business services founded 1951 headquarters southampton hampshire england united kingdom australia uae key people gordon clark chairman steve canadine chief executive revenue 41.7 million 2007 operating income 4.5 million 2007 net income 3.9 million 2007 number of employees 657 website gifford civil engineering gifford is part of the ramboll group providing engineering consultancy design planning project management and consulting services for buildings infrastructure and the environment . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 notable projects 4 references 5 external links history edit the firm was founded by dr. edwin gifford a pioneer of prestressed structures in southampton in 1951 under the name e.w.h. gifford & partners . 1 it won the queen s award for enterprise in 2002 . 2 in march 2011 gifford was bought by the consulting engineering company ramboll . operations edit the firm has activities focused on 3 buildings civil engineering environment development planning it has offices in birmingham cardiff chester leeds london manchester oxford southampton australia york abu dhabi episkopi cyprus dubai gibraltar new delhi notable projects edit view of the bridge by night from the newcastle side gateshead millennium bridge gateshead uk for which it won the istructe supreme award for engineering excellence and the riba stirling prize brading roman villa isle of wight uk m25 motorway widening london uk juan pablo ii bridge chile hungerford bridge footbridges london uk twin sails bridge poole uk references edit the motorway achievement by ron bridle page 307 humberts industrial letting property mail 2 february 2004 centres of excellence external links edit official site v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house defunct ashtons beazer broseley bryant homes comben homes george wimpey ideal homes mclean homes taylor woodrow westbury william leech wilson bowden integrated construction balfour beatty bam nuttall carillion cleveland bridge & engineering clugston costain galliford try gleeson interserve kier laing o rourke lend lease linford mace morgan sindall shepherd sir robert mcalpine volkerfitzpatrick wates willmott dixon suppliers current aggregate industries artex ashtead brogan cemex uk hanson london brick hss hire jewson kingspan kingspan off site mero schmidlin pilkington rmd kwikform sig speedy hire tarmac tarmac building products tata steel europe travis perkins wolseley defunct blue circle industries redland rmc group tarmac group government and regulatory bodies department for communities and local government department for business innovation and skills health & safety executive local planning authority planning inspectorate chief construction adviser to uk government industry bodies british constructional steelwork association bsria build uk ciob civil engineering contractors association construction clients group construction industry council ciria citb constructing excellence electrical safety council federation of master builders hbf institution of civil engineers institution of structural engineers national access and scaffolding confederation national federation of builders national federation of demolition contractors national house building council refined bitumen association royal institution of chartered surveyors scottish building federation select electrical contractors association of scotland society of construction arbitrators specialist engineering contractors group strategic forum for construction sustainability association for environment conscious building breeam code for sustainable homes ecohomes energy efficiency in british housing good homes alliance uk green building council other british construction industry awards building building regulations in the united kingdom building regulations approval construction news development control in the united kingdom new civil engineer planning permission town and country planning in the united kingdom category v t e istructe supreme award laureates year winning organisation winning structure 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 gifford dewhurst macfarlane & partners goldreich engineering pc not awarded dar al handasah consultants buro happold & engineers haskins robinson waters arup expedition engineering arup expedition engineering flint & neill and sinclair knight merz jiangsu provincial comms planning and design institute & aecom eckersley o callaghan arup gateshead millennium bridge gateshead england david l. lawrence convention center pittsburgh united states not awarded sungai prai bridge perai malaysia savill building surrey england heathrow terminal 5 london england infinity footbridge stockton on tees england stonecutters bridge hong kong china london velodrome london england west gate bridge strengthening melbourne australia taizhou bridge taizhou china glass lantern apple store zorlu center istanbul turkey singapore sports hub singapore v t e stirling prize laureates stephen hodder 1996 michael wilford 1997 foster and partners 1998 future systems 1999 alsop st rmer 2000 wilkinson eyre 2001 wilkinson eyre gifford 2002 herzog & de meuron 2003 foster and partners 2004 embt rmjm 2005 richard rogers 2006 david chipperfield architects 2007 feilden clegg bradley studios alison brooks architects 2008 rogers stirk harbour partner 2009 zaha hadid 2010 and 2011 stanton williams 2012 witherford watson mann architects 2013 haworth tompkins 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