Hyder Consulting

Infobox Company
company_name = Hyder Consulting plc
company_
company_type = Public limited company
foundation = As Freeman Fox, 1857
location = London UK 50 Offices Worldwide
key_people = Tim Wade, CEO
industry = Engineering, Environmental, Planning & Management consultancy
products =
revenue = £233.7m (2007)
operating_income =
net_income =
num_employees = 4750
homepage = [http://www.hyderconsulting.com/ Hyder Consulting]

Hyder Consulting is a planning, engineering, environmental and management consultancy that works in the public and private sectors to develop complex buildings and infrastructure. The firm employs over 4,000 people across the UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand and was listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2002. The word Hyder is Welsh for Confidence.cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1108440.stm | title = BBC - News article | accessdate = 2008-05-08] .

History

Through the 20th century, Freeman Fox & Partners built an international reputation in the field of bridges and highways. Founded by Sir Ralph Freeman, and joined by Sir Gilbert Roberts, the firm was responsible for the design of projects such as the Victoria Falls Bridge (1905), the Sydney Harbour Bridge (1932), the Forth Road Bridge (1964), the Severn Bridge (1966), the Bosporus Bridge (1974), the Humber Bridge (1981), and the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge (1988). Other notable projects included the Parkes radio telescope (1961) and Melbourne's West Gate Bridge (1978), in which the company's structural design was held partly responsible for a collapse in 1970 that killed 35 workers.

Over the same period John Taylor & Sons built its reputation in water and wastewater engineering with projects such as the Shanghai water supply project and major water and sewerage projects in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) and Tehran.

The two firms merged in 1987 to form Acer Consultants. Over the next few years, several smaller specialist firms were incorporated to form a worldwide infrastructure consultancy.

The company was acquired by Welsh Water in 1993 and renamed Hyder Consulting in 1996. When Hyder Consulting was bought by Western Power Distribution, the senior management of Hyder Consulting instigated a management buy-out, completed in January 2001. The firm then listed on the London Stock Exchange in October 2002. They now employ almost 5,000 staff worldwide.

To celebrate it's 150 year history, Hyder published 'Footprints on a global landscape'.cite web | url = http://www.hyderconsulting.com/EN/About%20Us/Publications/Pages/default.aspx| title = Hyder - about us publications page | accessdate = 2008-05-12] , Available for download from the Hyder Web Site.

ervices

* Building and Infrastructure Services
* Environment
* Geosciences
* Transport Services
* Structures
* Water Services
* Management Services
* Property Services

Recent acquisitions

Since 2002, Hyder has acquired a number of UK based companies to widen its capabilities and service base. These include:
* ACLA Limited - Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Master Planning, Middle East and East Asia
* Ashact - Environmental and Process Engineering Consultancy
* Bettridge Turner & Partners - Transportation, Environmental and Land Development Consultants
* Cresswell Associates - Ecologists
* Marcus Hodges Environmental - Environmental and Ecology Consultants
* RPA Quantity Surveyors - Construction, Cost and Project management
* SEIB Ingenieur - Engineering Consultants,Germany
* Voigt Ingenieure - Engineering Consultants,Germany
* Crescent PSS Pty Ltd - Project Management and Advisory Consultancy,Australia
* Holford Associates - Architectural and Interior design,Dubai

Recent landmark projects

More recent landmark projects include Taiwan High Speed Rail, the Melbourne City Link, Hong Kong Greening Master Plan, Ski Dubai and the Burj Dubai .cite web | url = http://www.burjdubai.com/ Official web site| title = Burj Dubai - Official Web site | accessdate = 2008-05-11] ) and the Cairo Wastewater Project.

On the 28th August 2008, Hyder announced they had won a landmark project to build a new eye catching Bridge in Auckland City Harbour.

References

External links

* [http://www.hyderconsulting.com/ Hyder Consulting web site]
* [http://www.acla.com.hk/ ACLA Ltd web site]
* [http://www.bt-p.com/ Bettridge Turner & Partners web site]
* [http://www.cresswell1.plus.com/ Cresswell Associates web site]
* [http://www.rpagroup.co.uk/ RPA Group web site]