Print Home Nederlands Organisation Areas of expertise Approach Projects Working with us News Contact us Home > Organisation > History Organisation + Mission and vision + International + Strategic alliances + History + Ownership structure + Organisational structure + Key facts and figures + Annual report + Corporate Responsibility + Company code + Art+Technology Award + Jaap van der Graaf Award A picture of Witteveen+Bos 1 2 3 History It was in 1946 that Prof. G.S. Bos (1908-2004) and engineer W.G. Witteveen (1891-1979) established an engineering and consultancy firm called 'Stedebouwkundig advies- en ingenieursbureau Witteveen en Bos c.i.' to work on urban planning. From 1924 to 1945, Witteveen had worked in Rotterdam at different times as Head of Urban Expansion and Buildings, City Architect, Director of Urban Development, Director of the Municipal Engineering Department and Director of the Rotterdam City Planning Advisory Office. After qualifying as a civil engineer at the Delft University of Technology, Bos spent four years working at the Amsterdam Public Works Department and six years at the municipality of Enschede. He produced a plan for Enschede’s sewer system and what at the time was the largest sewage treatment works in the Netherlands. The two men met each other by chance and the chemistry between them worked from the start. Someone advised Witteveen one day to meet with Bos, who was at the time attempting to start his own engineering firm. Bos has always called it an incredible story: 'Half a day after this advice there was a meeting between the famous urban planner and a completely unknown civil engineer seventeen years his younger. After talking after lunch for less than an hour, the decision was taken to enter into a partnership to establish an engineering firm for urban development and public works'. The partnership contract was penned on just one sheet of A4 paper and survived until 1 January 1958 when Witteveen retired. Their successful association was built upon trust and reliability. Witteveen+Bos is now one of the leading engineering firms in the Netherlands with a workforce of more than 1000. Witteveen+Bos is ready for the future and remains staunchly dedicated to its critical quality attributes: expert, reliable and committed. These are precisely the attributes that our founders cherished. Cookies Offices Sitemap Contact Disclaimer Links

Print Home Nederlands Organisation Areas of expertise Approach Projects Working with us News Contact us Home > Head office Contact us + Dutch offices + International offices A picture of Witteveen+Bos 1 2 Head office Van Twickelostraat 2 P.O. Box 233 7400 AE Deventer The Netherlands t +31 570 69 79 11 f +31 570 61 67 95 info@witteveenbos.com Witteveen+Bos Raadgevende ingenieurs B.V., Deventer Chamber of Commerce no: 38020751 Cookies Offices Sitemap Contact Disclaimer Links