Arup
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| Arup
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| Type | Independent, owned in trust |
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| Founded | 1946 by Sir Ove Arup |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom, Offices in 32 countries <tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Terry Hill, Chairman, |
Arup is a professional services firm providing engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting services for all aspects of the built environment. The firm is present in the Americas, Australasia, East Asia, Europe and Middle East, and now has more than 7000 staff based in 75 offices in 33 countries. Projects have been undertaken in more than 160 countries. In 2004-05, Arup had an annual turnover in excess of £400 million (US$700m).
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[edit] The Founder
Formerly known as Ove Arup & Partners, it was founded in 1946, by Sir Ove Arup. Sir Arup 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 is owned in trust for the benefit of its employees and independent of external investors. This has enabled the practice to grow organically. In addition to various specialist areas, the skill-base within Arup includes planning, design, economics, engineering, environmental, project management and vehicle design.
[edit] Most Famous Projects
It is best known for its engineering design work. Projects to which it has contributed include the Sydney Opera House, the Pompidou Centre, the Oresund Bridge, the Seattle Library, the new De Young Museum, the HSBC headquarters in Hong Kong, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, the London Millennium Bridge, and Dongtan Ecocity.
[edit] Birmingham Grand Central Station
Arup headed the proposal for a new major train station in Birmingham city centre called Grand Central Station which was intended to relieve some pressure of Birmingham New Street station after it has been regenerated in the Birmingham Gateway project. The station, which would be located in the Eastside of the city, would be about twice the size of New Street station. The proposal was not deemed feasible by Birmingham City Council and was dismissed despite numerous reports released by Arup showing the need for a new station and beneficial factors in the future.
[edit] Awards
Arup was awarded the 2002 Worldaware Award for Innovation for its Vawtex air system in Harare International School. The Druk White Lotus School, Ladakh, is a triple winner <ref> Arup News 05/08/2002</ref> of the World Architecture Awards. Arup Fire recently won the Fire Safety Engineering design award for the second consecutive year. The winning entry was for Amethyst House, a nine storey commercial office development in Manchester, North West England. <ref>Arup News 08/11/2007</ref>
[edit] Others
In November, Arup took over Rossmore, a Solihull based management consultancy[1].
[edit] External links
- Arup official website
- The key speech of Sir Ove Arup
- 'Building on Success', Sara McGowan Freeview 'Snapshots' careers video of a Building Services Engineer working for Ove Arup provided by the Vega Science Trust and the BBC/OU.
- The Druk White Lotus School, Ladakh in Northern India
