Development & delivery partner

Strategic, technical and commercial expertise for complex developments in technology, energy and advanced facilities, from the first appraisal to long-term value.

Key facts about GAC

  • Founder experience 40+ years
  • Data centre programmes UK · Europe · US
  • Delivery Concept to handover
  • Leadership Senior-led, every project
  • Qualifications CEng · MICE · MRICS · ChPP
  • Environments Mission-critical & regulated
  • Sectors Data centres · Hydrogen · Pharma · Life sciences · Energy
  • Founded 2022 · Dumfries & Galloway

About GA

Expertise that moves ambitious projects forward.

GA Consultants brings senior people with decades of experience on mission-critical buildings and infrastructure to the decisions that shape a development: where to build, how to secure consent, how to design it, how to deliver it and how it performs once occupied.

We work alongside landowners, investors, occupiers and public bodies as a trusted adviser and development partner, joining early and staying through delivery so that strategy, design and construction stay connected.

  • Data hall lit in red, with server racks receding into the distance Data centres
  • Wind turbines on a ridge at sunset Energy
  • Laboratory interior with a scientist at a bench Life sciences
  • Glass-fronted commercial building at dusk beside a reflecting pool Commercial

The development lifecycle

From first appraisal to long-term value.

We can lead a single stage or the whole journey. Each one sets up the next.

Opportunity & Strategy

Site identification, feasibility, power and connectivity appraisal, and a clear brief that ties the opportunity to a viable business case.

Indicative reference

RIBA 0–1

  1. 01 · RIBA 0–1

    Opportunity & Strategy

    Site identification, feasibility, power and connectivity appraisal, and a clear brief that ties the opportunity to a viable business case.

  2. 02 · Appraisal

    Investment & Development

    Development appraisal, funding strategy and partner structures, so that capital, risk and programme are aligned from day one.

  3. 03 · RIBA 3

    Planning & Consents

    Planning strategy, environmental assessment and stakeholder engagement, coordinated with the authorities and communities affected.

  4. 04 · RIBA 2–4

    Design & Engineering

    Design management across architecture, MEP and civil disciplines, keeping the design buildable, compliant and on budget.

  5. 05 · RIBA 5–6

    Construction & Delivery

    Procurement, contract administration, programme and cost control through to commissioning and handover.

  6. 06 · RIBA 7

    Occupation & Long-Term Value

    Occupier attraction, fit-out coordination and asset performance, protecting value long after practical completion.

Expertise

Six disciplines. One accountable team.

Senior people who have run the largest programmes in their sectors, available as integrated development leadership or as individual services.

  • Development Management

    Leading the development process on behalf of landowners and investors, from appraisal and consent to a let, operational asset.

  • Project Management

    Single-point leadership of time, cost, quality and risk across the project team.

  • Design Management

    Coordinating designers and specialists so the design meets the brief, the budget and the programme.

  • Programme Management

    Portfolio and programme offices that give boards and funders clear, reliable control of multi-project investment.

  • Cost Management

    Cost planning, procurement advice and commercial control from early estimate to final account.

  • Employer’s Agent

    Administering design-and-build contracts and protecting the employer’s interests through to completion.

Markets

Built for the sectors that power what comes next.

Our focus is on facilities where technical complexity, power and programme certainty matter most.

Aerial view of a large data centre campus at dusk

Data centres and digital infrastructure

Technology & Data Infrastructure

Hyperscale, colocation and enterprise data centres, where power, resilience and speed to market decide success. Our people have led data centre programmes across the UK, Europe and the US.

Wind turbines on a ridge at sunset

Generation, grid and net zero infrastructure

Energy & Sustainable Infrastructure

Renewable generation, grid connection and energy-led masterplans, drawing on team experience in nuclear, oil and gas and the energy transition.

Laboratory interior with a scientist at a bench at dusk

Laboratories, cleanrooms and R&D campuses

Life Sciences & Advanced Facilities

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and R&D facilities with demanding technical and regulatory requirements, including the repositioning of former industrial sites as modern science campuses.

Featured relationship

CX Technology Campus, Chapelcross

A proposed net zero technology campus on land north of the former Chapelcross power station, near Annan, combining data centres, renewable energy and a dedicated training centre.

GAC founder Graeme Anderson is Chief Executive of CX Tech Ltd. In November 2025 the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority engaged CX Tech Ltd. as strategic development partner to support delivery of the Chapelcross green energy hub masterplan.

Site
55 hectares
Location
Dumfries & Galloway
Promoter
CX Tech Ltd.

Project facts as published at cxtechnologycampus.co.uk

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People

Senior leadership on every project.

Engineers, architects, chartered surveyors and programme leaders who have delivered at the highest level.

Portrait of Graeme Anderson

Founder & Managing Director

Graeme Anderson

A native of Annan and still a local resident, Graeme is an award-winning construction veteran with more than 40 years’ experience across the UK, Europe and the US. He has a long track record of providing strategic construction advice to some of the biggest brand names in the world.

Before founding GA Consultants in 2022, Graeme sat on the main board of an international, multibillion-pound construction and consultancy business, where he was responsible for the data centre, pharmaceutical and biotechnology business units. Over seven years he also built a consultancy’s Science & Technology sector into a significant standalone business across Europe.

Graeme is Chief Executive of CX Tech Ltd. and the visionary behind its plans for Chapelcross. He works personally and closely with clients through development, design strategy, procurement and construction delivery.

  • 40+ years in construction and consultancy
  • Former main board member, international consultancy
  • Rolls-Royce apprenticeship · HNC Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

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  • Portrait of Graeme Anderson

    Founder & Managing Director

    Graeme Anderson

    A native of Annan and still a local resident, Graeme is an award-winning construction veteran with more than 40 years’ experience across the UK, Europe and the US. He has a long track record of providing strategic construction advice to some of the biggest brand names in the world.

    Before founding GA Consultants in 2022, Graeme sat on the main board of an international, multibillion-pound construction and consultancy business, where he was responsible for the data centre, pharmaceutical and biotechnology business units. Over seven years he also built a consultancy’s Science & Technology sector into a significant standalone business across Europe.

    Graeme is Chief Executive of CX Tech Ltd. and the visionary behind its plans for Chapelcross. He works personally and closely with clients through development, design strategy, procurement and construction delivery.

    • 40+ years in construction and consultancy
    • Former main board member, international consultancy
    • Rolls-Royce apprenticeship · HNC Mechanical & Electrical Engineering

Experience

Experience that travels with our people.

Selected projects led by members of the GAC team in previous roles. These are individual career experience, not commissions delivered by GA Consultants, and the organisations listed are not GAC clients.

Selected projects led by members of the GAC team in previous roles. These are individual career experience, not commissions delivered by GA Consultants, and the organisations listed are not GAC clients.
Project Location Role Team member Years
Carlton Park Data Centre Leicestershire, UK Project Director, design & construction Graeme Anderson 2015–2018
Global Switch London campus London Docklands, UK Client Project Director Graeme Anderson 2012–2017
Hyperscale datacentre campus Middenmeer, Netherlands Main board sponsor, previous employer Graeme Anderson 2013–2015
Clonee data centre campus County Meath, Ireland Main board sponsor, previous employer Graeme Anderson 2016–2019
Integrated Rail Plan Portfolio Office United Kingdom Programme leadership Rodger Querns —

Careers

We look forthe best of the best.

GA brings together senior specialists from the most demanding sectors in the industry: data centres, energy, life sciences and major infrastructure. If you have delivered at the highest level and want to shape what gets built next, we would like to hear from you.

  • 01

    Development & project leadership

    Development, project and programme managers who have led complex, high-value schemes.

  • 02

    Engineering & design

    Chartered engineers, architects and design managers from mission-critical and regulated environments.

  • 03

    Commercial & cost

    Cost managers, quantity surveyors and employer’s agents with major-project experience.

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Annan at sunset, with the river, bridge and town below the hills

Community

Rooted in Annandale.

GAC was founded in Dumfries & Galloway and our founder still lives in Annan. We support the clubs, schools and groups that make the communities around our work stronger, and we see that commitment as long-term.

29 local clubs, schools and groups supported
  • Annan Academy music groups
  • Annan Academy Parent Council
  • Annan Academy Senior Show
  • Annan Athletic Community Football
  • Annan Athletic Supporters Club
  • Annan Athletic Walking Football
  • Annan Bowling Club
  • Annan Christmas Lights Committee
  • Annan Rugby Club
  • Annan Town Band
  • Annan’s Living Heritage
  • Baxter Memorial Hall
  • Brydekirk Bairns
  • Brydekirk Primary School
  • Creca Village Hall
  • Creca W.I.
  • Dumfries Y Gymnastics Academy
  • Eastriggs & Dornock Bowling Club
  • Ecclefechan Day Centre
  • Elmvale Primary School
  • Girlguiding Annandale District
  • Hecklegirth Primary School
  • JC Bees
  • Maureen Smith Dance Academy
  • Melbourne Park Steering Group, Eastriggs
  • Middlebie Rainbows & Brownies
  • Newington Primary School
  • The Brig Inn Pub & Hub
  • Stuart Barbour Vintage MF Collection

Let’s shape what’s next.

Whether you are assessing a site, planning a campus or need senior delivery leadership on a live project, we would welcome a conversation.

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