founded copenhagen denmark 1945 headquarters orestad denmark key people jens peter saul ceo 1 revenue dkk 8 291.9 million 1b 2014 2 net income dkk 286.7 million 43m 2014 2 number of employees 12 300 2015 3 website www.ramboll.com ramboll group a s also known as just ramboll is a consulting engineering group with worldwide operations . contents 1 history 1.1 1945 1991 foundation and initial growth 1.2 1991 2003 expansion in the nordic region 1.3 2003 international growth 2 ownership 3 organisation 3.1 management 3.2 business units 3.3 other international units 4 large scale projects 5 references 6 external links history edit ramboll was founded in october 1945 as ramb ll & hannemann in copenhagen . 4 in 1991 the company merged with b. h jlund rasmussen a s into ramb ll hannemann & h jlund a s . 5 in 2003 the company merged with swedish scandiaconsult making it the largest consulting engineering business in the nordics . 6 photo of ramboll s head office outside copenhagen denmark in the summer of 2007 ramboll broadened its geographical presence by acquiring the uk based engineering firm whitbybird . when whitbybird was acquired the company employed 680 people and had offices throughout the uk and in italy india and the united arab emirates . in april 2008 ramboll s presence in india was strengthened by acquiring the indian telecom design company imisoft . 6 1945 1991 foundation and initial growth edit ramboll was founded in october 1945 as ramb ll & hannemann in copenhagen by b rge johannes ramb ll 1911 2009 and johan georg hannemann 1907 1980 . both had worked and studied at the technical university of denmark dtu . their first projects included a design for the roof of a clothing factory and the ballongyngen ride at tivoli gardens theme park in copenhagen . 7 they won major contracts with the danish broadcast engineering services radioingeni rtjenesten to erect broadcast towers in denmark and norway after 1950 . this led to work with high tension line towers for power plants as well as with the norwegian telephone directorate . in addition to offices in copenhagen and aarhus a branch was opened in oslo in 1976 . 7 1991 2003 expansion in the nordic region edit in 1991 the company merged with b. h jlund rasmussen a s to form ramb ll hannemann & h jlund a s . 7 a further merger with scandiaconsult in 2003 made the company the largest consulting engineering firm in the nordic region . 2003 international growth edit in 2006 the company acquired storvik & co in norway . 8 in august 2007 ramboll bought privately owned uk based engineering firm whitbybird . at the time of the acquisition whitbybird employed 680 people with offices throughout the uk and in italy india and the united arab emirates making this the largest acquisition made by the ramboll group since the merger with scandiaconsult in 2003 . 9 in march 2011 ramboll bought privately owned uk based engineering firm gifford company . gifford also has offices around the world . 10 also in march 2011 ramboll acquired the power engineering section of dong energy dong energy power . 11 later that year in july 2011 ramboll informatik was divested to the danish it company kmd in 2014 ramboll acquired us based global consultancy environ adding more than 1 500 environmental and health science specialists in 21 countries . ownership edit all shares in ramboll group a s are owned by the ramboll foundation approx . 97.5 % of the shares and by ramboll employee shareholders called ramboll partners approx . 2.5 % of the shares . 12 organisation edit ramboll group a s includes business units with their daughter companies in several european countries including all the nordic countries as well as companies and offices in the baltics and project offices all over the world . management edit the ramboll group directors forum gdf comprising group ceo group cfo group chief development officer group chief market officer managing directors from the eight strategic business units and the four service area directors is the operational managing body of the ramboll group . 13 business units edit ramboll denmark ramboll sweden ramboll norway ramboll finland ramboll uk formerly ramboll whitbybird 14 ramboll new markets ramboll management consulting ramboll oil & gas ramboll energy 15 ramboll planning & urban design ramboll environment & health ramboll water 15 other international units edit ramboll estonia ramboll poland large scale projects edit satellite image of the oresund bridge . ramboll is involved in many international large scale projects . they have for instance had a key role in the work on the oresund bridge 1995 1999 connecting copenhagen denmark with malm sweden . 16 the bridge is one of the most important infrastructures in denmark . the international european route e20 runs across the bridge as does the oresund railway line . ramboll supports eso during the construction of the e elt . 17 they were also involved in the planning and construction of the great belt bridge 1988 1998 . 18 this bridge connects halsskov on zealand with knudshoved on funen 18 kilometres to its west a two track railway and a four lane motorway had to be built aligned via the small islet sprog in the middle of the great belt . the copenhagen opera house 2005 ramboll was the leading engineer on the new royal danish opera the copenhagen opera house . 19 as the lead consultant on the project ramboll delivered engineering design fire & safety project management structural engineering geophysical engineering geotechnical engineering hvac engineering electrical engineering bridge engineering traffic engineering traffic planning and traffic safety services . 20 this was carried out between 2001 and 2004 . a characteristic feature of the opera building is the gigantic roof covering the entire building stretching all the way to the harbour front . measuring 158 metres x 90 metres the opera roof is one of the largest roof constructions in the world . the innovative design of the roof which ramboll has projected in cooperation with henning larsen architects was the reason for the opera winning the 2008 iabse outstanding structure award . the committee that selected the opera as the winner compliments the design of the roof and the use of bridge construction principles . these principles provide strength stability and stiffness to the 43 metre long roof all the way from the columns of the foyer to the furthest corner of the roof . 20 ramboll were the structural engineers for the new tate modern extension opened on the 17th june 2016 in london the world s most visited museum of modern art . ramboll is currently working on several projects concerning linking the infrastructure of the nordic countries . 21 among these are projects under the trans european networks and the fehmarn belt fixed link the world s longest immersed tunnel . the fehmarn belt fixed link green and the gedser rostock bridge orange in the danish german motorway system internationally ramboll has also marked itself by being involved in projects such as chicago lakeside development ferrari world in abu dhabi king abdullah petroleum studies and research center in saudi arabia and the new national museum of art architecture and design 1 in oslo . references edit group executive board ramboll group . ramboll.com . 2012 . retrieved 16 october 2012 . a b annual report 2014 . ramboll . april 2015 . retrieved 11 may 2015 . annual report news . ramboll . march 2014 . retrieved 11 may 2015 . founding fathers . ramboll . september 2008 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . 1990 2002 . ramboll . september 2008 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . a b 2003 present . ramboll . september 2008 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . a b c ramb lls historie . ramboll . october 2005 . retrieved 16 october 2012 . storvik & co as blir en del av ramb ll press release . ramb ll norge . 2007 08 16 . retrieved 2007 07 02 . choueke mark 2007 08 12 . ramboll kops rival whitbybird . london the daily telegraph . retrieved 2007 09 13 . choueke mark 2011 03 29 . ramboll invests in gifford . london gifford.uk.com . retrieved 2011 04 06 . ramb ll buys dong s expertise in power plants . dbdh.dk . 2011 03 31 . retrieved 2011 04 06 . ramboll foundation . ramboll . august 2016 . retrieved 2016 08 11 . ramboll group management . ramboll group . 2008 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . worldwide . 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 12 . a b worldwide . retrieved 2011 07 29 . resund fixed link project . 2000 . archived from the original on 2007 09 29 . retrieved 2007 07 04 . consultancy contract for e elt dome and main structure awarded . eso announcement . retrieved 1 june 2013 . contracts under eu tender . 2000 . retrieved 2007 07 04 . the royal danish opera . 2005 . retrieved 2007 07 06 . a b copenhagen opera house . ramboll . september 2008 . retrieved 2008 10 30 . e39 . 2006 . retrieved 2007 07 04 . external links edit the ramboll group homepage coordinates 55 37 38.52 n 12 34 45.37 e 55.6273667 n 12.5792694 e 55.6273667 ; 12.5792694 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