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AA PROJECTS LTD

About AA Projects

AA Projects is a management and property consultancy, established in 1999, with extensive experience and expertise in both the public and private sectors, including significant experience in the Western European PPP market. The firm works across the United Kingdom, Europe and the Americas and has 8 offices located in the United Kingdom.

We provide innovative, client focused consultancy solutions that are supported by best practice, with quality and sustainability at the heart of our thinking. We pride ourselves on achieving best value for clients, providing up-to-date knowledge of property management, estate strategies, procurement, financing, and the complete management of the construction process. We also provide several specialist consultancies including facilities management, energy and sustainability and rights of light.

We have significant experience of working in the PPP sector, with over 1.5m square meters of PPP assets surveyed each year, technical advisory roles across multiple Primary PPP projects and considerable expert witness work for several parties on the Procuring Authority and Investor side.

Our portfolio of clients is extensive and spans a wide range of sectors including commercial, education, defence, health, heritage, regeneration, industrial & manufacturing, leisure & arts, government agencies, residential, retail and transport & infrastructure.

The Review of the Pilot PPP Schools Bundle Commission

The Review of the Pilot PPP Schools Bundle has been commissioned by the Department of Education1 with the principal objective of examining all aspects of delivering the Pilot Schools under the PPP model relative to delivering schools under the conventional delivery model, and to assess whether the objectives of Pilot Schools have been met to date.

Our Consultants

Our highly skilled team includes strategic property consultants, PPP experts, building surveyors, quantity surveyors, sustainability specialists and facilities management consultants.

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1Following a Government Decision of the 26th June 2020 the Department of Education & Skills was renamed the Department of Education.