In the bustling world of urban design, where technicality meets creativity, the collaboration between engineers and placemakers is a vital bond.

This symbiotic relationship, often fraught with challenges, holds the key to shaping vibrant, functional, and culturally rich urban environments.

Rooted in years of professional experience and dialogue within the industry, this presentation from Sam Williams in our Melbourne office delves into the heart of this collaboration, exploring its intricacies, tensions, and, most importantly, its potential for innovation.

 

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In the intricate web of urban planning and transport engineering, the concept of placemaking stands as a beacon of human-centric design amidst the bustling realm of traffic and movement.

Sonja Hayes, an Associate from our Perth office, delves into the evolving landscape of placemaking and its pivotal role in shaping vibrant, interconnected communities within the transport industry. 

At the heart of the debate lies the question: Is placemaking as a specialised field warranted, or should it be an inherent component of every design, seamlessly interwoven by engineers, planners, and architects?  

Drawing from her diverse professional journey spanning road safety in New Zealand to traffic engineering and now transport planning in Australia, Sonja illuminates the transformative power of prioritising people-centric design principles through her presentation to AITPM – Leadership in Traffic and Transport: 

 

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In the hugely successful 12 months the Perth office has been open for business, the team has nearly trebled, but what made those newbies want to join a UK based company relatively new to the west coast of Australia?

We asked Richard Spencer, Rodney Ding and Sonja Hayes to give us an insight in to why they joined PJA and what it was like when they got there:

“Our main draw to joining PJA was the duo Tim and Tanya who are fearlessly successful in their fields, holding a reputation as not only the finest in their work but balancing it with an understanding of real life and family values.

“Beyond that was PJA’s reputation as a leading placemaking-led transport and engineering consultancy, offering the opportunity to grow and thrive in a new place. As a team we are eager to continue the PJA mantra ‘create better places through great design’ and our approach to work aligns well with PJA’s core values of creative, credible, committed, and considerate. We have the ability to do big things with PJA and what they say speaks to us.

“The projects we are working on are really interesting and knowing the potential outcome that may result from our investigation is motivating. All this whilst having the support of the wider PJA team of over 130 people with experience in a variety of services and sectors makes for a great offering to our clients and partners.

“We’re also encouraged to build on our individual growth and knowledge. Road safety (Road Danger Reduction) is a focused service area, and being supported to undertake training and continual professional development is something that also sets PJA apart for us.

“The team here are motivated to see the company expand organically and succeed further in making PJA a go-to trusted advisor in Perth, and we are so excited to be a part of the PJA story.”

 

Get in touch with Richard: [email protected], Rodney: [email protected] or Sonja: [email protected]

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Meet our team in Australia

Sam Williams

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Sam heads up the Melbourne office of PJA and has over 11 years’ experience in civil engineering design consultancy’s.

He has worked on a wide range of projects including: development infrastructure, public realm improvements, national cycle routes and urban regeneration.

Sam brings a genuine passion for early engineering engagement at concept stage to ensure that a creative and credible design can be delivered.

 

Tanya Moran

[email protected]

Tanya has 20 years’ experience across the transport sector working on urban regeneration, built form, greenfields and major infrastructure projects for the public and private sector.

She has a proven track record of delivering complex projects, drawing on her in-depth appreciation of the transport system and expectations of its users to service land use planning and create places that people feel comfortable to interact in and safe to call ‘Home’.

She is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and has been an active committee member for over a decade for Transport Australia, Student Engagement and the National Women Working Group of Engineers Australia.

 

Tim Judd

[email protected]

Tim has over 20 years’ experience in transportation and land use planning, road safety, public transport and active travel. Tim’s main focus is on providing advice on street design and its role within places.

He is a board member of Streets for People, a member of the Cycling Walking Australia and New Zealand Design Innovations Working Group and a panel member of Main Roads WA/IPWEA Road Safety Panel.

Tim has also been actively involved in developing the Healthy Streets framework and is an accredited Healthy Streets Assessor.

 

Richard Spencer

[email protected]

Richard has over 20 years’ experience in both the public and private sector in Road Design & Construction, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Management Planning, Road Safety, Crash Investigation and Road Safety Engineering.

With expansive experience and appreciation for projects of all size Richard is passionate about delivering high quality safe places with a commercial focus.

 

Rodney Ding

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Rodney has over 33 years’ experience in transport planning, traffic management, traffic engineering, transport/traffic modelling, road safety engineering and traffic planning. He specialises in Transport Impact Assessments, Intersection Analysis, Transport Modelling, Traffic Design, Parking Assessment/Design, Road Safety and Expert Witness. Having worked across a wide variety of projects, he is also fluent in the use of key traffic engineering/planning software platforms such as Sidra Intersection (Network), Q-Paramics and the Emme suite.

 

Sonja Hayes

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Sonja has over 13 years’ experience in the traffic and transport industry. She started her career in New Zealand with a focus in road safety before relocating to Australia in 2012. She has experience in the local government sector and in small and large consultancies, undertaking traffic assessments for small individual developments through to larger structure plan and subdivisions.

Sonja has a vast skill set having prepared traffic impact assessments, car park assessments and design, safety inspections and crash analysis for sites across Australia and New Zealand. Her passion lies in road safety, hoping to contribute to improvements in the experience of travel for all road users, across all modes of travel.

 

Our wonderful team are our greatest asset. Not only experts in transport, engineering and placemaking but also committed to delivering better places for people through high-level-service client experiences.

We’re very proud to continue to celebrate the faces behind the fast-growing international consultancy that we are today in our monthly feature ‘PJA People’.

Next up in our series is Senior Geo-Environmental Engineer, Dan Evans, based in our Birmingham office in the UK:

 

Tell us what you do at PJA

I am a Senior Geo-environmental Engineer in the Ground Engineering and Contaminated Land team based in Birmingham. Since joining PJA in May 2022, I have largely been involved with the regeneration of the former Ironbridge Power Station. It is an interesting project with both geotechnical and environmental constraints, and it provides a great opportunity for me to continue to learn and grow in my role at PJA.

 

What’s your career path so far?

I studied at University of Birmingham and gained a Geology BSc and Hydrogeology MSc. Before joining PJA, I spent 5 or so years working for a small environmental engineering company, operating in a combined consultancy and contractor role. This gave me extensive hands-on experience working on-site but also developed the skills needed to progress my career.

 

What do you enjoy when you’re not working?

I spend most of my weekends outdoors, usually walking, and last year my wife and I converted an old van into a campervan which has allowed us to explore the UK. We recently drove down through France into the Pyrenees for a couple of weeks – we’re wondering where to go next! I also really enjoy food and find cooking a relaxing way to spend an evening or a weekend.

 

Are you a dog or cat person?

Definitely a dog person. Growing up my grandparents had Border Collies and I’d love a dog one day – although I’m not sure a collie would fit in the tiny van.

 

What are you currently reading or listening to?

I love music, and my Spotify is bit of a mishmash of everything, from Jacob Collier to Foo Fighters. I used to play drums in a funk band, so anything with a good rhythm I’ll enjoy. I’m not much of a reader, but my faith is important to me so I often have a Christian book on the go.

 

Claim to fame?

Answering this made me realise I haven’t met anyone famous really, but aged ten or so I met the Everton football squad, panicked, and ended up telling Tim Cahill that he was going to ‘get battered’ by Brazil in the World Cup. From what I remember he was nice enough, but a quick google tells me Australia did ‘get battered’. Maybe a career in football management awaits.

 


Dan Evans, Senior Geo-Environmental Engineer

Dan is a Senior Geo-Environmental Engineer with over 6 years’ experience in geo-environmental consultancy and has a range of experience working on a variety of geo-environmental and geotechnical projects across the UK.

MEng, CEng FCIHT

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A huge welcome to the new members of our team who have joined us over the year.

Our new faces have taken up roles right across the business in all service areas and locations.

We are so pleased to have you all on board and part of Team PJA.

Read more about our newest members of the team:

 

Sonja Townsend, Principal Engineer, Reading

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Sonja has over 19 years’ experience working with both public and private sector clients on multidisciplinary projects from the feasibility stage to the construction stage.

Her experience includes public realm design, developing concept schemes into detailed design packages as well as developing utility strategies for various types of development, providing planning and technical support for several schemes and preparing Transport Assessments and Travel Plans.

 

Colin Young, Associate, Cambridge

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Colin has 21 years’ experience working in transport planning with particular focus on development planning for private sector clients. He has a breadth of experience in undertaking Transport Assessments and all the facets of transport and travel that go into the assessments. He also has vast experience in modelling, including VISSIM and junction modelling, feasibility and early appraisal work, master planning and area studies, and strategic thinking with respect to transport and movement.

Colin has an active interest in the future of how people will travel for different journey purposes and how we (transport planners) can contribute to bettering the lives of people that live in the areas we develop.

 

Kwasi Amoah, Associate, Reading

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Kwasi is an Associate based in the Reading office with over 14 years’ experience working on wide portfolio of civils design from feasibility through to detailed design and implementation in accordance with approved design standards for public and private sectors. Kwasi has extensive experience in highways, traffic management, public realm design and site supervision.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and undertakes Professional Reviews.

 

Mark Teague, Associate, Birmingham

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Mark is an Associate with over 37 years’ experience within the construction industry, mainly dealing with infrastructure projects for industrial, residential and other mixed-use developments for both public and private clients. Has undertaken all aspects of works from concept, planning, design, procurement and construction, therefore has a good understanding of what is involved and able to advise clients accordingly.

Due to Mark’s extensive experience and knowledge, he is able to provide a holistic approach when dealing with multi-disciplined schemes and is able to understand the constraints or benefits of other disciplines.

 

Tracey Harber, Credit Controller, Birmingham

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Tracey has over 22 years’ experience in accounting and HR. She works with project managers supporting the company with credit control.

 

Parth Paluskar, Graduate Consultant, Manchester

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Parth recently completed his masters at the University of Manchester in Urban Design and International Planning. His interests lie in developing pedestrian safe environments and planning transit-oriented developments around transport hubs to develop compact, sustainable, and smart places. He is from an architectural background with a B.Arch. and is also proficient in creating 2D and 3D representations through CAD software.

 

Paul Ojeil, Senior Consultant, Birmingham

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Paul is a Senior Consultant in the placemaking team at PJA.

He has an enthusiasm for design within the built environment as well as a strong aptitude in visual representation which has been developed through his degree in Architecture and seven years of professional experience covering: Placemaking, movement-based Urban Design, Active Travel design & Visualisation.

 

Lucy Keegans-Wood, Associate Director, Birmingham

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Lucy is a Chartered Geologist and Registered Ground Engineering Professional with over 17 years’ experience in geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering. She brings experience in design and construction of earthworks, foundations, retaining structures and infrastructure projects.

Lucy has extensive experience in the management, and delivery of geotechnical inputs for projects within a variety of sectors, from commercial and residential developments to large multidisciplinary highway schemes across the UK.

 

Lucia Perez Ezquerro, Consultant, London

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Lucia is a transport planning consultant with over three years’ experience based at our London office. She is a civil engineer by background having worked in the structural field before embarking on an MSc in Transport Planning and Management at the University of Westminster. Lucia works closely with clients in strategic planning, development control, public transport operations and active travel schemes.

 

John Tsui, Graduate Consultant, Cambridge

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John joined PJA as a Graduate Consultant in 2023 after an 8 week internship the year before with the Cambridge office when he was completing his Masters in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. He is based in London and works between the London and Cambridge offices. His interests are in transport, specifically active travel.

John’s work involves assisting in delivering high-quality, sustainable low car developments. This also extends to planning applications and masterplans for larger scale public transport projects, including contributing to business cases, public realm improvements and active travel planning.

 

Marta Urena Delgado, Engineer, Reading

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Marta is an Engineer with 6 years’ experience in highways design. She has worked on several major highway’s schemes going from feasibility to preliminary and detailed design. She has experience designing horizontal and vertical alignments according to DMRB, Manual for Streets and LTN 1/20, including production of 3D models using Civil 3D. She has experience of mentoring and developing the skills of others, supervising work, and organising resources and workloads.

 

Todd Lithgow, Graduate Consultant, Manchester

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Todd joined PJA’s Graduate Development Programme after completing his degree in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Liverpool and is based in our Manchester office. During his degree, Todd worked on several community and research projects in Liverpool designing more cycle and pedestrian friendly environments in key parts of the city. Todd’s work has since been featured within public engagement and consultation projects by key stakeholders in the development of the areas.

 

Emma Beynon, Graduate Consultant, Birmingham

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Emma joined PJA in 2023 after completing her MSc in Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Birmingham and is based in our Birmingham office. During her master’s degree she wrote her dissertation on different safety perceptions when walking, with a focus on how to use planning to make places more accessible and encourage active transport. As part of the PJA Graduate Development Programme, Emma has assisted in writing travel reports and gaining new skills in GIS.

 

Reanna Bongo, Graduate Consultant, Bristol

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Todd joined PJA’s Graduate Development Programme after completing his degree in Town and Regional Planning at the University of Liverpool and is based in our Manchester office. During his degree, Todd worked on several community and research projects in Liverpool designing more cycle and pedestrian friendly environments in key parts of the city. Todd’s work has since been featured within public engagement and consultation projects by key stakeholders in the development of the areas.

 

Ricky Kelly, Accounts Assistant, Birmingham

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Ricky supports our finance team with our accounting systems and protocols to ensure they run smoothly within our fast-paced environment.

 

Stephanie Barter, Graduate Consultant, Reading

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Stephanie joined PJA in 2023 as a Graduate Consultant at our Reading office, after achieving a first-class degree in Geography at the University of Nottingham. During this, she wrote an award-winning dissertation on women’s geographies of fear in urban spaces since COVID-19, exploring how features of built environments affect women’s interaction and perception of spaces. Through her studies, Stephanie established an interest in urban planning, which she looks forward to developing at PJA.

 

Philip Romeril, Graduate Consultant, Reading

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Philip joined the PJA Graduate Development Programme in 2023 after graduating with a first-class degree in Geography from Durham University and is based in the Reading office. Philip discovered transport planning through internships at the Government of Jersey. Here he developed skills in GIS, mapping data to support the development of strategic policy documents and road safety improvements, and preparing presentations to inform ministerial decision-making.

 

Lydia Green, Graduate Consultant, Cambridge

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Lydia joined the PJA Graduate Development Programme in September 2023 and is based in the Cambridge Office. She graduated from the University of Birmingham with a BA (Hons) in Geography, where she gained valuable skills and knowledge in GIS and active travel, which she is looking forward to developing further at PJA. Lydia’s dissertation focused on female students’ perception of safety on the University of Birmingham campus, and how this perception could be altered with the use of personal safety apps. This has led Lydia to develop a great interest in inclusive mobility.

 

Ben Kelly, Apprentice Engineering Technician, Reading

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Ben is beginning his career as an apprentice learning valuable skills in CAD and design. He is also studying for a Level 3 civil engineering btech qualification at Wiltshire college. He aims to improve his skills and knowledge at PJA in the different aspects of road design to become an engineer.

 

Jack Sheppard, Apprentice Engineering Technician, Reading

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Jack is beginning his career as an apprentice learning valuable skills in CAD and civil design engineering. He is also studying for a Level 3 Civil Engineering BTEC qualification at Wiltshire College. He aims to improve his skills and knowledge at PJA in the different aspects of road design to become an engineer.

 

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PJA is committed to taking urgent climate action and reducing our carbon footprint. In order to accelerate change within the business, PJA signed up to the Pledge to Net Zero with the ambition of halving our carbon emissions by 2030. 

A part of this ongoing commitment, September was PJA’s ‘Carbon Month’. Over the month we focused on different ways we, as a company and as individuals, can reduce our carbon footprint. Dan Flello, who heads up our carbon zero task force tells us more: 

“As part of what PJA do for the ‘day job’, it made sense to kick off Carbon Month by sharing a detailed travel plan we have created for each of our offices. Each travel plan has been carefully crafted to share advice on travel routes, alternatives to car use and car sharing, each tailored to their specific geographical location. With knowledge as power, letting the team know the options for travel to and from our offices is the beginning for choosing more carbon friendly options and techniques. 

“While PJA shared their initiatives to reduce carbon as a company, as individuals everybody in our team was encouraged to make a ‘carbon commitment’. This change, small or large, would in someway reduce our carbon footprint. The commitments ranged from cycling to work once a week to making a sandwich for lunch rather than driving to get one. Every single one valuable in it’s own right and contributing to achieving net zero. 

“We made our workspaces greener and tastier places, rolling our sleeves up and planting herbs right in our offices. Utilising windowsills and break out spaces, we planted fresh basil, parsley and rocket, which not only makes our offices look amazing but also helps to produce cleaner, fresher air and spruce up our lunches with a nutritional boost carrying little to no carbon footprint. 

“PJA’s landscape architectural team held a workshop on utilising green spaces like gardens, balconies and planters, including the reuse of coffee grounds and tea leaves as a natural fertiliser for a vegetable planting. The team were encouraged to consider a ‘no dig’ approach to gardening to keep the carbon in, and to look at weeds as a garden’s way of protecting it’s soil with the ability to take carbon out of the atmosphere and into storage. 

“The month finished with an open forum allowing any one in our team to share ideas and have their say on anything carbon. With the discussion rolling, it was an insight into the real commitment the PJA team have to cut carbon emissions.” 

 

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In August 2022, sharing our passion for creating better places, Tanya Moran and Tim Judd joined Director Sam Williams as part of Team PJA in Australia. They opened the inaugural Western Australia PJA office in Perth, recognising a significant opportunity for growth in influencing transport outcomes, sustainable infrastructure and placemaking in the area.

12 months after bringing the PJA brand to the west coast, Tim and Tanya continue to prioritise planning infrastructure for people and places to call home.

In the 365 days they have been there they have gone from a team of three to six, supporting a number of local and national clients and winning awards. They’ve done all this whilst still picking their children up from school, going to their sports events and performances while maintaining that healthy life-work balance we all strive for.

So what might the next 12 months bring? Tanya and Tim said:

“We’re so pleased to provide a ‘go -to’ transport and place making specialist group for our clients and partners in the industry on a national level. In the next 12 months we aim to continue to work on projects that we are truly excited about and organically grow our team. We thank our project partners and clients for their support of PJA in Australia over the last year and will continue to offer our combined 40+ years’ expertise in the transport planning industry.”

Get in touch with Tanya: [email protected] or Tim: [email protected]

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Meet our team in Australia

Sam Williams

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Sam heads up the Melbourne office of PJA and has over 11 years’ experience in civil engineering design consultancy’s.

He has worked on a wide range of projects including: development infrastructure, public realm improvements, national cycle routes and urban regeneration.

Sam brings a genuine passion for early engineering engagement at concept stage to ensure that a creative and credible design can be delivered.

 

Tanya Moran

[email protected]

Tanya has 20 years’ experience across the transport sector working on urban regeneration, built form, greenfields and major infrastructure projects for the public and private sector.

She has a proven track record of delivering complex projects, drawing on her in-depth appreciation of the transport system and expectations of its users to service land use planning and create places that people feel comfortable to interact in and safe to call ‘Home’.

She is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and has been an active committee member for over a decade for Transport Australia, Student Engagement and the National Women Working Group of Engineers Australia.

 

Tim Judd

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Tim has over 20 years’ experience in transportation and land use planning, road safety, public transport and active travel. Tim’s main focus is on providing advice on street design and its role within places.

He is a board member of Streets for People, a member of the Cycling Walking Australia and New Zealand Design Innovations Working Group and a panel member of Main Roads WA/IPWEA Road Safety Panel.

Tim has also been actively involved in developing the Healthy Streets framework and is an accredited Healthy Streets Assessor.

 

Richard Spencer

[email protected]

Richard has over 20 years’ experience in both the public and private sector in Road Design & Construction, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Management Planning, Road Safety, Crash Investigation and Road Safety Engineering.

With expansive experience and appreciation for projects of all size Richard is passionate about delivering high quality safe places with a commercial focus.

 

Rodney Ding

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Rodney has over 33 years’ experience in transport planning, traffic management, traffic engineering, transport/traffic modelling, road safety engineering and traffic planning. He specialises in Transport Impact Assessments, Intersection Analysis, Transport Modelling, Traffic Design, Parking Assessment/Design, Road Safety and Expert Witness. Having worked across a wide variety of projects, he is also fluent in the use of key traffic engineering/planning software platforms such as Sidra Intersection (Network), Q-Paramics and the Emme suite.

 

Sonja Hayes

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Sonja has over 13 years’ experience in the traffic and transport industry. She started her career in New Zealand with a focus in road safety before relocating to Australia in 2012. She has experience in the local government sector and in small and large consultancies, undertaking traffic assessments for small individual developments through to larger structure plan and subdivisions.

Sonja has a vast skill set having prepared traffic impact assessments, car park assessments and design, safety inspections and crash analysis for sites across Australia and New Zealand. Her passion lies in road safety, hoping to contribute to improvements in the experience of travel for all road users, across all modes of travel.

In 2003, Phil Jones created what is now one of the most well-known independent transport planning, engineering and placemaking companies with offices in the UK and Australia: PJA.

We’re marking this momentous year with a series of videos that will reminisce, recognise, celebrate and commemorate our 20 years of development.

From one man in a spare bedroom with an idea, to over 120 people working from 8 offices in two countries, how did it all start? Watch now:

Watch more from our 20 year anniversary series:

Part Two: How did you start PJA?

Part Three: Tell us about your first employee

Part Four: Tell us how you met Joint Managing Director Nigel Millington

Part Five: Tell us about your move to Longbridge in the UK

Part Six: Tell us how you met Joint Managing Director Mark Nettleton

Part Seven: Tell us about the regional offices

Part Eight: How did placemaking arrive?

Part Nine: Tell us about the expansion in Birmingham, UK

Part Ten: Tell us about changing from ‘Phil Jones Associates’ to ‘PJA’

Part Eleven: Tell us how engineering arrived at PJA

Part Twelve: Tell us about the EMI Scheme

Part Thirteen: Tell us about PJA going international

Part Fourteen: Tell us about PJA’s new head office in Birmingham, UK

 

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Our wonderful team are our greatest asset. Not only experts in transport, engineering and placemaking but also committed to delivering better places for people through high-level-service client experiences.

We’re very proud to continue to celebrate the faces behind the fast-growing international consultancy that we are today in our monthly feature ‘PJA People’.

Next up in our series is Ground Engineering and Contaminated Land Associate Charlotte Smith, based in our Bristol office:

 

Tell us what you do at PJA

I’m an Associate in the Ground Engineering and Contaminated Land team with responsibility for managing the team, work-winning, managing projects and delivering our technical input. I have a strong leaning towards contaminated land, however my broad understanding of a range of geo-environmental disciplines means I’m well placed for the developer-led projects we often work on.

 

What’s your career path so far?

I’ve always loved the outdoors and I graduated with a degree in Environmental Earth Science in 2006, joining Atkins in 2007. I worked there for thirteen years on a range of different projects and in a few locations before settling in Bristol. I joined PJA in November 2020 and haven’t looked back since.

 

What do you enjoy when you’re not working?

I love hiking and I try to get out into the hills most weekends. I’ve been enjoying climbing and cold-water swimming over the winter, and I’m a big fan of various types of motor racing so I have some exciting events in the calendar for this spring and summer.

 

Are you a dog or cat person?

A cat person without a doubt – I have a camera roll full of photos and videos that I took of the cats in my neighbourhood during lockdown walks!

 

What are you currently reading or listening to?

I have just finished The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, and I’m now reading Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff by Richard Carlson. I like to alternate fiction and non-fiction.

 

Claim to fame?

I was once interviewed by Jon Sopel for BBC News. Sadly I ended up on the cutting room floor…

 


Charlotte Smith, Associate

Charlotte has 15 years’ experience in the assessment, management, and remediation of land contamination, across a diverse range of public and private sector schemes including highway, rail, residential and commercial infrastructure projects. Charlotte’s main interest is in the reclamation and remediation of brownfield sites and she has proven abilities in engaging key stakeholders and regulators and navigating the planning process to deliver land ready for development.

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PJA is committed to taking urgent climate action and reducing our carbon footprint. To accelerate change within the business, PJA signed up to the Pledge to Net Zero at the start of 2023 with the ambition of halving our carbon emissions by 2030. We are continuing on our timeline for change and, as part of that, team members Daniel Flello and Samantha Furey qualified as ‘Carbon Literate’ with the Carbon Literacy Project.

As a transport, engineering and placemaking consultancy PJA recognise the critical role we play in contributing to a sustainable future when creating better places through great design. Our team’s understanding of carbon impacts, and how to minimize them, is vital in every aspect of a project we undertake. That’s why we’re proud of Samantha and Daniel for deepening their understanding of the carbon impacts associated with our industry. Completing this course means they now join a national effort of professionals who are informed and equipped to bring about a low carbon culture. This will undeniably enrich the sustainable strategies we offer to our clients.

Their achievement also underscores our company’s commitment in fostering a culture of continuous learning and sustainability. It’s an essential step towards our goal of ensuring all of our team members are equipped with the knowledge and tools to understand and minimize carbon footprints.

We continue to launch a number of initiatives within the business to progress our carbon reduction with further announcements coming soon.

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