Type Public Area served Worldwide Number of employees 2,400 Subsidiaries Page and Steele | Traded as TSX: IBG Headquarters Toronto, Canada Founded 1974 | |
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Industry Professional services
Architecture design
Landscape architectureEngineering
Civil engineering Number of locations Canada, Caribbean, China, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Mexico, UAE, United Kingdom, United States Key people Scott Stewart-CEO
David Thom-President Stock price IBG (TSE) CA$ 6.15 -0.04 (-0.65%)17 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer Profiles | ||
IBI Group Inc. is a Canadian-based international professional services company consulting in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, landscape architecture, transportation, and technology. Founded in 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, IBI Group provides professional consulting services around the world. Since 2011 it has 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); in 2016 it was ranked as the 8th largest architecture firm (with 836 fee-earning architects) by BD Online; and in 2016 its United States operations were ranked by Archdaily as the 13th largest architecture firm in the USA. As of 2016, it has over 2,400 employees and more than 60 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. In 2016 its operations in Canada accounted for 60% of its workload, its US operations 20%, and the UK operations 15%.
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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 Inc. to become Robbie Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects, with noted Toronto architect Rod Robbie as chairman emeritus. 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.
The firm's name was derived from the last initials of its two founding principals, Neal Irwin and Phil Beinhaker. The firm has rebranded itself, stating the IBI stands for “Intelligence, Buildings, and Infrastructure.”
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. The major acquisitions below are listed in chronological order.
Vancouver office
The Vancouver, BC office was formed through the 2005 merger of Hancock Bruckner, Eng + Wright; Lawrence Doyle Architects; and Young + Wright Architects.
Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble
In 2005 the Newmarket, Ontario-based architectural firm of Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble was acquired.
Page+Steele
In 2008 the Toronto-based firm of Page+Steele Inc., 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 LLP was acquired. The firm was founded in 1936 and continues to operate as IBI Group - Gruzen Samton.
Stevens Group Architects
In 2009 the Toronto-based firm of Stevens Group Architects Inc. was acquired.
Nightingale Architects Ltd.
In 2010, Nightingale Architects Ltd., with four offices in the United Kingdom, including in London and Cardiff, was acquired.
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. The firm 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 and in 2014 for Trillium Creek Primary School. It operates as Dull Olson Weekes - IBI Group Architects.
Cardinal Hardy Architectes
In 2011, the Quebec-based firm of Cardinal Hardy Beinhaker Architecte merged with Beinhaker Architecte (within the IBI Group), and is now known as Caridnal Hardy Beinhaker Architecte. Groupe Cardinal Hardy Inc. merged into the IBI Group.
Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc.
In 2011 the Boston-based landscape architecture firm Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc. was acquired.
Bay Architects
In 2011 the Houston, Texas-based firm of Bay Architects Inc. was acquired.
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.
Projects
The following are a selection of notable projects: