Integrated coastal planning advisory
By providing investment and planning support throughout the initial stages of infrastructure development, we help you build future growth on solid foundations.
By providing investment and planning support throughout the initial stages of infrastructure development, we help you build future growth on solid foundations.
We work with developers, operators, investors, contractors, and regulators to realise every incremental gain and unlock opportunities. We help you optimise outcomes while mitigating risks, using established methodologies and leading technologies to reduce cost and time and increase safety.
Our holistic approach combines valuable engineering experience with sustainable environmental management and economic practicality to deliver high-value solutions. From conception to commissioning, we have a full range of services that we provide in a way that helps developers stay on time and budget.
Well-planned critical infrastructure is essential to economic growth.
We assess the current situation and analyse macro-economic drivers, traffic demand forecasts and competitor intelligence to create a sound basis to identify investment options and provide recommendations for future strategic direction.
Our experience includes:
A market analysis is often the first place to understand the key demand drivers and the potential for assessing the business. Essential factors include the overall market size and growth trend, historical growth trends, short-term and long-term impacts of external events, supply chains and market pricing trends.
The competitive environment shapes how the business will respond to opportunities and threats whilst considering its strengths and weaknesses. Understanding the competitive advantages of others allows companies to know what they are doing right. Understanding where competitors are falling short will enable businesses to leverage opportunities in the marketplace and differentiate offerings.
Our market review and competitive analyses are based on complex data, previous project experience and interviews with our unique links to industry leaders and authorities to allow businesses to develop a comprehensive view of the opportunities available. Our ability to understand technical and commercial aspects set us apart from generalist management consultants.
We leverage our economic, strategy and technical engineering capabilities to support you during the sale or purchase of assets in the ports & terminals, shipping, transport, and related infrastructure sectors.
Suppose you are considering the disposal of assets or additions to your portfolio. In that case, we employ traditional asset valuation techniques such as historical transactions, dividend discount models, dividend yield models, Internal Rate of Return (IRR) based valuation models, discounted cash flow (DFC) models and terminal value (TV). Of course, the valuation is the result.
So the value that we provide begins with developing a thorough analysis that covers:
The study’s outcome is a clear understanding of how much a potential investor should be willing to pay (the project’s value), enabling decision-makers to comprehend how much the facility is worth and hence helping to opt for the most favourable strategy.
When acting for the buy-side of a deal and the commercial analysis and due diligence performed, technical due diligence is critical in the decision-making process. A thorough examination of the physical, chemical, and biological processes, asset management, supply chain and operations capability help to identify potential investment risks.
In addition to commercial and technical due diligence, we advise on Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), business model viability, assessment of potential equity partners, and implications of sustainable investment considerations when acting on the sell-side of a deal. We promote the opportunity through marketing and preparation of investment memorandums (IMs).
Successful master planning is based on a detailed analysis of current and future drivers that will allow developers to maximise commercial growth whilst considering the local economy, social, environment and geographic context. Economics, positioning, development strategies, throughput forecasting and capacity planning, socio-economic, engineering, marine, navigation and environmental studies all develop a master plan.
A market review is carried out to understand the changing economic and industrial development needs and establish the demand. We then develop a Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis to understand the positioning and development strategies that should be considered. The value proposition of the proposed development then naturally begins to form from the understanding of the competitive landscape and positioning.
Various techniques are assessed, including a technology strategy (facilities and equipment), a commercial strategy (pricing and incentive strategy) and a business strategy (strategic alliances and partnership), with each providing different levels of risk and return.
The initial concept for the Masterplan then begins to take shape and based on this initial basis, forecasting and capacity planning is carried out to combine historical throughput demand, forecast demand and estimates around potential market share that will be captured.
We then create a conceptual layout to assist with technical engineering requirements. Several configurations are typically developed and assessed against a multi-criteria screening and ranking process, considering costs, productivity, and technical feasibility. These developments can often create considerable benefits to society, so a socio-economic study then quantifies the proposed project’s direct, indirect, and induced economic impacts.
Finally, whether there is a marine component to the development, maritime and ship handling studies, hydraulic assessments, and various environmental studies can be carried out to respect limitations and regulatory requirements.
We help identify the primary constraints and necessary measures for safe & efficient marine infrastructure development. We adopt a structured approach following the IMO's Formal Safety Assessment methodology:
MTIA studies have supported the planning and design of airport expansion and reclamation, submarine tunnels, bridge connections between islands, ports & terminals, and offshore wind farms.
We deliver feasible marine traffic schemes, facilitating a safe marine working environment for site construction activity and efficient supply vessel transit to help you achieve buy-in from all stakeholders and satisfy government requirements.
Supported by sophisticated 3D mapping & modelling, our TMTM services assist:
We provide adequate service to clients in the development of critical transport infrastructure, required to link commuter routes and waterfront facilities in the most attractive, efficient and cost-effective manner and deliver:
We provide comprehensive cost modelling and analysis services to help you in your next major procurement decision.
We acquire and analyse wind, weather and sea state data to inform design, engineering and operational decision making.
Ports, harbours and terminals are complex, multiple-stakeholder projects. We provide a wide range of services to port managers and port operators that help mitigate risk during development, maintenance and day-to-day operations.
IAPH is a non-governmental organization (NGO) aiming to be the global trade association of choice for port authorities and operators, representing their interests at a regulatory level at the International Maritime Organization, the World Customs Organization, the International Standards Organization and other global alliances such as the Global Maritime Forum and the World Economic Forum.
The application received unanimous approval by the Whitsunday Regional Council. The redevelopment will deliver low-impact tourism infrastructure to the area previously impacted by cyclones in 2011 and 2017.
Blue Economy, Springboard for Sustainable Development in Australia’s ocean economies.
Blue Economy Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) announces commencement of its research program with commissioning of 17 scoping projects, with BMT’s collaboration to boost ties between industry, researchers and the community.
Driving environmental value and risk-informed decision making will ensure that maintenance dredging continues into the future to sustain the Port’s and Ocean’s critical depths.
Phil Thompson, Director, Simulation & Training Products, Critical Infrastructure, explains how software helps to ensure safe navigation in congested water spaces.
Jaret Fattori's article in Port Strategy discusses how ports are adapting to climate change and IFRS S-2 regulations. Emphasising the shift towards sustainability through digital integration, decarbonisation, and innovative fuel alternatives, he explores the significant role of collaboration in advancing port sustainability and innovation.
Our team attended the AOG Energy Conference and WOW event, discussing the future of renewable energy and sharing insights on its progress
Ian McRobbie, our Programme Manager for Ports and Maritime Infrastructure, was interviewed by Port & Harbors to discuss how infrastructure companies are collaborating with ports to enhance port infrastructure and operations.
Brad Saunders, our Senior Principal Engineer & Technical Lead for APAC, Coastal & Maritime Engineering, sets out how for small ports a modern approach to asset valuation is appropriate and holds considerable potential to uncover hidden value.
Because they are situated in current and future hazard areas and exposed to increasing climate-related risks, maritime infrastructure owners and operators (across ports, harbours, marinas and shipyards) are situated in current and future hazard areas and exposed to increasing climate-related risks given their proximity to the coast and waterways. As the current and potential future impacts from climate become better understood, many maritime sector organisations are starting to take their first steps toward resilience and adaptation planning.
Ports, marinas, harbours, and shipyards face many challenges regarding the risks associated with climate change and extreme weather.
Typhoons usually result in storm surges. If combined with high tide and poor drainage design, they can lead to flooding of ports, millions of dollars of damaged cargo, and costly legal distractions. Millions of dollars are lost annually due to port disruptions caused by typhoon-induced disasters.
There are many ageing ports and port cities. In most cases, their central infrastructure was developed over the last 30-50 years, particularly for containers. As the design life for these structures is in the same range, they are approaching the theoretical ‘end of life. So, how do we analyse these structures and, where necessary, prolong their useful life?
