HDR Location 30-33 Monck Street, London SW1P 2AP Contact Details Contact: Brendan Duigenan Tel: 020 7340 2718 Email: brendan.duigenan@hdrinc.com Website: www.hdrinc.com HDR is an international leader in integrated, multidisciplinary design and is the world's largest architecture, engineering and planning firm dedicated to innovative design for the advancement of science. HDR delivers technologically advanced science facilities for public and private sector organisations, worldwide. HDR Architecture was founded more than 90 years ago and has since grown to nearly 1,600 employees, including architects, engineers, planners and interior designers who are located in more than 40 offices across the globe. To achieve this level of impressive growth, HDR has continually demonstrated a commitment to three key strategies: forward thinking, design excellence and superior client service. HDR's ability to draw upon company-wide resources and expertise allows the firm to deliver award-winning solutions to clients' most complex challenges. HDR is proud to have previously been one of the principal UKSPA sponsors between 2006 and 2009. The enlightened approach of UKSPA over the past few years has made the organisation one of the leaders in the science park movement with an international reputation for providing guidance and advice in support of science-based businesses. This base of knowledge combined with the financial support of its members and sponsors will ensure even greater success in the coming years. HDR's London office focuses on the planning and design of science parks and related research, incubation and multi-occupancy facilities. Their design team – including professional site planners, strategic facilities planners, architects, laboratory planners and landscape designers – produces master plans and conceptual designs that foster knowledge transfer across various sectors of the research and development community. Similarly, HDR's integrated design approach weaves together the multifaceted requirements of a science park, including innovation with historical precedents, technology required by an individual company with organisational efficiencies, and cost-effective alternatives for large and small organisations alike. HDR create a blueprint for synergy – where the result is greater than the sum of parts – meeting tomorrow's technical needs while incorporating the past successes of organically evolved research communities. HDR's expertise in creating dynamic, research environments is complemented by its wealth of experience in the healthcare sector. Today, the alignment of Healthcare and Research – 'Bringing Research to Life' – is captured in the ever-growing area of Translational Health Science. HDR offers a unique skill set for the master planning and design of facilities within an Academic Health Science Centre or similar campus environment.