User:Kringlerne/Grontmij Carl Bro

Grontmij | Carl Bro is a sustainable design, engineering and management consultancy active in the growth markets of water, energy, transportation and sustainable planning and design. It is part of Grontmij a Dutch engineeging company ranked the fourth largest consultancy in Europe and listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange. Grontmij | Carl Bro head quarters is located in Glostrup, Denmark, and employes around 1,300 employees in Denmark.

The name Grontmij | Carl Bro

The founder of one of Denmark's largest consulting engineer businesses was named Carl Bro. He had an academic degree in engineering, and in 1959 he established the firm Carl Bro. The founder of Carl Bro was born in 1926 and died in 2006.

The Dutch engineering group acquiring the company Carl Bro in 2006 is named Grontmij. This name has been compounded from the letters in the Dutch terms for soil improvement and reclamation company, respectively (GRondverbetering, ONTginningsMaatschappIJ).