One thing I love about visiting emerging markets (EMs) is the incredible enthusiasm people have in these countries for thinking big and getting things done. Perhaps it is because EMs are coming from a less well-developed base, and they are playing catch up with Europe, North America and Japan, but there is also a strong spirit of competition and entrepreneurialism operating in EMs.

Have you set realistic targets for this year, and does international work factor into your plans? It seemed that the world’s leading economies were into a next stage of growth in 2014 after spending the previous six years in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The evidence so far shows that it is not all smooth sailing though.

Now that many of the world’s economies are growing again following the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, many firms in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry are considering—or reconsidering—whether the time is right to expand internationally.