Egis combines UK and Ireland operations: delivery implications for infrastructure teams
Reviewed by Tom Sullivan
First reported on The Construction Index
30 Second Briefing
Egis is merging its UK and Ireland operations under a single managing director, appointing François Basselot, former head of its energy and sustainable cities division for Europe and Africa, to lead the combined business focused on transport, water, energy transition (including nuclear) and the built environment. The reorganisation targets UK and Irish government programmes to modernise critical infrastructure, with integrated teams expected to deliver cross-border consultancy and project management on water, highways, rail and energy schemes. Claire Davies becomes chief operating officer for Egis Europe & Africa, while Steve Preece now leads Egis’ Irish operations and maintenance arm, which runs the Dublin Tunnel, 470 km of motorways and the national mobile road safety camera network.
Technical Brief
- Egis’ Irish O&M arm currently maintains the Dublin Tunnel plus 470 km of national motorway network.
- The same O&M business also operates Ireland’s national mobile road safety camera network, integrating ITS and enforcement systems.
- Management of a major urban road tunnel and dispersed motorway assets suggests centralised asset management and control systems.
- Combining UK–Ireland design teams enables single consultancy frameworks to cover cross-border rail, highway and water schemes.
- Basselot’s decade at Arcadis and Atkins implies continuity with UK-standard design processes and digital delivery tools.
- Claire Davies’ move to Europe & Africa COO consolidates regional governance for multi-country infrastructure programmes.
- Steve Preece’s focus on Irish O&M separates long-term asset operation from design consultancy, clarifying risk allocation.
- For contractors and designers, a unified Egis UK–Ireland structure may streamline JV interfaces on PPP and DBFM concessions.
Our Take
Egis’s combined UK & Ireland platform, with responsibility for 470 km of Irish motorways and assets like the Dublin Tunnel, positions it closer in scale to incumbents such as Arcadis and Atkins that already operate with integrated regional business units in our Infrastructure coverage.
In our database of 428 Infrastructure stories, relatively few items feature France-based engineering groups expanding operational control in both the UK and Ireland, suggesting Egis is using this reorganisation to differentiate itself in a market still dominated by UK-headquartered consultants.
For road and tunnel clients in the UK and Ireland, a single Egis UK & Ireland entity is likely to simplify procurement and framework bidding, which can be advantageous on multi-jurisdiction O&M or design–build–operate contracts that span both countries’ networks.
Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.
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