Companies and associations
Private sector endorsement of CoST
Globally, CoST is supported by many prestigious private companies:
“As an ethical company, Balfour Beatty supports the CoST pilot programme because increased transparency in construction can only reduce the cost and raise the quality of infrastructure in developing countries". Ian Tyler, Balfour Beatty Chief Executive.
"As a values driven business, the way we behave individually and as a company underpins those values. Transparency, honesty and integrity go right to the heart of the way we work in Halcrow, and our corporate purpose - sustaining and improving the quality of people's lives, is wholly aligned to the objectives of the CoST initiative. We are therefore proud to be able to support CoST, as well as a number of other programmes that target corruption in the construction sector." Peter Gammie, Halcrow Group Chief Executive.
"In Ramboll we believe in business behaviour based on trust, integrity and professionalism. We support initiatives to promote transparency and work against corruption in all its forms. This is why we support the principles of transparency under the CoST initiative" Flemming Bligaard Pedersen, Ramboll Group CEO
“We in STRABAG support CoST because our responsibility towards our stakeholders (customers, employees, JV-partners, subcontractors, authorities, competitors, media, civil society) includes cooperation on the basis of trust, openness, integrity and fairness.” Hans Peter Haselsteiner, STRABAG Group CEO
Private sector in CoST implementation
Companies and professional associations are also represented on and actively engaged in the CoST MSGs in each pilot country. For more details you can download the full list of MSG Participants here:
