First Quarter Trading Update: Atkins Trading in Line with Expectations
WS Atkins plc (“Atkins” or the “Group”), the design, engineering and project management consultancy, today provides its first quarter trading update for the period from 1 April 2016 to date. Group performance The Group has traded in line with expectations through the first quarter and we remain confident for the year ahead, despite continued uncertainty in some of our markets. United Kingdom and Europe In the UK we have had a good start to the new financial year. In the quarter we se...
Norton Rose Fulbright Launches Interactive PPP Risk Allocation Tool with GI Hub
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, working in partnership with the Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub), has produced a tool for governments and stakeholders in developing economies to assist in building a pipeline of viable public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects. The GI Hub is an organization established by the G20 group of nations to foster innovative approaches to global infrastructure development. The tool forms part of the GI Hub’s G20 commitment to deliver guida...
AECOM to Announce Fiscal Year 2016 Third-Quarter results on Aug. 9
LOS ANGELES (July 19, 2016) — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, will hold a conference call with analysts and investors on Aug. 9 to discuss fiscal third-quarter 2016 financial results. The company will conduct a live, audio-only webcast of its conference call at noon Eastern Time, during which management will make a brief presentation focusing on the company’s results, strategies and operating trends. The live webcast and a replay will be available...
McKinsey Report Addresses Infrastructure Gaps
The world today invests some $2.5 trillion a year on transportation, power, water, and telecommunications systems. Yet it’s not enough—and needs are only growing steeper. In a follow-up to its comprehensive 2013 report Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year, the McKinsey Global Institute finds that the world needs to invest an average of $3.3 trillion annually just to support currently expected rates of growth (exhibit). Emerging economies will account for some 60 percent of...
Cultivating Community Potential through Economic Gardening
With the global financial crisis, many local communities struggle to stay afloat. Despite the many ongoing conversations about the nation’s economy and what needs to be done to fix it. Detroit is the latest casualty of this unsustainable economic climate, holding the dubious distinction of becoming the largest city in the U.S. to file bankruptcy. There has never been a greater need for a renewed approach to economic development than today. The economic crisis that the U.S. faces today goes de...
Water Network Analysis Reduces Need for Further Infrastructure Investments
In an age characterized by growing populations and crumbling infrastructure it’s natural to look to new technology solutions for salvation. In many parts of the world, big investments in new infrastructure seem both highly desirable and unattainable—as much as new solutions are needed, the brutal fact of limited resources often limits investment to rehabilitations or new structures that are affordable and constructible within local means. Three water network projects highlighted at the Be Ins...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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