Coffey International Secures $100 million AusAID Contract

September 14th, 2009

Global  professional  services  consultancy  Coffey  International  Limited  (COF)  today  announced that  subsidiary Coffey International Development has been awarded a  A$100  million, five-year project managed and financed by AusAID for the Philippines Provincial Road Management Facility (PRMF). The project is part of an Australian Government intervention in road rehabilitation and maintenance  in the southern Philippines.  PRMF is  aimed at  increasing  economic  activity and improving public access to  infrastructure  and  services  in  the  region.  It  will  contribute  towards  this  goal  by  rehabilitating  and maintaining  a  core  road  network   in  s elected  provinces  and  by  strengthening  the  capacity  and governance systems of the Government of the Philippines.

To ensure  the  successful  implementation  of complex  projects such as the PRMF, Coffey International Development  can  tap  into  its  broad  range  of  engineering,  technology  and  project  management services .  These  are  supported  by  Coffey  International  Development’s  best  practice  approaches  to governance, institutional capacity building, environmental management  and  sustainable development. Coffey International  Development’s knowledge of Geographical  Information Systems (GIS) to capture road  information  and  the  location  of  community  services  will  also  help  targeted  provinces  improve service delivery and efficiently manage road sector plans.

Managing director Roger Olds said that he was very  pleased to see Coffey International Development going from strength to strength. “This contract is one of  several major project wins by Coffey International Development in the past six months  throughout  the  world  reflec ting  the  outstanding  strategic  work  that  has  been  done  in  this business. Coffey International Development is well plac ed to continue delivering good profit  growth as well as strengthening its position as a global player in this market. “In addition to winning new tenders, a number of contracts have been extended in the past 12 months, proving  Coffey  International  Development’s  reliable  performance  in  delivering  high  quality  services and  commitment to  the  Coffey group’s v ision of being ‘global spec ialists  solving emerging  challenges to improve the lives of communities’.”

Parent company Coffey International Limited is a global professional services consultancy providing specialist expertise in the delivery in social and physical infrastructure. Coffey International Limited (COF) has been operating for 50 years. It has a range of specialist businesses working in the social and physical infrastructure markets, and collectively, it aims to achieve our vision: to be global specialists solving emerging challenges to improve the lives of communities.

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