ARCADIS NV October 21, 2014 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world's leading natural and built asset design and consultancy firm, announced today that together with Swedish peer company Sweco it is performing a feasibility study for two flood barriers in the Swedish city of Gothenburg. The client for this study is the City of Gothenburg. No financial details were disclosed.
Gothenburg is often plagued by flood events. The danger comes from the sea, as well as from the river Göta which runs through the city. The study therefore focuses on possibly installing two flood barriers. One to be positioned on the sea-side, the other upstream at a fork in the river Göta.
The study should be finalized by the end of this year. The combination ARCADIS-Sweco was selected in a public bidding process, in part due to ARCADIS' experience in flood barrier design. Especially the work performed by ARCADIS in New Orleans and more recently the work on the flood barrier in Nieuwpoort, Belgium were reasons for the client to select us.
"There is growing international interest in our water management know-how", according to Gert Kroon, who leads the ARCADIS activities in the Netherlands. "We are experiencing an increase in the effects of climate change. Thanks to our extensive water management expertise, we are able to address these challenges."
For more information please contact Joost Slooten at +31 (0) 20 2011083, or outside office hours at +31 (0) 6 27061880 or joost.slooten@arcadis.com:
mailto:joost.slooten@arcadis.com
About ARCADIS: ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design & consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 28,000 people that generate €3 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Please visit: www.arcadis.com:
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Source: ARCADIS N.V. via Globenewswire
