ARCADIS Takes Part in Emergency Energy Program in Brazil.

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ARNHEM, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 19, 2002

ARCADIS (Nasdaq:ARCAF; Euronext:ARCAD) announced today that ARCADIS Logos in Brazil, in which the Company has a 51% stake, has recently signed three agreements with respect to energy infrastructure to deliver electrical energy to the Brazilian government.

ARCADIS has signed the agreements as a partner in different consortia in which it has stakes of approximately 10%. The agreements, valid for a three-year period, are related to the Emergency Energy Program in Brazil. They involve the implementation of three electrical plants and two co-generation facilities, with a total capacity of 194 megawatt, to become operational before June 2002. The total expected revenue from the services to be delivered by ARCADIS Logos and its subsidiaries in these projects amounts to more than EUR 10 million. In addition, ARCADIS Logos will benefit from the profits generated by the operation of the plants.

Brazil faced a severe energy crisis in June 2001, as limited amounts of rainfall have hampered the country's capacity to generate hydroelectric power since June 2001. In addition, overall growth in power generation capacity over the last decade has been insufficient to keep up with demand. The Emergency Energy Program, set up by the Brazilian authorities, is one of the efforts to mitigate future energy shortage and black outs.

In the face of the energy crisis, the government challenged the private sector to come up with short-term solutions to boost energy generation capacity. This resulted in proposals that offer a total additional capacity of 2,150 megawatt. In this specific program, stand-by thermal power units will be installed. These units can be operated in emergency circumstances and should come on stream at the end of June 2002. The energy facilities in which ARCADIS participates through consortia are: COCAL TERMOELETRICA and PIE-RP (21 MW) TERMOELETRICA (20 MW), two sugar and alcohol production units near Sao Paulo, which can produce energy from burning sugar cane and wood chips - scraps from pulp mills, according to the season availability. The third one is BREITENER ENERGETICA (153 MW), the largest project, involving a fossil fuel unit in the northeastern state of Ceara.

Steve Blake, member of the Executive Board of ARCADIS and responsible for the Company's operations in the Americas said: "These agreements represent an important boost in our activities in the Brazilian market for energy infrastructure. They are fully compatible with our strategy to generate more growth in the infrastructure segment. In the short term, these agreements deliver direct revenue in the form of services for design engineering, environmental consultancy, construction management and project development. In addition, revenue will be derived from providing additional power capacity online. Besides the revenue derived from stand-by power, we will sell the energy produced by these units, during the three-year period starting June 2002, according to the government demand for generation.

Antonio Rocha, CEO of ARCADIS' Brazilian operations stated: "With this project we demonstrate our capacity as ARCADIS to develop and execute projects in this important market segment in an integrated way. We bring all the disciplines needed to support the consortium partners where it comes to the technical and project mangement needs for these ventures."

ARCADIS is a leading global, knowledge-driven service provider, active in the fields of infrastructure, buildings, environment and communications. With client success central to our total business approach, we fulfill project or program needs from concept to completion and beyond. Together, we generate EUR 800 million in annual revenues. There are 8000 of us: results-oriented people, continually investing in our skills to maximize value while creating viable solutions that assure your success.

Except for historical information contained herein, the statements in this release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the Company's actual results in future periods to differ materially from forecasted results. Those risks include, among others, risks associated with possible changes in environmental legislation and risks with regard to the Company's ability to acquire and execute projects. These and other risks are described in ARCADIS' filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the last 12 months, copies of which will be available from the SEC or may be obtained upon request from the Company.