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  company Type Private, owned in trust
  foundation 1946 by Sir Ove Arup
  location London <br/><br/>Offices in 37 countries
  key People Terry Hill, Chairman<br/>Mike Shears, Chair of the Trustees
  industry Construction Management , Engineering Consulting
  revenue GB£ 430&nbspmillion&nbsp(2005)
  Num Employees ''ca'' 9,000
  homepage wwwarupcom



HISTORY

The firm was founded in 1946 , as Ove N. Arup, Consulting Engineers by Sir Ove Nyquist Arup . Sir Ove set out to build a firm where professionals of diverse disciplines could work together to produce projects of greater quality than was achievable than by them working in isolation. The firm was later reformed as "Ove Arup & Partners" with partners Ronald Jenkins, Geoffrey Wood and Andrew Young.

In the late 1940s and 1950s the firm undertook work around the UK, including the Brynmawr Rubber Factory and Coventry Cathedral , as well as significant work in Africa.

In 1956 Peter Dunican, later the Chairman of Arup and the President of the Institution Of Structural Engineers was appointed as a partner.

In 1957 the firm started working on the design of the new Sydney Opera House with the architect Jorn Utzon .

Further partners appointed were Ronald Hobbs in 1961 and Povl Ahm and Jack Zunz in 1965

In 1963 , together with the architect Philip Dowson , Arup Associates was formed to offer multi-disciplinary architectural and engineering services. Philip Dowson did not become a partner until 1969 , after the firm was reformed again as "Ove Arup & Partners Consulting Engineers and Arup Associates" in 1967 . In 1970 the firm was again re-organised, with the "Ove Arup Partnership" becoming the parent company of "Ove Arup & Partners" and "Arup Associates". In the same year Ove Arup delivered what is known as "The Key Speech", a speech setting out the values of Arup.

By 1973 the firm reached 1500 employees.

In 1977 , with the original partners nearing retirement, the firm was again reconstituted, with all of Ove Arup Partnership's equity owned by a trust.

In 1988 Ove Arup died, and in 1989 "The Ove Arup Foundation" was established in his memory. By 1991 the firm had 3,500 permanent staff, and in 1992 the parent company Ove Arup Partnership became a private unlimited liability company, owned in trust for its employees. In 1999 it was changed to a Limited Company .

Up to the end of the 20th century Arup's growth was entirely organic, but towards the end of the 20th century and during the first decade of the 21st century Arup has grown further with several mergers and acquisitions:

  • 1998 : the water engineering part of the firm merged with Rofe Kennard & Lapworth, forming RKL-Arup.

  • 1999 : the Advanced Technology Group merged with Design Research Associates Ltd and formed DRAL-Arup, providing vehicle design services.

  • 1999 : Arup Communications merged with BMP Communications.

  • 2000 : merger with NAPA formed Arup NAPA, providing airports services.

  • 2000 : merger with Jolyon Drury Consultants formed Arup-JDC, providing materials handling and logistics services.

  • based management consultancy.




NOTABLE PROJECTS

It is best known for its design work for the built environment. Projects to which it has contributed include the Sydney Opera House , which is largely credited with launching Arup into the premier league of engineering consultancies.3

Other projects include:





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