Expertise
By bringing together architecture, engineering and an ever-expanding roster of specialisms, our philosophy of Total Design has been at the heart of our most ambitious work.
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Buildings
We’ve spent over 70 years refining our approach to building design, always searching for a unity of concept, form, user experience and sustainable use of materials. Our collaborative ethos and breadth of multidisciplinary thinking enable us to produce some of the world’s most ambitious and highest performing buildings.
See related services- Accessible environments
- Architecture
- Building design
- Building information modelling (BIM)
- Building physics
- Building retrofit
- Building services engineering
- Commissioning and building performance evaluation
- Electrical engineering
- Façade engineering
- Facilities management
- Fire engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Public health engineering
- Structural engineering
- Sustainable buildings design
- Vertical transportation design
Advisory services
Wide-ranging business insights, backed by technical and design expertise.
See related services- Business and investor advisory
- Carbon management
- Data insight and analytics
- Digital
- Foresight
- Intelligent transport solutions (ITS)
- Operations consulting
- Operational readiness activation and transition
- Organisational behaviour
- Programme and project management
- Research
- Sustainability consulting
- Transport consulting
- Visualisation
Infrastructure
We help public and private sector clients create the world’s hardest working infrastructure – from metro systems to dams, bridges to power stations, and highways to high speed railways.
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Arup combines local knowledge and investment insights to unlock any scheme’s true potential – from single projects to master plans for new cities.
See related servicesTechnical consulting
We’ve spent over 70 years growing a community of practitioners across the many disciplines that create challenging structures. Our experts are leaders in their fields, pushing the boundaries of what clients can expect in fields as diverse as materials science, building physics, façade engineering, acoustics and geo-technics.
See related services- Acoustic consulting
- Advanced technology and research
- Audio visual and multimedia
- Fluid dynamics
- Geographic information systems
- Geotechnics
- Hydrogeology
- ICT infrastructure design
- Lighting design
- Materials
- Product design
- Quantity surveying
- Seismic design
- Software products
- Technology operations and project management
- Theatre consulting
- Vibration engineering
- Wind engineering
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Service group
Buildings
We’ve spent over 70 years refining our approach to building design, always searching for a unity of concept, form, user experience and sustainable use of materials. Our collaborative ethos and breadth of multidisciplinary thinking enable us to produce some of the world’s most ambitious and highest performing buildings.
A small selection of our services:
- Accessible environments
- Architecture
- Building design
- Building information modelling (BIM)
- Building physics
- Building retrofit
- Building services engineering
- Commissioning and building performance evaluation
- Electrical engineering
- Façade engineering
- Facilities management
- Fire engineering
- Mechanical engineering
- Public health engineering
- Structural engineering
- Sustainable buildings design
- Vertical transportation design
Service group
Advisory services
Wide-ranging business insights, backed by technical and design expertise.
A small selection of our services:
- Business and investor advisory
- Carbon management
- Data insight and analytics
- Digital
- Foresight
- Intelligent transport solutions (ITS)
- Operations consulting
- Operational readiness activation and transition
- Organisational behaviour
- Programme and project management
- Research
- Sustainability consulting
- Transport consulting
- Visualisation
Service group
Infrastructure
We help public and private sector clients create the world’s hardest working infrastructure – from metro systems to dams, bridges to power stations, and highways to high speed railways.
Service group
Planning
Arup combines local knowledge and investment insights to unlock any scheme’s true potential – from single projects to master plans for new cities.
Service group
Technical consulting
We’ve spent over 70 years growing a community of practitioners across the many disciplines that create challenging structures. Our experts are leaders in their fields, pushing the boundaries of what clients can expect in fields as diverse as materials science, building physics, façade engineering, acoustics and geo-technics.
A small selection of our services:
- Acoustic consulting
- Advanced technology and research
- Audio visual and multimedia
- Fluid dynamics
- Geographic information systems
- Geotechnics
- Hydrogeology
- ICT infrastructure design
- Lighting design
- Materials
- Product design
- Quantity surveying
- Seismic design
- Software products
- Technology operations and project management
- Theatre consulting
- Vibration engineering
- Wind engineering
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Arts and Culture
Arup plays a central role in the design and development of many of the world’s favourite cultural institutions.
Arts and Culture
Aviation
Arup is a trusted partner to many of the world’s leading and emerging airports – advising on investment and planning, design and implementation, as well as operations and efficiency improvement
Aviation
Cities
Arup has shaped many of the defining urban projects of the modern era, leading the thinking on cities.
Cities
Commercial Property
Arup helps redefine expectations of high quality urban living and working environments.
Commercial Property
Education
Arup shapes the future of education, its facilities and operations – from primary education to universities, from libraries to research labs.
Education
Energy
Arup works with clients to shape a better world through the efficient, affordable and sustainable sourcing of energy, its dispatch and use.
Energy
Government
Arup works with governments to evaluate, design and implement the hard-working public infrastructure their populations depend on.
Government
Healthcare
Arup shapes healthcare environments and processes which promote healing, efficiency and resilience.
Healthcare
Highways
Arup helps clients plan, produce and predict the shape of the world’s highways – from initial investment advice, to design and research into new mobility systems.
Highways
Hotels and Leisure
Arup leads the way in the development and design of hotel and leisure projects that set new operational, commercial and experiential standards.
Hotels and Leisure
Maritime
Arup helps design, build and re-develop buildings, structures and recreational facilities at the water’s edge, in rivers, estuaries or the sea.
Maritime
Mining
Arup works with clients on effective mining infrastructure – from geo-technics to transport interfaces, from safety to operational design
Mining
Rail
Arup is at the forefront of rail projects that are transforming countries and cities – from High Speed 2 in the UK to New York’s new Second Avenue Subway
Rail
Residential
Arup defines residential schemes that offer a better quality of life for communities, genuine value for property developers and a sustainable future for buildings.
Residential
Resources and Waste
Arup works with clients from environmental planning to the design of waste-to-energy plants – with a commitment to saving vital resources and minimising waste.
Resources and Waste
Retail
Arup works for some of the world’s favourite retailers and developers, designing and engineering ambitious luxury outlets and mall brands alike.
Retail
Science and Industry
Arup works on the development and design of some of the most functionally demanding buildings in the scientific and industrial sector – from laboratories to the data centres that power our world.
Science and Industry
Sport
Arup provides the innovative design and technical expertise required to create spectacular sports venues.
Sport
Water
Arup helps the world manage its water – from the supply of clean drinking water to understanding flood risks, from drainage to sanitation.
Water