Africa Surveyors September- October Digital issue 2021

AWARDS
Arcadis 2nd Consecutive Win as Quantity
Surveying Team of the Year at the RICS
Awards 2021
Arcadis’ winning team demonstrated strong
technical acumen in value engineering and
the ability to identify issues beyond their job
scope, helping to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on
the project.
Arcadis Singapore won the award for Quantity
Surveying team of the year at the RICS Awards 2021
Southeast Asia for its work on CapitaSpring, an
integrated development that is sustainable, peoplecentric
and empowers occupants with new levels of
flexibility and mobility.
The RICS Awards showcase the most inspirational
initiatives and developments in the built
environment and recognises teams and individuals
who have contributed to the community and the
development of the profession.
Quantity Surveying Team of the Year
The transformation of the old carpark complex into
a future-ready integrated development was filled
with many complexities such as managing a tight
schedule, collaboration between multiple trades, and
mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on the project.
Arcadis demonstrated teamwork, professionalism,
strong technical acumen in value engineering and
applied value-added innovations, as well as BIM and
VDC. This enabled the smooth delivery of an excellent
suite of cost and commercial management where all
contract packages were awarded within budget with
significant cost savings for the Client.
Commenting on the awards, Managing Director for
Singapore, René Hillig, said, “We are delighted to be
recognised by RICS for this award once again this
year. I am very proud of our teams’ achievement
and our commitment to continue bringing our best
to our projects and to our clients regardless of the
challenges.”
Tetra Tech Receives a Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence
The Association of Consulting Engineering
Companies – Canada recognized Tetra Tech
with an Award of Excellence in the Project
Management category for the Turcot Interchange and
Railways Reconstruction Project. Tetra Tech received
the award during the 2021 Canadian Consulting
Engineering Awards virtual event in October.
As part of an integrated team with the Québec
Ministry of Transport, Tetra Tech and partner AECOM
have managed the Turcot Interchange and Railways
Reconstruction Project since 2008. The project
aimed to replace four interchanges and three
highway sections, to move the nearby Canadian
National Railway tracks, and to add new municipal
connections.
The team proudly contributed to this reconfiguration,
using a combination of alternative and traditional
conception methods. In turn, their efforts allowed
a seamless integration of this project in an urban
area, while also keeping Canada’s busiest road sector
operational.
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