News 2017

The University of Manchester has now entered into contract on the creation of the 46-metres high Henry Royce National Institute, the national body promoting research and applications in advanced materials.

The Society of Façade Engineers honour Tate Modern Blavatnik Building at the Façade2017 Award ceremony.

Today marks a key milestone for Paradise, Birmingham, with the topping out of the first building, One Chamberlain Square.

The new bridge crossing over the River Wear is officially named 'Northern Spire' giving a strong, memorable name to an iconic structure that will become synonymous with Sunderland.

New Cavendish III building receives major funding boost thanks to the Dolby family donating £85m to one of the most prominent Physics research institutions in the world. It represents the largest philanthropic donation ever made to UK science.

Hilde Tonne will assume the position as Chief Innovation Officer in the Ramboll Group as of 1 January 2018.  As a new member of the Group Executive Board she will head the digital transformation of the leading international consultancy.

Together with Knight Architects and Eadon Consulting, Ramboll (as lead consultant) has won the contract to deliver full design services for two replacement highway bridges in Bermuda.

Today, 1st December, is Antarctica Day. This celebrates the signing of the Antarctic Treaty by 12 nations in 1959, setting aside nearly 10% of the Earth "forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes...in the interests of all mankind”.

The government's Industrial Strategy White Paper is launched in a bid to boost productivity and the economy and prepare the ground for a post-Brexit future. Ramboll Environ’s UK Managing Principal, Matt Davies, gives his thoughts on how the strategy will affect the environmental sector.

The congress and conference centre near Krakow’s historical centre is a major new-build development. It comprises a 1,800-seat concert hall, a 500-seat theatre, a studio theatre and various ancillary break-out spaces.

The citizenM hotel, Tower of London has been awarded Urban Hotel (new build) of the year at the Awards of Hospitality Experience & Design (AHEAD). The annual AHEAD awards recognise outstanding design in the hospitality sector across all of Europe.

The Queensferry Crossing has been named as this years Outright Winner in the prestigious Concrete Society Awards, with the Milford on Sea Beach Huts also being Highly Commended.