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The Philippines has an estimated population of around 92 million people, significant natural resources and is one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. A newly industrialising country, the Philippine economy has been transitioning to a services and manufacturing based economy from one based on agriculture. 

The Philippines is a member of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the Asian Development Bank, which is headquartered in Mandaluyong City, the Colombo Plan and the G-77.

Aurecon’s Philippines office was established to support our international development business across the Asia Pacific region. Aurecon has extensive experience in working with communities, organisations and governments to build local capacity, improve access to resources for communities and support the delivery of basic services and the development of infrastructure.

The tripling of Asian Development Bank's capital base from US$55billion to US$165 billion in May 2009 is a major step forward by the bank in its efforts to alleviate poverty in the region.

Some additional projects with which Aurecon has been involved in the Philippines include:

• The Philippine Centerline Survey – undertaken for the Government of the Philippines, our GIS (Geographic Information System) team spent five months on this project, forming part of a team of surveyors that surveyed all the roads on the Phiilippine islands.
• Designing the structure and services for a new manufacturing plant for Transitions Optical in Manila 
• Providing assistance to Holcim Philippines Inc on a range of projects relating to a number of cement plants in the Phillippines at Lugait, Davao, Bulacan and La Union.