Hyder Consulting was a multi-national advisory and design consultancy with particular specialisation in the transport, property, utilities and environmental sectors. The firm employed approximately 4,200 people across the UK, Europe, Germany, Middle East, Asia and Australia and had been listed on the London Stock Exchange since October 2002. The name Hyder is the
Welsh word for "confidence".
In October 2014 it was acquired by
Arcadis NV.
History
Hyder was formed in 1993 when engineering firms Acer Group and Wallace Evans Ltd were acquired by
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and subsequently merged.
Acer Group was itself an internationally recognised consultancy practice formed in 1987 by the merger of John Taylor and Sons (established 1739) and Freeman Fox and Partners (established 1857), and joined in 1991 by Sir Bruce White, Wolfe Barry, and Partners.
Hyder Consulting was subsequently acquired by
Western Power Distribution, which prompted Hyder's senior management to instigate a
management buy-out
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that was completed in January 2001. The firm was then listed on the
London Stock Exchange
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in October 2002.
Freeman Fox and Partners had been involved in Melbourne's
West Gate Bridge
The West Gate Bridge is a steel, box girder, cable-stayed bridge in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, spanning the Yarra River just north of its mouth into Port Phillip. It carries the West Gate Freeway and is a vital link between the Melbourn ...
disaster in 1970. Thirty-five construction workers were killed and 18 injured in the collapse, and it remains Australia's worst industrial accident to this day.
Other structures involving Freeman Fox and Partners included the
Sydney Harbour Bridge
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, spanning Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour from the Sydney central business district, central business district (CBD) to the North Shore (Sydney), North ...
(1932), the
Adomi Bridge
The Adomi Bridge (originally the Volta Bridge) is a latticed steel arch suspension bridge crossing the Volta River at Atimpoku in Ghana in West Africa. It is the first permanent bridge to span the Volta River, which drains south into the Gulf of G ...
(1957) and the
Erskine Bridge (1971).
References
Further reading
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External links
Hyder Consulting websiteACLA Ltd websiteCresswell website
ESR Technology websiteRPA Group websiteWorld Of Hyder website
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Construction and civil engineering companies established in 2001