Gifford (company)
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| 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 |
Gifford is part of the Ramboll Group, providing engineering consultancy, design, planning, project management and consulting services for buildings, infrastructure and the environment.
History[edit]
The 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[edit]
The 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.
Categories:
- Business services companies of England
- Companies based in Southampton
- British companies established in 1951
- Construction and civil engineering companies of England
- IStructE Supreme Award laureates
- Stirling Prize laureates
- Engineering consulting firms of the United Kingdom
- International engineering consulting firms
- 1951 establishments in England
- Consulting firms established in 1951
- Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1951