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Arcadis NV operates as a design and consultancy firm for natural and built assets worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Europe & Middle East, The Americas, Asia Pacific, and CallisonRTKL. It offers architectural based design consultancy services; and asset management services, such as asset management strategy and planning, asset management decision making and operational optimization, life cycle planning and asset management systems, asset information/condition assessment, risk and review, organization and people, and asset management/O&M. The company also provides business advisory services, including asset strategy and performance, business transformation and resiliency, investment and finance, operations and maintenance, and technology and information; cost and commercial management services; and design and engineering solutions for highways, railways, bridges, tunnels, power utilities, water utilities, ports and waterways, geotechnics, architecture, and structures, as well as building mechanical, electrical, and plumbing. In addition, it offers digital environmental health safety and sustainability, environmental restoration, and project management solutions. Further, the company provides mobility solutions for connected highways, intelligent rail and transit, integrated airports, and new mobility; places solutions; resilience solutions, including climate adaption, energy transition, enviro socio permitting, environmental restoration, sustainable advisory, sustainable operations, and water optimization; and water supply and treatment, distribution, resource management, and industrial water and wastewater services. It serves industrial manufacturing, technology, property and investment, contractors, and energy and resources sectors. The company was formerly known as Heidemij NV and changed its name to Arcadis N.V. in October 1997. Arcadis NV was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
19th century: foundation
The company has its origins in the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij , a land reclamation company founded in the Netherlands in 1888. As such, its original business focus was on the encouragement of agricultural development in the Dutch heather lands.
20th century: domestic, US and Brazil expansion
In the early 20th century the Heidemaatschappij was involved in all aspects of rural development including irrigation and forestry. In 1972, it was decided to heavily restructure the company, resulting in its division into two separate entities, the Association , which continued the company's traditional activities, and Heidemij, which became the commercial arm.In 1993, the company merged with Geraghty & Miller, granting the new Arcadis a presence in the North American market and an initial listing on the Nasdaq index. Geraghty and Miller, headquartered in Long Island, New York, was subsequently rebranded as Arcadis North America. Two years later, Heidemij became a listed company on the Next 150 index. During October 1997, the company opted to rebrand itself, changing its name to Arcadis. Two years later, it established a presence in the Brazilian market via the firm's acquisition of Logos Engenharia.
2000s: UK expansion
In June 2005, Axtell Yates Hallett was acquired and became a subsidiary of Arcadis NV, being rebranded as Arcadis UK. AYH was a British quantity surveying firm, founded by Stanley Axtell and his colleagues Messrs Yates and Hallett in the City of London in 1946. Since 1946, Axtell Yates Hallett firm grew steadily and broadened both its service base to include firstly project management and subsequently building surveying and facilities consultancy and its area of operation with the opening of regional and overseas offices in the United Kingdom. Following a period of retrenchment during the economic recession of the beginning of the 1990s, the firm was incorporated as the AYH Partnership in February 1994. One of the firm's last projects was Arsenal F.C.'s Emirates Stadium.In April 2006, Arcadis acquired Summerfield Robb Clark, a practice in Scotland. Four months later, it also bought Berkeley Consulting, a practice specialising in infrastructure work. Arcadis UK merged with EC Harris on 2 November 2011, after a vote of EC Harris' 183 partners on 31 October 2011. In April 2012, the company acquired Langdon & Seah, an international construction consultancy company.
2010s–2020s: EU and North American expansion
In October 2011, Arcadis acquired EC Harris, an international built asset consultancy firm headquartered in the United Kingdom.In 2012, Arcadis purchased Langdon & Seah, an Asia-based cost and project management consultancy.In October 2013, Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visited Aracdis as part of the celebrations for its 125th anniversary.In 2014, Arcadis purchased Hyder Consulting, a multi-national advisory and design consultancy specializing in the transport, property, utilities and environmental sectors.In October 2014, the company acquired Hyder Consulting for £296 million. Hyder Consulting, now an integrated component of Arcadis can trace its roots back to as early as 1739.In 2014, Arcadis purchased Callison, an international architecture firm based in Seattle, Washington.In October 2015, a new subsidiary, CallisonRTKL, was formed through the merger of two existing Arcadis subisiaries, Callison and RTKL.In March 2017, Arcadis announced that its Supervisory Board has nominated Peter Oosterveer as CEO and Chairman of the Arcadis Executive Board.In 2020, Arcadis acquired Over Morgen, a Dutch development and energy transition consulting firm.In 2020, Arcadis acquired EAMS Group, a provider of enterprise asset management systems.In July 2022, Arcadis announced it was acquiring IBI Group, a global architectural and engineering services company based in Canada, to be effective in September 2022.In October 2022, Arcadis announced CEO Peter Oosterveer’s retirement, and that current Chief Operating Officer Alan Brookes would be nominated as his successor in 2023.In December 2022, Arcadis acquired DPS Group, an Ireland-based international construction consultancy specializing in life sciences and semiconductor facilities.
From climate change to urbanization, we live in an increasingly complex world. Whatever the challenge, we deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes for our clients. We work collaboratively to create value through built and natural assets that work in harmony with their surroundings – from shopping centers in Shanghai to reduced air pollution in Los Angeles. Arcadis. Improving quality of life.
Our vision has quickly become our passion; improving quality of life Through our passion, our people and the work we do with our clients, we have opportunities to shape the future of our world, every day. Guided by five core values, combined with five keystone behaviors, we are building a unique, One Arcadis culture.
