Arup is the global firm of designers, engineers and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world. The firm is the creative and inspirational force behind many of the world’s most innovative and sustainable building, transport and civil engineering projects. Arup provides its clients with the brightest minds who provide extraordinary business advice and creative solutions for the built environment.
Established in 1946, Arup has over 10,000 employees, based in more than 90 offices across more than 35 countries, working on up to 10,000 projects at any one time. Its unique structure, with the firm held in trust on behalf of its employees, gives Arup complete independence. Profit at 31 March 2007 was £48.5m GBP, before tax and profit share, while turnover rose 21% on the previous year to reach £572.4m.
Arup’s multi-disciplinary approach means that any given project may involve people from any or all of the sectors or regions in which it operates. Its aim is to achieve excellence in all it does by bringing together the best professionals in the world to meet our clients’ needs.
Arup provides solutions to some of the world's most challenging projects, across every facet of buildings, infrastructure and consulting. Listed are just a few examples; the Oresund link, joining Denmark and Sweden for the first time and the first phase of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, one of the biggest infrastructure projects in recent years. Arup also played a major role in the design and construction of a number of key venues at the Bejing Olympics. Designers and engineers worked together on creating the National Aquatic Centre, better known as the ‘Water Cube’ and the Bejing National Stadium referred to as the ‘Birds’s Nest,’ - just a small example of the company's work for the 2008 Olympic games.
