Bone Wells Urbecon Ltd
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CAPABILITY STATEMENT
Bone Wells Urbecon (BWU) is an economics and planning consultancy with a strong background in applied research and evaluation. The practice works mainly on local economy enhancement, strategic planning, economic impact and evaluation, urban regeneration and development projects. The firm’s experience is in the UK and internationally in the Arabian Gulf, South East Asia, Africa, Caribbean and Baltic States. Sectors covered include tourism, retail, offices, industry, infrastructure, and construction. Types of study covered include regional and sub-regional studies, strategies, plans and forecasts, supply/demand studies for industrial and commercial land and property, town centre competitiveness and benchmarking analysis, site appraisals, marketing and feasibility studies, economic impact, evaluation and business planning.
EXPERIENCE
Selected experience of the practice and principals includes the following:
1 Regional and sub-regional strategy – Stansted Corridor options; First Review of London Plan scenarios; RSS Inquiry Evidence in Public for Herts County; Hanley Grange new settlement sub-regional context; Dublin Airport Transit Corridor Study.
2 Business and industrial development - Bristol Science Park market demand; Park Royal cluster study; business plan for new cultural quarter, Qatar; Financial appraisal of infrastructure projects, Sri Lanka; Construction innovation study.
3 Employment land, employment research, economic impact – Great Yarmouth-employment and sector growth study; North Herts employment land study; Gainsborough Employment Masterplan; Bluestone holiday village, Pembrokeshire, economic impact; DIY store impact, Kent.
4 Town centre, site development, environmental appraisal – Maidstone Town Centre Night Economy study; Wealdstone Town Centre vitality, Harrow; Spalding Master Plan town centre floorspace needs; London Parks cost, quality and usage assessment; Appraisal of alternative sites for Academy School, Brent; Strategic Environmental Assessment, Local Plan, Bexley.
5 Tourism and leisure Studies – Blue Sky Forest tourism development plan, Northumberland; Tourism strategy and implementation plan, Abu Dhabi, Hesley Woods, Nottinghamshire recreation feasibility study, UNDP tourism development study, Maldives.
6 Evaluation – North London City Growth Programme, Meganexus supporting Access to Employment, Yorkshire Forward investment in University Centre Barnsley, Adult and Community learning for Walsall NDC, Digital Inclusion Project in the City Fringe.
7 Research - Regional Clusters of Innovation in Clean Energy Technologies (with Oxford Brookes University); Asset value of green spaces (CABE).