How we add value

Mott MacDonald’s pioneering approach to cathodic protection is saving the deck of Runcorn’s Silver Jubilee Bridge in the UK from replacement We strive to add value for our customers by working to understand their business drivers, their culture and the risks they face so we can met their needs in the most effective way – helping achieve more for less.

No matter how complex the commission or the nature of its challenges, we have the diversity of expertise and experience to deliver solutions which:

• Save money and time
• Reduce risks – technical, commercial, environmental
• Drive up efficiency
• Maximise sustainable outcomes – environmental, social, financial
• Embody the best of best practice
• Result in market-leading levels of customer satisfaction and repeat business

We achieve this added value through:

• Insight – working hard to really understand our customers’ ambitions, constraints and business environment
• Innovation – bringing fresh eyes to old challenges and cutting edge thinking to new ones
• Experience – drawing on our track record and local knowledge across 140 countries
• Holistic approach – using our multisector perspective to provide joined up thinking
• Collaboration – integrating teams, ideas and approaches to generate innovation and efficiency
• Continuous improvement – systematically reducing waste in all processes and activities

The last few editions of Momentum, our Group customer magazine, shows how we’ve been making a tangible difference for our customers. Featured examples describe our role in:

• Improving the accuracy of flood modelling, enabling planners and emergency services in the UK to target communities at greatest risk
• Contributing to the savings of six months on schedule and £25 million in cost for BAA’s biggest airside project at Heathrow Airport Terminal
• Mobilising an international team and managing construction, enabling a major operating base to be built 30% faster and at substantially less cost than conventional procurement routes
• Driving innovations enabling faster, safer and more cost-efficient construction on America’s largest infrastructure project at Grand Central, NYC
• Providing the technical, management and commercial skills needed to initiate growth in Afghanistan’s economically vital agriculture sector
• Improving performance while saving time and cost on the showcase stadium at the centre of Qatar’s World Cup bid
• Running a programme following its design to get 10,000 people on the Indonesian island of Simeulue back on their feet after the South Asian tsunami
• Streamlining construction and optimising whole-life performance to provide 30% more water for Mumbai