MVA is a transportation, planning and management consultant established in Asia since the 1970s. Headquartered in

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group. Its head office is in the Genesis Building in

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History

MVA started in 1968 as " Alan M. Voorhees and Associates", a UK subsidiary of American Transport Consultants, and was appointed to undertake a transport study for Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Council. Brian Martin, who had been Greater London Council (GLC)'s Chief Transport Planner, was appointed as

Managing Director A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of Voorhees' UK operations and after some years the company was renamed Martin and Voorhees Associates in recognition of his role. In 1983, the management of Martin and Voorhees Associates bought the company from its American owners and the company's name was changed to MVA.

Services

MVA provides consulting services in Asia region for on traffic engineering, transport planning &

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

and market & business research, for both public and private sectors with specialisation on: * Land-use Development and Master Planning *

Transport Planning Transportation planning is the process of defining future policies, goals, investments, and spatial planning designs to prepare for future needs to move people and goods to destinations. As practiced today, it is a collaborative process that i ...

and Policy *

Sustainable Transport Sustainable transport refers to ways of transportation that are sustainable in terms of their social and environmental impacts. Components for evaluating sustainability include the particular vehicles used for road, water or air transport; th ...

* Traffic and Highway Engineering * Rail Planning and Station Design *

Public Transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

* Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) * Transport Investment Projects * Transport Modelling and Simulation * Business, Market and Social Research

Awards

MVA as Traffic Consultant: * 2021 RIBA International Awards for Excellence - Tai Kwun - The Centre for Heritage and Arts *2020 Quality Building Award -

Hong Kong Children's Hospital Hong Kong Children's Hospital () is the first children hospital in Hong Kong's public healthcare system, located in Kowloon City, Hong Kong. Located at the south apron of the former Kai Tak Airport, the hospital has 468 beds for inpatients and d ...

*2020 HKIA Merit Award of Mixed-Uses(es) Building - Tai Kwun - The Centre for Heritage and Arts *2020 HKIA Special Award of Heritage & Adaptive Re-use - Tai Kwun - The Centre for Heritage and Arts *2019 HKIA Merit Award of Hong Kong – Community -

West Kowloon Cultural District The West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD) is a large arts development in Hong Kong. Based on a Foster and Partners master plan and comprising , the district will eventually include 17 venues. The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera, the Freespace c ...

- Xiqu Centre *2019 Green Building Award - Merit Award - Phase III Campus Development for OUHK *2018 Strategic Cooperation Excellence Award -

Shenzhen Shenzhen (; ; ; ), also historically known as Sham Chun, is a major sub-provincial city and one of the special economic zones of China. The city is located on the east bank of the Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern province ...

Prince Bay Area *2014 Green Building Award - THEi New Campus at

Chai Wan Chai Wan (; ), formerly known as Sai Wan (西灣), lies at the east end of the urban area of Hong Kong Island next to Shau Kei Wan. The area is administratively part of the Eastern District, and is a mosaic of industrial and residential area ...

*2014 MTR Grand Safety Award - SCL 1109 Stations and Tunnels of

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Section *2014 Quality Building Award - The New Campuses of Hong Kong Design Institute &

Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) is one of the member institutions of the Vocational Training Council (VTC) offering vocational education to post-secondary students in Hong Kong through its nine campi located across the ter ...

(Lee Wai Lee)

References

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External links

MVA Asia website (in English)

MVA website (in Simplified Chinese)

MVA website (for India)
Transport companies of Hong Kong