RPS Group

Our Awards and Achievements

2009 has seen RPS continue to lead and inspire its employees in striving for excellence.

RPS is committed in offering a high quality and attractive working environment and in 2009 we were rated in the top three employers in the UK.
(CFR Institute)

The Braid Museum and Arts Centre in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, was overall winner of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors 2009 Awards for Excellence in the Built Environment as well as winning the individual category for Building Conservation.

RPS received the Best Supporting Role Award 2009 from the Industrial Agents Society in recognition of the company’s achievements on designing industrial buildings and distribution centres over the last 27 years including the successful delivery of more than 150 projects for Gist, over 500,000m² of facilities for Sainsbury’s, and four global air cargo hubs for DHL.


Justin Vandenbrink is starting his 2nd year as the Chairman of the International Explorationists Group, part of the Houston Geological Society – the world’s largest ‘local’ geological society. In recognition of his volunteer efforts, Justin was awarded the 2009 Rising Star Award for outstanding leadership.

Brisbane’s 2.5 ha Northshore Riverside Park recently won two prestigious design awards for Conics.

The awards were the Parks and Leisure Australia 2009 Special Award for Integration of Play in Quality Public Open Space and the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (Queensland Branch) Excellence in Design Award.

RPS employee Patrick Hollingworth successfully scaled mount Cho Oyu, at 8,201m it is the 6th highest mountain in the world. The mountain sits on the Nepal/Tibet border, just to the west of Everest. The climb took 4 weeks with the actual summit bid taking 5 days.