Royal Haskoning: international consultancy, 17 countries, 57 offices.
Royal Haskoning is an independent, international engineering and environmental consultancy. It provides an extensive range of multi-disciplinary services that relate to planning and transport, industry and energy, maritime and waterways, water, and buildings. With a worldwide network of professionals and strong industry relationships established over 130 years, its extensive expertise and experience provides a fully integrated ‘one-company’ approach to projects. Respected thought leaders within our market sectors, Royal Haskoning is renowned for its technical excellence, developing, designing and delivering successful innovative and sustainable solutions, that enhance society.
Royal Haskoning in the UK
In the UK, Royal Haskoning has a prestigious pedigree, dating back to the early 1940s when Guy Maunsell and John Posford founded GA Maunsell and Partners. Richard Pavry joined the firm in 1946, and the company was renamed Maunsell, Posford and Pavry in 1949. Both Posford and Maunsell were involved in numerous projects for both the Royal Navy and the Army in the form of inshore forts and floating docks.
The firm split in two in 1955 leading to the formation of Posford Pavry & Partners. The firm moved its headquarters from London to Peterborough in 1973. In 1983 WH Radford & Son of Nottingham (founded in 1885) was incorporated into the firm, and 1987 saw the merger with Lewis and Duvivier (founded in 1881) to form Posford Duvivier.
In 1992 TF Burns and Partners (founded 1947) merged with Posford Duvivier and two years later Royal Haskoning acquired the company. In 2001 Posford Duvivier changed to Posford Haskoning, a company of Royal Haskoning and in January 2005 Posford Haskoning became known as Royal Haskoning, although our legal entity in the UK is Haskoning UK Ltd.
The company has continued to expand and in 2008 acquired transport planning and consultants The Denis Wilson Partnership and marine experts First Marine International.