In an increasingly interconnected world it would seem that no business today is more truly globalised than the transport consultancy sector. Indeed, the larger consulting firms in the UK appear capable of utilising their expertise to bid for work in essentially any and every nation on the globe.... continue
The Colin Buchanan consultancy business went ‘international’ virtually overnight after the publication of the seminal Traffic in Towns report in the mid-1960s by the company’s eponymous founder, according to his son, Malcolm Buchanan, who is now a director at the company. “The British... continue
The latest international news from consultant Atkins is that, as part of a consortium, it has won a €1.2m contract from the Romanian National Company for Motorways and National Roads (RNCMNR) to develop and implement a pilot... continue
According to Anan Allos, director of transport planning at consultancy Scott Wilson, the world, at least as far as professional transport planners are concerned, is becoming much more of a level playing field than has traditionally been the case. What he means by this is we... continue
EC Harris has been working in Poland on the Roads programme since 2004 from its two offices in Warsaw and Wroclaw and has specific expertise and experience in understanding and delivering European Investment Bank or Cohesion Fund projects, explains Brian Fitzpatrick, highways sector leader at the... continue
“For me the most interesting thing about working in places like West Africa is that things actually happen,” says Colin Brader, ITP managing director. “There is... continue
Lagos is one of the world’s largest cities, with a population estimated at approximately 17 million, and, according to Colin Brader, “The lack of formally organised public transport has lead to gross... continue
Dubai has, in recent years, become something of a byword for eye-wateringly rapid development and nothing has caught the public imagination more than the development of a series of man-made islands off the coast of the emirate. Of course,... continue
International transport consultancy is not, of course, a one-way flow of expertise from the UK to the rest of the world. Many consultants that were... continue
Some consultants like to focus on their work in China, or their expertise arranging PPP deals in eastern Europe. But for Mott MacDonald the current ‘flavour of the month’ is undoubtedly India, where the company is involved with a number of... continue
Mott MacDonald’s Indian operation has been appointed to provide detailed structural and civil designs for part of the Airport Metro Express Line by ASH, a joint... continue
A recent extension to Scott Wilson’s contract on the S69 Expressway will see the international consultancy supervise the construction of Poland’s first road... continue
Peter Brett Associates has completed an independent review of the current transport strategy of Mauritius. In advising Mauritius, PBA’s sustainable transport specialist, Bob Pinkett, says that he has made use of best practice in world cities in both the developed and developing nations and... continue
Faber Maunsell is to be the lead consultant for the Riga Northern Crossing Study. The consultant will provide transport and financial advice to Riga City Council on the... continue
Colin Buchanan has recently completed a study for the Malta Transport Authority (ADT) to examine the feasibility of an UTMC-based intelligent traffic management system (ITMS) for the island. Based on the company’s assessment of Malta’s transport and environmental problems and... continue
UK transportation consultancy TPi has been appointed to develop a ground access management plan for the redevelopment and expansion by GMR of the Indian capital Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport. The company’s appointment to work on Delhi follows the completion of a similar... continue
Atkins, together with its local partner, Tsinghua Tongfang, has recently signed a contract to work on the Guangzhou Public Transport Monitoring and Dispatching System in the PRC. This project, for the Office of Transport of the Central District of Guangzhou, is claimed by the UK consultant to be... continue
The City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services (DTS), has awarded a contract to consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff to provide engineering services for the development of a high-capacity transit project. The project will study how to improve the ability of people to move in the... continue
Steer Davies Gleave, as part of the Autobahnplus consortium, has won the first ‘A-Model’ PPP contract to widen and operate the heavily congested A8 between Augsburg and Munich in southern Germany. The A8 is part of the national motorway network, which charges a distance-based truck-toll for all commercial vehicles... continue
Steer Davies Gleave and Mott MacDonald have been contracted to support the development of the transport system in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The consultancies will develop the surface-transport masterplan (STMP), which will guide the development of transport in the Emirate up to 2030. “The... continue
WSP has won a competition to design the new Laukonsilta Bridge in Tampere, Finland. This bridge will serve pedestrians and cyclists between the... continue
Many consultants from the UK are working hard to develop their businesses in China, due largely to the sheer volume of work for transport planning experts as the country expands into a major world economic... continue
Now in its third year, the Local Transport Today-led recruitment site Jobs-in-Transport.com is attracting increasing numbers of job advertisements and world class applicants from both the UK and overseas. At any one time, there are... continue
“Most local [US] consultants tend to offer a very commoditised service based on an auto-driven culture,” says Gordon Henderson, a director at Arup, reflecting on the US transport consultancy sector. “We are more... continue
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