Steer Davies Gleave, SDG, have become a Stakeholder member of the Society and are joining the group of leading consultants that offer their younger transport planners the opportunity to develop the range, and depth, of professional skill required to progress to award of the TPP qualification, through the TPS Professional Development Scheme, the TPS PDS..

Robbie Cairns, their Head of Learning and Development, explained their decision to adopt the PDS

‘we pride ourselves on equipping our staff with the requisite knowledge and skills for them to be recognised by our clients as trusted professionals. We are pleased to sign-up to the PDS scheme as it is important to provide opportunities for our staff to have access to recognised professional qualifications. We believe that the TPP qualification is in reach for the majority of staff at SDG and that it compliments their core day-to-day work. The TPS PDS provides a clear and robust road map to the qualification and will enable relevant members of staff to develop and demonstrate their professional competence"

Steer Davies Gleave is an employee-owned firm founded in1978, and is now one of the world’s leading independent transportation consulting firms.  Headquartered in London, SDG has offices elsewhere in the UK as well mainland Europe, North America and Latin America.  It advises governments, operators, financiers, regulators, developers and other interest groups.

The company was named as ‘Best Consultancy of the Year’ at the 2012 UK National Transport Awards and ‘Technical Consultant of the Year’ at the Infrastructure Journal Awards 2011. In addition the company has been consistently recognised as being in the Top 100 Companies for Graduates to work for from 2011 to 2013.