Our management consulting team advises businesses and governments on complex and multidisciplinary challenges. We are experts in strategy, organizational transformation, operations, and asset management and help our clients improve the strategic direction and performance of their operations, assets, and people.

Unlike our competitors, we bridge the gap between traditional management consulting and technical engineering disciplines. Combining business strategy and technical insights allows our team to develop realistic and implementable solutions at the critical point where business requirements connect with assets and infrastructure, readying our clients for tomorrow’s challenges. The ultimate goal of our work is to create truly resilient organizations through effective business transformation.

How we help you

Business transformation manifests in many forms and different scales. Our management consultants are helping clients in a wide range of tasks and contexts, but certain priorities and themes reappear across sectors and industries. Clients need:

  1. Deeper market understanding:

    How do organizations adapt to the ever-evolving changes in their industry? Do they have the right mix of people, capabilities, and assets to stay ahead? Our teams draw on Foresight, Arup’s deep research function, to spot trends and anticipate change before others do.

  2. Organizational fortitude:

    Many organizations evolve until their structure and talent base no longer fits their previous operating model—a point where growth can weaken, not strengthen. We help clients revisit and strengthen their people, organizational structure, and leadership ensuring they support the overarching vision and strategy.

  3. Operational confidence:

    Many clients invest significantly in new services or building new infrastructure but struggle to achieve readiness for day-one operations and meeting the needs of the public. Our experts in operational readiness and facility and systems activation help airports, sporting events, and many other major programs or new capital infrastructure transition to "day 1" operations without a hitch.

  4. Greater cost control:

    Organizations need to respond to increasing market and funding challenges to address growing costs and aging infrastructure, but how can they address fiscal priorities while remaining competitive and profitable or delivering the level of service that the public expects? Our consultants understand the connections between investment, funding strategies, operations, and long-term financial and asset health, and have helped numerous organizations navigate these complexities.

  5. Invest in innovation:

    Many companies face competitors that are rapidly deploying AI, boosting efficiency, and expanding services. We help organizations navigate this technological shift and successfully adopt new ways of working.

  6. Greater climate preparedness:

    There’s a growing need for tangible, real business resilience, as companies’ operations and supply chains are increasingly challenged by the impacts of extreme weather. These threats are becoming harder to evaluate and act on. We bring together our experts in operational resilience and emergency preparedness with our climate change and adaptation team to help clients understand and prepare for these risks as part of a wider business strategy.

  7. Decarbonization dilemmas:

    Most organizations are committed to meeting emission reduction targets, but as they grow this goal becomes more complex and they risk missing regulatory requirements. We help CEOs, executive teams, and local legislative authorities to translate complex sustainability, climate resilience, and regulatory frameworks into clear, actionable strategies that support high-level decision-making.

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Working as partners

An effective strategy should always reflect an organization’s particular culture, ambitions, and readiness to deliver in the real world. To achieve this requires a close and open working relationship. For us, collaboration isn’t just a way of working – it’s a key element of any organization that can learn and develop – and it demonstrates a commitment to a lasting outcome. The strategies and business plans we develop in partnership, ensure that clients are the ultimate owners and champions of the outcomes.

When you work with Arup you gain access to a unique community of practitioners and independent thinkers; we activate teams with the most relevant experience from across the world. As a purpose-driven organization, held in trust ownership for its members, we seek out clients whose goals and values we share. This independence underlies the originality and creativity of the solutions we will develop with you.

Insights into tomorrow

We are a knowledge-driven organization and our teams draw on the wide social, economic and commercial forecasting expertise of our Foresight team. Recent clients have approached us to learn about the future of manufacturing, the speed and significance of the energy transition, where tomorrow’s materials and resources will come from, how artificial intelligence will reshape urbanisation and many other vital trends.

Find out how our Foresight team can help you

Explore some of our areas of expertise:

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Asset management
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Operations consulting
People and organisations

People and organisations
Strategy consulting is part of Arup's advisory services

Strategy consulting

Experts

To discuss a project, contact our team today: