ARCADIS company Hyder appointed to the UK Highways Agency's biggest framework

November 25, 2014 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world's leading natural and built asset design & consultancy firm, today announced that its subsidiary Hyder Consulting has secured a place as a key supplier on the Highways Agency's Collaborative Delivery Framework (CDF) in the United Kingdom. The framework will be used to deliver up to £5billion of investment which will be focused on delivering strategic infrastructure projects under the Agency's new transformation as a government-owned company. It provides supply chain confidence in its spending profile and priorities over the next five years.

For Hyder, the contract has the potential value of up to £12million per year for the duration of the framework. The aim of the framework is to bring the Agency, designers and contractors together as one collaborative team more closely and effectively than ever before, to maximize the Government's investment and keep disruption to road users to a minimum.

Fraser Davidson, Managing Director for Hyder's Highways and Transportation Sector, said: "Winning a place on the CDF is a significant and outstanding result for our business. It guarantees a continued and enhanced workload platform for our staff until 2021. It will allow the continued and structured growth of our Sector in the UK, and now also for our colleagues globally within ARCADIS. As one of the first consultancies to become BS11000 certified, working collaboratively with our partners is second nature. Our past performance in working with our clients and delivery partners to provide the best solutions speaks for itself. We look forward to working with the other suppliers and the Agency on this framework to enhance England's infrastructure and contribute to the economic growth across the country."

Hyder is a long-standing partner of the Highways Agency. Strategic projects with which it is currently involved include:

·           M25 DNCS
·           Manchester Smart Motorway
·           M4 Junction 3 to 12 Smart Motorway
·           A45 / A46 Tollbar Interchange
·           A1 Lobley Hill

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

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

About Hyder: Hyder Consulting is a leading multinational design and engineering consultancy with particular expertise in the property, transport, utilities and environment sectors. We are investing both organically and through acquisitions in building skills and capabilities in two new emerging sectors - energy and resources.
With over two centuries experience and 4,600 people across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australasia, we combine global expertise and local knowledge to create exceptional solutions for our clients and their stakeholders.
Clients include the Canal & River Trust, Costain, the Environment Agency, the Highways Agency, Laign O'Rourke, National Grid, Network Rail, South West Water, Welsh Water. Hyder became part of ARCADIS in October 2014. Please visit: www.hyderconsulting.com