Gifford is part of the Ramboll Group, providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure and the environment.
Company type | LLP |
---|---|
Industry | Construction and business services |
Founded | 1951 |
Headquarters | Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, Australia, UAE |
Key people | Gordon Clark, (Chairman) Steve Canadine, (Chief Executive) |
Revenue | £41.7 million (2007) |
£4.5 million (2007) | |
£3.9 million (2007) | |
Number of employees | 657 |
Website | Ramboll Group |
History
editThe firm was founded by Dr. Edwin Gifford, a pioneer of prestressed structures, in Southampton in 1951 under the name E.W.H. Gifford & Partners.[1] It won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2002.[2]
In March 2011, Gifford was bought by the consulting engineering company Ramboll.[3][4]
Operations
editThe firm has activities focused on:
- Buildings
- Civil Engineering
- Environment Development Planning
It has offices in:
- Birmingham
- Cardiff
- Chester
- Leeds
- London
- Manchester
- Oxford
- Southampton
- Australia
- York
- Abu Dhabi
- Episkopi (Cyprus)
- Dubai
- Gibraltar
- New Delhi
Notable projects
edit- Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Gateshead, UK, for which it won the IStructE Supreme Award for engineering excellence and the RIBA Stirling Prize
- Brading Roman Villa, Isle of Wight, UK
- Forthside Bridge, Stirling, UK
- M25 motorway widening, London, UK
- Juan Pablo II Bridge, Chile
- Hungerford Bridge Footbridges, London, UK
- Twin Sails bridge, Poole, UK
References
edit- ^ The Motorway Achievement by Ron Bridle, Page 307
- ^ Humberts – Industrial letting Archived 3 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine Property Mail, 2 February 2004
- ^ "Ramboll acquires Gifford LLP". Construction Week Online India. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Matthews, David. "Ramboll buys Gifford to create leading UK engineer". Building. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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