Bath-based engineering firm now has 60 partners

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Buro Happold has created 13 new partners, the highest number named in a single year, including one who featured in 黑洞社区鈥檚 Top 50 鈥榮tars of sustainability鈥.

The Bath-based engineering group said the baker鈥檚 dozen represented 鈥渁 quiet confidence in its ability to deliver high-quality, award-winning projects across all sectors鈥.

The firm now has 60 partners across the world, said Paul Rogers, senior partner.

鈥淪elected after a rigorous testing process, all new partners showed incredible passion for their sector and were chosen for their expert knowledge, ambition, drive and cultural alignment with the business,鈥 he added.

Duncan Price, one of the 13, featured in 黑洞社区鈥檚 Top 50 Stars of Sustainability in 2013,  said he was excited to be shaping the future direction of the practice so that it would be 鈥渞ecognised as a leader in sustainable development鈥.

Another of the new partners, Claire Smith, said she was keen to beef up Buro Happold鈥檚 activity in the South West. Based in Bath and with 25 years鈥 experience in structural engineering, Smith said she hoped 鈥渢o continue to actively support the development of our young engineers, delivering great projects and having fun along the way鈥.

Along with 10 new UK-based partners Buro Happold conferred partnerships on individuals based in Boston and Los Angeles in the US and Abu-Dhabi.