World Council on City Data and Hatch forge global partnership
TORONTO,
Ontario – December 8, 2015 – The World Council on City Data (WCCD), a world leader in standardized city data and
metrics and Hatch, a global engineering and consulting firm with expertise
in the infrastructure, mining and metals, and energy sectors, yesterday
announced a strategic partnership. As urbanization around the world drives new
and established cities to find ways to achieve their social and economic goals
more productively, understanding how cities can improve is key.
Hatch and
the WCCD will jointly promote the critical role that ISO 37120 -certified city data
can play in developing new solutions for planning and infrastructure challenges
faced by urban communities in the twenty-first century. The two organizations
also will build innovative tools to map and analyze urban trends and associated
city responses.
“High
quality standardized data is key to understanding the complex and
interconnected challenges facing cities. Once understood, it is possible to
identify practical and cost-effective solutions,” said Professor Patricia
McCarney, President and CEO of the WCCD and Director of the Global Cities
Institute at the University of Toronto. “Hatch, as one of the world’s most
respected engineering and consulting firms, is a great partner to drive this
data-driven solutions agenda for cities around the world.”
"Together, Hatch and WCCD will provide a combination of
practical, useful data and expertise on how cities can use this to meet their
goals," said Martin Doble, Hatch’s Global Managing Director of
Infrastructure. "In an era of increasing urbanization, this partnership
will focus on providing better solutions to some of the toughest challenges
facing cities, in ways that allow cities and communities to plan for real
improvements and economic prosperity.”
As a WCCD lead partner, Hatch will join the WCCD Global City
Leaders Advisory Board, chaired by Senator Art Eggleton, former mayor of
Toronto. The WCCD is an initiative originally established in Ontario, Canada,
and Hatch is a leading Canadian firm with project experience in more than 150
countries.
Hatch and
the WCCD have already started working together on data analytics, opportunities
to optimize infrastructure investment, and growing the network of WCCD
ISO-certified cities. Cities in Asia, Europe, North America, South
Africa, and Australia are initially targeted as locations where comparable data
in such areas as transportation, energy, environment, water, waste and
emergency response will contribute to improved city planning and
decision-making.
About World
Council on City Data (http://www.dataforcities.org)
Established
in 2014, the WCCD is operationalizing ISO 37120 across cities globally – the
first international standard for indicators on city services and quality of
life. With 100 indicators, around 17 themes supporting city services and
quality of life, ISO 37120 data is accessible through the WCCD Open City Data
Portal which allows for cutting-edge visualizations and comparisons. The World
Council on City Data Foundation Cities include: Boston, Toronto, Los Angeles,
Buenos Aires, Bogota, Guadalajara, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Helsinki, London,
Rotterdam, Barcelona, Minna, Johannesburg, Amman, Makkah, Dubai, Haiphong,
Makati, Shanghai, and Melbourne.
About Hatch
(www.hatch.ca)
Hatch is an
employee-owned, multidisciplinary professional services firm that delivers a
comprehensive array of technical and strategic services, including consulting,
information technology, engineering, process development, and project and
construction management to the mining, metallurgical, energy, and
infrastructure sectors. Hatch has served clients for over six decades with
corporate roots extending over 100 years. With over 10,000 people in over 65
offices, the firm has more than $35 billion in projects currently under
management.
For more
information, please contact:
James Patava
Director of Communications, WCCD
Tel: 416-966-2368
Email: james.patava@globalcities.ca
Nancy White
Director of
Marketing, Hatch
Tel:
905-491-7585
Email: nwhite@hatch.ca
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