As Christmas fast approaches, here at AWP we have been celebrating in style. From assorted chocolates and cakes in the office, to a successful Christmas Jumper fundraiser for Save the Children,...

This year we have donated money to Mind, the mental health charity, in lieu of sending Christmas cards. As we are all aware, Mental Health has had a fair amount of recognition in the media...

In between the showers this weekend, we took this progress update photo of the new student accommodation block being built on the old Radmore and Tucker site in Frog St, Exeter.   We helped...

When Sidmouth College invited us back to take part in their Careers Roundabout event, we jumped at the chance to develop our STEM work in schools. On Thursday 29th November, Annabel, Fleur and...

We were pleased to see Exeter City Council grant planning permission for the proposed new footbridge and boardwalk at Exeter Quay. We worked closely with the ECC team and also the Environment...

We were particularly pleased to hear that Teignbridge District Council had granted planning permission for Rule Five's hybrid application at Bovey Tracey. We have helped Guy on this project for a...

We were delighted to hear that Tregunnel Hill has been awarded the INTBAU Excellence Award in the Urban Design category. INTBAU (the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture...

Last week, our year-in-industry intern Fleur had the opportunity to visit Churston Grammar School as part of “Tomorrow’s Engineers Week”. She spent the morning giving a...

In a shocking piece of poor planning, one of our Directors arranged a site meeting on a day when the sun wasn't shining. However, despite a soaking, it was good to see the Backhouse site team...

We were somewhat surprised but really proud to be announced as winner of this award. To be honest we were feeling pretty pleased with ourselves when we heard that there’d been over...

We were delighted to see Clifton Emery Design's excellent design for the regeneration of Poole Park Road, in Barne Barton, Plymouth win the Urban Design and Masterplanning category at this year's...

We have been working for Exeter City Council as part of a team with JLL and Clifton Emery Design providing engineering input into the developing masterplan of the current bus station site....

We've all just returned from our study weekend to Amsterdam (which is a bit of a result on its own). After flying out on Friday afternoon, the training bit started early on Saturday with an...

We are happy to announce that we have continued our position as a SMAS Accredited Company. SMAS (Safety Management Advisory Services) is a dedicated H&S Assessment Company specialising in the...

We were pleased to hear that Phase 2 of Wyatt Homes' development at Charminster secured planning permission recently. We undertook our normal suite of engineering works to support this detailed...

We spent some time team-bonding in a friendly (partially competitive) evening bowling. Across 4 lanes, our teams battled it out to be crowned the AWP bowler of the year.  From gutter balls...

We're pleased to sponsor both Max Bodilly and Joe Simmonds for the 2018-19 season. It's the 4th season we have sponsored Max and the 3rd for Joe.  Joe has had an excellent start to the...

We have been shortlisted as a finalist in the Small Business of the Year category at this year’s Western Morning News Business Awards. The Small Business of the Year award is open to...

We are entering a team of 5 keen AWP 'athletes' into this year's Great West Run. Sophie Brewer, Sam Davenport, Rodin Mackay, Jake Richards and Matt Spurling are braving this year's half marathon...

We are pleased to announce three mid-year promotions: Matt Spurling has been promoted to Technician following the successful completion of his EngTech and his continued development at...

CG Fry and their groundworkers (Ford Civil Engineering) are making good progress on the Northern and North Eastern Quarters at Poundbury. Dan and his team have undertaken the S38 drainage, S104...

We recently stopped off at Zero C's Bletchingdon development in Oxfordshire and were impressed by the progress of construction since our last visit. The development, marketed as Duchy Field, was...

We are pleased to welcome five new starters who have joined us over the last few weeks. In response to our expanding workload and in order to meet client demands, we have increased our team so we...

It's good to see that construction of the new primary school at Nansledan has progressed well over the summer. The 14-classroom Skol Nansledan is due to open in a year's time and will be the...

As you can see from the photos above, Zero C's Trevethow Riel development in Truro is looking fantastic. We undertook the detailed infrastructure design for this Ben Pentreath masterplanned...

Over the last few years we've welcomed a number of undergraduates to AWP and given them varying lengths of work experience. We like to think it works in two ways: Undergraduates get some...

We were pleased to support the Dorset Food and Arts Festival for the third year running. Held in Queen Mother Square at Poundbury, the food festival attracts a number of local artists and food...

The sun always shines in Newquay and the rapidly growing Nansledan development is beginning to take shape. We stopped off and had a quick walk around at the weekend and were impressed by how...

Our Annual Family Summer BBQ this year took us to The Bear Trail - a muddy adventure trail for all the family! Joined by partners and children, the team took on the Bear Trail under the hot...

Many thanks to our clients and co-professionals who took time out of their busy schedules to join us watch Somerset soundly beat Essex in a T20 match on Friday evening. We were treated to a...

Construction is well underway at three student accommodation blocks in the city where we helped secure planning permissions over the last few years. The first photo and CGI above are of the Frog...

Here at AWP we pride ourselves on investing in our staff and their training and development.  Working closely with Paul Mattin of Wilderness Solutions this session continued to build on that....

We were pleased to see South Hams District Council grant full planning permission for Jameson Homes' proposed development in Diptford. The proposed residential development comprises twelve...

The site is currently occupied by 228 identical two-bed flats arranged in 28 three storey blocks. The existing flats once formed part of the largest Naval estate in the country but are now in need...

Working closely (we share the same building) with project architects Kensington Taylor, we undertook a Transport Assessment and Flood Risk Assessment to support a planning application for a mixed...

We have undertaken the engineering work to support a detailed planning application to Exeter City Council for the conversion and change of use of a former care home for the elderly into...

We were pleased to see that the outline planning application for a new mixed-use development in Shepton Mallet was recently submitted. The new mixed-use neighbourhood will...

Exeter City Council has recently submitted a planning application for the replacement of the existing Mallison Bridge and the addition of a new elevated boardwalk over the riverside walkway...

After a successful inaugural tournament in 2017, we repeated the whole exercise again to great acclaim. Six teams made up of clients and suppliers, gathered on a sunny Monday evening to...

We are now signed up members of the CIHT Diversity & Inclusion Charter. Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT) is a charity, learned society and membership body with 12...

Next up in our series of site progress reports is Backhouse's site at Castle Cary. This was Backhouse's first development and we initially helped them secure Reserved Matters Approval before...

We were delighted to be Highly Commended for our work on the Hulk Lane Reinstatement project in the ICE South West Awards, Community Category. The judges felt that the level of community...

Congratulations to Matt & Adam on passing their Engineering Technician exam with the Institution of Civil Engineers. As a result they can now add a few letters after their names to show...

Next up in our series of site progress updates is Devonshire Homes' site in Cullompton. Our involvement on this project goes back to 2012, and over the last six years we have helped secure...

Outline planning permission has been granted for 300 new homes with associated infrastructure and public open space on land at Cleave Wood, East-the-Water, Bideford. Woking on behalf of the...

With such good weather, it seems like a good excuse to get out the AWP camera and catch up on progress on a few local sites. First up its Ottery St Mary, where Acorn are making good progress on...

Last week West Devon District Council resolved to grant Planning Permission for a second phase of development at Batheway Fields, North Tawton. Working on behalf of Wainhomes, AWP were appointed...

Well it was a bit hot and we'd got lots of work done this week, so we decided to shut up shop early and go to the beach. A couple of hours of beach cricket / football / frisbee / rugby etc worked...

In the last few weeks the Duchy of Cornwall's Tregunnel Hill development in Newquay has won two more prestigious awards. We were delighted to see that Tregunnel Hill was announced as one of the...

We are very pleased to announce that AWP is now an accredited Bloom supplier. This means that we can be called upon by the public sector to deliver civil engineering services to a wider network...

We had a really good evening at the NCE100 awards last night. It's the first time we've entered, so to be chosen as one of the top 100 civil engineering companies of the year was quite an honour...

We were really pleased to see that Hitchcocks Business Park won the Commercial project of the year at the RICS SW awards. We have worked on various stages of this rapidly growing business...

It's Mental Health Awareness Week 2018. AWP are getting involved through a series of events this week, the first of which were: Coffee, Cake and Chat - An opportunity to have a chat with someone...

Two of AWP’s graduates were invited to present at University Centre South Devon’s (UCSD) annual Student Research Showcase event, in collaboration with ICE200. Simon and Sam gave...

We're pleased to see planning permission has been granted for Backhouse's scheme on the former Westbury Hospital site. We've worked on all of their projects to date helping...

It was good to catch up with our three sponsored Chiefs at their media day earlier this week. Best of luck to Max, Joe and Tom who are all fighting hard for first team places as the Chiefs...

We're always pleased to see projects we've worked on recognised for local or national awards, so it was good to see that Hitchcocks Business Park has been shortlisted in the commercial category of...

Hot on the heels of being chosen as one of the NCE100 Companies of the Year, and being shortlisted as a finalist in both the 'Health & Wellbeing Leader' and the 'Talent Champion'...

We were delighted to see two projects we have worked on over recent years win categories at the LABC Awards last week. Cavanna Homes' Primrose Hill development in Torquay won the Best High Volume...

We were pleased to assist Backhouse with their third planning application, having previously undertaken the engineering works for their first two schemes at Castle Cary and...

Huge congrats to Joe Simmonds . . . "sponsored by AWP" as they seem to say every few minutes at Sandy Park these days. Joe has been chosen as the Aviva Premiership Player of the Month for...

We were delighted to hear that Jayesh Elson has been shortlisted for the ICE SW Apprentice of the Year Award. Jayesh joined us in 2016 and since then has worked in our Infrastructure Design team....

This is the first year we've decided to enter a project into the ICE's regional awards and we were delighted to hear that our Hulk Lane Reinstatement project has been shortlisted for the Community...

We're still pinching ourselves when we see AWP listed in the NCE100 companies of the year list. As you can see, we've been ranked alongside some of the big boys in the list of Top 100 civil...

On 17th March our team of 14 tackled the Monster Race in horrendous conditions. Covered in mud, in temperatures hovering around freezing, they managed to complete the 5km course...

Last month we took a number of our long standing clients to see the Exeter Chiefs win their last Anglo-Welsh cup match to top their group. So, with the home semi-final secured, we...

It's National Apprentice Week and this year's theme is 'Apprenticeships Work'.  Showcasing how apprenticeships work for: individuals employers the community the wider economy Here...

We have been shortlisted as a finalist in both the 'Health & Wellbeing Leader' and the 'Talent Champion' categories of the New Civil Engineer (NCE) Top 100 Awards. The next stage of the...

As can be seen from the photos above all three housebuilders at Nansledan, (Wainhomes, Morrish Builders and CG Fry) have been making excellent progress on site this winter.   We're...

We were pleased to see Teignbridge District Council grant planning permission for Exeter Estates' proposed new employment development at West Exe Park. The 47,000 sqm development will generate...

We are currently working with Wyatt Homes on a number of their residential projects across Dorset, Somerset and Hampshire. We've recently undertaken our usual suite of engineering works to...

There are 60 minutes on the clock. Join your friends for a live adventure.  Pit your wits against puzzles and quizzes to find the code to escape. This was the challenge we set ourselves for...

Dan and Pete went to meet with CG Fry to give a presentation discussing the input a civil engineer has to the design process. Presenting to the CG Fry design team, Dan talked through the added...

As part of our sponsorship of the Exeter Chiefs we were delighted to host a number of our long-standing clients at Saturday's match. We've sponsored Max Bodilly and Joe Simmonds for the last...

We were pleased to see the planning application was recently submitted to convert Blackborough House to a new 64 bedroom hotel. We were appointed to undertake civil engineering input to support...

We are thrilled to have been included on the Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer List 2017. Recognised alongside well known organisations such as EDF Energy, Ford Motor Company and Lloyds Banking...

We were pleased to assist Backhouse Housing by undertaking the engineering work to support a Reserved Matters Application for the proposed redevelopment of the former Westbury...

We were pleased to hear that East Devon District Council recently granted planning permission for a new hotel adjacent to the Cat & Fiddle pub at Clyst St Mary. Following on from a number of...

Now that the scaffolding has come down on the Royal Pavilion, Queen Mother Square is looking fantastic. We've been working on various phases of Poundbury since the inception of AWP in 2012. The...

We are pleased to announce three promotions. Dan Hart has been promoted to Principal Engineer in recognition of his continued contributions to the success of AWP. Annabel Harris has been...