unlocking.complex.heritage
We are a leading cultural and natural heritage consultancy focused on unlocking complex projects across the globe.
We have a vast and diverse track record, reflecting over 45 years of experience across many geographies, sectors and specialisms. We take pride in the outcomes and benefits we deliver for our clients at some of the world's most important sites; and in our ability to deliver insightful and brave thinking to tackle the really tough heritage challenges.
Our purpose as a team and a company is clear, we unlock cultural and natural heritage to deliver lasting benefit. Our vision behind this is bold: we are on a journey to become the world's leading cultural and natural heritage consultancy.
To unlock cultural and natural heritage to deliver lasting benefit.
To be the world's leading cultural and natural heritage consultancy.
What we do everyday
What drives us? What can customers and colleagues expect? How do we work?
- Delivering valued outcomes for our clients.
- Embracing complexity and exploring the bigger picture, to find what really matters.
- Working together to discover, inspire and challenge.
- Seeking out partnerships with people and places to create enduring legacies.
- Revealing new possibilities through bold, insightful thinking.
Values
Our enduring ideals, behaviours and company culture which guide our strategy and how we operate.
Bold
We are brave, we will stretch our thinking, and we will venture outside our comfort zone.
Team
We work together, teammates with shared goals for ourselves and our partners.
Inquisitive
We are curious, we seek out light bulb moments that unlock possibilities.
Respect
We are respectful and supportive of each other, our clients and the communities we work within.
Honest
We operate with integrity and honesty in all our dealings with each other and our clients.
Who we are
We are CBA. An independent, award-winning and natural and cultural heritage consultancy with a distinguished track record spanning over 40 years.
We are a small business with a big reputation for punching
above our weight and exceeding expectations.
We are creatives and problem-solvers. We think and design creatively to overcome challenges and deliver innovative solutions.
We work throughout the UK and internationally delivering outstanding projects.
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Our reputation for high quality landscape, environmental and heritage work continues to be
recognised by awards for
professional excellence.
We are a team of talented cultural and natural heritage consultants and GIS/graphic design specialists.
We are strategists: seeing the big picture and thinking strategically to create inspirational visions, bold masterplans and robust strategic plans is our speciality.
Working collaboratively as part of inter-disciplinary and creative teams is at the heart of everything we do.
Our values
A passion for insightful consultancy advice, fused with oodles of creativity and a fondness for fresh thinking, is what keeps us relevant in a changing world. Through our work, we are committed to:
Promoting healthy living and well-being for diverse communities, enhancing destinations for visitors and designing beautiful places for everyone
Caring for nature, halting biodiversity loss and creating biodiverse green infrastructure for supporting sustainable growth and development
Combatting climate change by promoting carbon emission reduction measures and nature-based adaptation solutions
Our journey so far…
Founded by Chris Blandford in 1977, Chris Blandford Associates has evolved from its roots in landscape architecture into CBA – a leading cultural and natural heritage consultancy .
Since 2017, CBA has been led by Dominic Watkins and Andrew Croft. Chris’ passion as a visionary landscape masterplanner and adviser for some of the world’s most iconic heritage sites and destinations continues to inspire much of our work...