Ramboll

Ramboll Group A / S (also known as Rambøll ) is an engineering and consulting company in Northern Europe.

History

Ramboll was founded in October 1945 as " Rambøll & Hannemann " in Copenhagen. Børge Johannes Ramboll (1911-2009), one of the founding fathers, made in 1935 his degree in Civil Engineering at DTU ( Technical University of Denmark ). In 1944 he received his Ph.D. in Engineering. Rambøll worked for different companies, including for Wright, Thomsen & Kier A / S. Between 1937-1944 he was employed by Professor Christian Nøkkentvedt at DTU, where he also was professor later. Johan Georg Hannemann (1907-1980), the second founder, completed his studies at DTU in 1930. Subsequently, he accepted a position at anchor Engelund at DTU, where he was hired as a part-time employee. This employment he also after the establishment of " Rambøll & Hannemann " from even further. In 1947, both opened a field office in Aarhus. Your first important order they received from the Danish Broadcasting engineering company Radioingeniørtjenesten, which erected a multitude of radio towers and transmitters at this time. " Rambøll & Hannemann " designed and built after 1950 in this context a variety of broadcasting towers in Denmark and Norway. This meant that the company was also involved in working with Hochspannungsmästen for important monitoring systems and works for the Norwegian telephone department.

Between 1950-1960 the company and therefore the remit grew up in a variety of different projects. The number of employees increased from 20-30 in 1950 to 170 a year in 1960., The number of orders for the Norwegian national broadcasting company NRK continued to rise, opened in 1976, " Rambøll & Hannemann " the first office in Oslo.

In 1991, took over " Rambøll & Hannemann " the Company " B. Højlund Rasmussen A / S "and changed its name to " Rambøll, Hannemann & Højlund A / S " to. When the company finally merged in 2003 with Swedish Scandiaconsult, it became one of the largest engineering consultancy in the Nordic region.

In August 2006, Ramboll Storvik & Co took over in Norway and in the summer of 2007, the British engineering company with about 680 employees Whitbybird.

The Ramboll Foundation

All shares of the Ramboll Group A / S include the Ramboll Foundation (93 % stake ) and Ramboll shareholders, also called Ramboll partner (7% of the shares). The Ramboll Foundation is the principal owner of the Ramboll Group A / S and provides financial support, among others, for research, educational and charitable purposes.

The Ramboll Group A / S encompasses all divisions and subsidiaries in several European countries, including all the Nordic countries as well as companies and businesses in the Baltic States and the global project office.

Projects

Ramboll is involved in large construction projects worldwide. For the construction of the Öresund bridge (1995-1999), the Copenhagen, Denmark and Malmö, Sweden combines, Ramboll was also responsible for design, bridge construction, transportation and traffic planning, and security. The bridge is one of the most important traffic routes in Denmark. Both the international highway E20 and the Øresund railway line run across the bridge.

In the Great Belt Bridge (1988-1998) Ramboll was responsible for planning and design. The bridge connects Halsskov on Zealand and Knudshoven on Funen. 18 km to the west, a double-track railway and a four-lane route had to be built, adapted to the small island Sprogø, which is surrounded by the Great Belt.

When conducting engineering company Ramboll was significantly responsible for the construction of the new Royal Opera in Copenhagen ( 2001-2004). Activities have included design engineering, fire, safety regulations, project management, structural engineering, geophysical engineering services, geotechnical engineering services, HVAC engineering, electrical engineering, traffic engineering, transport planning and security. The distinguishing feature of the opera is the roof, which measures 157 x 90 meters. The structure of the roof is one of the largest roof structures worldwide. 2008 Ramboll won the " Outstanding Structure Award" from the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering ( IABSE ) for his participation in the design of the roof.

Since April 2009, Ramboll, in collaboration with Ove Arup & Partners Ltd ( UK) and Tunnel Engineering Consultants (TEC ) from the Netherlands conducted a feasibility study for the planning of a fixed transport link between Fehmarn and Rodby. The transport connection is to consist of a double-track railway line and a four-lane highway connecting Germany with Scandinavia closer. Ramboll created in this context, the design of the tunnel variant as well as the engineering and analyzes the consequences and impact on the environment, transport and safety of the design. In the case of a tunnel of 19 km long Fehmarn tunnel would be and thus belong to the world's longest and deepest tunnels five times as long as the tunnel under the Sound, and three times as long as the Transbay Tube Tunnel in San Francisco. During construction of the Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi Ramboll was charged among other things with the supervision.

Rambøll Management Consulting GmbH in Germany

The German subsidiary Rambøll Management GmbH was founded in 2000. Headquartered in Hamburg, a second office was opened in Berlin in 2004. In Germany Christoph Emminghaus took over the management in 2009 at Rambøll Management GmbH and as part of the internationalization strategy of the Group received the Rambøll Management GmbH in the same year the addition Rambøll Management Consulting GmbH.

2011 Rambøll Management Consulting moved within Hamburg and is headquartered in Chile since House C.

Rambøll Management Consulting advises organizations and companies in the areas of management consulting, Research, Survey & Analysis and Strategy and International Development. Clients include public administrations at the state level (European Commission, Federal, state / regional, and local ), international organizations and private companies. In German-speaking countries, the company federal and provincial ministries, municipalities and regions, and advises foundations in different projects.