Engineering
The world’s infrastructure and natural systems are under severe pressure, with the impacts of climate change, population growth, growing inequality, and economic uncertainty being felt around the globe.
It’s increasingly difficult for asset owners and operators to deliver what people and communities need. But when it is done well, engineering can provide the solutions.
We maximize the benefits of engineering projects by considering the connections they have with the world around them. By working to enhance economic, environmental, and social outcomes, we can deliver transformational improvements for infrastructure, services, the natural environment, business, and society.
What can we do for you?
Our engineering heritage stretches back more than 130 years.
We can help:
Deliver groundbreaking solutions
We apply technological innovation to design and deliver groundbreaking infrastructure solutions. We understand the route to successful adoption of new technology — from the challenges in deployment through to the value it can deliver.
Embed digital delivery
All our engineering projects are delivered digitally, giving us greater control and assurance of project data. By responsibly using and developing the latest digital technology, we are better placed to manage and harness information to enhance project delivery and outcomes.
Advance sustainable progress
We help you pursue your decarbonization goals by applying carbon management on every project. Through our nature-based solutions, we also harness the potential of nature to support projects and reduce their impact on the environment. And by pioneering new industry-leading methods for understanding resilience, such as in responding to physical climate change risk, we identify and implement solutions to protect assets for the future.
Maximize social outcomes
We recognize that it’s not enough to deliver state-of-the-art infrastructure. To maximize the impact of a project, it’s essential to think about its purpose and long-term legacy. We work with you to understand, target, and deliver better social outcomes, including accessibility and inclusivity, health and well-being, and jobs, skills, and training. We know that well engineered infrastructure can leave communities in a better place and create mutual benefit.
Engineering excellence across complex global projects
We bring together diverse skills, experience, and insight to deliver better outcomes across all types of projects and programs.
Our experience
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Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, USAA 50-year-old elevated section of State Route 99 on Seattle’s waterfront has been replaced by a 2-mile (3.2 km) double-deck tunnel that is 56.8 feet (17.3 m) wide. It is one of the largest-diameter bored tunnels in the world, and our alignment work reduced risk and project costs.
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Auckland Airport expansion, New ZealandThis expansion program includes a new 860,000 sq. ft (80,000 sq. m) domestic terminal integrated into the present international terminal. We are providing building services design, information and communications, and architecture, among other services. We are enabling a highly collaborative working environment and the delivery of ambitious carbon targets through digital technology solutions.
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Elizabeth Line, London, UKOur 30-year journey to bring London’s newest rail line into operation included 26 miles (42 km) of tunnels under the city’s streets and buildings. Our expertise in sequential excavation with sprayed concrete lining helped create vast subterranean caverns, measuring up to 56 feet (17 m) high and 54 feet (16.5 m) wide. And our innovative real-time site monitoring data and state-of-the-art 3D numerical analysis of ground movements enabled the 138-foot (42-m) deep Moorgate shaft — the deepest point on the line.
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HS2 rail bridges, West Midlands, UKWhere the HS2 rail network crosses three existing lines, we designed bridges that were constructed offline and moved into position in just hours, causing minimal disruption to existing services. The bridges, each weighing up to 6,200 tons, were either picked up and wheeled into position or slid and hauled into place using powerful jacks.
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Kidston pumped hydropower storage, Queensland, AustraliaA former gold mine in Australia is being turned into a 250MW battery capable of powering 140,000 homes for up to eight hours. We’ve designed the overall project layout as well as the intake canal, water conveyance tunnels, and shafts.
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New Hospital Program, UKThis program aims to deliver 40 new or upgraded NHS facilities in England by 2030, by adopting digital technology, modern methods of construction, and standardization. We are leading the interim delivery partner team on transformational design (such as digitalization and standardization) and program management.
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, California, USAAfter the collapse of a section on the eastern side, we worked on the replacement, a 2,048-foot (624-m) self-anchored suspension bridge capable of withstanding seismic events. Innovations include a single continuous cable that loops around the deck ends, yielding a self-contained structural system that is highly resilient, and seismic joints between the deck segments that act like fuses.
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Tideway, London, UKThis 16-mile (25-km) tunnel will divert combined sewer overflows away from the River Thames and convey them to a treatment works. Our work on the eastern section includes five shafts, with depths of up to 200 feet (60 m), and two tunnels of 3.4 miles and 2.8 miles (5.5 km and 4.5 km) in length through southeast London.
Carbon Portal
Identify, calculate, and reduce embodied and operational carbon emissions. This infrastructure carbon calculator is aligned to PAS 2080, the international specification for managing carbon across the built environment (coauthored by Mott MacDonald). It allows anyone across your business and supply chain to identify and calculate carbon emissions, not just carbon experts.
