POWERING YOUR
360° SOLUTIONS
Global knowledge consulting
COWI is a leading consulting group that creates value for customers, people and society through
our unique 360° approach. Based on our world-class competencies within engineering, economics
and environmental science, we tackle challenges from many vantage points to create coherent
solutions for our customers.
With offices all over the world, we combine global presence with local knowledge to take on projects anywhere in the world – no matter how large or small. At any given moment, we are involved
in more than 17,000 projects.
We have more than 80 years of experience in the business, and COWI is a leader within its field
because our more than 6,200 employees are leaders within theirs. Together with our customers,
we create coherence in tomorrow's sustainable societies.
Great decisions
Made EASY
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COWI head office
Parallelvej 2
2800 Kongens Lyngby
Denmark
www.cowi.com
Tel: +45 56 40 00 00
Email: cowi@cowi.com
Building your business
You are the
decision-maker
Global knowledge consulting
Building your business
You are the
desicion-maker
YOU have
visions
perspective
knowledge
courage
goals
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advancing your vision
Hold that
thought!
You have a vision. Maybe you even have an idea how
to make your vision come true. You want to build a new
metro line to improve public transport. Or maybe you
have to cut costs, so you want to reduce energy consumption in your buildings or production.
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Global knowledge consulting
advancing your visio n
or let us hold
it for you!
Realising a vision takes time. And most likely, you are too busy.
So while you focus on running your business, let us handle the
challenges that your vision is facing.
We combine engineering, economics and environmental science
to deliver coherent solutions to your challenges. And together,
we can take your business to the next level by reducing your
costs, making it more sustainable, or by bringing the world
closer through smarter infrastructure solutions.
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Providing perspective
valuable decisions
take 360º insights
Important decisions are tough to make. Investments are big,
projects complex and stakeholders multiply, clouding your view.
To help you, we take everything into account before we advise a
solution – from environmental assessment surveys to stakeholder management programmes.
In this way, you have a complete overview before you decide.
And your solution will be linked to the needs of end users and
society to maximize the return on your investment.
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providing perspective
THE TRUE ART OF
SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
A 360° approach creates more value – for you, your stakeholders and society. Take the new Royal Danish Playhouse
in Copenhagen.
To help the playhouse realize its artistic visions, we created a
series of ground-breaking solutions such as using seawater
and heat from the auditorium to cool and heat the building.
The project in brief:
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Demand-driven ventilation
Seawater cools the building
Body heat from audience heats the building
Energy consumption is reduced by more than 75 percent.
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providing perspective
Manhattan's skyline
starts under the sea
Restoring New York's historic Pier 16 takes 360˚ surveying.
The piers along the Lower Manhattan waterfront are one
of the most important sites in American history. To ensure
the wooden structures will continue to be enjoyed by
generations to come, COWI went below the surface
to develop a plan for the rehabilitation of the
historic pier.
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Global knowledge consulting
The knowledge to succeed
we
complete
you
Nobody knows your business better than you. But to realise your
vision takes knowledge beyond your area of expertise. Therefore,
you need us. And we need you.
Creating a coherent, full-circle solution takes the best of both
worlds. Your knowledge and business insights inspire us. And to
be able to test and develop the solution with you, we have web
tools and project sites to facilitate the dialogue.
Together, we can create a 360° solution that balances the needs
of your stakeholders.
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In Odense, Denmark, citizens will
enjoy a coherent city as the four
lanes of the main street Thomas B.
Thrigesgade are transformed to a
recreational urban area.
CLIMATE-PROOF CITY
Intelligent mapping of flooding
scenarios has given the City of
Aarhus the knowledge to take
measures against the water
before the downpour begins.
LESS IS MORE AND CO2-FREE
Sweden’s first terminal for liquefied
natural gas purges the gas of CO2 and
other pollutants before it is compressed to take up 600 times less space.
PRECISION PLANNING
By combining aerial and terrestrial
photographs, urban planners have
a 3D model of Geneva, which they
can tour virtually with a detail level
of 20 centimetres.
ECONOMICS, MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
Economic analyses and tools
Financial analyses and law
Evaluation and impact assessment
Organisational development and social studies
Communication and policy advice
Transport planning and modelling
Public transport and ITS
Spatial planning and urban development
WATER AND ENVIRONMENT
Health, safety and environment
Water supply and wastewater
Water and natural resources management
Environmental impact assessment and monitoring
Solid waste management
Contaminated sites
Strategic environmental consultancy
Sweden
NATURE THRILLS FOR ALL
The new nature trail by Alnaelven
in Norway leads nature lovers,
hikers and bicyclists across steep
slopes, wild rivers and virgin
forests in Svartdalen Valley.
SWEDEN
DENMARK
Building design
Sustainable and green buildings
Fire engineering
Hospitals and health care
Project management consultancy
High-rise
Master planning and urban development
Refurbishment and retrofit
The Malmø City Tunnel was
finished before time to cut 20
minutes off the journey to the
Oresund Bridge. It also doubles
capacity and reduces environmental impact.
Hot SAVINGS
A new 4 kilometre long district heating
tunnel below Copenhagen connects
Amagerværket power plant to the old
network, saving the city an annual
DKK 50 million.
RAILWAYS, ROADS AND AIRPORTS
Roads and highways
Railways
Light rails
Metros
Airports
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND IT
GIS and IT
3D visualisation and modelling
Maps and geodata products
Mapping and data capture
Surveying
Property rights and land administration
FIRM AND FAST KNOWLEDGE
Without impeding traffic, the foundation
for the new Göta river bridge was
surveyed using terrestrial laser scanning, enabling the designers to work
in 3D afterwards.
NOISE-REDUCING HIGHWAYS
Copenhagen’s new highway Ring 3 is
made of noise-reducing asphalt and
locally sourced materials, making it
both people and environmentally
friendly.
Smart climate
On the Shetland Islands, wind power
integrated in an intelligent energy grid
helps reduce CO2 emissions, while
surplus energy produces hydrogen
to fuel the local car park.
CARBON-NEUTRAL LIVING
In the town of Brøset, technology
joins sustainability initiatives to
create positive CO2-neutral urban
environments and healthy living
conditions for everyone.
ENERGY-EFFICIENT FISHING
In-depth analysis helped the
Norwegian fishing fleet reduce oil
consumption by 22.7 per cent and
NOX emission by 13.5 tonnes.
Denmark
We combine our global presence with local knowledge
to create 360° solutions. This combination enables
us to take on the biggest and most complex projects
anywhere in the world.
INNER CITY HARMONY
COHERENCE
Buildings
TUNNEL AND TRAIN
ON TIME
Norway
In Stavanger and Sandness, people
will commute with ease as light rail
brings the two cities closer, supporting urban development in Greater
Stavanger.
Denmark BOOSTING DEVELOPMENT
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
A new pumping station and
a new unit for removal of
phosphorous at the Northern
Wastewater Treatment Plant
collect and treat all wastewater
in St Petersburg.
switzerland
Two hours and 30 minutes. That
is how much two bridges and the
world’s longest immersed tunnel
cut travel time between Busan
and the island of Geoje.
CLEAN WASTEWATER
Bridges
Tunnels
Structures for infrastructure
Offshore wind farms
Marine, coastal and geotechnical engineering
Operation and maintenance
Risk management and analysis
Service life design
united kingdom
A SHORTCUT TO GROWTH
BRIDGE, TUNNEL AND
MARINE STRUCTURES
norway
South Korea
2.8 million m3 of silt, mud and sand
removed. 4 kilometres of channel
dredged and quay walls constructed.
The new Al Ruwais Port prepares
Qatar for big business.
Industry
Energy
Oil and gas
Norway
Qatar
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GREAT in THE SUSTAINABLE WAY
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World-class knowledge
INDUSTRY AND ENERGY
WorldWIDE REACH
We have more than 6,200 employees ready to
tackle your challenge from every possible vantage
point. We excel at what we do because they are
all world-class within their field.
Global knowledge consulting
Your business is
our business
We supplement your capabilities to make it to
your destination.
With us, you gain more than 6,200 world-class engineers, biologists, geologists, economists, architects,
anthropologists and surveyors – to name a few –
ready to tackle your challenges from several angles.
We have executed projects from the suburbs of
St Petersburg to the top of Mount Everest. And we
are at any given time involved in more than 17,000
projects all over the world.
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The courage to think differently
the knowledge to succeed
ROCKET SCIENCE
MADE SIMPLE
building your
bridge to the
future
Making things easy is not that hard. Take innovation. It is
a great way to get ahead, and it is easier than you think.
To us, innovation means creating smarter solutions to save
you time and money. Or a smarter way to obtain the
knowledge you need.
To do that, we ask questions. We mix competencies and
approach your challenge from many angles, and we turn
ideas upside down – all in pursuit of the surprising solution
that will reduce your costs or improve sustainability.
Global knowledge consulting
The courage to think differently
ROCKET SCIENCE
MADE SIMPLE
Making things easy is not that hard. Take innovation. It is
a great way to get ahead, and it is easier than you think.
To us, innovation means creating smarter solutions to save
you time and money. Or a smarter way to obtain the
knowledge you need.
To do that, we ask questions. We mix competencies and
approach your challenge from many angles, and we turn
ideas upside down – all in pursuit of the surprising solution
that will reduce your costs or improve sustainability.
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Courage
Innovation for life
When we innovate, we do it with a clear objective: to gain an edge to your advantage.
It may be a big idea, an efficient idea – or a simple, but beautiful idea.
Saving time with Facebook
Sustainable wonders
SMART RENOVATION
blissful road safety
CREATIVE CONCREte
To help the Danish National Labour Market Authority gain
insight into young people’s behaviour when looking for jobs,
COWI launched a campaign on their favourite hang out,
picking 849 respondents within a week.
The Universeum in Gothenburg, Sweden, highlights the
wonders of science and the natural world – all under the
same roof and in a sustainable building, naturally.
Lions Gate Bridge is vital to Vancouver's
economy. To steer the local economy clear of
unnecessary bumps in the road, we changed
the entire suspended structure at night to
keep the traffic moving in the daytime.
In Sweden, motorists can take a
rest from the monotony of driving
and enjoy nature at the Borås
Sörbo rest area, where stonewalls
and an oak grove interspersed with
walking paths ease the mind.
Air pockets of the exact right size reduce
the amount of air needed to make concrete strong and able to withstand freezing temperatures. They also reduce the
amount of concrete needed to sustain
structures.
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The courage to think differently
Taking your
decisions to new
heights
COWI believes in continuous improvement.
Take airports, for example.
2000: Architectural masterpiece
The Arlanda control tower in Stockholm, Sweden, is
a masterpiece in architecture and a landmark in itself.
2003: World’s best middle-sized airport
Hyderabad’s international airport in India has been
named the world’s best middle-sized airport two
years in a row.
2005: Taking tourism to new heights
Muscat’s new international airport is the gateway
to Oman’s future economic growth.
2009: The sustainable airport
Gardermoen Airport in Norway reduces energy
consumption by storing winter snow and using
it to cool the airport.
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Reaching your goals
Your decisions
take 360° insights
Take your first step towards realising your goal – meet us.
With local anchoring on four continents, we are never far away.
And regardless of whether you envision a solution that pushes
the limit, or a solution that simply solves your problem, we can
deliver worldwide – large or small solutions. Whatever the scale,
it will be a solution that balances the best of many stakeholders,
disciplines and competencies.
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knowledge
consulting
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knowledge
consulting
Reaching your goals
RESULTS THAT TAKE
YOU HIGHER
With us the sky is the limit. But before we take off, we sit
down to talk and outline the possibilities and consequences.
All in good order to make sure we are on the same page –
and within budget.
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Reaching your goals
we Support your VALUABLE DECISIONS
knowledge
courage
Preparing the ground for a new metro line
in a metropolis is a complex task of gigantic
proportions that demands multidisciplinary
knowledge. In Copenhagen, the ground is
being prepared for excavating 17 stations for
the new Cityringen line.
Copenhagen-Ringsted is a critical railway line in
Denmark. But population density and industrialisation make it difficult to expand. Instead, a bold
new line is led through the town of Køge. It is
not only simpler and safer. It is also greener and
faster.
visions
perspective
goals
The Green Lighthouse building at the University of Copenhagen is
the realization of the vision to create a carbon-neutral building that
uses nature's own resources for cooling and heating, while solar
cells provide power and electricity.
The world of medicine is changing fast. It takes perspective to
prepare for the changes to come and run a hospital smooth and
efficient. At Sct. Olav Hospital in Norway, smart planning integrates
patient care, research and education.
In Abu Dhabi, a new 45 kilometre long
sewer tunnel paves the way for sustainable
urbanisation. To protect the desert environment, the concrete mix is designed
to withstand high levels of chloride in the
ground and ground water.
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ADVANC ING
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THE COWI
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GREAT
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