PJA is a leading international transport planning, engineering and placemaking company.
We bring together a creative, committed and highly experienced team capable of delivering large and complex projects, and providing invaluable design and strategic transport planning and infrastructure advice.
We support a wide range of clients, helping to deliver numerous residential, commercial and mixed-use schemes.
The core advantage of PJA is the synergy created by its integrated service offering. By combining services that complement each other, we offer a more efficient solution that can address multiple challenges simultaneously.
That along with thought leaders and experts in their fields, we find ways through project management and practical solutions that save our clients time, money and energy.
PJA operates from a network of 8 offices across the UK and Australia but the demand for our services goes far beyond that with projects in South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Brazil, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. We are a truly international practice.
We have over 140 people all driven by a desire to create better places through great design. We have a genuine passion for what we do and we work hard to ensure that the ethos of good design and quality advice runs through all aspects of our business.
Our core services are:
• Transport Planning
• Engineering
• Placemaking
1 Former Filton Airfield ‘Brabazon’, Bristol
2 Puerto Banus, Spain
3 MG Rover Regeneration, Longbridge
4 Civic Heart, South Perth
5 Swindon Bus Station, Swindon
transport
Development planning and the transport assessment process lies at the heart of what we do.
Our transport planning team can provide support on proposed developments from the early feasibility stage through to the transport assessment and planning application process, plus provide all the necessary highway design inputs.
We have extensive experience of preparing reports for a wide variety of development types across a range of sectors. We can also provide the full range of junction and network modelling capacity assessments, plus GIS analysis, either as part of the Transport Assessment process, or as a stand-alone exercise.
Achieving vehicle access is the key to unlocking development sites. We are experts in identifying feasible access options, working with relevant design guidelines and negotiating with highway authorities at local and national levels.
To support this our GIS team is also capable of analysing spatial data sets at any level. As a result, they are able to quickly and accurately bring large datasets to life for use in strategy development.
The senior team are industry recognised experts in their field and regularly undertake research projects and prepare guidance documents at local and national levels. They are also experienced at negotiating with highway authorities and providing Expert Witness services at appeal.
Our transport services include:
• Access Appraisals
• Transport Statements/Assessments
• Access & Highway Design
• Transport Modelling
• Travel Plans
• Transport Studies & Strategies
1 Perry Barr, Birmingham
2 St.Modwen Park, Tamworth
3 Kennedy Bay West, Perth
4 Ham and Petersham, London
5 Chapel Riverside, Southampton
engineering
Our engineers are experienced in designing innovative solutions, we assess the problems and constraints to provide practicable and efficient solutions.
This is achieved through our technical expertise and collaborative approach with clients, stakeholders and regulatory bodies alike.
Our infrastructure engineers have vast experience in highway works to create that sense of place.
The drainage team delivers sustainable drainage solutions and flood risk assessments to satisfy key stakeholders. Schemes vary from small SuDS solutions to 400,000m3 attenuation features or larger pumping station for both foul and surface water drainage.
With a strong understanding of the complex interactions between environmental, economic and social issues, the ground engineering and contaminated land team offers a pragmatic and holistic approach to contaminated land management and brownfield redevelopment.
We provide a highly efficient ‘project focused’ delivery vehicle that responds to the specific demands and needs of the client and the project.
We offer an integrated land development engineering service comprising five core engineering technical disciplines:
• Highways Design
• Drainage Design
• Ground Engineering & Contaminated Land
• Water Resources & Flood Risk
• Land Development
1 Littlecombe, Dursley
2 Glan Llyn, Llanwern
3 Swansea University, Swansea
4 Road Hierarchy, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
5 Barton Business Park, Barton under Needwood
6 Meon Vale, Stratford-upon-Avon
placemaking
Our team of urban designers, transport planners and engineers provide a uniquely integrated approach to placemaking.
We can offer effective street design, urban design and masterplanning services as standalone products, and will add significant value to your projects by providing an integrated service.
Our uniquely integrated approach results in a more efficient professional team, speeding the entire process, preventing misunderstandings between disciplines and, most importantly, producing a higher quality result which is not highway-led.
We are also at the forefront of the design and modelling of place-led streets, which combine high quality public realm while still meeting the need for movement by all modes.
Our placemaking services include:
• Masterplanning & Urban Design
• Public Realm & Street Design
• Graphic Design & 3D Visualisation
• Public & Stakeholder Engagement
1 Marple Town Centre, Stockport
2 Clay Cross, Egstow Park
3 Transport Data Visualisation Framework, Newcastle
4 Perry Barr, Birmingham
5 Winter Gardens, Bournemouth
our sectors
We provide advice across a wide range of sectors, selecting the most knowledgeable and experienced team for each project.
Our teams have the necessary transferable skills and experience to provide solutions across the entire spectrum of the development industry and built environment sector.
We commonly provide the full range of transport, engineering and placemaking services to private sector clients delivering the following types of scheme:
• Residential
• Commercial
• Mixed-use
• Retail
• Leisure
• Education
1 Meon Vale, Stratford-upon-Avon
2 St.Modwen Park, Tamworth
3 Lily’s Walk, High Wycombe
4 Randalls Department Store, Uxbridge
5 Public Realm Corridor, Medina
6 University of Worcester Arena, Worcester
In the public sector, we are actively involved in providing advice on:
• Designing for cycling
• Public realm design
• Research and best practice
• Design review
Irrespective of what we are working on and for whom, our approach is always the same: Offer the best quality advice.
our people
PJA’s strength lies within its team of people, all of whom have been employed for their unique skills and talents.
Our mission is to create better places through great design and we can only do that by employing the most creative and driven individuals. We have a genuine passion for what we do and we work hard to ensure that the ethos of good design and quality advice runs through all aspects of our business.
We are proud to employ a wide range of people from a diverse range of disciplines and backgrounds. The more senior members of the team share a common desire to get the job done without the encumbrances often associated with large multi-disciplinary practices, whereas the more junior members of the team thrive on the fast-paced environment in which we work and breadth of projects they are able to get involved with.
As the business has grown we have made a conscious effort to recruit talented young people, training them either through an Apprenticeship, our Graduate Development Programme or our Career Step Ladder. The new recruits of today are the leaders of our business tomorrow, so we are committed to their professional and personal development.
“You have a great bunch of positive, problem solving and creative professionals”
Chris Shaw, Planning Manager, Bloor Homes
our clients
We are very proud to be trusted advisors to some of the most respected developers in the industry, and partners to leading consultancies and public-sector bodies.
Our private sector clients include large housebuilders and some of the most successful mixed-use and commercial developers. These clients value our commercial focus and our ability to get the job done.
Our reputation stretches far beyond our office bases with projects in Ireland, New Zealand, Spain, Hong Kong, South Africa and Abu Dhabi.
Our clients and partners include:
• Accord Housing
• Allies and Morrison
• Arcadis
• Avison Young
• Barton Willmore
• Barwood Land
• Birmingham City Council
• Bloor Homes
• Dandara Ltd
• Department for Transport
• Hertfordshire County Council
• Heyford Developments
• Inland Homes
• JLL
• Key Property Investments
• Kier Living
• L&Q
• LDA Design
• Lidl
• Lioncourt Homes
• Newcastle City Council
• Opus Land
• Oxford City Council
• Pegasus Group
• Persimmon Homes
• Richborough Estates
• Rigby Group Plc
• St Modwen Developments Ltd
• St Modwen Homes
• Sustrans
• Transport for London
• Urban Growth Company
• WSP UK Limited
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