DHI (company)

DHI is an international water software development and engineering consultancy firm with headquarters in Denmark. The profit-for-purpose organisation addresses all challenges in water environments through consultancy services, MIKE Powered by DHI water modelling software, business applications, data portals and operational services. DHI has 30 offices throughout the world, with software development centres in Singapore and Denmark, and approximately 1050 employees.

DHI takes its name from the acronym Dansk Hydraulisk Institut (Danish Hydraulic Institute), founded in 1964 by the Technical University of Denmark as Vandbygningsinstituttet (The Institute of Water Production).[1] After merging with Vandkvalitetsinstituttet (The Institute for Water Quality) in 2000 and the Dansk Toksikologi Center (Danish Toxicology Centre) in 2005, the organisation simplified its name to DHI.[2]

  1. ^ "Dansk Hydraulisk Institut". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). 29 January 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  2. ^ "DHI". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Retrieved 16 August 2016.