Solid Performance

Our performance in 2024 was strong driven by demand for our services across all our markets. With the impact of a changing climate increasingly visible in extreme weather events, clients are particularly seeking our expertise in climate resilient solutions. Equally, the demand for digital infrastructure to support developments such as AI ensured strong growth in our data centre services. Our programmes to simplify and streamline the ease of doing business, together with new digital tools, enabled us to make further progress on efficiencies and improve productivity.

At the heart of a solid performance is our focus on our clients and we further professionalised our account management activities during 2024. We pay close attention to changing client needs and adjust the mix of services we offer in response. The acquisition of Uticon extends our knowledge and expertise in food and beverage production facilities and processes. We boosted our energy transition offering with the acquisition of Pondera Consult. These acquisitions, together with the successful integration of supply-chain specialists Districon – acquired in 2022 – aligns with our strategy to grow consultancy and adjacent services to offer an integral service portfolio that matches our clients’ needs.

We responded to growth in key markets and regions with investment in new offices and entities. We extended our presence in southern Europe with the establishment of a new office in Malaga. It will meet demand for our expertise in data centre design and engineering across the Iberian Peninsula. We opened an office in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand to meet growing demand for climate resilience, water management and maritime projects in the Asia-Pacific region. In the United States, we merged our entities within HaskoningDHV USA.

Measures to streamline our portfolio in line with our strategic ambitions which were announced in 2023 took place as planned. Our South African entity formally became a local company in 2024, while we retained a minority share. We continue to collaborate closely with the organisation which is an important partner in Africa. The divestment of our shareholding in Singapore-based Hydroinformatics Institute (H2i) to a local investor also took place early 2024.