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IBI Group Inc.
Company typePublic
TSX: IBG
Industry
Founded1974
FounderNeal Irwin
Phil Beinhaker
Headquarters
Toronto, Ontario
,
Canada
Number of locations
Canada, Caribbean, China, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, UAE, United Kingdom, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Scott Stewart-CEO
David Thom-President
CAD $25.25 million (2021)
Number of employees
3,400 (2022)
ParentArcadis
Websitewww.ibigroup.com

IBI Group Inc. is a Canadian-based architecture, engineering, planning, and technology firm operating from over 60 offices in 12 countries across the world.[1] Founded in 1974 in Toronto, Canada, IBI Group has since been ranked as one of the largest architecture or architecture/engineering firms in the world: in 2011 it ranked 4th or 6th (depending on the methodology used);[2] in 2016 it was ranked as the 8th largest architecture firm (with 836 fee-earning architects) by BD Online;[3] and in 2016 its United States operations were ranked by ArchDaily as the 13th largest architecture firm in the USA.[4] As of 2022, IBI Group has approximately 3,400 employees and more than 60 offices located across six continents.[5][6]

IBI Group's consulting services business is concentrated in three practice areas: Intelligence, Buildings and Infrastructure. By integrating productivity tools, processes and technology innovations developed through IBI’s Intelligence practice, the Company has been able to drive incremental growth in its traditional Buildings and Infrastructures practices, while generating more efficient results for IBI clients.[1] The company's mission is to define the cities of tomorrow and its vision is to be the global partner to plan, design and sustain the cities of tomorrow.[1]

History

The IBI Group was founded in Toronto by nine partners to provide professional planning and design services for urban development and transportation projects.

The firm merged with Robbie/Young + Wright Architects to become Robbie Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects, with noted Toronto architect Rod Robbie as chairman emeritus.[7] In 2004 the firm became a publicly owned entity through the formation of the IBI Income Fund. In 2010 the Fund was converted to a corporation, IBI Group Inc.[8]

The firm's name was derived from the last initials of its two founding principals, Neal Irwin and Phil Beinhaker.[9] The firm has rebranded itself, stating the IBI stands for "Intelligence, Buildings, and Infrastructure."[10]

In July 2022, IBI Group was acquired by Arcadis.[11][12]

Major acquisitions

Since 2000 the firm has expanded through mergers and acquisitions of consulting firms in multiple locations. Some have been folded into the IBI Group brand and others have maintained a distinct identity.[8] The major acquisitions below are listed in chronological order.

Cummings Cockburn

In 2004, IBI Group acquired the Ontario architecture and consulting firm Cumming Cockburn, as well as its subsidiaries CCL Consultants and Marshall Cumming & Associates.[13]

Vancouver office

The Vancouver office expanded through the 2005 merger of Hancock Bruckner, Eng + Wright; Lawrence Doyle Architects; and Young + Wright Architects.[8][14]

Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble

In 2005 the Newmarket, Ontario-based architectural firm of Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble was acquired.[15]

Thomas Blurock Architects

In 2006 the Costa Mesa, California-based educational project-focused firm of Thomas Blurock Architects was acquired and incorporated.[16][17]

Page+Steele

In 2008 the Toronto-based firm of Page+Steele, Architects was acquired and operates as Page+Steele/IBI Group.

Gruzen Samton Architects

In 2009 the New York City based firm of Gruzen Samton Architects, Planners & Interior Designers was acquired. The firm was founded in 1936 and operates as IBI Group.[18][19]

Stevens Group Architects

In 2009 the Toronto-based firm of Stevens Group Architects was acquired.

BFGC Architects, Planners

In 2009, BFGC Architects, Planners, with offices in Bakersfield, San Luis Obispo and San Jose, California, was acquired.

Nightingale Architects

In 2010, Nightingale Architects, with four offices in the United Kingdom, including in London and Cardiff, was acquired.[20][21]

Dull Olson Weekes Architects

In 2010, IBI acquired the Portland, Oregon-based firm of Dull Olson Weekes Architects, a regional specialist in the design of educational facilities with offices in Portland and Seattle, Washington. It has received multiple awards for its work, including the CEFPI/A4LE James D. MacConnell Award for excellence in design and planning, in 2009 for the Rosa Parks School and Community Campus at New Columbia,in 2014 for Trillium Creek Primary School, and in 2020 as a finalist for Mary Lyon Elementary School.[22][23][24] The firm operates as IBI Group Architects.

Cardinal Hardy Architectes

In 2011, the Quebec-based firm of Cardinal Hardy merged with Beinhaker Architecte (within the IBI Group), and became known as Cardinal Hardy Beinhaker Architecte. Groupe Cardinal Hardy merged into the IBI Group. Three years later, in late 2014, it was sold to Montreal-based Lemay.[25]

Carol R. Johnson Associates

In 2011 the Boston based landscape architecture firm Carol R. Johnson Associates was acquired.[26]

Bay Architects

In 2011 the Houston, Texas-based firm of Bay Architects was acquired.[27]

Taylor Young

In 2012, Taylor Young, a United Kingdom-based architectural and master-planning practice headquartered in Cheshire and with offices in Liverpool and London, was acquired.[28]

M-E Companies

In 2012, M-E Companies, an Ohio-based engineering firm with offices in Westerville, Cincinnati and Canton was acquired.[29]

Aspyr

IBI acquired the British Columbia-based Aspyr Engineering on September 3, 2019.[30]

Cole Engineering Group

Cole Engineering Group in Markham

IBI acquired the Cole Engineering Group on December 1, 2020.[31]

Projects

The following are a selection of notable projects:[32][33]

References

  1. ^ a b c "IBI Group 2020 Annual Information Form" (PDF). March 22, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ BC Business, BC Architects Without Borders. January 4, 2011. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  3. ^ WA100-2016 the big list. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  4. ^ These are the Top 300 Architecture Firms in the US, Archdaily, August 2, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  5. ^ "IBI Group March 2022 Corporate Presentation" (PDF). March 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 IBI Group Inc. MD&A + Consolidated Financial Statements" (PDF). ibigroup.com. 2022-03-10. Retrieved 2022-04-13.
  7. ^ National Capital Heavy Construction Association. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  8. ^ a b c IBI Group history. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  9. ^ IBI Group founder to be honored by TAC, IBI Group. July 22, 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  10. ^ Yonge+St.Clair, IBI Group talks architecture. September 1, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  11. ^ "Arcadis acquires IBI Group". Canadian Consulting Engineer. 2022-07-19. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  12. ^ Acadis to acquire architecture and engineering firm IBI Group New Civil Engineer July 20, 2022
  13. ^ IBI Group Company Backgrounder IBI Group p. 11.
  14. ^ Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  15. ^ Bloomberg, Company Overview of Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble, Architects. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  16. ^ PCAD - Blurock, Thomas, Architects, Incorporated (Practice). Retrieved 2017-07-19
  17. ^ Bloomberg snapshot. Retrieved 2017-07-19
  18. ^ Bloomberg company overview. Retrieved 2016-10-13
  19. ^ The Real Deal, TRD topics. Retrieved 2016-10-13
  20. ^ IBI NIghtingale closes Liverpool office, Place Northwest. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  21. ^ [https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/canadian-outfit-snaps-up-nightingale-associates/8600637.article Canadian outfit snaps up Nightingale Associates Architects' Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  22. ^ CEFPI MacConnell 2009 winner, DesignShare. October 19, 2009. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  23. ^ A4LE MacConnell Award archives 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  24. ^ A4LE MacConnell Award archives 2020 Retrieved 2021-12-06
  25. ^ Bergeron, Maxime (17 December 2014). "Lemay vise le monde". La Presse. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  26. ^ "CRJA announces strategic alliance with IBI Group", New England Facilities Development News, High Profile. July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  27. ^ Bloomberg, Company Overview of Bay-IBI Group Architects, Inc.. Retrieved 2015-09-15
  28. ^ [https://web.archive.org/web/20170202003349/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/business-news/canadian-ibi-group-swoops-taylor-1234057 Canadian IBI Group swoops Taylor Manchester Evening News August 3, 2012
  29. ^ M-E Companies acquired by IBI Group of Canada, Columbus Business First, December 13, 2012. Retrieved 2019-10-08
  30. ^ "IBI Group Announces Acquisition of Aspyr". GlobeNewswire. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-11-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  31. ^ IBI Group Announces Asset Acquisition of Cole Engineering Group Ltd IBI Group
  32. ^ IBI Group projects. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  33. ^ IBI Group Texas projects. Retrieved 2016-09-16
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