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Arup was one of the first engineering consultancies to adopt a holistic multi-disciplined approach to engineering design. A number of its staff have left to form other companies, often with significant parallels with Arup.
In 1976, Edmund Happold (engineer for the Pompidou Centre) and six other engineers left Arup to form Buro Happold in Bath. Mark Whitby left Buro Happold to form Whitby Bird.
In 1999, Chris Wise (engineer for the Millennium Bridge) and Sean Walsh left Arup to form Expedition Engineering in London.
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