History
On 1 July 1991 Mr. E. van
Hijum began a consultancy providing
policy, management and research services to the hydraulic-infrastructure sector.
The consultancy's services were based on the knowledge acquired at WL | Delft
Hydraulics in coastal engineering and offshore structures (from 1972) and with
the Province of Friesland as Waterways Manager (from 1981).
In 1988 the University of Twente opened a Civil Engineering department within the Faculty of Business Administration. Dr H.G. Wind, appointed to manage the department, had previously worked on coastal engineering at WL | Delft Hydraulics since 1974. Until 1992 civil engineering studies were provided within the civil engineering graduation variants of business and public administration. The University launched a Civil Engineering and Management MSc course in 1992. The Civil Engineering and Management discipline carries out research into methods and techniques for the optimum management of the civil-engineering infrastructure. The Civil Engineering and Management course attracted a great deal of interest, and no less than some 140 students enrol every year.
A supporting "civil-engineering infrastructure centre", as a melting pot of theory and practice, would ensure the underlying theory does not remain abstract. In addition, the centre could supply the field management models provided with the necessary theoretical substantiation and readily suited to use in practice.
Dr H.G. Wind and Mr. E. van Hijum, former colleagues at WL | Delft Hydraulics, discussed the idea of a centre of this nature in October 1992. It was decided to start work on the centre straight away, and the first of a series of consultations with the University of Twente took place on 18 November 1992. In parallel with these discussions, in 1993 a series of discussions were held with leading persons in the market to assess the centre's feasibility. On the basis of these findings the Faculty of Applied Business Administration decided to start a trial for a maximum of one year from 1 September 1993. The trial was a success! However, the University of Twente ultimately decided not to participate in the centre.
These developments gave cause to the incorporation of a new private limited liability company in September 1995: INFRAM (from INFRAstructure Management). The company, although autonomous from the University of Twente, was initially located on the University campus. The growth in the company's operations and the need for a more central location resulted in INFRAM's move to Zeewolde on 1 August 1998, when the company also opened a branch at the Geomatics Business Park in Marknesse.
In 1988 the University of Twente opened a Civil Engineering department within the Faculty of Business Administration. Dr H.G. Wind, appointed to manage the department, had previously worked on coastal engineering at WL | Delft Hydraulics since 1974. Until 1992 civil engineering studies were provided within the civil engineering graduation variants of business and public administration. The University launched a Civil Engineering and Management MSc course in 1992. The Civil Engineering and Management discipline carries out research into methods and techniques for the optimum management of the civil-engineering infrastructure. The Civil Engineering and Management course attracted a great deal of interest, and no less than some 140 students enrol every year.
A supporting "civil-engineering infrastructure centre", as a melting pot of theory and practice, would ensure the underlying theory does not remain abstract. In addition, the centre could supply the field management models provided with the necessary theoretical substantiation and readily suited to use in practice.
Dr H.G. Wind and Mr. E. van Hijum, former colleagues at WL | Delft Hydraulics, discussed the idea of a centre of this nature in October 1992. It was decided to start work on the centre straight away, and the first of a series of consultations with the University of Twente took place on 18 November 1992. In parallel with these discussions, in 1993 a series of discussions were held with leading persons in the market to assess the centre's feasibility. On the basis of these findings the Faculty of Applied Business Administration decided to start a trial for a maximum of one year from 1 September 1993. The trial was a success! However, the University of Twente ultimately decided not to participate in the centre.
These developments gave cause to the incorporation of a new private limited liability company in September 1995: INFRAM (from INFRAstructure Management). The company, although autonomous from the University of Twente, was initially located on the University campus. The growth in the company's operations and the need for a more central location resulted in INFRAM's move to Zeewolde on 1 August 1998, when the company also opened a branch at the Geomatics Business Park in Marknesse.
In 2004 INFRAM concentrated its operations at the Geomatics
Business Park in Marknesse.