A partnership between Bicester-based Dalcour Maclaren and Newbury-based Construction Site Services (CSS) has been formed to accelerate the delivery of telecommunications infrastructure work.
The agreement covers the project lifecycle, beginning with site identification and planning and continuing through construction, quality assurance and ongoing asset management.
The companies intend to combine their capabilities to improve coordination, limit delays and address obstacles more quickly.
According to Nick Summers, digital infrastructure director at Dalcour Maclaren, infrastructure schemes depend on collaboration between specialists, while using separate providers for different services can increase both time requirements and complexity.
The partnership with CSS is intended to give clients access to a wider range of expertise, connect project activities, identify problems earlier and maintain momentum.
Dalcour Maclaren provides land, planning, environmental, stakeholder-engagement and geospatial services for major infrastructure developments.
CSS supplies telecoms clients across the United Kingdom and Ireland with independent audits, maintenance, site supervision and quality assurance.
Graham Beal, strategic account executive at CSS, said the combined approach would reduce time lost through supplier coordination and gaps between project stages.
Working together is expected to make it easier to link each phase, support the transition from planning to delivery and provide smoother continuing asset management.
The initial focus is on telecoms infrastructure, although the partnership could later extend to utilities, transport and energy.