Public sector
Transport
“Over the past year Capita Symonds has been assisting us on a range of projects and throughout they have provided us with the necessary expertise, knowledge and professionalism to ensure success in delivery.”
Paul Helsop, Project Manager, Infrastructure, Goodman
“I enjoyed a good working relationship with Capita who were very supportive throughout and providedgood technical advice.”
David Cowell, ITS Research Group Manager, Highways Agency
Market position
Transport currently accounts for 3% of Group revenues.
Our property and infrastructure consultancy, Capita Symonds, is one of the UK’s leading transport and infrastructure specialists, providing expertise and innovative solutions to both the public and private sectors. It has an established track record of successfully delivering a wide variety of projects in the sector, ranging from the heavy civil engineering of immersed tube tunnels to rail engineering, transport planning and Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS).
The Highways Agency’s business plan for 2009/10 highlights a range of attractive projects in its Managed Motorways programme. These include £185m of resources for major improvements to the network, £85m assigned for technology improvements, £101m for smaller local schemes and R&D, and £829m for maintenance. While the business plan and budget for 2010/11 have not yet been set, we expect a further healthy flow of opportunities that fit well with our core competencies.
The move towards integrating ITS across both the strategic and local authority networks should present additional opportunities for growth. In the rail sector we have already tendered successfully for work on London’s Crossrail project and will continue to look for other opportunities within this major infrastructure project.
- Increased fiscal pressure and reduced revenues, driving local authorities to explore outsourcing to help meet local transport requirements
- Continued requirement to reduce urban congestion and improve transport’s environmental impacts, particularly on climate change
- Heightened focus on national infrastructure by agencies delivering national security and resilience
- Re-evaluation of business models in the private sector, where the current economic climate has tightened infrastructure budgets, resulting in changed relationships across the industry.