RUSH TO THE EAST

摘要

Six months ago, Dutch engineer Arcadis was a tiny player in the vast Asian market, with just 150 staff employed across the entire region. Two major acquisitions later, however, and it's a very different picture. The firm's takeover of £79m-turnover Asian quantity surveyor Davis Langdon & Sean (DLS) last week, added to its 2011 purchase of EC Harris -which draws almost a fifth of its revenue from Asia - means Arcadis' presence in the continent has soared to 3,500 staff. Almost from nowhere, the firm is now believed to be the largest cost and project management consultant in Asia.