Specialist technical services

To meet the needs of clients, over 60 years Arup has developed an unparalleled range of specialist technical services to help to meet business objectives and to support corporate responsibility and sustainability agendas.

• The Advanced Technology and Research (AT+R) Practice develops innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions to some of the world's most complex engineering and environmental problems.
• The firm's expert fire engineers provide life safety, asset protection, code compliance and business continuity advice.
• Lighting designers offer natural and artificial lighting design to complement and enhance the interior and exterior of buildings, public spaces and venues around the globe.
• Arup's acoustics design teams help our clients to achieve their acoustic aspirations, from creating some of the leading concert halls and opera houses in the world to using innovative techniques to reduce the noise impact of airports, rail systems and highways.
• The firm's theatre consultants help to create the best performance venues, from major entertainment arenas, concert halls and lyric theatres to educational and community facilities.
• Arup's communications specialists understand how technology, the built environment and clients businesses must work together in order to achieve success.
• Arup's clients can realise their opportunities through the convergence of audio visual technology with communication and information technology.
• The firm's product design specialists combine design with technical and commercial insight to develop valuable physical and virtual products. These include architectural products and Arup's Oasys Software for structural, seismic, geotechnical and document management applications.
• Arup's façade engineering specialists work with clients, building engineers and architects to create innovative, yet pragmatic, building envelopes for new and existing buildings across the globe.
• The firm's materials consultants provide specialist advice on materials in construction.

Other skills such as advanced geometric design, building modelling, building physics, fluid dynamics, geotechnics, seismic design, wind engineering and hydrology help to complete Arup’s unrivalled offering.

Research works to expand and communicate its knowledge. The firm builds the foundations for future business by identifying needs and opportunities and by sponsoring research in collaboration with external partners.