Major five-year workplace architecture and design framework awarded to Arcadis by Shell.
Arcadis has been awarded a major new, global architecture and design collaboration with Shell Global Solutions International.
Building on a trusted relationship with Shell spanning more than 75 years, the new five-year framework agreement will see Arcadis deliver integrated workplace architecture and design services across Shell’s global real estate portfolio, covering EMEA, the Americas and Asia-Pacific.
Through the partnership, Arcadis will provide a single point of delivery for Shell’s architecture, design, engineering and branding needs, supported by its global excellence centres and multidisciplinary design expertise. Around 60 Arcadis staff – scaling up to more than 100 specialists – are expected to work on the programme, leveraging AI-enabled processes and digital tools alongside engineering and technical excellence.
The agreement reflects Shell’s ambition to build strategic collaborations at a global level, standardising processes and designs and ensuring streamlined delivery. By simplifying project delivery and improving replication across its assets, Arcadis aims to help Shell achieve quality, efficiency and flexibility to meet future business needs.
This latest contract builds on Arcadis’s decades of collaboration with Shell, including environmental remediation and consultancy programmes and mobility infrastructure. By uniting technical expertise, global reach and safe and local delivery, Arcadis aims to help Shell create workplaces that foster collaboration, efficiency, sustainability and wellbeing.
Hendrik-Jan Bakhuizen, global account leader for Shell at Arcadis, said: “Our relationship with Shell is built on trust, innovation and safe delivery. From environmental consultancy and decommissioning to mobility and energy transition, we have adapted to Shell’s evolving needs. This new relationship now brings our architecture and urbanism expertise into the heart of Shell’s architecture and workplace design, helping shape sustainable, innovative and future-ready spaces across the globe.”
Alan Brookes, CEO of Arcadis, said: “This agreement is about more than workplace design; it reflects the evolution of a longstanding relationship that spans multiple decades. By combining Arcadis’s global delivery capabilities with our deep understanding of Shell’s ambitions, we are helping to reimagine the future of work environments and develop solutions aimed at supporting people and communities, while seeking to reduce environmental impact. It demonstrates the value of working as ‘One Arcadis’ to support Shell at scale, wherever they operate.”
The framework is set to run from January 2026 for an initial five-year term, with a potential two-year extension.
