renewable energy 1 founded iceland 1932 headquarters reykjav k iceland number of employees 300 2015 website http www.verkis.com verk s consulting engineers is the oldest consulting firm in iceland and is one of the largest engineering firms in iceland with around 300 employees . verk s is a multidisciplinary consulting firm providing services in all fields of engineering and related professional disciplines of consulting . verk s offers engineering consulting management operational and epcm services . core disciplines include geothermal and hydroelectric power and verk s has participated in nearly all geothermal and hydroelectric projects in iceland as well as in several projects abroad . other core disciplines include geothermal district heating power transmission buildings transport infrastructure and industry . ever since the early 1930s verk s has participated in the engineering of most of iceland s biggest and most prominent construction projects covering disciplines such as civil and structural design mechanical engineering electrical hv mv and lv engineering systems engineering automation and control . sveinn i. olafsson is the ceo and gunnar ingi gunnarsson is the chairman of the board . the headquarters are in reykjav k but in addition there are six branches around iceland . contents 1 history 1.1 vst verkfr istofa sigur ar thoroddsen 1.2 rafteikning 1.3 fjarhitun 1.4 fj lh nnun 1.5 rt rafagnat kni 1.6 almenna consulting engineers almenna verkfr istofan hf . 2 management and organisation 3 services 4 project examples 5 branches 6 subsidiaries 7 affiliated companies 8 references history edit verk s traces its origin back to 1932 making it the oldest consulting company in iceland and has a firm background in the energy and construction industry both in iceland and abroad . verk s was formed in 2008 by the merger of five well established icelandic engineering consulting firms 2 vst verkfr istofa sigur ar thoroddsen edit vst was established in 1932 and has over the years provided a wide range of services . consultancy services in the building industry energy and infrastructure has been the main area of activity and vst took part in most hydropower projects in iceland . in recent years vst has offered a variety of other services especially within the aluminium industry and also in the fields of project management construction safety and environmental management . rafteikning edit rafteikning was established in 1965 and has been one of the leading electrical consulting service firms in iceland . the main focus of activity has been on power and control engineering and the firm has participated in the electrical design of several hydropower and geothermal power plants . fjarhitun edit fjarhitun was established in 1962 and has been a leader in designing district heating systems utilizing the geothermal hot water in iceland and has also participated in the design of many geothermal power plants . fjarhitun has provided a wide range of services in other fields of mechanical engineering . fj lh nnun edit fj lh nnun was established in 1970 and has been active in the design of roads bridges and similar structures and the structural design of buildings . the firm has also participated in many projects providing supervision and project management . rt rafagnat kni edit rt rafagnat kni was established in 1961 and has specialized in the planning design and programming of control systems for power plants and other systems in the field of automation measurements and communication . rt has also been providing services in field of electronics . almenna consulting engineers almenna verkfr istofan hf . edit on 17th of april 2013 almenna consulting teamed up with verk s. almenna consulting engineers ltd. was founded in 1941 as almenna byggingarf lagi it played an important role in modernising the infrastructure of the country as it took part in developing the country s first large hydroelectric power plants in the 1960s . in 1971 the company was reorganized as almenna consulting engineers ltd. management and organisation edit verk s is divided into seven divisions five of which are business segment divisions . in addition to the business segment divisions there is an office support division and a branch office division . each business segment division is split into discipline sections . the management team consist of the ceo and seven division managers . the board represents the owners of the company and has five members and two alternate members . 3 services edit verk s provides consultancy services in most fields of engineering and related disciplines . the services offered includes project management and epcm cost estimation and planning engineering and design project controls feasibility studies inspection services procurement and commissioning . support functions such as risk assessment quality management health safety and environment and the development of environmental impact assessments are also an integral part of the services . project examples edit k rahnj kar hydropower plant 4 qorlortorsuaq dam 5 ilulissat hydro electric project 6 hellishei i power station 7 harpa concert hall 8 reykjanesbraut highway project 9 the university of iceland 10 laugardalur sports centre harpa reykjav k concert hall and conference centre hvalfjordur tunnel branches edit akureyri akranes borgarnes egilssta ir h sav k safj r ur patreksfj r ur selfoss subsidiaries edit verk s norway s & m verk s greenland verk s polska affiliated companies edit hrv engineering iceland geothermhydro chile 11 raf rninn iceland verkfr istofa su urnesja iceland references edit http www.verkis.com about us http www.mbl.is mm gagnasafn grein.html grein id 679334 http www.verkis.com about us organization chart http www.verkis.com projects energy production hydropower nr 944 http www.verkis.com projects energy production hydropower qorlortor suaq hydropower plant 1 http www.verkis.com projects energy production hydropower nr 950 http www.verkis.com projects energy production geothermal energy nr 938 http www.verkis.com projects buildings assembly house nr 871 http www.verkis.com projects transport and infrastructure road and highway design reykjanesbraut fifuhvammsvegur http www.verkis.com projects buildings educational facilities nr 863 http www.geothermhydro.com aboutus retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title verk s & oldid 738493984 categories companies of icelandcompanies established in 1932engineering consulting firms navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a 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