Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today's built environment. Together we help our clients solve their most complex challenges - turning exciting ideas into tangible reality as we strive to find a better way and shape a better world. Founded by Sir Ove Arup, a gifted engineer-philosopher with an original and restless mind, our firm has always had a keen sense of purpose. The six aims, means and values Sir Ove identified in his Key Speech (1970) guide us to this day.
It is 50 years since Ove Arup identified the central importance of the humanitarian aspect of our work. We continue to prioritise socially valuable outcomes in both our commercial and community-facing work. Today, working alongside a wide range of partner organisations, we use our technical and strategic capabilities to support the most disadvantaged, vulnerable and marginalised people in the world. Our community engagement programme aims to produce a more sustainably developed world, focusing on food security; clean and renewable energy; water and sanitation; improved shelter; and social mobility.
We’ve been appointed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, The Crown Estate and Crown Estate Scotland to research the future of offshore wind development.
We are pleased to launch the Proximity of Care Design Guide, alongside the Bernard van Leer Foundation. It has been developed to support the design and implementation of child and family friendly interventions in vulnerable urban contexts, such as informal and refugee settlements.
We’re working in partnership with the New Orleans Mayor’s Office of Youth and Families to help address systemic inequality and the challenges faced by vulnerable youths in their city.
We worked with the Greater London Authority to develop the Infrastructure Mapping Application, a digital tool that identifies opportunities for utility companies and authorities to collaborate on street work schemes.
If we continue with today's level of rapid urbanisation and economic activity, we may not be able to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. We have reached a point where simply 'being sustainable' in the way we live, work and consume is not going to be enough.
In June last year, the UK Government signed a legally binding target to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050. But achieving net zero is about reducing demand for both energy and materials, not just offsetting it.
We were appointed by First State Investments and J.P. Morgan to provide integrated commercial and technical advice for a robust review of Electricity North West.
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