AECOM

AECOM are among the UK leading consultancies delivering socio-economic, community and health impact assessment with a track record that includes some of the UK’s largest infrastructure and urban regeneration projects as well as being among the market leaders in the preparation of employment land studies, having undertaken over forty studies of this type over the past ten years. Project examples include High Speed 2 Socio-Economic Assessment, People and Communities assessment for the A303 Stonehenge DCO Application, Oxford-Cambridge Arc Economic and Housing Studies and award-winning economic evidence-based studies on proposed Crossrail 2 stations in London.

Our team’s experience includes involvement in Future High Street Fund and Town Investment Plan bids as well as a range of other high street / town centre related studies (e.g. London high street investment benefit appraisal study for the Greater London Authority (GLA)). The latter explored good practice and expected benefits to London’s high streets of public investment and policy. This involved case study selection and research to demonstrate different typologies and identification of key drivers of high street and broader retail trends.

Finally, through years of involvement in Green Book evaluations and appraisals, we have acquired in-depth knowledge of the techniques which may be used for the programme’s final evaluation along with their limitations. Most recently, we evaluated the Local Growth Fund programme for Solent LEP and GBS LEP. As part of this, we have conducted a Covid-19 assessment to review the risks associated with the pandemic on sponsored projects.