What Pick Everard does

Pick Everard is a UK-based multi-disciplinary built environment consultancy operating 12 offices across England, Scotland and Wales. The firm delivers 15 service lines spanning architecture, civil, structural and building services engineering, BIM, interior and landscape design, water engineering, environmental services, sustainability and energy advisory, cost and commercial management, project and programme management, building safety consultancy, and property and asset advisory. Its client base is predominantly UK public sector — central and local government, NHS trusts, emergency services, education, defence and justice — accessed through major procurement frameworks including the Government Commercial Agency's £3.5 billion RM6356 Construction Professional Services 2 framework, the SCAPE Consultancy Framework (via the Perfect Circle joint venture with Gleeds and AECOM), Crown Commercial Service frameworks, Scotland Excel, and Yorkshire Water's £80 million AMP8 framework (2025-2030). It also serves private sector clients in banking, retail and commercial development.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees billed via project-based engagements, framework call-offs, and direct appointments; pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm employs 850+ professionals across 17 sectors including blue light emergency, defence, education, healthcare, justice, water and utilities, infrastructure, residential and workplace. Notable credentials include 50+ NHS trusts served, a 30+ year defence and justice sector track record, ISO 9001/14001/45001 and ISO 27001 certifications, RIBA Chartered Practice, RICS Regulated, Constructionline, Investors in People, ROSPA Order of Distinction, and a quarterly Market Intelligence publication. Since October 2024 the firm has operated as a wholly-owned subsidiary of French engineering group Artelia, which targets growing UK headcount to nearly 1,000 under the Pick Everard brand. The firm had turnover of approximately £70 million at the time of acquisition.

Name

Pick Everard

Legal name

Pick Everard

Website

https://pickeverard.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1846

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Pick Everard is a UK multi-disciplinary built environment consultancy delivering architecture, engineering, project management, and cost consultancy across 17 sectors to public and private sector clients, operating as a subsidiary of Artelia Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Environmental Consulting Services (54162)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management & Delivery (EPCM/CMAR/Design-Build Oversight) (EUANALAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK), Design-Build / EPC General Contracting (IMAFAAAD)

Keywords

• Construction consultancy services
• Building services engineering
• Architecture design services
• Project management consultancy
• Quantity surveying cost management

Headquarters

HQ city

Leicester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Professional Consultancy Services: Provides multidisciplinary consultancy services across architecture, civil engineering, building services engineering, structural engineering, sustainability, project management, cost management, and environmental services to public and private sector clients through framework agreements and direct appointments.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Pick Everard is a multi-disciplinary UK consultancy that provides architecture, building services engineering, civil and structural engineering, building information modelling (BIM), project management, cost management, quantity surveying, and sustainability advisory services. It delivers these services to public and private sector clients across 17 sectors, primarily through framework agreements and direct commissions.

Product overview

Pick Everard is a multi-disciplinary consultancy firm offering a comprehensive portfolio of professional services across the built environment. The firm operates as a single integrated offering rather than discrete software products, providing 15 core service lines including architecture, engineering disciplines (civil, structural, building services, water), sustainability, project management, and safety services. Services are delivered across 17 sectors spanning blue light emergency, defence, education, healthcare, infrastructure, justice, residential, and workplace, among others. The firm also publishes periodic market intelligence reports and guidance documents for the construction industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• EPC rating improvement from D to B achieved for Lloyds Banking Group headquarters
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments7 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Perfect CirclecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPerfect Circle is a joint venture jointly owned by Pick Everard, Gleeds, and AECOM through which they deliver Built Environment Consultancy services. The venture enables access to public sector frameworks including SCAPE Consultancy Framework.
• Government Commercial Agency (GCA)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPick Everard has been appointed to the Government Commercial Agency's RM6356 Construction Professional Services 2 framework, valued at £3.5 billion. This positions them as a named supplier for central government and wider public sector construction professional services over four years.
• SCAPEcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPick Everard delivers services under the Scape Consultancy Framework via their Perfect Circle joint venture. SCAPE provides strategic guidance and active management for public sector projects, helping accelerate delivery while maximising value for clients.
• Doncaster CouncilminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCommissioned by Doncaster Council under the Scape Consultancy Framework for remediation works at Waterfront East Park. Pick Everard provided consultancy services for the environmental remediation of the 9-hectare brownfield site.
• AECOMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAECOM is joint venture partner with Pick Everard and Gleeds in Perfect Circle, delivering Built Environment Consultancy services to public sector clients.
• GleedscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGleeds is joint venture partner with Pick Everard and AECOM in Perfect Circle, delivering Built Environment Consultancy services to public sector clients.
• University of BirminghamminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerAppointed to University of Birmingham's sustainability advisor framework to support its capital development programme. Providing specialist guidance on sustainable building design, reducing whole-life carbon footprint, and achieving net zero carbon goals by 2045.
• KeltbrayminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerKeltbray was the main contractor for the Waterfront East Park remediation project in Doncaster, commissioned by Doncaster Council under the Scape Consultancy Framework with Pick Everard providing consultancy services.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: AECOM is a global, broad-portfolio infrastructure consulting firm; Pick Everard's Perfect Circle joint venture partner and direct competitor on UK public sector frameworks, with similar but much wider service breadth.
• Arcadis: Arcadis is a global design and consultancy firm with deep UK presence in buildings, water and environment; competes with Pick Everard on integrated multi-disciplinary mandates while operating a much wider international portfolio.
• AtkinsRéalis (formerly Atkins / SNC-Lavalin): AtkinsRéalis is a large UK-rooted engineering consultancy operating across infrastructure, nuclear, defence and buildings; competes with Pick Everard across defence, water and public sector mandates as a much larger diversified incumbent.

Direct peers

• Arup: Arup is a global engineering, design and project management consultancy serving buildings, infrastructure and energy clients with deeply integrated disciplines - directly comparable to Pick Everard across architecture, structural, building services and sustainability mandates.
• Gleeds: Gleeds is a UK-headquartered global construction consultancy with overlapping cost management, project management and building surveying services; it is also Pick Everard's joint venture partner in Perfect Circle, making it the closest comparable for service mix, sector coverage and UK public sector positioning.
• WSP: WSP is a global professional services consultancy with strong UK presence in buildings, environment, water and transport; competing head-to-head with Pick Everard on GCA, SCAPE and other UK public sector frameworks.
• Buro Happold: Buro Happold is a UK-origin international engineering consultancy providing structural, MEP, sustainability and project advisory services; comparable to Pick Everard across building services, structural, and sustainability mandates on UK built environment projects.
• Mott MacDonald: Mott MacDonald is a UK-rooted, global multidisciplinary engineering, management and development consultancy operating across infrastructure, water, buildings and environment - directly comparable to Pick Everard's multi-disciplinary built environment offering and AMP8 water engineering work.
• BDP (Building Design Partnership): BDP is a UK-based international design practice integrating architecture, engineering, landscape and interior design - directly comparable to Pick Everard's multi-disciplinary built environment offering across healthcare, education and public sectors.
• Turner & Townsend: Turner & Townsend is a UK-founded global project and cost management consultancy serving real estate, infrastructure and natural resources; directly comparable on cost management, programme management and public sector framework work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance16 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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