Company Profile
Arcadis
Company Overview
Arcadis is a leading global Design & Consultancy organization for natural and built assets. Applying our deep market sector insights and collective design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services we work in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes throughout the lifecycle of their natural and built assets. We are 33,000 people, active in over 70 countries that generate €3.8 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. www.arcadis.com.
With sustainability at the heart of everything we do, our focus is on maximizing our impact aimed at improving quality of life. The solutions we develop address important societal challenges around resilience, places, and mobility. Leveraging data and technology, we have the capabilities and services to meet client demands driven by global trends such as urbanization, climate change, digitalization, evolving stakeholder expectations and potential unforeseeable events.
The world has changed the way we live and work. Unexpected events and megatrends such as rapid urbanization and climate change are putting pressure on communities, cities, and resources worldwide. As a business, we want to maximize our impact by harnessing the power of technology and data to develop solutions to today’s global challenges. We are focused on improving the way resources are utilized, protecting our environment, creating transporting solutions, and planning for the places where we can enjoy our work and home lives.
We differentiate ourselves through our talented and passionate people, our unique combination of capabilities covering the entire asset lifecycle, our deep market sector insights, and our ability to seamlessly integrate health and safety, sustainability and digital components into the design of our solutions around the globe.
People First
We care for each other and create a safe and respectful working environment where our people can grow, perform, and succeed.
Client Success
We are passionate about our clients’ success and bring insights, agility, and innovation to co-create value.
Integrity
We always work to the highest professional and ethical standards and establish trust by being open, honest, and responsible.
Sustainability
We base our actions for clients and communities on environmental responsibility and social and economic advancement.
Collaboration
We value the power of diversity and our global capabilities and deliver excellence by working as one Arcadis.
Company History
Arcadis NV is a global design, engineering and management consulting company based in the Zuidas, Amsterdam, Netherlands. It currently operates in excess of 350 offices across 40 countries. The company is a member of the Next 150 index.
Arcadis was founded as the land reclamation specialist Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij in 1888. Over the following decades, the firm became involved in various development projects, initially with a rural focus. As a consequence of a restructuring in 1972 that divided the company, it became Heidemij. During 1993, the firm merged with the North American business Geraghty & Miller, resulting in its listing on the Nasdaq index.
During 1997, the company adopted its current name, Arcadis; subsidiaries were similarly rebranded. Since 1990, the company has largely expanded itself via a series of acquisitions and mergers, which have allowed it to both expand its presence in existing markets as well as to enter new ones. It performs design and consultancy services on a wide variety of undertakings. Arcadis (either directly or via subsidiaries) has been involved in several high profile construction projects, including London City Airport and the A2 motorway.
19th century: foundation
Arcadis consulting building in Arnhem, Netherlands.
Arcadis in North America
The company has its origins in the Nederlandsche Heidemaatschappij (English: Association for Wasteland Redevelopment), 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 (or KNHM), 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, AYH was acquired and became a subsidiary of Arcadis NV, being rebranded as Arcadis UK. Axtell Yates Hallett 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 Canada expansion
Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands visited Arcadis as part of the celebrations for its 125th anniversary in October 2013. 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. On 9 March 2017, Arcadis announced that its Supervisory Board has nominated Peter Oosterveer as CEO and Chairman of the Arcadis Executive Board.
In July 2022, Arcadis acquired IBI Group, an architectural services company
Benefits
At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.
One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.