BSCP joins Cheshire based GHA Livigunn Group

GHA Livigunn, a leading North West based multi-disciplinary engineering design consultancy with offices in Cheadle and Frodsham, has today joined forces with Birkett Stevens Colman Partnership (BSCP), a Yorkshire based civil and structural design consultancy.  

The joining of the two companies brings together a professional workforce of over a 100 with a group turnover in excess of £7 million and reinforces the commitment to the growth of both companies in the UK, a significant statement of intent given the current financial climate.

For the immediate future, GHA Livigunn and BSCP will continue to trade and operate under their existing identities, offering all existing and new clients a full range of services from the Frodsham, Cheadle and Leeds offices.  Current BSCP directors Frank Parkinson and Glyn Jones will take this opportunity to retire from the company but will be retained as consultants to the business.

Mark Ingram, GHA Livigunn’s Managing Director, said: “This is a very exciting time for both companies and this merger will strengthen our position in all of the sectors we currently serve, particularly in water, education and food retail.  Having created one of the country’s largest independent multi-disciplinary design consultancies we look forward to continuing our high levels of service to all our current and future clients for which both companies are well known”.

He added: “We are delighted too that retiring BSCP Directors Frank Parkinson and Glyn Jones are remaining as consultants to ensure the continuity of the business.  We are also pleased to announce that Baxter Ireland and Julian Testo will continue as Directors of BSCP with Baxter agreeing to take on the role of Divisional Director responsible for the Leeds office.”

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 For further information please contact: Mark Ingram on 01928 734777 or email: mark.ingram@ghalivigunn.com

Notes to Editors  

1.   BSCP was founded in 1960 and is one of the largest independent civil/structural consulting practices in the North of England.  Based in the commercial centre of Leeds the practice has undertaken a variety of important central and local government projects as well as significant institutional, retail, private, commercial and industrial developments.  Over the last few years BSCP has expanded its sphere of operations to include a number of overseas projects, notably in the Middle East, China, Asia, Hong Kong, Israel, Africa and the Caribbean.

2.   BSCP employs 30 staff in the UK with a turnover circa £2.0 million.

3.   GHA Livigunn was created in 2006 through the amalgamation of Cheadle based George Hutchison Associates Ltd (GHA), a renowned Civil and Structural Engineering Consultancy, with Frodsham based Livingston Gunn Projects Ltd (Livigunn), a specialist Process, Mechanical & Electrical Design Consultancy.  Since the merger, GHA Livigunn has continued to make a name for its-self as one of the country’s leading multi-disciplinary design consultancies.

4.   GHA Livigunn currently employs a professional workforce of 75 in the UK with a group turnover circa £5.3 million.

5.   www.bscp.co.uk and www.ghalivigunn.com.