Accenture adds 1,000 staff to capital projects practice with acquisition of Boslan

Accenture has acquired Boslan, a Spanish provider of management services for large infrastructure projects.

The purchase of Boslan will add more than 1,000 engineering and project management professionals to Accenture, most of whom are based in Spain and Brazil. The company also has a presence in Portugal, the United Kingdom, the United States and Mexico.

The crossing team will become part of the Infrastructure & Capital Projects practice within Industry X, Accenture’s division dedicated to digital engineering and manufacturing services.

Headquartered in Bilbao, Boslan supports clients with the planning and delivery of construction and infrastructure projects in sectors such as energy (wind farms, solar power plants, hydrogen), mobility (electric vehicle charging infrastructure), utilities (smart grids), oil & gas (oil platforms) data centers, and critical infrastructure.

Bolsan’s experts provide services such as feasibility studies, project planning, cost and quality control, contract negotiation and management, design reviews, equipment purchase assistance and field work supervision.

“The engineering and project delivery expertise of Boslan will bolster our capabilities to help clients realize their infrastructure and capital projects ambitions. It will also boost our digital and AI solutions for asset lifecycle management, which are essential to the reinvention of infrastructure projects,” said Götz Erhardt, who leads Industry X in Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Accenture.

Notably, the bolt-on of Boslan is Accenture’s first capital projects acquisition in Europe. Earlier, the firm made acquisitions in the space in other parts of the world, including in the United States (Anser Advisory) and Canada (Comtech Group).

Mercedes Oblanca, Iberia Market Unit Lead at Accenture, stated: “We are delighted to welcome the professionals from Boslan to Accenture. Together, we will bring the power of data and AI to engineering to help our energy, industrial, and public and private infrastructure clients execute their infrastructure projects more efficiently, securely and predictably.”

For Accenture, the move comes shortly after it acquired Spain-based financial services consultancy Axis Corporate, among several other deals closed this year in Europe.