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.
About Denis Wilson
In April 2007 The Denis Wilson Partnership, now known as Denis Wilson, was acquired by Royal Haskoning. Denis Wilson is firmly established as one of the UK’s leading consultancies in sustainable transport planning and infrastructure design, with over 20,000 projects successfully completed.
Click here to visit the Denis Wilson website.
About First Marine International
In February 2008 Royal Haskoning acquired marine specialists First Marine International Limited (FMI). FMI, formed in 1992, has an experienced team of qualified consultants and engineers that provide shipping, shipbuilding, ship repair and marine equipment specialist services. The FMI team has, collectively, worked on projects in over fifty countries and were first involved in the 1970s during the design and engineering of some of the world's largest and most successful shipyards.
Click here to visit the First Marine International website.
Our Dutch heritage
Founded in 1881 in the Netherlands we have 3900 employees worldwide, combining a wide range of knowledge and experience. Rooted in a technical background, our consulting services focus on the broad field of the interaction between people and their environment.
We are committed to working with our clients to achieve sustainable solutions in an increasingly complex society. The expertise and experience of our professionals in a variety of disciplines allows us to consider all technical, logistical, legal, organisational, social, environmental and economic aspects of your project, in order to subsequently develop sustainable and practical solutions.
With subsidiaries and partners throughout the world, through our branch and project offices in Europe and elsewhere in the world, we have access to all major international markets. Through this network we can offer multidisciplinary and integrated services locally, based on experience built globally. With our client orientated service in consultancy, Royal Haskoning contributes effectively to the successful planning, design, implementation, commissioning and operation of your projects and programmes.