This year's Christmas party took us to Cosy Club where the team plus partners joined together for some festive food and frivolity. It's always a great end to the year when we can gather together...

It's not often we're asked to help out with schemes this far from home, but when long standing AWP friends Alder King Planning Consultants asked us to assist with a tricky site in...

We were pleased to see that Backhouse Housing's new development at Castle Cary has recently been granted planning permission. The 74 home development is being designed by Stirling Prize winning...

As much of our current work is in the residential sector we felt it was appropriate to make a donation to regional charity Shelter Box to help families who have lost their homes, in lieu of...

Congratulations to Sam for passing his MSc in Transport Planning from Cardiff University. Sam joined us back in September whilst still completing his dissertation for his Masters.  He even...

AWP are supporting Exeter City Futures, a Community Interest Company (CIC) created to solve the global challenges of energy use and traffic congestion. Ian and Daisy attended a workshop on...

Earlier this year we worked on the Thorverton and Brampford Speke Community Access Project to help open up a rural highway that was subject to a landslip in 2012 following torrential rain and...

Congratulations to Jake on passing his Engineering Technician exam with the Institution of Civil Engineers. As a result he can now add a few letters after his name to show that he is a...

Would you Adam n’ Eve it, AWP’s ginger beers take to the fields of wheat in the Big Smoke. Our 2017 training weekend took us to London where we experienced the (Christmas) lights and...

Here at AWP we have 8 Apprentices, that's over 25% of our workforce.  Ranging from BTec Level 2 in Business Adminstration to BTec Level 4 in Construction in the Built Environment, we believe...

A small group of us went along to clip and climb and tested our climbing skills. From climbing up giant green and purple balls and stacked multi-coloured blocks to using pick-axe style handles...

Rodin, our intrepid explorer, climbed to Everest base camp with well-known AWP friend, Paul Mattin of Wilderness Solutions. Along the way, Rodin met a porter with a familiar looking logo! ...

We welcome our newest team member, Daisy Atkin!  Daisy is joining us as a Transport Planner working alongside Alex Wozniczko in the Transport Team.  She comes from Hydrock where she...

We've worked on many phases of Hitchcocks Business Park over the last few years undertaking engineering work to secure a series of planning permissions. It was good to see MDDC recently grant...

Today marks the end of #TEWeek17 which, if you aren't up with what is trending on Twitter, means Tomorrow's Engineers Week.  It is a national campaign 'showing how engineers are on a mission...

Yes, on the 1st of November 2012, seven of us (well five actually as Alex was still serving his notice and Ian was in hospital having fun with kidney stones) set up a temporary office in...

With the sun out it seemed an ideal opportunity to catch up with progress on one of our nearest sites at Ottery St Mary. As can be seen in the photos above, Acorn are making good progress...

Demolition of the Old Grandstand started this week following the completion of the new changing rooms in the main stand and the installation of new floodlights. Chris has led our team working for...

Here at AWP we are keen to invest in the next generation of engineers.  Whether it's through a one off week's work experience, a slightly more in-depth summer internship for an undergraduate,...

We're delighted to renew our sponsorship of the Exeter Chiefs. We'll take any reflected glory going! We've sponsored Max Bodilly and Joe Simmonds for the last couple of seasons and this year...

We are proud to announce that we are the south west, regional winners of the National Apprenticeship 'SME Newcomer of the Year 2017'. We entered the National Apprenticeship awards on the...

As our summer interns leave us to go back to their studies, our new starters come from their summer holidays to join us full time. Sam Davenport joins us from Cardiff University following a...

When YMCA Exeter asked for help with the refurbishment of their resident lounge area AWP were pleased to be able to provide financial support.  The refurbished lounge was officially opened...

We had our annual Summer BBQ at Turf Locks this weekend and (mostly) managed to dodge the summer showers! Despite the majority of the office being made up of men, it was our Office Manager Sophie...

We are pleased to announce that we are a corporate sponsor for Exeter Symphony Orchestra this year. Our Office Manager Sophie Brewer plays first flute in the city's symphony orchestra and so...

We're delighted to renew our player sponsorship of Max Bodilly and Joe Simmonds for the forthcoming season (that's Max passing to Joe in the photo above). And this season we are also pleased to...

Over the last few weeks our infrastructure design teams have managed to secure a number of Technical Approvals to enable our clients to start work on sites across the South West: Chulmleigh,...

We are pleased to announce that we have successfully been shortlisted for the regional finals for 'Employer of the Year' at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2017. Following the recommendation...

We were proud to sponsor the Dorset Food and Arts Festival for a second year in a row. Held in Queen Mother Square at Poundbury, the food festival attracts a number of local artists and food...

As you can see from the recent photos above, Poundbury North East Quadrant is really starting to take shape.   We undertook the infrastructure design of the next 500...

We were pleased to see the new Nansledan Primary School was granted planning permission recently. We provided engineering and masterplanning work to support the planning application and are...

Responding to a number of our key clients asking us to take on additional projects, we are pleased to announce that we have made a series of appointments who will join us over the next month or...

We were very pleased to see the Inspector grant planning permission for a new development of 189 dwellings in Par, Cornwall. We have been working with long-standing client Wainhomes on this site...

We had planned a glorious summer's day of outdoor team building activities followed by a BBQ in the beautiful grounds of Escot House.  The British weather however had other thoughts as the...

Many thanks to our clients and co-professionals who took time out of their busy schedules to join us watch the rain in Taunton on Sunday. We had an excellent view of the weather which was...

The AWP culture has a work hard play hard mantra and this was never more true than on the paintballing social. Playing as an AWP team against the commandos we fought hard through mud and woodland...

Here at AWP we are keen to support the next generation of civil engineers whether through school work experience weeks, university year in industry placements or summer internships. This summer...

Over the last couple of weeks, two projects we've been working on with long-standing client Wainhomes, have both secured planning permission. At Bodmin, Phase 3 of the Dunmere Road...

We've recently worked on the Thorverton and Brampford Speke Community Access Project to help open up a rural highway that was subject to a landslip in 2012 following torrential rain and became...

A group of the AWP team plus some AWP friends completed the 5km inflatable run at Westpoint on Sunday 16th July. The team worked together to jump under/over/through 10 inflatable obstacles across...

With a young vibrant team, it only seemed right to challenge some of our clients and key suppliers to a 6-a-side football tournament. A keen AWP team did battle with teams from Wainhomes (South...

We are pleased to announce two promotions. Jon Goldsworthy  has been promoted to Technician.  Jon works with Rodin in the Infrastructure Team and is the youngest member of the office to...

Cavanna Homes' new Greenspire development at Clyst St Mary is beginning to take shape. As you can see from the photo above, the site team are taking advantage of the recent dry weather and making...

We were pleased to see the Hill Barton Business Park estate road recently opened. We have worked on various elements of the design of the Business Park over the last few years. Our team, led by...

Over the last few years, we have worked with Richard Persey and his team at Hitchcocks Business Park to help secure a series of planning permissions. Most recently Chris, has undertaken the...

We are delighted to announce that we were chosen as the Small Business of the Year at the 2017 Exeter Business Awards. From over 30 businesses who submitted entries into this category, 5 were...

One of the key parts of the masterplan for the urban extension at Newquay was the provision of a new primary school. Over the last couple of months we have provided engineering and...

Ian was at the North Devon Council Planning Committee yesterday to see NDC grant planning permission for the regeneration of Highbullen Hotel. Detailed design at the site is progressing and we...

After a lot of behind the scenes work, it was good to hear that construction work is due to start next month on the redevelopment of St James Park. Over the last few months, we have been working...

We often say, with such a young team we struggle to stop them bouncing off the walls.  This month's social however positively encouraged it! The team went along to 'i-bounce' a warehouse...

As part of our commitment to sustainable travel we invited the team from Travel Devon to come and run a lunch time drop in session. As well as the AWP team dropping in, we welcomed colleagues...

We are proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for 3 different categories in the Express and Echo business awards: Small Business of the Year For local business with no more than 30...

Tom Richards has passed his Level 3 NVQ in Civil Engineering. Tom joined AWP in 2015 on a year long apprenticeship alongside his NVQ in civil engineering.  He has recently had his final...

We thought it about time to dust off the AWP camera and check out progress on a number of our Cornish sites. As you can see from the photos above, the sun always shines in Cornwall. In order of...

We have recently helped St Austell Brewery secure planning permissions for a new boutique hotel and the extension of the beer garden at the Mill on the Exe. So, with the evenings now drawing...

We were delighted to see North Devon Council recently grant Reserved Matters Approval for a scheme of 77 new homes in Landkey, North Devon. This is the latest stage of our involvement working for...

We were delighted to see two projects which we've worked on over the last few years being shortlisted for the Michelmores Property Awards 2017. Category 1: Commercial Project of the...

We were delighted to see all three of our sponsored Chiefs play in the final of the Anglo Welsh Cup last weekend. Unfortunately they came up just short against a very strong Leicester side. Best...

We've recently helped secure planning permission for another proposed development for St Austell Brewery. This time its a cafe right next to the beach in Port Gaverne on the North Cornish coast....

We were pleased to see that Winchester City Council recently granted planning permission for a new Southcott Homes development at Clewers Lane, Waltham Chase. We undertook a Transport Assessment,...

We've recently submitted an outline application for a large development on the northern edge of Crediton. Working closely with Barton Willmore, for client Gleeson Developments, we prepared a...

Its National Apprenticeship Week this week. Which seemed like a good prompt to introduce two Apprentices who have joined us recently. Over the last few years we have built an excellent working...

We were pleased to see that Exeter City Council recently granted outline planning permission for up to 60,000 sqft of B1 office space on Exeter Business Park. We undertook our usual suite of...

Taunton Deane Borough Council has approved the reserved matters for the first two phases of a major development on the edge of Wellington in Somerset. The scheme, at Jurston Farm, is part of a...

We were brought in by Southcott Homes to help them solve a flood risk problem on a site in Hedge End, Hampshire. The proposed scheme was to demolish a redundant commercial building and build a...

With an office of (mostly) petrol heads, it only seemed right to have a social go-kart racing. As we set off to Raceworld, speculations were already rife as to who would come out as...

Chris recently attended a Royal Winchester House progress meeting. Demolition of the old 3M building, which dominated the Bracknell skyline for many years, has recently been completed and...

At the end of last year Ian gave evidence at an Appeal against the refusal of planning permission for a site in North Devon. The Inspector has just announced that he has found in favour of the...

We are pleased to announce three promotions. Alex Wozniczko has been promoted to Technical Director. As most of you will know, Alex leads our Transport Planning team on a day to day basis. Simon...