NCE Graduate Awards 2008 Sponsors

Amey is one of the leading integrated support services in the country. Without Amey, and businesses like it, many aspects of daily life would grind to a halt. To ensure the very best services continue to be delivered and evolved, we commit to hiring and developing like minded graduates who can demonstrate a passion and motivation to make things better, Sponsoring award schemes such as this is really important to us. The most promising all-round civil engineering graduates of today will no doubt be the industry's leaders of the future. Nurturing, developing and rewarding their acheivements is just one way of ensuring the industry upholds its strong reputation for professionalism and quality.

Arup is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world; with 9,500 staff working in 92 offices in over 37 countries. Our innovative and fully integrated approach brings our full complement of skills and knowledge to bear on any given design problem, and we are the creative force behind many of the world's most innovative and sustainable designs. Training is crucial to the enhancement of our business activities and we currently have a large number of graduates on training schemes approved by various professional bodies, including most of the major engineering institutions.

Atkins is a multinational engineering and design consultancy providing expertise to help resolve complex challenges presented by the built and natural environment. It is the largest multidisciplinary consultancy in Europe; the largest engineering consultancy in the UK, and the world's fifth largest design firm. We offer careers for talented individuals who want to make a difference. We provide outstanding support and training, helping graduates to grow and succeed both personally and professionally. As a long term supporter of the NCE Graduate Awards, we consider it vital to encourage and develop our future young engineers.

Every year, over 150 million passengers use BAA's seven UK airports - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. This year BAA opened its stunning new Terminal 5 building at Heathrow which, after some initial challenges, is now running well. Over the next five years, BAA will spend £6.6 billion on its capital investment programme to transform all its airports for the benefit of its airline customers and passengers. Although it no longer recruits civil engineering graduates directly, BAA remains a keen sponsor of the NCE Graduate Awards. Put simply, BAA wants to see the next generation of UK civil engineers joining its supply chain with the ambition to build tomorrow's airports.

Balfour Beatty is a world-class engineering, construction, services and investment business operating in UK and international markets for road, rail and utility systems, buildings and complex structures. We work in partnership with customers who value the highest levels of quality, safety and technical expertise – applying our skills to meet their individual needs. We recognise the importance of supporting, encouraging and developing our people to help us deliver projects that are vital to our society such as schools, hospitals, road and rail networks - projects that directly improve the lives of people and their communities. In our business our people are our strength; it is due to them that we are the largest construction company in the UK.

As a global engineering and construction business, possibilities at Black & Veatch stretch a whole lot further. We offer an unrivalled concept-to-commissioning design and construct capability delivering innovative, technology-based solutions for our UK utility, government and industrial clients. At Black & Veatch, we are committed to your professional development and offer an industry accredited scheme aligned to your specific discipline. Job rotation, employee forums, secondments and expert mentoring form an integral part of graduate development. We employ civil, environmental, mechanical, electrical, quantity surveying disciplines and other engineering graduates that aspire to share our commitment to 'Building a World of Difference'.

Faber Maunsell is committed to the development and encouragement of graduate civil engineers to sustain our future. We recognize our responsibility to train and nurture graduate talent for the success and sustainability of our growth and that of our industry. The skills shortage in science, technology and engineering in the UK is well recognized and to address this Faber Maunsell looks to support highly talented graduates and is committed to sponsoring the NCE Graduate Awards to recognize future talent.

Gifford is a leading, world class, independent consultancy. By sharing knowledge from our three core centres of Excellence - in buildings, civil engineering and environment development planning - we collaborate with clients and colleagues to deliver great projects. It's this approach to sharing excellence, and the application of innovative thinking, which attracts and retains exceptional people. Focused on developing technical excellence in each of our specialist disciplines, one of the strengths of Gifford is in the way our staff work together across the organisation. We recruit and develop great people, encourage them to be experts in their fields and use their knowledge to deliver excellence through this teamwork.

Grontmij is an international multidisciplinary engineering and environmental consultancy employing over 8000 professional consultants worldwide. We work across four disciplines; water, transportation, built and natural environment, and contract management. The company is committed to the continuous professional development of graduate civil engineers offering ongoing learning and support. With a distinctive and open culture, Grontmij promotes good communication and supports strong team interaction. Graduates are empowered and given the opportunity to make their mark. With this combination of innovation, a customer-facing approach and dedication to serving the needs of employees, Grontmij provides a strong platform for the further progress of graduates.

Hays Civil & Structural is pleased to once again sponsor the NCE Graduate Awards. Highlighting our integral role and continued investment in the industry, this sponsorship recognises and rewards the hard work and skill of graduates as they begin their careers. Established in 1958, Hays Civil & Structural is part of the UK's leading recruitment consultancy to the built environment and places people in temporary and permanent employment. With offices in over 80 offices across the UK and a presence in 27 countries worldwide, specialist consultants enjoy unrivalled access to an international database of the industry's top employers and are able to provide invaluable expertise and advice.

The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) represents over 80,000 people involved in civil engineering worldwide, embracing the very best talent in the engineering profession. ICE's vision is to place civil engineers at the heart of society, delivering sustainable development through knowledge, skills and professional expertise. ICE's main purpose is to qualify professionals engaged in civil engineering - we support all members from their student days through until after they are professionally qualified. ICE places particular emphasis on students and graduates and is proud to support the NCE Graduate Awards as it shares our mutual vision of developing, encouraging and inspiring graduate civil engineers - the engineers of tomorrow.

Morrison Construction, part of the Galliford Try Group, is delighted to sponsor the NCE Graduate Awards for another year. The recruitment and development of graduates and other staff is getting harder and harder as fewer people are attracted to the industry. We are glad to support any initiative such as the awards that seeks to address these critical HR issues. They are a major barrier to improving levels of customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction and profitability and, ultimately, to the development of the civil engineering industry.

Mott MacDonald is a global management, engineering and development consultancy employing more than 13,000 staff in 120 countries, with an annual turnover exceeding £750M. We strive to deliver innovate and sustainable solutions that will have a positive social, environmental and economic impact. Underlying our business is our freedom as an employee-owned company to drive our future. Our success is fuelled by the dedication, enthusiasm and ingenuity of our graduate engineers. They work in sectors as diverse as transport, energy, buildings, water and the environment, health and education, industry and communications. With 800 graduates in the UK alone, we place immense value on their development and regard them as our greatest asset.

Mouchel is a consulting and business services group that provides the design, managerial and engineering services that support modern society. We build great relationships – with clients, suppliers and our own employees. We work with the public and the private sector to provide safe roads and railways, well-managed education and civic infrastructure, clean water and cost-effective energy. We develop solutions to dispose of society's waste and to regenerate deprived urban communities. As one of the Sunday Times 20 Best Big Companies; as an accredited Investor in People, and with a comprehensive graduate programme, we ensure that Mouchel is a great place to work for all our employees.

At Parsons Brinckerhoff our goal is simple: To develop the best engineers for the future. We are privileged to be working on some of the most exciting and complex projects in the world, and we intend to keep it that way. By providing our graduates with comprehensive training, early responsibility, and the opportunity to hone their technical, managerial and interpersonal skills, we ensure that our stars of the future are ready to shine. An attractive benefits package and salary complete our offering. An employee-owned organisation with 12,000 staff, we provide the tools and support to build a truly rewarding career

Transport for London is responsible for 580km of London's busiest roads, 486km of underground and overground track, and the capital's public transport network. We offer two civil engineering graduate training schemes (in Surface Transport and London Underground) with opportunities in  highways, rail, structural and traffic engineering.

Our graduates are involved in projects including design engineering, project management, site management and construction, strategic planning and promoting sustainability. Dana Skelley, interim director of Road Network Management said: "We are glad to have the opportunity to sponsor the NCE Graduate Awards and show our support for the graduate engineering community."

As one of the fastest growing multi-disciplinary professional consultancies operating across the built, natural and social environment, at WYG we look for the finest graduates to support our ambitious growth plans. We offer exciting opportunities for graduates to cultivate their skills, knowledge and experience and are committed to the development and encouragement of all our graduates. WYG has featured prominently in this year's industry successes and we are proud to be a sponsor of the NCE Graduate Awards as this builds on our commitment to the Industry and its future. We actively support a 'learning culture' at WYG and we look to our graduates to 'own their own development' by driving forward and proactively seeking development opportunities.

WSP is a major employer of engineering professionals and we recruit in excess of 100 graduates to our business every year. We recognise the importance of a graduate's first employer in the initial development of their career and, as part of our commitment to offering learning and development opportunities to this next generation of engineering professionals, WSP is proud to be sponsor of the NCE Graduate Awards. Our rapid and sustained growth, together with the multidisciplinary nature of our business, provides opportunities for graduates in a wide variety of engineering roles and we look forward to helping this year's graduates find that all important first job.