Urban infrastructure.
Cities are where most infrastructure decisions hit hardest — they affect daily lives, they have to satisfy multiple authorities, and they almost never sit cleanly inside one budget. Our urban work has been shaped by exactly those constraints.
Sub-sectors of focus.
- Water supply and sewerage — production, distribution, treatment and 24/7 service models
- Urban transport — multi-modal integration, fare structures, network design
- Sanitation — solid waste, faecal sludge management and city-scale sanitation plans
- Smart city and city-scale programmes — programme design, governance and prioritisation
- Urban housing — affordable housing, slum redevelopment, rental housing models
The funding context we work in
A meaningful share of our urban infrastructure work has been funded by multilateral and bilateral lenders — World Bank, ADB and JICA in particular — which means we are fluent in the procurement, safeguard and reporting standards those institutions require.
Climate & resilience built in
Climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction are not bolt-ons in our urban work. Hazard, vulnerability and risk assessments are integrated into the design from feasibility stage onwards.
Typical mandates in urban infrastructure.
Master planning & prioritisation
City-scale infrastructure plans that sequence investments across the budget envelope.
Project preparation
Feasibility, DPR and procurement readiness for city-level capital projects.
PPP advisory
Concession design and transaction support for water, sanitation and urban mobility assets.
Institutional strengthening
ULB-level capacity building, financial management reform and project monitoring units.
Safeguards & R&R
Resettlement and rehabilitation planning, social impact assessments, gender mainstreaming.
Post-implementation review
Independent reviews of completed urban programmes for funders and authorities.
Working on a city-scale programme?
We'd be happy to take a no-cost first look at how we could help.