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British-led team beats Arcadis in Eiffel Tower competition

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Gustafson Porter & Bowman has won a “career-defining” competition to design a £35M overhaul of the spaces around the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

According to New Civil Engineer’s sister-title Architects Journal, the London-based practice was selected ahead of three rival bidders including the Agence Ter team which included Arcadis and Italy’s Carlo Ratti Associati.…

Most expensive cities for construction revealed

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London is one of the top 10 most expensive cities in the world for new construction projects according to a report by consultant Arcadis.

The Arcadis International Construction Costs report says New York City is the most expensive city in the world to build in.  New York was followed by San…

Arup, Aecom and Arcadis among winners on £5bn Network Rail framework

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Arup, Aecom and Arcadis are among the winners named on Network Rail’s £5bn, 10-year “next generation of rail systems” framework.

Network Rail said it had awarded the track and rail system alliances in the South to Colas Rail and Aecom,and in Scotland to Babcock Rail, Arup and Arcadis. after an lenghty tender…

Arcadis to pay for EU workers stay in the UK

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Arcadis has pledged to help employees from the European Union (EU) acquire settled status in Britain following Brexit.

The consultant said it will “be offering financial assistance to all its EU, European Economic Area and Swiss national employees, partners and their child dependents” to remain in the UK after Brexit. Under…

NCE100 | Arcadis named NCE100 Company of the Year

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Arcadis has claimed the top spot in the NCE100 2018.

After winning the Smart Innovator gong earlier in the night for its work on the Dutch railway network, Arcadis took home the coveted top prize, pipping previous-winner Arup to the post. And with talks underway to implement its award-winning technology in…

British engineer shortlisted for Eiffel Tower works

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Arcadis is working on a bid to regenerate the Eiffel Tower in Paris, it has been revealed.

As part of the Agence Ter team, Arcadis will provide engineering expertise for the group which also includes architects Carlo Ratti and Exploration Architecture, Berim and Cronos Conseil & Alphaville. Arcadis has been at…

Arcadis blames admin blunder after minimum wage ‘name and shame’

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Arcadis failed to pay two employees the national minimum wage, according to a list which the government has put together to “name and shame” companies that short-changed workers.

Two members of staff at the Cardiff office were underpaid a total of £797 between 1 March 2012 and 31 July 2016, which Arcadis said…

Arcadis acquires analytics firm in move to ‘digitise’ business

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Arcadis has acquired software and analytics firm Seams in its latest move to digitise its business.

Chief executive Alan Brookes said Arcadis UK is “rapidly accelerating the digitisation of [the] entire business” and that the industry needs to move forward more quickly to meet demands. Seams uses data and predictive analytics to…