Our three core areas of specialism in Planning, Analytics & Modelling and Engineering are bound together by our shared vision to improve the environments we live, work and play in.
Analytics
Engineering
Planning
Analytics & modelling
Analytics and modelling are at the heart of the design and decision making process at Momentum. Our team of expert analysts work alongside planners and engineers to deliver designs and operational solutions in complicated pedestrian and highway environments.
Using a mixture of specialist simulation software and data analytics, we can analyse the space and provide solutions to achieve seamless pedestrian and vehicle movements. Our goal is to make sure that every user has the most enjoyable journey possible (whether on foot, by bike or in a motor vehicle); and our approach towards modelling ensures we can achieve this with confidence.
Models and analytic techniques help us simulate and test real-life situations and different operational scenarios without disturbing the physical environment. It helps to dictate the design and operation of the space, making all the difference to every journey through it.
It’s vital that modellers are brought on board in the early stages of the projects. This way, we can iron out any initial issues (technical or operational) at the start, designers will be able to complete the designs in full confidence on time and produce the designs/solutions that they can achieve an efficient and safe space for all users.
Engineering
Engineering is embedded into all of our projects. Our engineers work throughout all design stages, finding solutions to challenging design problems, immersing ourselves in both the bigger and the finer details. We challenge, change and collaborate through workshops and meetings, helping us to engage and work alongside the wider design team to ensure we provide expert advice to our clients whether at a project’s inception, detailed design or during implementation.
As we step out of our homes, we are surrounded by engineering. From pavements, signs, traffic signals, street lighting and landscaping, it’s part of our every day lives, and that’s before mention of the unseen – drainage and utilities, or below ground delivery and servicing yards. Momentum has expertise in designing streets, roads, junctions, cycle and pedestrian infrastructure, public realm spaces, and temporary layouts to facilitate construction. We are proud of our diverse engineering capabilities – having delivered streets in some of the most constrained urban environments of our big cities, creating new business campuses and school streets, through to designing for safe movement of fans for the Qatar 22 World Cup, and helping facilitate access to some of Europe’s largest construction projects.
By implementing our design knowledge and expertise in the early design stages helps us identify, solve and improve designs to the benefit of reducing cost, time and waste; by offering a dedicated team of engineers as designs are developed into detail, we can ensure original vision is not lost or compromised; and when moving to implementation, we will support on site, ensuring that our designs are implemented so that they realise their full potential.
Planning
Progressive transport planning and urban design involves understanding the link between transport and land use, and the future shape of our towns and cities. It’s critical to the future of the economy, the way we live and work, and how we tackle climate change.
We work with clients throughout their planning stages (and beyond) to consider the impacts a building or development will have, and how transport and connectivity can be integrated into their design. Crucially, through our in-depth policy knowledge, we’re able to support our clients’ successful negotiations on the most challenging and iconic developments in order to meet local authority requirements and achieve planning consent.
With a focus toward sustainable transport strategies, we look to introduce measures that encourage the use of public and active transport. Assessing each site on its own merits, we consider ways to influence a change towards more sustainable transport through design, consultation and operational measures.
