parks; and Data centres
- Government - Administration; Defence; Justice; and Local government
- Energy & Utilities - Oil & gas; Power generation and distribution; Utilities; and Water
- Mining & Minerals - Enabling infrastructure; Underground & surface mining; Remediation; and Minerals processing
- Sports & Leisure & Culture - Culture; Hotels & resorts; and Sports & venues
- Transportation - Aviation; Rail & transit; Highways & bridges; and Ports & marine
- Industrial - Distribution & logistics; and Manufacturing
- Residential – Private residential; and Affordable housing
- Retail – Retail development; Retail fit out; and Motor dealerships
- Education - Schools; and Higher education
- Healthcare - Aged care; Public healthcare; Private healthcare; and Science & innovation
List of notable projects
Davis Langdon has worked on the following high-profile projects:
- Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
- Shard London Bridge, London, UK
- Tate Modern, London, UK
- Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
- Eastside Park regeneration, Birmingham, UK
- British Empire and Commonwealth Museum "Abolition of Slavery Exhibition", Bristol, UK
- National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, UK
- Paradise Project delivering Liverpool 1, Liverpool, UK
- The Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre at Kings Waterfront, Liverpool, UK
- Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, UK
- Alexandria Library, Egypt
- Beirut Central District, Lebanon
- British Council, Egypt
- British Embassy, Bahrain
- Central Bank of Kuwait
- Commercial Bank Tower, Doha, State of Qatar
- Dubai Waterfront, UAE
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, UAE
- Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
- Commerzbank, Frankfurt
- Elephant House, Copenhagen Zoo
- Legoland, Germany
- Rennes Viaduct, France
- Beijing International Airport, China
- Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China
- World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
- Hong Kong Stadium, China
- University Biological Science Building, Hong Kong, China
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, China
- Mainetti Factory, Shenzhen, China
- Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
- The Infinity Tower, Bangkok, Thailand
- Central World, Bangkok, Thailand
- Seoul International Finance Centre, Korea
- The Rockwell Centre, Manila, Philippines
- Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Australia
- Gateway Bridge Upgrade, Brisbane, Australia
- The Lakes Resort, Cairns, Australia
- Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
- The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Smithsonian Institution, Patent Office Building, Washington DC, USA
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, USA
- Mondavi Center for the Arts, University of California, Davis, California, USA
- Baha Mar Resort, Bahamas
- Central Terminal Building, Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa
- V&A Waterfront Marina, Cape Town, South Africa
Awards
It has been the recipient of a number of industry awards including being voted Top International Construction Consultant for eighteen successive years and was named or shortlisted as Building magazine’s Construction Consultant/Surveyor on multiple occasions since 1995. The company was named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for four consecutive years, in 2008 was placed at number 19, and was the only project and cost management consultancy to be included in the top 50.[4]
Davis Langdon has won the following awards in recent years:
- Building magazine’s “Consultant/ Surveyor of the Year” in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Runners up in the top four in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002, 2010 and 2011.
- Building magazine’s “Project/Construction Manager of the Year” 2004
- World Architecture’s “Top International Cost Consultant” for 18 years in succession as voted for by the world's leading architects and their clients.
- One of the Sunday Times '100 Best Companies to Work For' for the fifth year in 2009.
- Winner in Computer Weekly’s ‘Best Places to Work in IT’ in 2005 and second place in 2006
- Davis Langdon PKS has been named one of the “Best 50 companies to work for in Ireland”
- Davis Langdon placed in twelfth position in the Management Partners’ Forum (MPF) top 100 professional services firms to work for.
References
- ^ a b c Davis Langdon & Seah International: History
- ^ Davis Langdon: History
- ^ Mackenzie Merger
- ^ Sunday Times (2008-03-09). "19. Davis Langdon". The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For. London: The Sunday Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/best_100_companies/article3477968.ece. Retrieved 2008-06-07. "A happy and motivated workforce has provided a firm base for property consultancy Davis Langdon."
Further reading
- Meikle, Jim, Thinking Big: The History of Davis Langdon, Black Dog Publishing, 2009 ISBN 9781906155711
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