IBI Group was founded in 1974 and is a leading, international, multi-disciplinary provider of a broad range of professional services focused on the physical development of cities. IBI’s business is concentrated in four main areas of development: Urban Land, Facilities, Transportation and Systems. The professional services provided by IBI include planning, design, implementation, analysis of operations and other consulting services related to these four main areas of development.
IBI’s professionals have a broad range of academic backgrounds and experience in urban design and planning, architecture, interior design, civil engineering, transportation engineering, traffic engineering, systems engineering, urban geography, real estate analysis, landscape architecture, communications engineering, software development and many other areas of expertise, all contributing to the four areas in which IBI practices.
The firm’s clients include national, provincial, state and local government agencies and public institutions, as well as leading companies in real estate building, land and infrastructure development, transportation and the communications industries and in other business areas. IBI provides these services in major cities across Canada, the United States and western Europe, as well as in other international cities.
As part of IBI’s ongoing growth strategy, the following firms have recently become affiliated with IBI Group:
- February 18, 2010
MAAK Technologies Group Inc.
For 12 years, MAAK has fostered a reputation for creative and reliable work in the engineering and systems design/development fields. The two MAAK offices, one in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and the other in Trinidad, work with clients in the industrial and pharmaceutical industries as well as municipal and other government agencies.
- November 23, 2009
Tetra Design, Inc. now Tetra - IBI Group Architects, Planners
Tetra has practiced architecture, interior design, and master planning in California and have established a remarkable reputation with a wide range of public agencies along with various private clients in the health care and real estate industries.
- August 31, 2009
Stevens Group Architects now SGA - IBI Group Architects
Architectural practice with focus on transit and educational facilities, along with other building types, throughout the urban areas of Southern Ontario.
- August 4, 2009
BFGC Architects, Planners, Inc. now BFGC - IBI Group Architects, Planners
BFGC has established a very strong reputation in the research, planning and design and construction phase services with particular focus on educational facilities for colleges and K-12 schools.
- May 19, 2009
Gruzen Samton Architects, Planners and Interior Designers LLP now Gruzen Samton - IBI Group architects, engineers, landscape architects; a NY general partnership
Highly regarded name in the practice of architecture, planning and interior design. The firm is known for its creative talent, technical expertise and consistency of professional services to its clients.
- July 4, 2008
Page + Steele Architects, Inc. now Page + Steele / IBI Group Architects
Have extensive expertise in the design of retail, residential, hotel and office uses. Its reputation for residential design has led to many Canadian and International commissions and residential projects for some of the largest developers in North America. Based in Toronto, Ontario.
- June 26, 2008
Giffels Professional Engineering Practice
Giffels is a Legacy Firm, originally established in Detroit, USA in 1925. Giffels Professional Engineering, Ontario, Canada was established in 1949. The US and Canadian Giffels operations separated and were reunited in 2005 with the acquisition of Giffels Inc. USA. The combined Giffels Professional Engineering (GPE); Giffels Associates Limited Canada and Dubai; Giffels, Inc., USA; and Giffels International; collectively carry on professional engineering consulting services and related architectural services for the pre-design, design, construction and post-construction stages of projects broadly within industrial and infrastructure fields, and more specifically involving structural, mechanical and electrical building services, (SME) Engineering; architecture in direct support of SME Engineering Services: civil engineering; land/site development engineering; process and industrial engineering; environmental engineering; and transportation engineering in the following market segments;
- transit, roads and highways;
- aviation systems;
- municipal services and utilities;
- power generation and distribution;
- manufacturing and warehousing;
- logistics and materials handling; and
- automotive facilities.
The total staff complement of GPE is approximately 375 with 225 Giffels Associates Limited in Canada, 10 of Giffels Associates Limited in Dubai and 140 Giffels Inc. in the USA of whom 124 are located in Southfield, Michigan, (the Detroit Metropolitan Area), and 16 in Raleigh, North Carolina.
- May 15, 2008
Martin + Marcotte Architectes
Full service architectural practice in Montréal, Quebec.
Acquired by IBI affiliate Beinhaker Architecte.
- May 13, 2008
Rhon Ernest-Jones Consulting Engineers Inc.
Civil Engineers, Transportation Planners and Traffic Engineers, Land Planners, and Landscape Architects servicing both private and public sector clients in Florida.
- February 1, 2008
Piranha Tendances
Montreal based consultants with a focus on strategy, communications, market research and branding of facilities, products and services.
- January 31, 2008
Young + Wright Architects Inc., now Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects in Toronto
Robbie / Young + Wright Architects Inc., now Robbie / Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects in Toronto
Doyle / Young + Wright Architects Inc., now IBI / HB Architects in Vancouver
Broad architectural practice comprising institutional buildings for education, community facilities, retail, entertainment and sports, work place and residential facilities.
- December 20, 2007
Landplan Associates, now IBI / Landplan
A Landscape Architecture and Urban Design practice in Calgary, Alberta.
- November 29, 2007
Bearsch Compeau Knudson, Architects & Engineers, PC
A full service architectural, engineering, site design, and construction management firm located in Binghamton, New York.
- October 29, 2007
Planning & Engineering Initiatives Ltd.
Multi-disciplinary team of Professional Planners, Engineers and Landscape Architects in Ontario.
- May 3, 2007
RMPK Group, Inc.
Multi-disciplinary consulting firm practicing Urban Planning & Design, and Landscape Architecture in Florida.
- September 05, 2006
Scharf & Associates, Inc.
Architects and Planners of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. - September 05, 2006
Thomas Blurock Architects, Inc. now IBI / Blurock
Specializing in architectural practice for a diverse range of educational facilities southern California. - July 21, 2006
Tomasino & Associates, Inc., now IBI Group, Inc.
Consulting Engineers and Surveyors of Tampa, Florida. - January 18, 2006
Daniel Arbour & Associates SENC
Providing urban and regional planning, design, and other professional services.
- September 01, 2005
Hancock, Brückner, Eng + Wright, now IBI / HB Architects
Specializing in high-rise residential architecture.
- August 31, 2005
Grey-Noble & Grey-Noble Architects, now IBI Group
Specializing in educational facilities design.
- August 31, 2004
Marshall Cummings, now MC / IBI
Interior Design Consultants.
- August 31, 2004
CCL Consultants Inc. now IBI Group
Florida-based civil engineering consulting practice.
- August 31, 2004
Cumming Cockburn Limited, now IBI Group
Southern Ontario-based civil engineering consulting practice.