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Sustainable, resilient, liveable.

Sustainability and reliability

Sustainability and reliability are a lens being applied across a project’s lifespan – to protect and improve communities, business and industry.

Urbanisation

Coupled with an urbanisation trend seen across every part of the world, this is driving the demand for the infrastructure and energy required to facilitate a growing population’s needs.

Net-zero world

As we build towards a net-zero world the utilization of technology and data is key to accelerating the delivery of a cleaner and more efficient future.

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Enabling a more sustainable, resilient and liveable world

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Creating future-ready industry

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Enabling a more sustainable, resilient and liveable world

Across the globe, rapid population growth, rising levels of urbanisation and growing climate risks are putting built and natural environments under more pressure than ever before.

These challenges are creating a pressing need for new and improved infrastructure, cleaner industries, adaptive environments and improved access to critical services including water, power and waste sanitation.

At Wood, we are unlocking solutions to meet these challenges head on and build greater levels of sustainability and resilience in the cities and communities where we live, work or visit.

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Thriving cities

Critical infrastructure

Cleaner, protected environments

Thriving cities

United Nations data indicates that by 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people will be living in cities across the globe. Balancing social, environmental and economic demands will determine quality of life in these cities and whether they thrive as places where people want to live and work.

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Insights / Thriving cities

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Sustainable infrastructure: embracing uncertainty in an ever changing world

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Towards a more bankable future for sustainable infrastructure

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Sustainable recovery

Reimagine resiliency

Microbes

Hub

Sustainable recovery

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Envisioning a better future for cities

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Sustainable recovery

Caring for our communities

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Case study

Mapping the rise to LA’s tallest skyscraper

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How will sustainable urban infrastructure advance in the next 15 years?

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The future of public engagement – enabling better community feedback through virtual consultation

News / Thriving cities

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05 Mar 2020

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Wood to deliver sustainable transport programme for the City of York

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02 Dec 2020

Article

Wood awarded framework with Transport for London

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07 May 2019

Article

Wood recognized for design engineering excellence

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13 Jan 2020

Press release

Wood continues maintenance support of Melbourne Water infrastructure

Critical infrastructure

Access to sustainable and resilient infrastructure has a huge impact on quality of life.

It’s the clean water and power in our homes, and the transport networks we use to commute and move goods and services. Optimising this infrastructure delivers richer and safer lives.

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Insights / Critical infrastructure

Connected stars in the sky

Sustainable Recovery

Recovery solutions

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Viewpoint

A new reality for urban mobility

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Podcast

Future mobility: exploring the new normal

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Towards a more bankable future for sustainable infrastructure

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Pandemic-safe mobility response

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Rethinking urban transit development for a thriving future

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Preparing for the Unthinkable: Lessons from the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Case study

Bridging a critical trade gateway between Canada and the US

News / Critical infrastructure

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30 Aug 2019

Case study

Repurposing the oil and gas industry to navigate energy transition

Offshore windfarm

06 Nov 2020

Article

Accelerating offshore wind projects with digital delivery

Offshore windfarm

09 Oct 2020

Article

Can offshore wind propel the UK to 2030?

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24 Sep 2020

Article

Wood wins several new sustainable infrastructure projects in Ontario

Cleaner, protected environments

Growing environmental awareness has brought a sharper focus on the need to take better care of our planet and resources.

Whether it is providing clean water, remediating contaminated land, or using resources more efficiently, we all have a shared commitment to deliver a more sustainable world for future generations.

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Insights / Cleaner, protected environments

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Blog

Peak carbon: As the smog clears, will we see a brighter future?

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Case study

Advancing landmark environmental cleanup in Canada

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Case study

Our people make it possible

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Capabilities

Climate, resilience and sustainability

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Capabilities

Tapping into Resilient Solutions for Our Water Future

News / Cleaner, protected environments

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16 Nov 2020

Blog

Going with the wind

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07 May 2019

Article

Wood recognized for design engineering excellence

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27 Sep 2018

Case study

30-year air quality monitoring programme for US EPA

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08 Dec 2020

Article

Wood maps out a sustainable future for paper and textile production

Creating future-ready industry

Connected technology, data and low-carbon solutions will underpin the fourth industrial revolution and the future of industry.

As we build towards a net-zero world, those organisations that embrace these concepts and successfully reorient their business around them will emerge as the industrial powerhouses of the future.

At Wood, our technical ingenuity and deep industry domain knowledge makes us an ideal partner in helping clients across a wide range of sectors to get future ready, now.

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Optimising asset performance

Future of natural resources

Optimising Asset Performance

New advances in technology are making it possible to increase output, reduce costs and accelerate delivery at every stage of the asset lifecycle.

Across energy and the built environment, those organisations that embrace the power of connected, digital solutions will outperform the competition and shape the future of their industries.

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Insights / Optimising Asset Performance

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How to create a roadmap to decarbonising your asset portfolio

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Banking on safe operations

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Podcast

Future workplace: meet the heroes of industrial hygiene

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At the forefront of the fight against infectious diseases in Australia

Constellation

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Connecting workers to power vital services during unprecedented times

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Unlocking the potential of technology to help solve client’s challenges

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Case study

Developing a world-class pharma plant in Saudi Arabia

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Sustainability

Data-driven sustainability

Constellation

Sustainable recovery

Recovery solutions

News / Optimising Asset Performance

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10 Apr 2020

Blog

Industrial hygiene support solutions for COVID-19

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25 Jul 2018

Article

Go with the flow

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19 Nov 2020

Article

Transition to green: the UK’s next industrial revolution

Future of natural resources

As the global population continues to grow, demand for access to energy, water and other natural resources also increases.

At the same time, societal expectations around our natural capital have also changed. To retain enduring relevance, industries must ensure these resources are properly managed and play their part in helping to deliver a cleaner, more efficient future.

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Insights / Future of natural resources

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Podcast

Mining towards 2050: current market outlook

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Blog

Climate resiliency requires courageous conversations as well as innovative solutions

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The Blue Economy’s Future: Embracing the challenge

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Case study

Wood: Over 20 years in automation

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Blog

Building a water-secure world one drop at a time

News / Future of natural resources

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10 Jun 2019

Article

Wood secures contract for greenfield petrochemicals project in Oman

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18 Mar 2019

Article

Wood and Honeywell collaborate to deliver advanced refining and petrochemical solutions

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06 Feb 2019

Article

Wood and KBR win Crux FEED project offshore Western Australia

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10 Dec 2020

Article

Wood’s growth in gold continues as Côté Gold Project moves ahead in Canada

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12 Jan 2021

Article

Wood secures $120 million contract for ethylene expansion in China

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30 Apr 2019

Article

Wood awarded engineering contract by SABIC for new technology centre in Saudi Arabia

Enabling a more sustainable, resilient and liveable world

Creating future-ready industry

Thriving cities

Critical infrastructure

Cleaner, protected environments

Optimising Asset Performance

Future of natural resources