potentially in growing construction skills domestically , which I think will have a positive impact on our industry going forward . “ The exchange rate will also be important ; as the UK to Euro exchange rate has fluctuated a number of European clients have sought us out in the UK as our service provision has become cheaper in their mind . They ’ ll want to utilise the knowledge base of UK companies now because that exchange rate is more accessible for them .”
That utilisation of UK construction skills and expertise is already being sought by companies around the world . HKA is currently working with a Chinese organisation involved with the country ’ s road and infrastructure programme , while in Scandinavia it is advising a company working on a mass transit project that wants to benefit from HKA ’ s knowledge of procurement and risk management from the work it carried out on the UK ’ s Crossrail and HS2 initiatives . As infrastructure programmes ramp
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