IBI Group

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);[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 2016, it has over 2,400 employees and more than 60 offices in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.[5] In 2016 its operations in Canada accounted for 60% of its workload, its US operations 20%, and the UK operations 15%.[3]

IBI Group Inc.
TypePublic
TSX: IBG
Industry
Founded1974
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 $20.46 million (2018)[1]
AUMCAD $255 million (2015)[1]
Number of employees
2,600 (2019)
Websitewww.ibigroup.com

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.[6] 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.[5]

The firm's name was derived from the last initials of its two founding principals, Neal Irwin and Phil Beinhaker.[7]

The firm has rebranded itself, stating the IBI stands for "Intelligence, Buildings, and Infrastructure."[8]

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.[5] The major acquisitions below are listed in chronological order.

Vancouver office

The Vancouver, BC office expanded through the 2005 merger of Hancock Bruckner, Eng + Wright; Lawrence Doyle Architects; and Young + Wright Architects.[5][9]

Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble

In 2005 the Newmarket, Ontario-based architectural firm of Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble was acquired.[10]

Thomas Blurock Architects

In 2006 the Costa Mesa, California-based educational project-focused firm of Thomas Blurock Architects, Inc. was acquired and incorporated.[11][12]

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 operates as IBI Group.[13][14]

Stevens Group Architects

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

BFGC Architects, Planners

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

Nightingale Architects Ltd.

In 2010, Nightingale Architects Ltd., with four offices in the United Kingdom, including in London and Cardiff, was acquired.[15][16]

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.[17][18] It 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 Inc. merged into the IBI Group. Three years later, in late 2014, it was sold to Montreal-based Lemay.[19]

Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc.

In 2011 the Boston-based landscape architecture firm Carol R. Johnson Associates, Inc. was acquired.[20]

Bay Architects

In 2011 the Houston, Texas-based firm of Bay Architects Inc. was acquired.[21]

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.[22]

M-E Companies

In 2012, M-E Companies Inc., an Ohio-based engineering firm with offices in Westerville, Cincinnati, and Canton was acquired.[23]

Aspyr

IBI acquired the British Columbia-based Aspyr Engineering on the 3rd of September 2019.[24]

Projects

The following are a selection of notable projects:[25][26]

References
  1. IBI Group financial statement 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-08
  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 history. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  6. National Capital Heavy Construction Association. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  7. IBI Group founder to be honored by TAC, IBI Group. July 22, 2014. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  8. Yonge+St.Clair, IBI Group talks architecture. September 1, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  9. Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  10. Bloomberg, Company Overview of Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble, Architects. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  11. PCAD - Blurock, Thomas, Architects, Incorporated (Practice). Retrieved 2017-07-19
  12. Bloomberg snapshot. Retrieved 2017-07-19
  13. Bloomberg company overview. Retrieved 2016-10-13
  14. The Real Deal, TRD topics. Retrieved 2016-10-13
  15. IBI NIghtingale closes Liverpool office, Place Northwest. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  16. "Canadian outfit snaps up Nightingale Associates", Architects Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  17. CEFPI MacConnell 2009 winner, DesignShare. October 19, 2009. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  18. A4LE MacConnell Award archives. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  19. Bergeron, Maxime (17 December 2014). "Lemay vise le monde". La Presse+. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  20. "CRJA announces strategic alliance with IBI Group", New England Facilities Development News, High Profile. July 15, 2011. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  21. Bloomberg, Company Overview of Bay-IBI Group Architects, Inc.. Retrieved 2015-09-15
  22. "Canadian IBI Group swoops Taylor", Manchester Evening News, 3 August 2012. Retrieved 2016-09-15
  23. M-E Companies acquired by IBI Group of Canada, Columbus Business First, Dec 13, 2012. Retrieved 2019-10-08
  24. "IBI Group Announces Acquisition of Aspyr". GlobeNewswire News Room. 2019-09-03. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  25. IBI Group projects. Retrieved 2016-09-16
  26. IBI Group Texas projects. Retrieved 2016-09-16
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