Engineering firm changes name to 'mark its successful integration' with Scandinavian parent

This is part of the process of becoming Ramboll's Middle East Business Unit.

For 26 years the Whitby & Bird name has been synonymous with world class structural engineering design and technical innovation.

In 2007 the UK based company joined forces with the Ramboll group, founded in 1945, known for its holistic approach to engineering consultancy.

As part of Ramboll, the business is part of an international delivery network extending to 23 countries and has access to a global engineering talent pool of 8,000. Backed by an employee ownership scheme - the Ramboll Foundation - the group is financially strong long term.

Mark Whitby, Ramboll UK Chairman said on the occasion:

"Our clients can continue to rely on our talented engineers, our energy and unique engineering approach but now we have more. More services, more skills and have become a serious contender globally with some impressive multi-disciplinary projects already underway."

Compared to some of its rivals, the company's parent is in good health financially speaking. In its most recent set of results, the Ramboll Group announced turnover of 5,639.8m kroner (Dhs3.68bn).

Its British division is working on projects including the Tate Modern extension and the refurbishment of BBC Broadcasting House. The Dubai office, opened in 2005, engineered projects like Dubai Maritime City Creek Towers and Plaza or The Opus by Zaha Hadid.

Ramboll, which is working on several off-shore wind farm developments around the world, have had presence in Doha since 2005.

Peyman Mohajer, Regional Director of the Middle East added that the company would seek to bring Scandinavian expertise on sustainability to the Middle East, such as waste-to-energy, as well as our global knowledge within the transportation sector, including rails, metro, airports and aviation.