Hyder Consulting (UK) Limited, the multi-national design and engineering consultancy, has achieved BS11000 accreditation, the British Standard for Collaborative Working Relationships.

Recognising that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts, Hyder has been a champion of collaboration in the way it engages clients and delivery partners to work as a unified team, and is one of the first consultancies in the engineering sector to be recognised in this way.

To mark the occasion, Hyder hosted a reception for key clients and partners at its London head office, along with guest speaker, Dr Nelson Ogunshakin, OBE and the Chief Executive of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering.

The theme of the event centred around the collaborative spirit that Hyder has been driving on projects such as the London Bridge Station Redevelopment, the Highways Agency’s Project Support Framework, South West Water’s H5O Alliance and the JacksonHyderJV supporting the Environment Agency’s Water and Environment Management framework.

Guest speaker Dr Nelson Ogunshakin, OBE and the Chief Executive of the Association for Consultancy and Engineering, congratulated Hyder on its achievement. He noted that working in collaboration is a business imperative within the engineering sector today, and across all disciplines, from the political, industrial and corporate level to the individual level.

Ivor Catto, Hyder’s Chief Executive, noted that collaboration is rooted in a culture of an organisation and that the key to achieving effective and productive collaborative relationships is building trust, both inside and outside of a company.

Hyder’s Graham Reid, Regional Managing Director (UK), said:

“When I received notification that we had succeeded in achieving BS11000 accreditation, it made me enormously proud of the business we are creating at Hyder in the UK. Our aim is to continually exceed our clients’ expectations. In all parts of our business, our people are committed to this goal – it is part of our culture. In our experience, teams that work in collaboration outperform in terms of innovation, technical excellence, client understanding, efficiency and value engineering – all critical components to outstanding client service. In short, working in collaboration makes good business sense.”

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