"DEGW's services in Australia and New Zealand are exclusively focused on the strategic, pre-design stages of projects, specialising in how people and space come together to support organisational culture and improve business performance," said Davis Langdon's Australian managing director Mark Beattie. "DEGW do not provide design delivery  services, and this will continue to be the case under the merger with Davis Langdon, instead working closely with a range of Architecture and Design practices to realise its clients' objectives as it has done for over 10 years."

DEGW is a global market leader in its field and is best known for its work consulting on high-performance workplaces for Fortune 500 companies.  The firm works on behalf of clients to help them align their physical space with their organisational objectives, allowing them and their people to thrive. Their impressive client list includes the likes of Microsoft, Google, GSK, Pfizer, Cisco, Nokia, RBS, Deutsche Bank, BP, BBC, Accenture, WPP, Unilever, Phillips, Shell and Vodafone. 

The firm employs 145 people globally in a network of 12 offices in the UK, mainland Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. The combined office network of the two organisations will provide a strong presence in mainland Europe. It will also further strengthen the Davis Langdon and Seah International office network worldwide.

On announcing the merger in London Rob Smith, Davis Langdon's senior partner, said, "The merger will add a fourth dimension to our offer in that we will now be able to measure, value and manage ‘place' in addition to ‘cost', ‘quality' and ‘time'.  In the current market, our clients are focusing on their costs - the biggest of which is usually their people and places. The coming together of the two firms will mean we are the construction consultant best placed to advise."

On the benefits of the merger, Despina Katsikakis, chairman of DEGW commented, "For over 35 years we have focused on managing change through the effective integration of people, process and place. The coming together with Davis Langdon enables us to measure the value of place in delivering business performance for our clients worldwide."

In Australia DEGW have offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.  Mr Beattie said that DEGW business will complement Davis Langdon's strong industry brand and strengthen it's strategic service offering to our clients..

Davis Langdon is a global property and construction consultancy, providing managed solutions for clients investing in infrastructure, property and construction, worldwide. The firm is the recipient of a number of industry awards including being voted BD World Architecture magazine's Top International Construction Consultant for sixteen successive years and was named Building magazine's Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year 2009 for the fourth consecutive year. It has also been ranked in the UK's Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For' league table for the past five years. Globally the firm has been involved in many high-profile projects in recent years including Liverpool One, Mall of the Emirates in Dubai, Bahrain Financial Harbour, Beijing International Airport, Estadio Do Dragao in Portugal and the Grand Museum in Cairo. The firm has in excess of 5,000 staff in some 105 offices worldwide.

DEGW is a world-leading strategic  consultancy with offices in Europe, the Americas, and Asia Pacific. DEGW's international, award-winning practice is based on unrivalled user research, extensive experience in strategic  consulting and systematic evaluation of performance. DEGW focuses on the changing nature of working and learning at the scale of the workplace to the city. We apply the latest research about how organisations and technologies are changing to enable our clients to manage the resources of space and time with unprecedented effectiveness, enhance organisational performance and develop solutions that are flexible over time.

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