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Mott MacDonald celebrates launch of O3b Networks’ first satellites

O3b Networks, a global satellite services provider, has successfully launched the first four satellites of its next generation network which combines the reach of satellite with the speed of fibre. Mott MacDonald has been acting as technical advisor to O3b Networks, its lenders and various project equity holders, since 2009. Many countries do not have good terrestrial infrastructure in place for high speed internet, trunking and mobile networks backhauling. The O3b constellation, the first of its kind to operate in medium Earth orbit, will provide broadband connectivity within 45 degrees

Construction begins on €40 million Hospital Logistic Centre in Belfort, France

Construction has started on the new €40 million Hospital Logistic Centre in Belfort, France. Mott MacDonald is monitoring design and construction on behalf of Vinci Construction France. The consultancy previously acted as lenders’ technical advisor on the project, providing technical, operational, maintenance, cost and contractual advice. The 14,000 sq m facility will accommodate laundry, kitchen, warehouse and pharmacy services, as well as maintenance technical rooms and administrative offices for a new 800-bed hospital being built adjacently. It will also provide these services for

Mott MacDonald appointed on Delhi Metro Phase III

Mott MacDonald has been appointed detailed design consultant by the Hindustan Construction Company–Samsung joint venture for Phase III of Delhi Metro in India. The consultancy will provide geotechnical, civil and structural engineering services for contract CC34, which is part of the Janakpuri West to Kalindi Kunj corridor. The Delhi mass rapid transit system is being expanded to meet increasing transport needs. New circular lines will interchange with existing radial lines, improving connectivity and access to the city’s metropolitan areas. Contract CC34 involves the design and

Mott MacDonald appointed on major road upgrade in Spain

Mott MacDonald has been appointed by Sociedad Concesionaria Autovía de la Plata¹ as lender’s technical advisor for a major highway upgrade project in western Spain. The project involves the design, construction, maintenance, operation and finance of a 49km two lane dual carriageway between Benavente and Zamora. The new road will bypass the existing single carriageway through local villages and form the final section of the 809km A-66 Autovía de la Plata highway, connecting Gijon in the north to Seville in the south. The consultancy’s role as lenders’ technical advisor is split into two

Mott MacDonald appoints new group practice manager for buildings business

Mott MacDonald has appointed Richard Shennan as Group practice manager for its buildings business. Richard will help develop and win business, assist with the quality of project delivery and customer service and promote collaboration across the whole of the consultancy. Richard was previously managing director of Fulcrum Consulting, which joined the Mott MacDonald Group in 2009. Recognised internationally as a leading expert on underground energy storage and low-energy design innovation, he has worked on major projects such as the Darwin Centre Phase 2 at London’s Natural History Museum

Mott MacDonald reappointed on Firelink, Great Britain

Mott MacDonald has been reappointed by the UK’s Department for Communities & Local Government to provide contract management and technical assurance on the £350 million Firelink project. The consultancy was first appointed to the project in 2002. In 2009, technology modernisation was largely completed on the Firelink programme with the replacement of existing local radio technology used by 56 fire and rescue services in England, Scotland and Wales with a single integrated system. Through improved voice quality, interoperability between services and a resilient and secure network, it

Mott MacDonald becomes latest Expert Partner of the Pensions Management Institute

Mott MacDonald, the diverse engineering, management and development consultancy has become the partner to the Pensions Management Institute (PMI) as the professional body’s infrastructure finance and investment expert. The partnership will aim to demystify the infrastructure financing process for PMI members, enabling pension fund investors to unlock the stable, long term returns that infrastructure projects can offer. Large pension funds in Canada and Australia have been investing in public–private partnership infrastructure successfully for many years now to the point where they now

Expanded Coca-Cola bottling plant now operational in Varanasi, India

The INR1500 million Coca-Cola bottling facility at Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, is now fully operational after work to expand the plant was completed. Mott MacDonald provided engineering, procurement assistance and construction management services on the project on behalf of Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Private Limited. Coca-Cola plans to invest US$5 billion in India by 2020 in areas such as innovation, access to cold drink equipment and expansion of its manufacturing facilities and distribution network. The brownfield automated plant is now capable of producing 600

Mott MacDonald named on Government Procurement Service’s ConsultancyONE Framework, UK

Mott MacDonald has been awarded a place on the ConsultancyONE framework agreement by Government Procurement Service, formerly known as Buying Solutions. The framework provides a procurement route for strategic, broad based advice across a wide range of disciplines and functions for public sector clients. To embed procurement efficiency, central government organisations and departments, arm’s length bodies and non-departmental public bodies are mandated to use the framework for all consultancy commissions valued between £100,000 and £2 million.  More broadly, ConsultancyONE can be used by

Mott MacDonald launches Carbon Trail Calculator

Mott MacDonald has developed a new tool to measure carbon emissions arising from the project related activities of its staff. The Carbon Trail Calculator allows users to log staff activities and uses carbon emissions factors to establish the footprint associated with each. The tool makes visible the full carbon impact of a project by showing clients the contribution of personnel, not just the embodied carbon of materials. It can also be used to identify opportunities for behavioural change. Clare Wildfire, Mott MacDonald’s sustainability director, commented: “We developed this tool as

Mott MacDonald earns fifth consecutive RoSPA health and safety award

Mott MacDonald has been awarded a prestigious Gold Medal by British safety charity the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) to recognise the consultancy’s fifth consecutive Gold Award. Mott MacDonald received the medal at the 2013 Occupational Health and Safety Awards, which took place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel at the National Exhibition Centre. Dating back 57 years, the RoSPA Awards scheme is the leading and longest-running programme of its kind in the UK. It recognises commitment to accident and ill health prevention and is open to organisations of all

Mott MacDonald is providing technical advice for Tarfaya wind project

Construction has started on a 300MW wind farm in Morocco which will be one of the largest in Africa. Mott MacDonald is providing technical advice to lenders during construction and operational phases. During the development phase of the project, the consultancy provided contract, technical, environmental and social due diligence services. The project developer is a consortium of Nareva Holding and GDF SUEZ. Morocco aims to obtain 42% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. The MAD5 billion (€450 million) wind farm in Tarfaya will almost double the country’s wind capacity. It will

Mott MacDonald appointed to three Environment Agency frameworks

Mott MacDonald has been appointed to three of the four new Water and Environment Management (WEM) frameworks by the Environment Agency in England and Wales. Over the next 10 years, the Environment Agency is investing more than £2.5 billion to reduce the risk from river and coastal flooding and to secure social and environmental improvements. Under the frameworks, Mott MacDonald experts will be available to all directorates within the Environment Agency, other risk management authorities and Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs delivery bodies. This includes local authorities

Mott MacDonald to advise on regional infrastructure to boost African economies

A consortium led by Mott MacDonald has been appointed as technical advisor to the Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility (NEPAD-IPPF) by the African Development Bank (ADB), to support African stakeholders as they identify, assess and prioritise regional infrastructure projects on the continent. Mott MacDonald is working with fellow consultant Sofreco on the IPPF, part of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD). Through the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa, The African Union and NEPAD have achieved consensus among African states to focus their efforts

Mott MacDonald providing design for two railway station upgrades, UK

Mott MacDonald is providing design services to BAM Nuttall for the upgrade of railway stations at Bingley in West Yorkshire and MetroCentre in Tyne and Wear. The improvements are part of Network Rail’s Access for All (AfA) programme, which is improving access at key stations nationwide by installing lifts and ramps. The consultancy is delivering the detailed design for new 16 person lifts at Bingley. The project includes an extension to the existing footbridge as well as a new staircase and landing area. Due to the complexity of this station and the interface with the existing structure,

Mott MacDonald becomes the first consultancy firm to achieve BS10500 anti-bribery certification

Mott MacDonald has become the first consultancy firm to achieve certification to the new anti-bribery management system standard, BS10500. The award from Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA), a leading accredited provider of management system certification, covers the consultancy’s work in the transportation, energy, water, buildings, environment and industry sectors. The BS10500 standard takes into account the requirements of the UK Bribery Act 2010, which became law in July 2011 and introduced anti-corruption laws which include the “failure of a commercial organisation to

Mott MacDonald appoints Andy Thomas as head of rail operations

Mott MacDonald has appointed Andy Thomas as its head of rail operations to enhance and grow the consultancy’s service offering in this area. Andy is a professional and strategic transport operator and has worked in the rail industry for over 33 years. Most recently he was a senior programme manager at Network Rail where he was responsible for leading a team of operational, timetabling, commercial and system engineering specialists. Prior to this, Andy was operations and safety director for Central Trains and London Midland and was accountable for the operational strategy, which included

Mott MacDonald to design six stations for Gurgaon Metro Phase II, India

Mott MacDonald is to provide the detailed design for six new metro stations on Phase II of the rapid metro rail network in Gurgaon, India. The metro is being developed by Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon¹ to help meet the growing transportation requirements between Gurgaon and Delhi. Construction of Phase I, which comprises a 5.1km rail loop connecting Cyber City, NH-8 and Sikanderpur station on Delhi Metro Line 2, began in 2008. The INR1500 million second phase will see a 6.5km rail line extend the network southwards and include six elevated metro stations – DLF Phase I, Sushant Lok, Sec. 42

Mott MacDonald Grontmij JV to design A63 Castle Street improvement scheme in Hull, UK

The Mott MacDonald Grontmij Joint Venture (MMG JV) has been appointed by the Highways Agency to develop proposals for the £160M upgrade of the A63 Castle Street in Hull. The scheme is intended to reduce journey times to the Port of Hull, ease congestion and improve safety on the city centre section of the A63. One of the busiest sections of road in the whole of East Yorkshire, the 1.5km dual carriage runs in an east-west direction to the south of Hull city centre. The route provides an important link between the M62, Humber Bridge and Port of Hull, but also acts like a barrier between

Mott MacDonald to acquire South African engineering consultancy

Global engineering, management and development consultant Mott MacDonald is to acquire the Johannesburg-based engineering specialist, PD Naidoo & Associates. Under a deal which will see the activities of the two companies in southern Africa come together to create an 800-person strong entity, the new Mott MacDonald PDNA business will provide a much extended, multi-sector capability for the entire sub-saharan region.  The move – subject to approval by the Competition Commission of South Africa – is the culmination of a highly successful working relationship built over several years and

Mott MacDonald awarded five year contract by Al Khafji Joint Operations Company

Mott MacDonald awarded five year contract by Al Khafji Joint Operations Company Mott MacDonald has been awarded a five year engineering services consultancy contract by Al Khafji Joint Operations¹ of Saudi Arabia covering the maintenance and development of the 40 year old Khafji oil field. In addition to production facilities, the field has shipping, offices, housing and other facilities. Under the contract, Mott MacDonald will provide feasibility studies, preliminary engineering design scoping papers and detailed design. The consultancy will also offer technical support during

Mott MacDonald appointed engineering consultant for Crossrail tunnels fit-out

Mott MacDonald has been appointed engineering consultant by the Alstom, TSO and Costain (ATC) joint venture for the fit-out of the new Crossrail tunnels. The JV has won the last major construction contract to be awarded by Crossrail, which will see the commissioning of track and rail systems and turn 21km of twin-bore tunnel currently being constructed under the streets of London into an operational railway. This phase of construction includes installation of 42km of track and rigid overhead electric conductors which will power the trains. 48 ventilation fans, 40km of walkways, 66

Mott MacDonald acquiring Habtec Engenharia Ambiental

Mott MacDonald, a leading global engineering, management and development consultancy, is acquiring Brazilian environmental engineering consultancy Habtec Engenharia Ambiental. Acquiring Habtec is part of Mott MacDonald’s strategy to create a regional base in Brazil from where it can expand across South America. Habtec has been operating principally in the energy, mining and transport sectors for over 20 years. Employing about 80 people, the company’s project portfolio includes various environmental impact studies, compliance support, monitoring projects and environmental education

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