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Aurecon is a leading, vibrant, global group created by the recent coming together of three world class companies, namely Africon, Connell Wagner and Ninham Shand.

Africon was South Africa's largest multidisciplinary engineering consultancy ranked amongst the world's 'top 200 international design firms '. The company, established in 1951, had an employee complement of more than 1 900 and an office network extending across South Africa, the rest of Africa and the Middle East. Africon served both the public and private sectors within the fields of transportation, property, municipal services, energy, and mining.

Connell Wagner was one of Asia Pacific's largest and most experienced multi-disciplinary technical consultancies. It had a proud history spanning more than 75 years, an employee complement of some 4 200, and a network of 49 offices in 12 countries across Australasia, South-East Asia, China, India and the Middle East. The company provided a broad range of professional technical services spanning diverse market sectors, namely buildings, industrial, transportation, urban development, water, international development, environment, energy, telecommunications and defence.

Ninham Shand was also one of South Africa's leading, privately owned companies of consulting engineers and environmental scientists with a proud history spanning over 76 years. The company had an employee complement of almost 600 and a network of 19 offices spreading throughout South Africa and into Lesotho and Mozambique. Active in a wide variety of disciplines, Ninham Shand offered a comprehensive consulting service which included water resources and supply, heavy engineering, purification, infrastructure services, structures and buildings, transportation and roads, and environmental science.