16 BUILD Q1 2020 Dec19128 here are few businesses better equipped to handle the range of situations that arise during a project than Capita. The business has a formidable line of expertise, thanks to a legacy that spans a century and a number of high-profile mergers and acquisitions. The business has seen significant evolution over the last few years in order to provide a more cohesive multi-disciplinary service. As a result, it has enabled their clients to take advantage of the many open opportunities available in the UK. With 2,500 employees at offices spread the length and breadth of the UK, Capita has been positioned to take on some of the UK’s most challenging and complex public and private sector projects. The business currently manages £20bn of commercial property assets, collecting £1.2bn of rent and services charges, as well as completing over £650m of investment transactions annually. Capita is seen as a market leader in strategic partnering with UK local authorities and is able to provide a range of managed services that include property, highways, regulatory services and development control. With the business able to reduce costs while enhancing services for a wide range of clients across central and local government including defence, education, healthcare, utilities, housing, and transport, it has become the go-to business for these services. This success is reflected in the private sector, with property developers, investors, occupiers, building contractors and a range of other commercial organisations and blue-chip companies. One of the businesses that makes up the larger Capita Group is GL Hearn (Real Estate). Like its parent company, GL Hearn is a multidisciplinary professional practice providing consultancy, design and management services across a wide range of industries. This means working with public and private sector organisations to enhance land or property holdings. Some of these projects are the largest and most complex in the UK, but GL Hearn is ideally equipped to handle strategic advice Celebrating Capita’s Capital Thinking With a legacy of handling some of the UK’s most difficult building projects, there are few businesses more suited to providing solutions across a range of disciplines than Capita Real Estate & Infrastructure. The firm’s continued success, tacking problems across the industry, is why this is BUILD has named this company as One to Watch in the United Kingdom. T over every phase of the asset lifecycle. This includes preparing developments, managing major projects in partnership with clients and specialist advisors and ensuring that the completed asset operates efficiently, to the lowest effective cost. The approach championed by the company is that of collaboration, innovation and maximisation of potential. With these impressive principles to guide the company forward, it’s no wonder that 2020 is shaping up to be an impressive year for the GL Hearn, and Capita as a whole. A significant amount of business with new clients and partners will see a larger volume of multidisciplinary projects delivered across the integrated portfolio. These projects will be happening as an investment in digital technology changes the face of the real estate sector. The ability to use specialist tools to improve client outcomes, with BIM, augmented realities, laser scanning and advanced visualisation and survey tools, one that the firm will take advantage of. The future of the government’s policy on infrastructure is one that Capita takes a great interest in and is an active contributor to through a range of policy-linked organisations. Recently, consultation on the standard of future homes has looking at the development of more energy efficient homes with a reduced carbon footprint. This is a cause that Capita passionately supports. Similarly, the firm is keeping a close eye on progress in the arena of PFI and PPP, and how government and private sector can work together to deliver and maintain vital infrastructure throughout the UK. The challenge with a big organisation is finding a way to bridge the gap between national issues and localised solutions. Capita draw the two together and find the way to ensure that solutions and services are fit for purpose no matter where they are implemented. Capable of having a profound effect on the way the UK operates, this business is understandably one that readers would do well to keep an eye on. Contact: Tim Seabrook
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