The Royal London Hospital project is part of the Barts & The London £1 billion redevelopment scheme which Skanska began in 2006 and which is scheduled for full completion in 2016. Click here for further information.
”Existing urban infrastructure is in urgent need of revitalization, and demands for new infrastructure have skyrocketed to meet the basic needs of growing populations. The world’s cities are already home to more than half the world’s population, and that number is expected to jump by more than 3 billion by 2050,” said Nick Chism, KPMG’s Global Head of Infrastructure. “The World Cities Edition looks specifically at the challenges faced by cities around the world and features 100 innovative projects that can inspire readers to conceive, finance and develop infrastructure projects that make a positive difference to the cities we live in.”
To read KPMG’s Infrastructure 100 please click here.
Richard Threlfall, UK head of Infrastructure, building & construction at KPMG, said: “KPMG’s Infrastructure 100 report highlights that the UK still punches way above its geographic and economic weight with seven of the 100 most important projects in the world, across a range of sectors, selected from the UK. This is despite a general gloom across the industry. We need to act now to develop private investment in infrastructure. This will not only help to kick-start the UK economy but also to secure funding to ensure that our future infrastructure projects continue to be innovative. Infrastructure projects go to the heart of solving the challenges the country faces, from regenerating our neighbourhoods to building education and health facilities fit for this century.”