Infrastructures teams

Our society is changing, as can be seen in news reports every day. Housing shortages, water shortages, climate change, biodiversity, energy supplies, renewable energy, and the switch to electric cars from 2030 are all issues that our society is facing today. Our towns, cities and countryside have to adapt to the change, and you could be part of building the world we want to live in. Infrastructure is the backbone of our economy and how we live, it encompasses power, water, telecoms, trains, roads, housing and even town centres delivering the services and facilities we need to live, work, and play in the 21st century. Operating in both rural and urban environments, our fast-growing Infrastructure teams are directly involved in delivering the world we need for the 21st Century and beyond.

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“To be the leading provider of property expertise for the development, management and trading of assets arising from the infrastructure sector.”

Our mission

Our infrastructure teams at a glance

We have helped to facilitate the development of 87,000,000 MWh of energy generation in the last 12 months

Our largest portfolio valuation is £137m

We have delivered 4,500 projects for Network Rail

We work for 154 local authorities

We manage over 1,000 miles of ports and foreshores

We have 100+ RICS registered valuers

We manage over 1.3m acres of land

We provide a national service from 7 hub offices

A selection of our work

our 2025 Vision

£137m

154

1,000

1.3m acres

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Project: South East Aylesbury Link Road

Initial land referencing advice, plus land assembly and settlement of compensation claims to ensure the successful delivery of the scheme.

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Project: Oxford Science Park
a. Client: Magdalen College
b. Services provided: Asset management, Office agency
c. Location: Oxford

Project: Peckham Gateway

Land assembly and CPO strategy advice for the regeneration of the area surrounding Peckham Rye station.

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PROJECT: Monitoring for major infrastructure projects

Structural monitoring of buildings located close to the route of a major infrastructure project, to assess its impact.

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Project: Ullswater Heights

Energy development of solar, batteries and wind, which puts Ullswater Heights on track to be the UK’s first truly net-zero holiday park.

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Project: Valuation of Peel Land & Property Environmental Ltd assets

Valuation of over 40 properties including quarries, waste management infrastructure and energy generating facilities.

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2. Project: Aviation House
a. Client: Food Standards Agency
b. Services provided: Building Consultancy
c. Location: Holborn, London

3. Project: Silverstone Business Park
a. Client: MEPC
b. Services provided: Commercial agency, Asset management
c. Location: Northamptonshire

4. Project: JJ Thomson Avenue
a. Client: University of Cambridge
b. Services provided: Property and asset management
c. Location: Cambridge

Throughout 2018-19, agreement was achieved for the following Vision statement for the Commercial division, working toward 2025:

“To grow the division into a team that provides a truly national, robust, co-ordinated and personal service that works to enhance the built environment for our clients through continued investment in our people and regional diversification.”

This Plan has been written in recognition of the work that has been undertaken throughout the previous plan period to build the Commercial division to a £21 million division, equating to over one quarter of the business, both in terms of turnover and headcount.

To continue to build upon this, it is recognised that focus needs to be applied to our resources and regional and service structure. Infrastructure in support of the divisional activity will also be essential in a time of great change in relation to automation and technological enhancements.

This Plan has been created through consultation with members of the division, with input added from across the current regional offices and national service teams, together with Business Services heads. This has been undertaken to ensure that we understand our Partners’ and staff’s aspirations lie for the Plan period more widely than on the financial basis on which the previous Plan was focused.

Each team has an individual charged with developing their business plan over the Vision 2025 period. In conjunction with the Divisional Board, they are responsible for setting the annual budget, the business plan and implementing it.

Our vision for sustainability is to adopt business strategies and activities that meet the needs of Carter Jonas while protecting, sustaining, and enhancing human and natural resources now and for future generations. Since 1855 our people have worked with the natural environment to create more sustainable outcomes for the property and landowners that we have served and within the communities that we work. There are three key elements through which we manage our commitments to sustainability:

Our sustainable business

Building Exterior, Built Structure, City, Cityscape,

We are proud members of the UK Green Building Council and have achieved both the Gold Accreditation as an Investor in People and also the Good Practise Award in recognition of our wider commitments to health and wellbeing. To view all of our accreditations and read more about the work we are doing to lead the industry in ESG and EDI go to the dedicated sustainability section of our website.

ESG Policy

SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

ANNUAL SCORECARD

Our detailed policy statement that sets out clear high level aims and objectives for the firm, our ESG Policy is owned by our Management Board and will update periodically

Our Annual Sustainability Report is published and circulated internally and externally. The report shows our progress against our objectives (as set out in the Annual Scorecard)

Our Annual Scorecard is the framework within which we set specific objectives and measure our performance against them using a clear red, amber, green system

Our people

I joined Carter Jonas Infrastructures in December 2016 as a Contract Coordinator with 15 years’ administrative experience within the infrastructure sector. During my interview I explained that I had interest in surveying following completion of my Construction Management degree. Since joining, the firm has supported me to undertake a Masters in Real Estate and Property Management, and subsequently they gave me an opportunity to transfer my skills into a new role. I am now an Associate based in Birmingham, supporting asset managers who report to me, providing clients with advice based on my assessment of their portfolio, and making recommendations for acquisition and development potential. In addition, I undertake the management of complex cases involving residential properties heavily impacted by HS2 construction activity.

When you join Carter Jonas Infrastructure, you are integrated into a highly effective team with ambitions to keep growing.

Our work is diverse, and the skills required are transferable, so we welcome candidates with a wide variety of backgrounds, not limited to property.

We collaborate and support each other to ensure that we are operating at the highest standard in order to deliver for our clients – many of whom are major organisations delivering nationally significant projects across the country.

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Mark Hall-Digweed Head of Infrastructures

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Our infrastructure sectors and services

Associate

NICOLA DAWKINS

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Our sectors

Energy

Minerals & waste management

Regeneration

Telecommunications

Utilities

Transport

Our services

Agency & Investment

Land Referencing & Case Management

Compulsory Purchase Compensation

Measured Surveys and Monitoring

Wayleaves & Easements

Planning and Consenting Development

Asset Management

Land Assembly and CPO

Energy Brokerage

Valuation and Due Diligence

Grid Consultancy

Surveyor doing road survey using modern robotic total station EDM before begining of construction works and setting construction site

Most importantly, though, we want our teams to enjoy their work – and our strong team culture makes sure that this is the case.

Since starting at Carter Jonas, I’ve been lucky to work as part of an ambitious and successful Infrastructures team. From joining initially as the Team Administrator in 2018, I have been given the support, guidance and opportunity to progress into a fee-earning role. This has allowed me to develop my skills and expand my knowledge, all with the help and support of my manager. It was great that Carter Jonas was willing to let me transition in this way and it is clear that training and development is a big part of the firm’s ethos. The Infrastructures team is made up of like-minded and driven people, are all looking to achieve collective as well as individual goals. There is a real sense of being valued as a key member of the team and that anyone, regardless of position, can speak up and have their opinions considered. I have found that the team is keen to allow individuals to focus on areas of work which they have a particular passion or interest in, and that there is a concerted effort to retain good staff.

Energy Specialist

ROSALYN GLEDHILL

I joined Carter Jonas in September 2020, as a surveyor in the infrastructures team, predominantly on the HS2 contract having achieved MRICS and FAAV status in Autumn 2019. As a newly qualified surveyor, I found the team very friendly and supportive. I enjoyed assisting more experienced members of the team with complex cases, while also building my professional independence taking on responsibilities for management of my own cases and workload. Now, in 2023, I have been promoted to an Associate Surveyor within the infrastructure team. I have been encouraged to develop my technical knowledge and as a professional within the firm. I have also received encouragement to expand particular areas of interest within the profession. I am currently working to attain a BIAC qualifications, as well as becoming an APC assessor. The workload is diverse and challenging and I enjoy the fast pace within the infrastructure team. Currently I am involved with a number of complex compulsory purchase cases to include rural business losses claims and injurious affection, as well as dealing with wider rural valuations and crop loss assessments. My favourite part of the job is getting out on site.

Associate

Ellen Plowright

Data Capture

Land Management

Minerals

Roads

Wind

Port

Rail

Energy storage

Telecommunications

Electric Vehicles

Leisure

Waste Recycling

Energy from Waste

Sequestration

Sustainable Communities

Land Remediation & Regeneration

Planning Policy & Evidence Base

Since joining Carter Jonas in 2022, I have been bowled over by the level of the projects that the infrastructure team and the wider firm work on. We are helping major clients deliver complex, dynamic, and challenging flagship infrastructure projects all over the UK. Every member of the diverse and vibrant team is working collaboratively with the clients to deliver better, more innovative property and land solutions, delivering market leading performance. It's a genuinely exciting team to be a part of.

Partner

Dean Fischer

We asked our colleagues why they love working in the infrastructure sector

Infrastructure is the backbone of our economy and how we live, it encompasses power, water, telecoms, trains, roads, housing and even town centres delivering the services and facilities we need to live, work, and play in the 21st century. Operating in both rural and urban environments, our fast-growing Infrastructure teams are directly involved in delivering the world we need for the 21st Century and beyond.

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