IBI Group
IBI Group is a multidisciplinary consulting and engineering firm which provides services to public and private sectors out of 74 offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. IBI Group was founded in 1974 with an original base of thirty in Canada. Currently, the firm employs over 3,000 persons.IBI Group provides professional services in four broad areas:
Urban Land: including strategic assessment of urban development and rural planning and servicing options, market, economic and financial assessments, site and subdivision planning, regional economic studies, demographic projections, socio-economic impact assessments, tourism and recreation planning, housing analyses, environmental assessments, official plans, zoning by-laws, approvals assistance, consensus building and expert testimony;
Transportation: including: people, goods and information movement within and between facilities, urban and inter urban, road, transit, rail, air and marine modes, intermodal systems, parking and loading facilities, terminals, and ways. The arm’s transportation practice includes planning, surveys, environmental assessment, market assessment, operations, financial /economic/regulatory analyses, due diligence studies, sustainable transportation and energy analyses, policy evaluation, traffic engineering, intelligent transportation systems and advanced public transit systems;
Systems: including planning/design/implementation of advanced information, communications, security and control systems applied to communities, buildings, transportation and commerce. Services provided include network architecture planning and design, business process re-engineering, telecommunications facility and infrastructure design and implementation, computer hardware and software development, implementation and operations support and E-business solutions;
Facilities: including urban design of building complexes, parks and major civic open spaces, and planning and design of commercial, industrial, residential and institutional buildings, municipal infrastructure, transportation terminals and parking and loading facilities.
Related services include: policy and program evaluation, corporate planning, health care planning, emergency transportation, operational reviews, information and communications systems, organizational reviews, economic and financial analyses, market assessments, behavioural and attitudinal surveys, public consultation and user group programs, conflict resolution, program implementation assistance, and project management.
The firm represents a unique combination of analysts, synthesists and designers, with the interactions among them producing creative approaches to research, planning, design, and implementation activities.
IBI Group has extensive experience in planning, design, deployment, and operation of smart mobility systems, including tolling, traffic management, traveler information, commercial vehicle operations, transit management and traffic management centers.
The disciplines within the firm include transportation planners and engineers, electronic engineers, electrical engineers, communications engineers, civil engineers, software analysts, systems engineers and architects. Our services include applied research, feasibility studies, high level design, detailed design, contract preparation, software development, systems management, systems integration, and operations support.
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.