Building Design Partnership (BDP) is one of the world’s leading building design companies. It embraces all the skills needed to provide an integrated, comprehensive service and employs a wide range of professionals including architects, civil, structural and building services engineers, transport planners, interior designers and landscape architects.
BDP is a world class firm, already at the leading edge in many of the design areas in which they work. Their ambition is to be the best at everything they do, to offer outstanding design, the most intelligent solutions and excellence in every aspect of client service. BDP is a place where the principles of teamwork, collaboration, innovation and creativity thrive.
Since the practice was established in 1961 they have grown to be the largest architect-led firm in the UK with 1200 people in ten offices across the UK and Ireland. There is an appetite for growth with potential expansion in Scotland and into Europe and India. Turnover is about £84m per annum.
BDP work across many sectors; cultural and leisure buildings, heritage and conservation, retail, urbanism, transport and infrastructure, advanced technology, industry, research and development, offices, healthcare, education, housing, defence, police and court facilities, and the public realm. Whatever the project, BDP is dedicated to providing a customer focused service and have won over 450 design awards in doing so.
Those working within Information and Technology roles in BDP have the challenge of supporting and working with people who are left-brained business process focussed and right-brained creative professionals with their own specialist IT needs. BDP’s IT solutions have to service both aspects of the business and facilitate learning through knowledge capture and information sharing.
This is the opportunity to join BDP at a time when Information and Technology within the firm has a new impetus with a growing team, increased investment and an appetite for good ideas.
Culture
BDP has a culture which is based on a set of core values
and associated behaviours that are perhaps most simply summarised as people orientated. They really believe in it, are non bureaucratic and are truly committed to it. It makes them a different kind of firm to work with and for. They have a listening and inclusive style in clear contrast to the signature architects.
Their culture can be summarised by the words 'design integrity', a core value that informs every aspect of who we are, what we do, and how we do it.
Values
BDP aspire to be the best at everything they do, to achieve outstanding design, the most intelligent solutions, and excellence in every aspect of client service.
As an integrated, inter-disciplinary design practice, BDP can only be the best with the best people – people who are:
- Creative and inventive towards design
- Inquiring and aspiring in attitude
- Collaborative and inclusive in approach
- Diverse and integrated in capability
- Inspiring and winning in achievement
- Energised and fulfilling in their commitment
- Respectful and appreciative of the environment