The story
The firm was founded by Edwin Gifford, a pioneer of prestressed structures, in Southampton in 1951 under the name E.W.H. Gifford & Partners. It won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in 2002.
In March 2011, Gifford was bought by the consulting engineering company Ramboll.
From Wikipedia’s article on Gifford (company), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4