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Arcadis N.V.
TypeNaamloze vennootschap
Euronext: ARCAD
IndustryEngineering
Founded1888
Headquarters
Zuidas, Amsterdam
,
Netherlands
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Peter Oosterveer (CEO), Virginie Duperat-Vergne (CFO)
ServicesGlobal Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets
RevenueIncrease €3,378.5 million (2021)[1]
Increase €225.9 million (2021)[1]
Increase €168.2 million (2021)[1]
Number of employees
29,236 (2021)[1]
DivisionsArcadis Latin America, Arcadis UK, Arcadis US, RTKL Associates Inc
Websitewww.arcadis.com

Arcadis NV is a global design, engineering and management consulting company based in the Zuidas, Amsterdam, Netherlands. It currently operates in excess of 350 offices across forty countries. The company is a member of the Next 150 index.

Arcadis was founded as the land reclamation specialist Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij in 1888. Over the following decades, the firm became involved in various development projects, initially with a rural focus. As a consequence of a restructuring in 1972 that divided the company, it became Heidemij. During 1993, the firm merged with the North American business Geraghty & Miller, resulting in its listing on the NASDAQ index.

During 1997, the company adopted its current name, Arcadis; subsidiaries were similarly rebranded. Since 1990, the company has largely expanded itself via a series of acquisitions and mergers, which have allowed it to both expand its presence in existing markets as well as to enter new ones. It performs design and consultancy services on a wide variety of undertakings. Arcadis (either directly or via subsidiaries) has been involved in several high profile construction projects, including London City Airport and the A2 motorway.

History

Origins in the Netherlands

Arcadis consulting building in Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Arcadis in North America

The company has its origins in Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (English: Association for Wasteland Redevelopment), a land reclamation company founded in the Netherlands during 1888.[2] As such, its original business focus was on the encouragement of agricultural development in the Dutch heather lands. However, Hyder Consulting, which is now an integrated component of the company, can trace its roots back to as early as 1739.[3]

In the early 20th century it was involved in all aspects of rural development including irrigation and forestry. In 1972, it was decided to heavily restructure the company, resulting in its division into two separate entities, the Association (or KNHM), which continued the company's traditional activities, and Heidemij, which became the commercial arm.[4]

During 1993, the company merged with Geraghty & Miller, which granted the new entity a presence in the North American market and an initial listing on the NASDAQ index.[5] Geraghty and Miller, headquartered in Long Island, New York, was subsequently rebranded as Arcadis North America.[6] Two years later, Heidemij became a listed company on the Next 150 index. During October 1997, the company opted to rebrand itself, changing its name to Arcadis.[2] Two years later, it established a presence in the Brazilian market via the firm's acquisition of Logos Engenharia.[7]

Acquisition of Axtell Yates Hallett

Axtell Yates Hallett ('AYH') was a British quantity surveying firm, founded by Stanley Axtell and his colleagues Messrs Yates and Hallett in the City of London in 1946.[8] Throughout this period, the firm grew steadily and broadened both its service base to include firstly project management and subsequently building surveying and facilities consultancy and its area of operation with the opening of regional and overseas offices in the United Kingdom. Following a period of retrenchment during the economic recession of the beginning of the 1990s, the firm was incorporated as the AYH Partnership in February 1994.[9] One of the firm's last projects was Arsenal F.C.'s Emirates Stadium.[10] In June 2005, AYH became a subsidiary of Arcadis NV, being rebranded as Arcadis UK.[11]

Recent history

The firm acquired Summerfield Robb Clark, a practice in Scotland, in April 2006.[12] Four months later, it also bought Berkeley Consulting, a practice specialising in infrastructure work.[13] Arcadis UK merged with EC Harris as on 2 November 2011, after a vote of EC Harris' 183 partners on 31 October 2011.[14] In April 2012, the company acquired Langdon & Seah, an international construction consultancy company.[15]

Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visited the company as part of the celebrations for its 125th anniversary in October 2013[4] and, in October 2014, the company acquired Hyder Consulting for £296 million.[16]

On 9 March 2017, Arcadis announced that its Supervisory Board has nominated Peter Oosterveer as CEO and Chairman of the Arcadis Executive Board[17] and, in July 2022, Arcadis acquired IBI Group, an architectural services company.[18]

Projects

Projects include:

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Arcadis. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b Narula, Rajneesh; van Hoesel, Roger (1999). Enterprises from the Netherlands. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415178501.
  3. ^ "EC Harris name goes in Arcadis rebrand". Building. 21 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Prinses Beatrix bij viering 125-jaar ARCADIS en Koninklijke Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (en: Princess Beatrix at 125th anniversary of ARCADIS and Koninklijke Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij)". Het Koninklij Huis. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  5. ^ Meikle, Jim (25 March 2015). "Mergers, Acquisitions and the Evolution of Construction: Professional Service Firms" (PDF). The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  6. ^ "The Journey of an Engineer from Jaffna". SuthanSuthersan.com. 24 December 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Arcadis Acquires Majority Stake in Logos Engenharia". BN Americas. 16 September 1999. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ "AYH focuses on future growth following £21m sale to Dutch giant". Building. 10 June 2005. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Arcadis (UK) Limited". Companies House. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Keeping it simple". New Civil Engineer. 3 August 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Arcadis to buy AYH". Building. 3 June 2005.
  12. ^ "AYH buys consultant". Building. 13 April 2006.
  13. ^ "Case Study 41". Success Corporate Finance. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  14. ^ Wellman, Alex (2 November 2011). "EC Harris merger agreed". Inside Housing. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  15. ^ "Arcadis buys Davis Langdon and Seah". Building. 11 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  16. ^ "Arcadis completes £296m Hyder acquisition". Building. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
  17. ^ "Arcadis names Peter Oosterveer as new CEO". Construction News. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  18. ^ "Arcadis acquires IBI Group". Canadian Consulting Engineer. 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  19. ^ Sainsbury, Roger. "Eighth World Airports Conference, London City Airport - a new approach to city centre travel" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  20. ^ "Millau Viaduct" (PDF). Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  21. ^ "Brazilian State Approves Tiete River Clean-Up Project". Water Technology. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  22. ^ "Arcadis-designed 'Skip Spann Connector' bridges gap between beauty and function". Civil and Structural Engineer. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  23. ^ "Roads". CMS. p. 6. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  24. ^ "Arcadis lands Doha Gold Line station design". The Construction Index. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  25. ^ "Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project, California". Road Traffic Technology. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  26. ^ "Bouygues brings in Arcadis for €675m Port of Calais expansion". The Construction Index. 9 September 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  27. ^ "Motts and Arcadis win Sydney metro contract". The Construction Index. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  28. ^ "Arcadis scores new HS2 station role". Building. 13 November 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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