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Ove Arup & Partners

Abbreviation: Arup
Status: active
One of the largest multidisciplinary engineering companies with offices around the world. Founded in 1946 by Ove Nyquist Arup.
Official Website:   Arup & Partners English  
Contact Information: Ove Arup and Partners
13 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 4BQ
United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0) 20 7636 1531
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7580 3924
E-mail: olivia.gadd@arup.com


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Holds:  London & Continental Railways
Divisions:  Arup Acoustics
Arup Associates (United Kingdom)
Arup Energy
Arup Transport Planning (United Kingdom)
Subsidiaries:  Arup GmbH (Germany)
Arup Japan (Japan)
Arup Jururunding (Malaysia)
Arup Scotland
Participation in:  Rail Link Engineering
Relevant persons:

Active
Manager 
Schulte, Markus

Former
Founder 
Arup, Ove Nyquist
Journals published: Arup Focus
The Arup Journal

Chronology
1 April 1946
Practice founded in London, UK by Ove Arup. Office in Dublin, Ireland, is opened later in the year.
1949
Ove Arup & Partners formed with Ove Arup, Ronald Jenkins and Andrew Young as partners.
1955
Ove Arup & Partners West Africa formed.
1957
Ove Arup & Partners South Africa formed.
1959
Ove Arup Partners Rhodesia formed.
Library established in London, UK.
1960
Ove Arup & Partners Scotland formed.
1962
Geotechnics Group established in London, UK.
1963
Ove Arup & Partners Ireland and Ove Arup & Partners Sierra Leone formed. Sydney, Australia office opened.
1964
Ove Arup & Partners Australia formed.
Computer Group and Research & Development Group established in London.
1965
Ove Arup & Partners West Africa dissolved.
Ove Arup & Partners Nigeria and Ove Arup & Partners Ghana formed.
Highways and Bridges Group established in London, UK.
1966
Ove Arup & Partners Zambia and Ove Arup & Partners Malaysia formed.
1967
UK Partnership re-formed as Ove Arup & Partners Consulting Engineers and Arup Associates.
Foundation Engineering Section and the Housing Division established in London.
1968
Ove Arup & Partners Jamaica formed.
Traffic Group established in London, UK.
The Joughin Report on the organisation of Ove Arup & Partners received.
1969
Queens Award for Technological Achievement made to Ove Arup & Partners.
1970
Ove Arup Partnership becomes parent firm of Ove Arup & Partners and Arup Associates.
Ove Arup & Partners Singapore formed.
Building Engineering and Project Planning and Site Supervision group established in London, UK.
1974
Offshore Engineering and Fire Engineering Groups established in London, UK.
1976
Mechanical and Electrical Development Group established in London.
1977
Ove Arup Partnership reconstituted with Peter Dunican as Chairman and Jack Zunz as Chairman of Ove Arup & Partners.
Ove Arup dan Rakan Brunei and Ove Arup dan Rakan Sabah formed.
Industrial Engineering and Arup Geotechnics established in London, UK.
1979
Industrial and Offshore Engineering established in London, UK.
1980
Arup Acoustics established in London, UK.
1984
Queen's Award for Export Achievement made to Ove Arup & Partners.
1987
Environmental Services Group and Arup Research & Development established in London, UK.
1989
Arup Facade Engineering established in Sydney, Australia.
The Ove Arup Foundation, a charitable educational trust, established in memory of Ove Arup.
Communications & Information Technology Group established in London, UK.
1990
Arup MMLS (Turkey) formed.
Project Management Services Group established in London, UK.
1991
Arup GmbH established.
1992
Ove Arup Partnership becomes a private unlimited liability company owned in trust for the benefit of the employees.
Arup Facade Engineering and Controls & Commissioning groups established in London, UK.
British Consultants Bureau Consultant of the Year Award, Class 2 given to Ove Arup & Partners as Joint Winner.
1993
British Consultants Bureau Consultant of the Year Award Class 3: British Small Consultancy Firm Award given to Arup Economics & Planning.
1994
Queens Award for Export Achievement made to Ove Arup Partnership.
British Consultants Bureau Consultancy Firm of the Year Award.
British Consultants Bureau Consistent British Consultancy Achievement Award.
British Consultants Bureau Consultant of the Year Award Class 1: Individual Consultant Commendation to Mark Bostock.
1995
Queens Award for Export Achievement made to Ove Arup Partnership.
British Consultants Bureau Consultancy Firm of the Year Award given to Ove Arup & Partners.
1996
Reformation of the Partnership. The firm is headed by a Policy Board over five Operational Boards: Building Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Planning & Civil Engineering, East Asia and Operations Boards.
1997
Launch of Arup Energy and Arup Transport as worldwide businesses.
The One Arup initiative results in the new Board of The Arup Partnerships.
1998
1998 RKL-Arup established as the firms water engineering business following the merger with Rofe Kennard & Lapworth.
Formation of the Corporate Services Board.
The Planning and Civil Engineering Division becomes the Transport Division.
1999
Ove Arup Partnership becomes a limited company.
Merger with Design Research Associates Ltd within the Advanced Technology Group to form DRAL-Arup, providing services in vehicle design and styling.
Merger with BMP Communications to work with Arup Communications in providing strategic telecommunications services.
2000
Australasia Board established as the sixth operational Board.
Merger with NAPA to form Arup NAPA, providing services in the Airports sector.
Transport Division renamed Infrastructure Division.
Merger with Jolyon Drury Consultants to form Arup-JDC, providing materials handling and logistics services.
Queens Award for Export Achievement awarded to Ove Arup Partnership Ltd.

Participation in the following structures
30 Saint Mary Axe (2003) 35
33 Canada Square (1999) 5
675 West Kendall Street (2004) 17
8 Shenton Way (1986) 1
Adelaide Convention Centre (2002) 1
Aircraft Maintenance Hangar Cardiff (1993)
Airport Roundabout Upgrade Bridge BR001 (2010)
Alfred Lerner Hall  8
Angel of the North  1
Antwerp Law Courts (2006)
Art Institute of Chicago Modern Wing (2009) 2
Arup Campus (2001)
Aspire Tower (2007) 5
Attenborough Building (1970) 1
Austrian Cultural Forum (2002)
Avon Cycleway Bridge 
Beijing Books Building (2008)
Beijing Capital Airport Terminal 3 (2008) 7
Beijing National Aquatics Center (2007) 22
Beijing National Stadium (2008) 28
Beijing Olympic Green Convention Center (2007) 2
Blythe Valley Park - M42 Overbridge 
Bold Moss Millennium Bridge 
Bordeaux Law Courts (1998) 8
BP Centre (1972) 1
Brynmawr Rubber Factory (1950) 7
Byker Viaduct (1979) 1
Caltrans District 7 Headquarters (2004)
Carlton Centre (1973) 1
Carlton Hotel  1
Castleford Bay Bridge (2008) 1
Central Plaza (1992) 3
Centre Pompidou Metz  87
Chatham Bridge 
Chek Lap Kok Airport Main Terminal  7
China Central Television Headquarters Building (2008) 20
China World Trade Center Tower III (2007) 1
Chur Railway and Bus Station Roof (1992) 2
Cittadella Bridge 
City of London Information Centre  3
City of Manchester Stadium (2002) 1
CJIA Passenger Terminal Building (2005) 8
Clouds of the Great Arch of La Défense (1989) 14
Collserola Tower (1992) 33
Columbus '92 "Bigo" (1992) 10
Columbus State University Pedestrian Bridge (2001)
Commerzbank Tower (1997) 42
Constitutional Court (2004) 1
Continental Engineering Corporation Headquarters (1999) 1
Corporation Street Footbridge (1999)
Denver Millennium Footbridge (2002) 26
Deutsche Bank Place (2005) 2
Doha Convention Center Tower (2012)
Double Helix Bridge (2009)
Dublin Spire (2003) 3
Duxford Imperial War Museum  1
Dynamic Earth Centre (1999) 4
East Tsing Yi Viaduct (2008) 118
Eastgate (1996)
ECML Bridge 
Eden Project (2001) 2
Falkirk Wheel (2002) 10
Fields Shopping Centre  1
Florence Station (2008)
Forth Replacement Crossing (2016)
Foyle Bridge (1984) 2
Frederic C. Hamilton Building (2006) 29
Fusionopolis (2008)
Gas Street Basin Footbridge 
Georges Pompidou Center (1977) 12
Goodwill Pedestrian Bridge  8
Governor Philip Tower (1993) 8
Grosvenor Place (1988) 2
GSW Headquarters (1999) 23
Guangzhou TV Tower (2009) 1
Ha Kwa Chung Tunnel (2001)
Hang Tuah ACE Platform (2001)
Hollandsch Diep High Speed Rail Bridge (2005) 6
Holyrood Scottish Parliament Building (2004) 155
Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank (1985) 9
Hong Kong Stadium (1994) 5
Hopewell Centre (1980) 2
Hôtel du Département des Bouches du Rhône (1994)
HSBC UK Headquarters (2002) 12
Hulme Arch (1997) 1
Incheon Bridge (2009) 8
Inland Revenue Centre Amenity Building (1994) 2
International Commerce Centre (2010) 2
International Tennis Center (1999)
Jacques Saadé Tower (2009) 14
Japan Bridge (1993) 14
Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center (1998)
Jepson Center for the Arts (2006) 12
Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building (2008)
John Vorster Tower (1978) 1
Kansai International Airport Terminal (1994) 2
Khalifa Olympic Stadium  1
King Abdul Aziz University Sports Center (1981)
Kingsgate Footbridge (1965) 8
Kurilpa Bridge (2009) 1
Kylesku Bridge (1984) 8
La Muratella 
Living Bridge (2007)
Lloyd's Building (1986) 28
London City Hall (2002) 44
London Heathrow Control Tower (2008)
London Heathrow Terminal 5 Main Building  1
London Heathrow Terminal 5 Satellite 1 
London Heathrow Terminal 5 Satellite 2 
Lord's Cricket Ground Mound Stand (1987) 1
Lotus Pond Bridge (2000) 1
Luas Bridge 
Machang Bridge (2008) 9
Macintosh Island Footbridge (2007) 2
Madrid Barajas Airport Terminal Building 4 (2005) 16
Maiden Castle Footbridge (1974) 2
Menil Collection (1987) 22
Messe Frankfurt - Hall 3 (2001) 21
Metsovitikos Bridge  4
Millennium Bridge (2000) 38
Miller Park Stadium (2001) 4
Moore Park Football Stadium (1988) 2
Msweswe River Bridge (2002)
Multipurpose Hall and Restaurant of the Federal Garden Exhibition (1975) 1
Mupfure River Bridge (2002)
Musée Vésunna (2003) 4
Museo Picasso 
Nam Wan Tunnel (2007) 1
Nanterre A14 Ramp Bridge (1996) 5
National Assembly for Wales (2006) 5
National Glass Centre  10
National Kumi Odori Theater (1999)
National Library (2005) 6
Neumunster Abbey  19
New Mestalla Stadium (2010) 16
Ngong Shuen Chau Viaduct (2007)
Nichols Bridgeway (2009) 11
North Downs Tunnel (2002)
OCBC Centre (1976) 3
Osaka International Convention Centre  1
Osaka Maritime Museum Dome (2000) 1
Padre Pio Church (2004) 4
Palais de Justice (2000) 7
Patscenter 
Paul Brown Stadium (2000) 3
Pavilion Bridge (2008) 3
Peabody Essex Museum Addition (2003) 12
Pero's Bridge  2
Perth Convention Exhibition Centre (2004) 5
Pier 6 Airbridge (2005)
Ponte Pedonale Parco di Villa Doria Pamphili (1999)
Q1 Tower (2005)
Renault Central Depot (1983) 1
River Aire Footbridge 
River Irthing Footbridge (1999)
River Suir Bridge (2009) 2
Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts (2002)
Royal Ontario Museum (1914)
Safmarine House (1993)
Sails in the Desert (1984) 3
Saint Francis Towers (2008)
Saint Katherine's Dock Bridge  2
Salt Lake City Public Library  14
San Francisco Federal Building (2006) 58
San Nicola Stadium (1990) 3
Sandridge Bridge (1888) 3
Schlumberger Cambridge Research Building (1985) 4
Selfridges (2003) 5
Seruwe River Bridge (2002)
Shenzhen Aquatic Centre (2002) 1
Simmons Hall (2002) 92
Singapore Flyer (2008)
Sony Center Forum Roof (2000) 53
Southern Life Centre (1973) 1
Spencer Street Footbridge (1998)
Stansted Airport Terminal (1992) 4
Stonecutters Bridge (2009) 96
Stratford Station Concourse and Depot (1999)
Sydney Opera House (1973) 31
Tees Barrage Bridge (1995)
Tees Footbridge (1995) 5
Television Cultural Center (2009)
The O2 (1998) 9
The Shard (2012)
The Venetian Macao (2004)
Thistle Tower Hotel (1975) 1
Thomson Optronics Factory (1990)
Torno Internazionale Headquarters (2006)
Torre Bicentenario (2010)
Toyota City Stadium (2001) 4
Treetop Walk (1996) 1
Tropical Islands Dome (2000) 11
Tsing Tsuen Tunnel (2001)
Tsuen Wan Tunnel (2001)
Two International Finance Centre (2003) 12
United States Air Force Memorial (2006) 1
UOB Plaza One (1992) 20
UOB Plaza Two (1993) 16
Ushibuka Bridge (1995) 2
Utah Olympic Oval (2001) 6
Vauxhall Cross Bus Station  2
Vestebene Headquarters 
Victoria Barracks Aviary (1992)
Webb Bridge (2003) 1
West Link Bridge (2003)
West Tower (2010)
West Tsing Yi Viaduct (2007)
Zayed International Cricket Stadium 
Zlote Tarasy (2007) 1
Øresund Bridge (2000) 22

Participation in the following large-scale projects
M 6 Toll Motorway (UK) 
Ngezi Road (2001)
Second Avenue Subway (2020)
Øresund Link (2000) 5

Relevant Web Sites
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External LinkarchINFORM: Ove Arup & Partners English German French Spanish Italian
External LinkArup & Partners English
External LinkArup Australasia English

Relevant Literature
* Brensing, Christian   60 Jahre Ove Arup & Partners, in "Stahlbau", December 2006, n. 12 v. 75 .
* Brown, Andre   Peter Rice, Thomas Telford Publishing, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0727727702, 2000.
* Picon, Antoine   L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 351.
* Sommer, Degenhard   Ove Arup & Partners, Birkhäuser-Verlag, Basel (Switzerland) , ISBN 3764329548, 0817629548, 1994.
* Thornton, John   Dachtragwerke - Gedanken zur Entwurfsstrategie bei Ove Arup & Partners, in "Detail - Zeitschrift für Architektur + Baudetail", 1995, n. 4 v. 35 .

 
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