John Laing

This week, we marked 10 years of our New York office at a packed event right in the heart of Manhattan. From our teams who live and work across North America to our infrastructure assets that moves people by rail and road, provides essential services, and supports businesses and communities, we take our responsibility to delivering infrastructure very seriously. It's been an extraordinary journey in North America brimming with triumphs and pride in what we have achieved in just a decade. Echoed in the speeches of Anthony Phillips David Wylie andrew truscott were the remarkable colleagues, clients, and opportunities that have enriched these 10 years of the New York office. Together, we not only reflected on our past achievements but looked forward with enormous ambitions to continue investing in public infrastructure that benefits all. To everyone who joined us - whether in person or in spirit - thank you for your unwavering support and partnership in making infrastructure happen across North America. 

John Laing has made a landmark investment in the world’s first large-scale green hydrogen steel plant in Boden, Northern Sweden. The PPP-like investment involves the development of a greenfield water treatment plant (WTP) integral to the operations of the pioneering Stegra green steel plant. The WTP is critical ancillary infrastructure providing purified water and services essential to operate the wider hydrogen plant. The steel industry is one of the most polluting sectors, responsible for between 7-9% of the world’s carbon emissions. This plant will produce steel with up to 95% lower CO₂ emissions than coal blasted steel, by using green hydrogen produced by electrolysis and powered by renewable energy. This investment builds upon John Laing’s extensive greenfield finance experience and is an exciting entry point for John Laing into the hydrogen enabled steel sector that is paramount to a greener future. Huge thanks to our specialist team who led the structuring of this project Luke Gorton, Yangshi Yu, Steven Knapman, Marie-Eve Nault-Cloutier, Martijn Lunneker, Dhilee Rajeswaran, CFA. We look forward to working closely with Stegra and our partner Aquatech to deliver this exciting project. To learn more about our game changing investment please get in touch with us. For more detail on our investment read here: https://lnkd.in/dsQQSdMN 

The commitment to infrastructure, society, and the common good has been a long tradition at John Laing. Since 1960’s we have been working with The John Laing Charitable Trust (JLCT) in supporting our employees and communities in the areas of influence of our investments. Nowadays, our focus on community needs is an integrated element of the John Laing sustainability strategy. Read more about two important social programmes - Access to Safe Water and Entrepreneurship that our team in Colombia have implemented, funded by The JLCT and John Laing, in partnership with the Cruz Roja Colombiana.

Celebrating a big milestone on the A16 Rotterdam with the construction phase now almost complete. Yesterday contract manager Stefan Van der Voorn on behalf of Rijkswaterstaat, presented the Availability Certificate to project directors Hein Versteegen and Martijn Lunneker of consortium De Groene Boog. The Availability Certificate was obtained through great collaboration between De Groene Boog and Rijkswaterstaat and demonstrates that the A16 Rotterdam meets the requirements of the DBFM. The progress on this project has been remarkable and from here we mark the beginning of a new phase - the preparation for the opening and our long-term maintenance of the 11km motorway with tunnel. With still more to do on this impressive road and tunnel build – aiming to be the world’s first energy neutral road with a tunnel - our work is far from over. Together we continue this journey towards the opening of the A16 Rotterdam in 2025. Commissioned by Rijkswaterstaat, John Laing and partners Dura Vermeer, Mobilis TBI, Croonwolter&dros, BESIX NL, Van Oord, Rebel, Epicofund are jointly responsible for the design, construction, financing and 20-year maintenance of the A16 Rotterdam motorway. More information on the A16 can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dhdwFqMr #A16Rotterdam #energyneutral

Great to see the progress on the Melbourne Metro Tunnel with another one of the five stations finished upon construction completion of Anzac Station https://lnkd.in/dpwK3GxY. The Metro Tunnel is one of the largest #transportinfrastructure projects undertaken in Australia. Taking three of Melbourne’s busiest train lines through two 9KM tunnels under the city and five new stations connecting Melbourne’s growing population, it will be a transformational enhancement of the city’s rail network. Find out more about the project here: https://lnkd.in/eAsZAqce  #MetroTunnel #Rail #Transformingcities Images courtesy of Metro Tunnel Project Office

It has been announced today that John Laing has increased their commitment to Australia’s Sydney Light Rail (SLR) to a 95% majority holding by agreeing to acquire Aware Super's 62.5% interest in the #publicprivatepartnership (PPP) that operates the network. From initial construction through to the ongoing operation of the city shaping mass transport project it is today that carries over 40 Million passengers a year, John Laing is immensely proud to be behind the SLR and excited to be continuing to play an integral role in its future. John Laing invests decades of capital, time, and on-the-ground asset management expertise to deliver the wider goals of our assets. Today, we’re more excited than ever by the possibilities of SLR in continuing to deliver a world-class public transport system for the people of Sydney. SLR is one of John Laing’s high profile #PPP projects delivered in Australia that is part of over 1BN AUD invested in core infrastructure and energy assets across the country, including Melbourne’s North East Link and Melbourne Metro; Queensland’s New Generation Rollingstock; Perth’s Optus Stadium and the New Royal Adelaide Hospital.     Delivering this deal would not be possible without our partners at ALTRAC Light Rail, Transport for NSW Aware Super and our highly skilled, dedicated team led by Andy Haining and Jarrod Woodward and including Alister Walker, Paul Edwards, Duncan Jewell, Michaela Peterkova, Dhilee Rajeswaran, CFA Vinh Christopher, Marie-Eve Nault-Cloutier, Jess Evans. Read here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/deqP-rzX NSW Government I Transport for NSW I ALTRAC Light Rail I Aware Super

Congratulations to the team at North East Link as they celebrate the start of tunnelling with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) Zelda and Gillian. TBM Zelda is the first of two massive machines that will dig the 6.5km twin tunnels. TBM Gillian is set to launch in the coming weeks. They will dig approximately 10 metres per day, with the tunnels to be built up to 45 metres underground and approximately 44,000 pre-cast concrete segments made in regional Victoria to line the tunnel walls. The construction of the North East Link tunnels will be delivered entirely by renewable electricity. John Laing is proud to be part of the Spark consortium delivering this important project for Victoria. 

The John Laing team and partners of the Denver Eagle Project celebrated 50 million customer trips on the A Line - the commuter-rail system that connects downtown Denver to the Denver International Airport (DEN), carrying over 6M passengers per year. The celebration took place on 16 July at Denver Union Station with speeches from Rail Transportation District (RTD) General Manager and CEO, Debra A. Johnson and Board Chair, Erik Davidson, David Wylie, our Global Head of PPP & Projects Asset Management and Nate Morgan, Denver Transit Partners Project Manager and CEO. The A-Line is one of three lines that is part of the Denver Eagle project in Colorado, US. The project marked John Laing’s entry into the US #publicprivatepartnership (#P3) market in 2010 and was the country’s first operational transit P3 project, launched in response to Denver’s growing population and changing economy. #DenverEagle is 50% owned by John Laing and is just one of John Laing’s rail projects around the world connecting people in towns and cities in the most effective and greener ways imaginable. Denver Transit Partners, RTD, City and County of Denver, City of Aurora

Brilliant to see David Beaton appointed as a IPFA Australia Council Member where he will be sharing his diverse expertise among the network. Congratulations, David!

Congratulations to Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) on winning the “Community Impact of the Year” award at the ARTBA P3 Conference. The award recognises a project that provides economic, philanthropic, or humanitarian benefit to the public and an improved quality of life for the community and/or users of the asset. The I-75 Modernisation project in Oakland County, Michigan, US, is part of the state’s first High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane. The project deploys innovations that enhances safety, reduces cost and delivered the 5.5 miles of urban freeway on an expedited five-year schedule. The new roadway and bridges add capacity and improve traffic flow and safety, while improved stormwater drainage will enhance resiliency and protect adjacent communities from extreme weather events. Six new pedestrian bridges and sidewalks provide safe access, connecting communities and businesses, and aesthetically pleasing noise walls, retaining walls and bridges make the built environment more appealing. John Laing leads the Oakland Corridor Partners consortium for the public-private partnership (#P3) project, responsible for the modernisation of the 18-mile stretch of the I-75 and accelerating important upgrades by up to 12 years.