Accenture to acquire Brazil’s Verum Partners for infrastructure AI
DUBLIN, IRELAND, and BELO HORIZONTE, BRAZIL — Accenture has agreed to acquire Verum Partners, an infrastructure management firm, to integrate its on-site execution leadership with the company’s digital and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
Rodolfo Eschenbach, Market Unit Lead of Latin America at Accenture, notes, “Brazil’s investment cycle is accelerating, from mining expansion and grid modernization to energy transition programs and transportation infrastructure.”
“AI-enabled project management models offer organizations opportunities to get to grips with delays and overspend.”
Integrating AI digital solutions with on-site execution
The integration will go beyond theoretical planning and harness Verum’s ability to integrate workers, contractors, and on-the-ground conditions to make projects more operationally efficient.
The rationale for the strategy is reinforced by research conducted by Accenture itself, which suggests that about 90% of large infrastructure and capital projects do not match the initially planned schedules and budgets.
The sector, especially mining and energy projects, is often affected by disjointed contractor, supplier, and engineering teams, with projects taking over a decade to complete.
Verum Partners’ focus on identifying and removing inefficiencies throughout the lifecycle of a project, from feasibility to operations handover, offers a practical way to eliminate rework and enhance productivity, directly confronting the causes of project failure.
Moreover, Verum’s on-site problem-solving strategy and Accenture’s digital solutions are expected to help the company deliver industrial and infrastructure assets in the region with safer, quicker, and more predictable results.
David Elio, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Verum Partners, explained, “Capital projects succeed when teams share information openly, coordinate continuously, and solve problems directly in the field.”
“Joining Accenture allows us to scale this approach, deepen digitalization early and support clients in delivering safer, faster and more predictable industrial, energy and infrastructure assets.”
Expanding Accenture’s capital projects portfolio in Latin America
The deal to acquire Verum Partners extends Accenture’s strategy of establishing a global presence in infrastructure and capital projects.
The company has made a strong push to grow its capability by acquiring several companies since 2023, the first being the United States-based Anser Advisory, followed by Canada’s Comtech, the United Kingdom’s Soben, Spain’s BOSLAN, Australia’s Partners in Performance, Italy-based IQT Group, and France-based Orlade.
This global accumulation, bolstered recently by majority ownership in the U.S.-based data center developer DLB Associates, positions Accenture to meet changing customer needs across geographies and industries.
This move enhances Accenture’s presence in the Latin American market, where investment cycles are accelerating across mining, grid modernization, energy transition, and transportation.
Verum Partners has more than 180 employees who will be part of Accenture’s local Infrastructure and Capital Projects practice.
Conditions of the deal, which is subject to traditional regulatory sanctions, were not announced.
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