Royal HaskoningDHV
TypePrivate
Industryproject management, engineering and consultancy
PredecessorRoyal Haskoning and DHV
FoundedAmersfoort, Netherlands (July 2, 2012 (2012-07-02)) Nijmegen, Netherlands as Hassselt & De Koning (October 15, 1881 (1881-10-15)) Rotterdam, Netherlands and The Hague, Netherlands as DHV (January 1, 1917 (1917-01-01))
FoundersJohannes van Hasselt, Jacobus de Koning, Adriaan WC Dwars, Arie D Heederik & Bastiaan A Verhey
Headquarters
Amersfoort
,
Netherlands
Number of locations
30 countries (2017)
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Marije Hulshof (CEO)
Revenue€609 million (2017)
€12.8 million (2017)
Number of employees
5,800 (2017)
Websiteroyalhaskoningdhv.com

Royal HaskoningDHV is an international, non-listed engineering consultancy firm[1] with headquarters in Amersfoort, Netherlands. It has offices in 30 countries, employing 5,800 professionals worldwide.[2]

Royal HaskoningDHV is active in aviation, buildings, energy, industry, infrastructure, maritime, mining, rural and urban development and water.

Financial history

Year Turnover Net income Employees
2020 Decrease €594 million Increase €13.0 million 5,781
2019 Increase €650 million Decrease €9.2 million 5,844
2018 Increase €599 million Decrease €12.7 million 5,818
2017 Decrease €585 million Increase €12.8 million 5,830
2016 Decrease €621 million Increase €12.1 million 6,197
2015 Increase €667 million Increase €11.8 million 6,500
2014 Decrease €655 million Increase €6.3 million 6,300
2013 Decrease €667 million Increase €−3.4 million 6,400
2012 €702 million €−19.9 million 6,900

History

Royal Haskoning

Johan van Hasselt taught civil engineering at the Royal Netherlands Military Academy in Breda for a year before starting his own engineering firm. Jacobus de Koning joined as a partner on October 15, 1881, and the engineering firm Hasselt & De Koning was established. The name of the firm changed quite a lot over the years. The name 'Haskoning' made its debut in the letterhead in the autumn of 1976. The acronym Haskoning started out as a telegram address. Reducing the length of the name was extremely practical because of the many international telegrams. In 1981 the company received the designation 'Royal' and one year later the legend changed to 'Koninklijk Ingenieurs- en Architectenbureau'. During the integration in 2001 the company name was changed to 'Royal Haskoning'.

DHV

Bastiaan Verhey had a well-paid job at the Navy Pilotage but his work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit made him desire for a life as a self-employed person. On 2 June 1916 he walked into Arnold Groothoff in The Hague, a classmate from Delft. Groothoff returned from the Dutch East Indies the other day. Intensive discussions followed and two weeks later they decided to start an advisory engineering company on 1 January 1917. Verhey is employed by the Navy until 1 December but Groothoff explored his relations, and soon the partners get to work, long before the official launch date. When in the autumn of 1916 it is apparent Groothoff will return to the West Indies, verhey approaches his acquaintance Adriaan Dwars. Both gentlemen come to an agreement in November 1916. At the same time, they are exploring a partnership with Arie Heederik, who has been leading bureau Schotel in Rotterdam for decades. The meetings are successful and even before the bureau Dwars, Groothoff and Verhey officially starts, they decided on a merger. This creates a new partnership on New Year's Day 1917: 'de Vereenigde Ingenieursbureaux voor Bouw- en Waterbouwkunde te Rotterdam en 's-Gravenhage'. In 1934 the company changes its name to 'Ingenieursbureau Dwars, Heederik en Verhey', abbreviated as 'DHV'.

Merger

In March 2012 both companies announced the intended merger. On 1 July 2012 the merger was official and Royal HaskoningDHV was established.

Projects

References

  1. ↑ Civil engineering groups Haskoning and DHV to merge
  2. ↑ Reina, Peter (2015-08-03). "Water Wizards Go With Flows". Engineering News-Record. New York: BNP Media. 275 (3): 66–69. ISSN 0891-9526.

Media related to Royal HaskoningDHV at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.