Charles River Associates

Charles River Associates is an economics, finance, and business consulting firm serving clients worldwide. Founded in 1965, CRA has completed more than 3,000 projects for law firms, corporations, and government agencies from around the world.

CRA’s Litigation and Regulation group provides economic and financial analysis, expert testimony, and other support to clients involved in legal or regulatory proceedings. Our Business Consulting group combines expertise in microeconomics, technology, industries, and markets to assist clients with business strategy, market assessment, and technology assessment.

 

WL | Delft Hydraulics

Founded in 1927, WL | delft hydraulics is an independent consulting and research institute located in the Netherlands. For more than 70 years, we have been providing clients, at home and abroad, with decisive advice and technical assistance on water-related issues. These projects range from applied research and consultancy queries to multidisciplinary policy studies. Our current staff of 400 qualified and committed professionals combine an in-depth command of critical details with an across-the-board overview.

 

Clients

Our national and international clients include government authorities, policy makers and administrators responsible for the short- and long-term governance of bodies of water and related infrastructures. Our clients are also in the private sector: for example, among multilateral agencies, consulting engineers, contractors, and in industry. They all have one thing in common: the need for solid, practical advice. They come to us because they know that we understand their concerns and are prepared to approach their questions from independent, fresh perspectives.

 

Our Services

WL | delft hydraulics has a long-standing reputation for excellence in hydrology, hydraulics, morphology, water quality and ecology. Construction and design matters related to offshore, coasts, harbors, estuaries, rivers and canals, and industry - also our forte - are approached in a manner tuned to the specific requirements of the client. In addition, we operate at the policy level by delivering decision support and carrying out environmental impact assessments in the above mentioned working areas.

We have a full range of experimental facilities and computer programs - most of which have been developed and validated by our experts in residence. On the basis of a sound understanding of the processes involved, all water systems can be simulated by us, numerically, experimentally, or through a combination of the two. At WL | delft hydraulics, transfer of technology and know-how is an inherent part of our approach. This is done through a variety of training courses and seminars, and on the job.

 

Charles River Associates & WL | Delft Hydraulics

Demands of increased production and economic growth are frequently coming in direct - and public - conflict with environmental concerns. Balancing the needs of one with those of the other, not only for today, but also for the future, is often expressed in the phrase “sustainable development”. No simple matter, it makes our clients' jobs more demanding. In turn, they demand more of us, not only for construction- and design- related issues, but also for far-reaching policy and management concerns. They expect and get from us optimal performance: a multidisciplinary, scientifically rigorous approach linked to cost-conscious good business sense.

 

 

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