The history of Artelia from 1930 to 2023.<\/p>\n
Artelia has developed into one of the country’s leading companies of consulting engineers.<\/p>\n<\/div>
In 1930, civil engineer A.J. Moe was commissioned to design an extension to the H.C. \u00d8rsted Power Station. Throughout the 90 years that have passed since this assignment, Artelia has designed energy-generating plants all over Denmark, including iconic projects such as the Aved\u00f8re Power Station and Amager Bakke.<\/p>\n
We have thus taken part in the development of the energy sector and the introduction of sustainable technologies. Over the years, we have designed all the blocks at the Amager Power Plant, and subsequently participated in the conversion of Blocks 1 and 2 from coal to biomass. The new biomass-fired block BIO4 is the crowning glory that ensures the green conversion of the plant.<\/p>\n<\/div>
World War II and 6,000 bunkers<\/strong> Today, the bunkers are a part of the urban landscape in many places, where they form small green ridges in an otherwise flat Danish landscape. They are often used as rehearsal rooms or other creative purposes, and Artelia has also participated in creating a museum bunker in Frederiksberg.<\/p>\n Artelia even has its own bunker located at the office in N\u00e6stved.<\/p>\n<\/div> The merger and Copenhagen Airport<\/strong> O.H. Br\u00f8dsgaard had a long-term relationship with Copenhagen Airport, stretching all the way back to the Vilhelm Lauritzen Terminal from 1939. The company was the engineer for the terminal, and many years later Artelia participated in moving the historic building in conjunction with the expansion of the airport in 1999. Today, the terminal is used for special events, such as state visits or the celebration of victorious Danish athletes returning from various international tournaments.<\/p>\n O.H. Br\u00f8dsgaard was the engineer for the massive expansion of the runways in the 1960-70s, which was the largest construction project at the time. This helped lay the foun-dation for infrastructure as one of our three major business areas.<\/p>\n Throughout time, Artelia has contributed to countless building and construction projects at Copenhagen Airport, and we are still strongly represented there.<\/p>\n<\/div> A black diamond and a blue planet<\/strong> Development and growth<\/strong> The development of the company resulted in a massive employee growth, which meant that the head office was moved to a new, sustainable and DGNB certified domicile in Gladsaxe in 2013. The building was designed by Artelia in collaboration with Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects.<\/p>\n Since then, the subsidiary, Pacific Tech Solutions (PTS) followed in the Philippines. PTS is a platform for increased competitiveness and resource reliability in the Danish market, and is also a local consultant solving projects in the fields of sustainable energy and buildings in the Philippines.<\/p>\n<\/div> International ambitions<\/strong> Today Artelia is a company with more than 900 employees. The unique Artelia culture remains an important foundation, and we maintain our values, such as trust, dialogue and freedom under responsibility, while social events help create close relationships across the company.<\/p>\n In 2019, Artelia joined Artelia Group. Over the years, Artelia has evolved from a traditional engineering company to an international multidisciplinary consulting group.<\/p>\n<\/div> Establishment of a pharma division<\/strong><\/p>\n In May 2022, LBP Engineering became part of Artelia Denmark. The merger was a win-win match. With LBP’s strong competences within process engineering facilities, testing and qualification, and Artelia’s broad multidisciplinary competences, a pharma division was created that is among the largest on the Danish market.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nLarge concrete structures were the core com-petency of the small company that had already made a mark as one of the country’s leading consultants for large power plants. That is why A.J. Moe was given the unique task to build 6,000 shelters all over Denmark during Second World War. The company was responsible for preparing the design of the bunkers and designed a considerable portion of them itself, while the rest were designed in collaboration with a nationwide network of other engineering firms.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1992, A.J Moe merged with O.H Br\u00f8dsgaard and formed the company Moe & Br\u00f8dsgaard. This added an exciting chapter to our history and a new professional DNA which still applies today.<\/p>\n
\nIn 1999, the new addition to The Royal Danish Libary known as The Black Diamond opened the doors. This marked the beginning of an era of Artelia working as a consultant on a broad spectrum of groundbreaking iconic buildings in collaboration with world-renowned Danish architects. The engineering design of the spectacular architecture from the turn of the millennium onwards has made its mark on our work methods, where creative innovation is required to translate the vision of the architects into buildable reality. Artelia has been at the forefront of the field in the use of BIM and ICT. A good example of this is The Danish National Aquarium, The Blue Planet, which is world-renowned for its organic expression, which mimics circular water currents, the movement of fish shoals and the galaxies of the universe. The unique shape and double-curved fa\u00e7ades did not allow the use of standard solutions, and the digital tools were taken to new heights in the calculation of advanced building geometry.<\/p>\n<\/div>
\nIn parallel to this, we expanded our business significantly throughout the first decade of the century, with many new consulting services and customer segments. Client consulting became an important discipline, and with projects such as R\u00f8dovre Centrum, we became Denmark’s largest retail consultant. From 2003, Artelia acquired a series of engineering companies in major Danish cities, which gave us nationwide coverage. In 2009, Artelia acquired Polyplan in Norway that became our first subsidiary.<\/p>\n
\nArtelia has its roots in the expansion of the H.C. \u00d8rsted Power Plant. Today, 90 years later,\u00a0 our biggest project to date, Amager Bakke has opened its doors. The plant is one of the world’s cleanest waste-to-energy plants, and is also a recreational urban area.<\/p>\n