Arup is a global firm of designers, engineers, planners and business consultants providing a diverse range of professional services to clients around the world. The company’s innovative and fully-integrated approach brings its full complement of skills and knowledge to bear on any given design problem. It exerts a significant influence on the built environment and is the creative force behind many of the world’s most innovative and sustainable designs. Arup Africa is a silver (founding) member of the Green Building Council of South Africa. Formed in 1946, the firm now has over 11 000 staff working in 92 offices in more than 37 countries. At any one time, it has over 10 000 projects running concurrently. Arup has three main global business areas – buildings, infrastructure and consulting – although its multi-disciplinary approach means that any given project may involve people from any or all of the sectors or regions in which it operates. The company’s fundamental aim is to bring together the best professionals in the world to meets its clients’ needs.
1. An engineering, design and planning company
2. Established in 1946 3. Enjoys a R341-million turnover
4. Provides bursaries and support to PDI
students
5. Sponsors various community centres
and children’s villages as well as the Red Cross
STATISTICS/ DEMOGRAPHICS/ HISTORY
Year founded: 1946
Founding members: Sir Ove Arup
Employees: 330 (South Africa); 500+ (Africa);
11 000+ (worldwide)
Branches: 92 branches worldwide including Cape
Town, Durban, Johannesburg, Pretoria, East London,
Botswana, Mauritius, Nigeria and Zimbabwe
Memberships: Consulting Engineers
South Africa (CESA), The International Project
Finance Association (IPFA)
NATURE OF BUSINESS
Products/services offered: Airport master planning;
bridge, civil, façade, MEP, offshore, mechanical,
structural, electrical, maritime, wind and water
engineering; communications and IT; construction
and cost management; economics and planning;
environmental, risk, sustainability and transport
consulting; highways; industrial facilities; manufacturing;
materials technology; product design; project creation,
management and planning; rail systems; management
advisory, power and energy, interchange design
Export activity: 15%
BUSINESS & FINANCE
Turnover: R341-million (net)
Net profit: ±R17.8-million (after tax)
Financial year-end: 31 March
Market share: 5%
Bank: Standard Bank
Auditors: Tuffias Sandberg KSi
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