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Back to SearchGHD has strengthened its integrated Property and Buildings practice in Australasia, with the acquisition of Olsson Fire & Risk (OFR), a New Zealand and Australian fire engineering business.
OFR comprises 45 employees in Australia and New Zealand.Internationallyrenowned and respected, OFR brings a range of fire engineering capabilities to GHD’s already strong Property and Buildings team, including extensive experience in fire safety, fire protection, passive fire management and computational fluid dynamics.
Recent notable fire protection projects for OFR include the Cardrona Skifield Refurbishment, Sumner Community Centre, iFly Indoor Skydiving Centre in New Zealand, and Iglu Student Accommodation and Reserve Bank of Australia Head Office in Australia.
Ian Fraser, General Manager, Asia Pacific, GHD, says, “OFR has a strong reputation in the market for delivering outstanding fire solutions to both private and public sector clients. These capabilities are a fantastic addition to extend the services we offer our clients in the Property and Buildings space, and more broadly across the infrastructure sector. With strongly aligned values, we look forward to working together as one team to offer our clients a seamless and integrated service.”
Per Olsson, Chief Executive Officer, OFR, says, “OFR partners with owners, designers and builders for private, commercial and public sector works. By joining GHD, we are able to bring our distinctive fire engineering solutions to clients globally, including risk assessment to design, engineering, approval and implementation of safer and smarter fire engineering protection solutions. We are looking forward to working as part of GHD’s connected global network, including a highly experienced Fire and Life Safety team in the USA.”
Olsson Fire & Risk operations in the UK are not included in the acquisition and will trade as OFR Consultants in the UK.
About Olsson Fire & Risk
Olsson Fire & Risk was founded by Per Olsson and Carl Voss, and has been growing throughout Australia and New Zealand since 2011. With a proven track record of client-centric fire engineering solutions, Olsson Fire and Risk practitioners provide global insight into local fire engineering solutions.