Engineering consultancy Grontmij, which has an office in Bristol, has this week rebranded as Sweco, marking the completion of its acquisition by Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancy.
Dutch firm Grontmij was bought last October by Swedish firm Sweco. The enlarged Stockholm-based group has 14,500 employees, sales of approximately SEK 16bn (£1.3bn) and is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. 
In the UK it employs 800 people and has particular expertise in the fields of energy, transportation, environment, asset management, sustainable buildings and water.
It consults on major projects nationwide via its network of 11 offices including its Bristol base in Queen Charlotte Street.
The office is one of the backers of the UK’s first bus powered by human waste. The 40-seater Bio-Bus, which runs on gas generated through the treatment of sewage and food waste unfit for human consumption, has been operating in Bristol for more than a year.
Sweco has its UK head office in Leeds. Its managing director Max Joy said: “Our rebrand represents the next step of our successful integration of Grontmij into Sweco. We are Europe’s leading engineering consultancy and are already providing our UK clients with the benefits that this combined knowledge and experience brings.
“The UK construction industry is resurgent and presents us and our clients with a multitude of opportunities. Sweco has a distinct, intelligent approach to the way it consults which is insight-driven and dedicated to planning and designing the communities and cities of the future. We are confident this formula will prove as successful here as it does throughout mainland Europe and the world.”
