McBains Cooper are embarking upon a joint venture with Brazil’s second largest civil engineering company, Concremat, to support inward investment into the country and work on domestic Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects.
Santiago Klein, managing director of McBains Cooper International, finalised the deal which means McBains Cooper’s next-generation inter-disciplinary bid and project management expertise becomes available to Concremat’s 18-office network.
“We’re well established as the gateway to Latin America for UK and European investors – this agreement throws that gate wide open in one of the world’s most important growing economies,” said Santiago Klein.
“In summary, the McBains Cooper and Concremat teams will work together to support the rising number of UK and European investors involved and showing interest in construction-related projects in Brazil.
“Furthermore, we are also able to bring to bear our wider international experience in managing and driving through PPP projects and initiatives in Brazil, a sector of development finance which is taking off.
“Crucially, we have vast experience across Latin America on both inward investment support and PPP bids and contracts – so, combining the high-regard with which UK construction and engineering professionals are held, our extensive experience in Latin America, the provenance of Concremat and an on-the-ground presence in Brazil itself, we now have a compelling proposition to businesses and organisations inside and outside of Brazil.
“But the influence of the relationship with Concremat works in other ways: in our operations across Latin America we come across many private and public sector projects that are challenging to the extent that they can only be driven through effectively with the input and involvement of a company like Concremat – 50 years involved in the forefront of construction and engineering.
“This is an extremely exciting development which will yield a number of benefits and beneficiaries across both Latin America and the UK, and into Europe.” |
