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  • 10th GHA Livigunn Challenge

    27th Jan 2012

    Plans are now underway for the 10th GHA Livigunn Challenge, which is to be held in a secret location in the beautiful region of North Wales. The weekend involves a schedule of outdoor activities, testing competititors both physically and mentally, over the weekend of 15th-17th June 2012. The GHA Livigunn Challenge is an outdoor...more

  • ICE Management Prize

    23rd Jan 2012

    The ICE North West Management Group awarded Liverpool University graduate Robert Byrne with the 2011 Undergraduate Prize Stewart Tennant, Divisional Director of GHA Livigunn and Chair of the Management Group presented Robert with a certificate and a £250 cheque, the prize was sponsored jointly by GHA Livigunn and KMI Plus. ...more

  • Carol Concert once again supported by GHA Livigunn

    4th Jan 2012

    The annual ICE North West Christmas Concert raised £750 for charity GHA Livigunn supported the 4th annual ICE North West Carol Concert on Thursday 15 th December, where a crowd of around 250 people gathered at St Ann's Church in Manchester for some festive entertainment and refreshments. The concert was open to...more

  • Gunnsight Christmas Edition 2011

    23rd Dec 2011

    Welcome to the 7th edition of our company newsletter Gunnsight, containing articles and news about our recent projects and achievements. Included in this edition is news of our Telegraph 1000 listing, the Manchester Careers Fair, the ICE Carol Concert and staff news. Click to read Gunnsight 7 - Christmas Edition ...more

  • Two projects shortlisted for ICE North West Awards

    17th Nov 2011

    Following the success of an ICE Community Award win last year, GHA Livigunn have been shortlisted for two awards at the ICE North West Civil Engineering Awards 2012. Whether it's going across a river or over a major dual carriageway, the GHA Livigunn team have got what it takes with two projects shortlisted in the Small Project of...more

  • Manchester Careers Fair 2011

    16th Nov 2011

    GHA Livigunn once again had a stand at the annual Civils and Construction Careers Fair held at Manchester University on the 10th of November. The event hosted by the Manchester University Civils and Construction Society was a great success, with students from all years and engineering disciplines showing their interest in recruitment...more

  • Works at River Lune Crossing complete

    6th Oct 2011

    The first stage of works to improve the quality of water in the River Lune is complete, a 200m rising main crossing the River Lune was successully installed in September The £6 million Untited Utilities project to make major improvements to storm water overflows around Lancaster is well underway, which will help meet tough EU...more

  • GHA Livigunn, one of Britain's Brightest Businesses

    16th Sep 2011

    Whilst many companies have scaled down or even folded during the recession, GHA Livigunn have come out the other side bigger and better than ever, having made it into the Telegraph's top 1000 Brightest Businesses in Britain. The Telegraph 1000: Britain's Brightest Businesses is a celebration of the 1,000 mid-sized...more

  • Gunnsight 6th Edition

    5th Sep 2011

    Welcome to the 6th edition of our company magazine Gunnsight containing articles and news about our recent projects and achievements. Click to read Gunnsight Edition 6 Included in this edition is news of our latest laser scanning software, recent awards successes, including the 2011 ICE Community Award, also the opening of...more

  • RWM Exhibition at the Birmingham NEC

    1st Aug 2011

    GHA Livigunn will be exhibiting at this years Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition. Held at the NEC Birmingham from 13-15 September 2011, RWM is the leading exhibition in the recycling and waste management industry. The event features over 500 exhibitors across an indoor and outdoor arena and more than 40 free informative seminar...more

  • Watford office moves to St Albans

    27th Jul 2011

    Our office in the South which was previously based in Watford, has now moved to Bricket Wood near St Albans in Hertfordshire. The new office location in Horseshoe Business Park, is situated in acres of beautiful countryside but is also conveniently located less than five minutes drive from both the M25 & M1 Motorways. The mainline...more

  • GHA Livigunn raise over £2000 for CARE Charity

    6th Jul 2011

    On Saturday 2nd July four intrepid engineers from GHA Livigunn took part in the CARE Construction Challenge to raise money for CARE International Each member of the 'GHA Livigunn Survivors' completed a marathon distance of 26.2 miles by foot, bicycle and kayak canoe. Not only that but they also completed the bonus round of an...more

  • Sherlock Lane Bridge Replacement

    5th Jul 2011

    A replacement foot bridge, designed by GHA Livigunn has now been put into place in Sherlock Lane, Wallasey GHA Livigunn were engaged by Kier Construction for the design of a £140k replacement footbridge at Sherlock Lane for client Merseytravel. The existing bridge which spans over the Kingsway Tunnel approach road in...more

  • Fleetwood WwTW wins environmental award

    28th Jun 2011

    The £45m project secured a Silver Award at the Green Apple Awards ceremony in London GHA Livigunn were appointed by KMI+ to provide detailed Civil, Structural and Architectural Engineering Design on the Fleetwood WwTW Scheme which was completed in August 2010. The Green Apple Awards campaign is run by The Green...more

  • RoSPA Gold Award 2011

    19th May 2011

    GHA Livigunn receives a Gold award at the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards 2011. The Gold award was presented to GHA Livigunn’s Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Manager, Dave Dowson, at the ceremony at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, at the NEC, on Thursday May 19, 2011. The Royal Society for the...more

  • GHA Livigunn are Highly Commended at Ground Engineering Awards

    12th May 2011

    GHA Livigunn were Highly Commended in the Sustainability Award category at the Ground Engineering Awards 2011, for their work on the Mab Lane DG5 Flood Alleviation Scheme. GHA Livigunn were appointed as civil, structural and geotechnical consultants on the United Utilities project by DCT Civil Engineering Ltd. The project resolves...more

  • CARE Construction Challenge

    11th May 2011

    This year GHA Livigunn are entering a team of 4 into the CARE Construction Challenge, taking place on Saturday the 2nd of July 2011. Each team member will complete a marathon distance of 26.2 miles by foot, bike and canoe. GHA Livigunn will be competing against other companies including Costain, BAM Nuttall, Willmott Dixon and Balfour...more

  • GHA growing green

    6th May 2011

    Staff create allotment at Cheadle office A number of staff at our Cheadle office have gone green-fingered and built a small allotment to grow a variety of organic vegetables, working together to dig the plot, buy the seeds and carefully plant them. Will Morris, Assistant Engineer at GHA Livigunn commented… “We...more

  • Construction complete at Rampside UID

    8th Apr 2011

    Rampside UID, first AMP 5 output completed The £800,000 project at Rampside, near Barrow-in-Furness, has comprised a new underground chamber for storing storm water during heavy rains. GHA Livigunn were appointed as lead design consultants by KMI Plus to work on the project under the United Utilities AMP 5 process alliance...more

  • CL:AIRE Qualified Persons

    16th Mar 2011

    CL:AIRE Definition of Waste Code of Practice - Qualified Person Further to the introduction in September 2008 of the CL:AIRE Development Industry Code of Practice for the Definition of Waste, GHA Livigunn are pleased to announce that Divisional Director Stewart Tennant and Senior Engineer Jon Goddard are now both Qualified Persons...more

  • GHA Livigunn shortlisted for Consultants of the Year Awards

    4th Mar 2011

    GHA Livigunn Group have been shortlisted in the Small Company category for the NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year Awards 2011. The NCE/ACE Consultants of the Year Awards recognises exceptional business performance of engineering consultancies across the UK. Mark Ingram, Managing Director of GHA Livigunn Group commented..."This...more

  • GHA Livigunn shortlisted for Ground Engineering Awards 2011

    28th Feb 2011

    GHA Livigunn's MAB Lane DG5 Flood Alleviation Scheme has been shortlisted in The Sustainability Award category in this years Ground Engineering Awards. The Ground Engineering Awards recognises the innovation, best practice and inspiration that is found throughout the geotechnical and geoenvironmental industries The...more

  • Community Award success for GHA Livigunn at ICE North West Awards

    8th Feb 2011

    United Utilities Mab Lane DG5 Flood Alleviation Scheme, for which GHA Livigunn were the Principal Designers, was named winner of the ICE North West Civil Engineering Community Award 2011. GHA Livigunn was appointed as the design consultants on the project by DCT Civil Engineering Ltd. The project resolves sewer flooding issues in the...more

  • GHA Livigunn sponsor ICE Carol Concert

    11th Jan 2011

    ICE North West Christmas Concert raises £800 for WaterAid An audience of more than 200 people gathered at St Ann's Church in Manchester on the 15th of December for the 3rd annual ICE North West Carol Concert. The event which was sponsored by GHA Livigunn raised more than £800 for WaterAid. Commenting on GHA...more

  • Gunnsight Christmas Edition 2010

    6th Dec 2010

    Welcome to the 5th edition of our company magazine Gunnsight containing articles and news about our recent projects. To read our Gunnsight Christmas Edition 2010 please click here. For further information please contact: Charlotte Johnson or Stewart Tennant on 0161 491 4600 Email: charlotte.johnson@ghalivigunn.com ...more

  • United Utilities Charity Ball 2010

    6th Dec 2010

    Friday the 8th of October saw the prestigious United Utilities Charity Ball hosted at the Deansgate Hilton of Manchester. Many of the Water Industry professionals joined the event to celebrate the work of the charity. The evening was a great success with Divisional Director Stewart Tennant presenting the GHA Livigunn cheque for...more

  • GHA Livigunn Challenge Raises £23,000 for WaterAid

    1st Oct 2010

    The weekend of the 10th-12th of September 2010 saw some of the Construction Industry’s Elite competing in one of the most physically and mentally challenging events of the year- the renowned GHA Livigunn Challenge. This year’s event saw £23,000 raised for the charity WaterAid, the highest total raised in the history of the...more

  • Construction complete on the Worlds First Psycho-Coaster 'Th13teen' at Alton Towers

    17th Aug 2010

    Alton Towers new Th13teen roller coaster, which has been said to be the worlds first Psycho-coaster, has recently been opened to the public this Spring, 2010. With ride infrastructure and foundations designed by the Leeds office (BSCP), the project design and execution was undertaken in secret and with strict confidentiality agreements...more

  • Derbyshire Waste Treatment

    17th Aug 2010

    Derbyshire Waste Treatment, a joint venture between United Utilities and Interserve (Resource Recovery Solutions – RRS) have appointed GHA Livigunn as design consultants on the £500m Derby Waste venture. The contract will handle 190,000 tonnes of Derbyshire waste annually, diverting some 180,000 tonnes from landfill and...more

  • Leeds Office Complete GRC Facade For Atlantis Hotel, Dubai

    17th Aug 2010

    The Leeds office (BSCP) were approached to assist with the complex GRC façade that formed the external envelope for the Atlantis Hotel situated on the Palm Jumeirah development Dubai. The Atlantis is a joint venture between Kerzener International Limited and the Istithmar PSJC, with the hotel consisting of two main towers...more

  • Ashton-Under-Lyne Wastewater Treatment Works

    17th Aug 2010

    A new £35M Waste Water Treatment Works to serve a population of over 46,000 people and improve the water quality of the River Tame. The scheme comprised a complete works from inlet to outfall constructed on a narrow strip of land bounded by the River Tame to the west and south, Peak Forest Canal to the east and a railway line to the...more

  • New Morrisons Supermarket at Saltney

    17th Aug 2010

    The Leeds office (BSCP) are the appointed Civil and Structural Engineers for the new 65000sq ft Morrison superstore development at Saltney in Chester, alongside Architects Race Cottam (Knutsford) and Rex Procter and Partners (QS). Morrisons Entrance Clock Tower The plans include erection of a superstore, petrol filling...more

  • Skipton Building Society Offices Completed

    17th Aug 2010

    The Leeds office (BSCP) acted as Structural and Civil design consultants for the new 100,000ft2 offices and computer centre for Skipton Building Society. Completed Skipton Building Society Offices The building was designed to accommodate a sloping site on greenbelt land to suit the client’s need for a high quality...more

  • Fleetwood Waste Water Treatment Works

    17th Aug 2010

    GHA Livigunn were appointed by KMI+ to provide detailed Civil, Structural and Architectural Engineering Design on this £45M Fleetwood WwTW Scheme, which is now nearing completion. Completed Site The project is a refurbishment to the existing works required to meet the EA requirements for discharging final effluent into...more

  • Gunnsight 4th Edition

    17th Aug 2010

    Welcome to the 4th edition of our company magazine Gunnsight containing articles and news about our recent projects. Included in this edition is news of our recent awards success, including the 2010 ACE Award in recognition of our work on Heysham Power Station, the opening of the new Psycho-Coaster 'Th13teen' at Alton Towers...more

  • GHA Livigunn Exhibit at the 2010 SUSTAINABILITYLIVE! IWEX Exhibition

    23rd Jun 2010

    GHA Livigunn this year took a stand as part of the Envirolink North West Pavilion at the 2010 Sustainablitylive! IWEX Exhibition. Held between the 20th–22nd of April at the NEC, Birmingham GHA Livigunn exhibited a showcase of their project experience and 3D Modelling expertise. IWEX, part of Sustainabilitylive!, is the...more

  • Seabed Surgery NCE Feature

    18th Jun 2010

    GHA Livigunn were recently featured in the NCE May issue Marine Special for Cleveleys Outfall Repair. To download the article please click here. ...more

  • Hat Trick for GHA Livigunn at the ACE Engineering Awards

    25th May 2010

    GHA Livigunn walked away for the third year running with awards from the ACE Engineering Excellence Awards. This year saw GHA Livigunn as winners in the two categories of Building Services and Infrastructure. GHA Livigunn were the awarded winners in the category of Building Services for their detailed civil, structural and mechanical...more

  • GHA Livigunn feature in the 2010 ACE Community Casebook

    19th May 2010

    GHA Livigunn this year have contributed to the 2010 ACE Community Engagement Casebook. The casebook features how ACE member companies involve communities in projects. GHA Livigunn are featured due to their work on ‘Hodder Service Reservoir’ a £13 million new service reservoir that was to supply treated water to Blackburn,...more

  • The 9th GHA Livigunn Challenge

    24th Feb 2010

    The time is here for the 9th GHA Livigunn Challenge, which this year is being held in a currently secret location of the picturesque North Yorkshire. The GHA Livigunn Challenge is a fun filled schedule of outdoor activities which will test clients both physically and mentally, over the weekend of the 10th -12th of September 2010. ...more

  • GHA Livigunn Open New Southern Office

    4th Feb 2010

    From today the 4 th of February 2010, GHA Livigunn will be opening the doors of a fourth office based in Watford, Hertfordshire. Heading the Southern division will be Mike Nettleton from the Yorkshire based BSCP Leeds office. Craig Stockton, Divisional Director for the group comments ‘We recognised the opportunities available to...more

  • £114M Preston Storm Water Scheme

    18th Jan 2010

    KMI Water - a joint venture between Kier, J Murphy and Interserve Project Services - has been appointed preferred bidder together with GHA Livigunn acting as their lead designer for a £114 million storm water improvements contract in Preston with United Utilities. Working alongside GHA Livigunn will be Donaldson Associates acting as...more

  • UK's largest anaerobic crop digester

    18th Jan 2010

    GHA Livigunn working in association with Interserve Project Services have begun work for Severn Trent Water on the UK’s first large scale CHP plant that plans to provide 15GWh of electricity power generation each year from Bio Solids. The Stoke Bardolph project involves the construction of a 2 MW Energy Crop Digestion and CHP...more

  • Gunnsight 3rd edition

    4th Dec 2009

    Welcome to the 3rd edition of our company magazine Gunnsight containing articles and news about our recent projects. Included in this edition is news of our recent awards success, including the 2009 Construction News Q Award in recognition of our work on Hodder Service Reservoir, the RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Silver Award...more

  • Reinforcement Article

    6th Aug 2009

    This is the fourth article by GHA Livigunn's Stewart Tennant published in Construction News, 6 August 2009. "Material savings can be made in the quantity of reinforcement for the design of normally reinforced concrete structures. But if the reinforcement is scheduled and detailed so carefully that it is curtailed at every...more

  • Gap Student wins at CTTB Awards

    4th Aug 2009

    Nathan Somerset, who is currently on a student gap placement with GHA Livigunn through The Year in Industry Scheme (YINI), has been awarded the ICE ‘Most Promising Civil Engineer of the Northwest’ award at The Contribution to the Business (CTTB) Awards held recently in Manchester. By beating seventy-five other entries...more

  • BSCP joins GHA Livigunn

    29th Jul 2009

    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...more

  • 2009 Construction News Award

    27th Jul 2009

    GHA Livigunn were delighted to support United Utilities’ Integrated Alliance (ia+), winners of the Environmental Project Award for the Hodder Service Reservoir at the recent Construction News Quality Awards 2009 (CNQ) held in London. The £13 million new service reservoir, to supply treated water to Blackburn, the Ribble...more

  • ACE Commendation

    30th Jun 2009

    GHA Livigunn walked away with a Commendation in the small firm’s infrastructure category at this year’s ACE Engineering Excellence Awards for their detailed civil and structural design on the Ashton-under-Lyne Wastewater Treatment Works. The project, which was undertaken by United Utilities’ Integrated Alliance+ (ia+)...more

  • Delamere CE Primary School Sponsorship

    29th Jun 2009

    The children of Delamere Church of England Primary School were thrilled to receive a brand new sports kit courtesy of GHA Livigunn, a local engineering design consultancy with offices based in Frodsham and Cheadle. The new sportswear, emblazoned with GHA Livigunn’s colourful logo on the front, will be worn at all the...more

  • £10,000 for WaterAid

    16th Jun 2009

    The eighth GHA Livigunn challenge – and the third challenge in aid of WaterAid, a charity founded by the UK water industry in 1981 whose aim is a world where everyone has access to safe water and sanitation - took place last September in Lancashire’s Forest of Bowland and raised £10,000. A total of eleven teams...more

  • RoSPA Silver Award 2009

    28th Apr 2009

    GHA Livigunn, a multi-disciplinary engineering design consultancy with offices based in Frodsham and Cheadle, is celebrating winning one of the prestigious RoSPA Occupational Health and Safety Awards in 2009. The Silver Award, was presented to GHA Livigunn’s Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Manager, Dave Dowson, at the...more

  • Gunnsight 2nd Edition

    21st Jan 2009

    Welcome to the 2nd edition of our company magazine containing articles about recent projects, including news of our double awards success. GHA Livigunn recently received both The Institute of Structural Engineers (IStructE) 2008 North West Region Structural Awards' Award for Small Project and an Engineering Excellence Award from The...more

  • Keep Basements Dry Article

    15th Jan 2009

    'How to keep basements dry' by GHA Livigunn's Stewart Tennant published in Construction News, 15 January 2009. 'Leaky basement problems are usually due to poor workmanship, wrong assumptions on groundwater levels or poor detailing by designers - in particular around joints and junctions with other basements or...more

  • QiC Awards 2008

    26th Nov 2008

    Quality in Construction Awards double success GHA Livigunn has successfully supported KMI plus and United Utilities Integrated Alliance North with their submissions in 2 categories of the prestigious Construction News QiC awards. In the Collaborative Engineering Design category the Integrated Alliance North team was highly...more

  • Cure Concrete Troubles Article

    30th Oct 2008

    This is the second article by GHA Livigunn's Stewart Tennant published in Construction News, 30 October 2008. "Despite what some may think, even modern high-strength concrete mixes need curing. Curing is the measure used to ensure that the immature concrete remains hydrated so that it can attain its required strength and...more

  • Ground Working Article

    16th Oct 2008

    This is the first of a series of articles by GHA Livigunns' Stewart Tennant to be published in Construction News. "Ground improvement in its various guises has been with us since at least the mid-1960s. The most commonly used techniques in the UK are vibro compaction/replacement stone columns, vibro concrete columns and lime...more

  • GHA Livigunn Challenge 2008

    25th Sep 2008

    GHA livigunn Challenge 2008 Video (wmv 4.7mb) - Click Here To Download Expecting to raise at least £10,000 for WaterAid and support water and sanitation projects in the third world, the eighth GHA Livigunn challenge took place over the weekend of 13 th and 14 th September in the Forest of Bowland. ...more

  • Ashton WwTW

    15th Sep 2008

    The following is an extract from a recent article in Construction News about the £35m scheme at Ashton WwTW. "One man’s muck is another man’s brass and judging by the amount of cash wrapped up in building the Ashton-under-Lyne Waste Water Treatment. Works there is an awful lot of muck that needs to be treated...more

  • IStructE Award

    2nd May 2008

    GHA Livigunn design expertise secures second IStructE award Cheshire-based multi-disciplined civil engineering consultancy, GHA Livigunn, has received The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) 2008 North West Region Structural Awards’ Award for Small Project. The award was earned for the company’s innovative design...more

  • Wigan WwTW

    15th Apr 2008

    GHA Livigunn designs innovative storm tank solution for Wigan WwTW Using highly innovative design and construction techniques, to achieve a rapid build programme, Cheshire-based multi-disciplined civil engineering consultancy, GHA Livigunn – working in association with contractor, Volker Stevin - has provided United Utilities with...more

  • Top o 'th' Cow

    26th Mar 2008

    GHA Livigunn creates innovative design solution for Top o’ th’ Cow service reservoirs Working in association with United Utilities, KMI+ and MWH, Cheshire-based GHA Livigunn has acted as lead structural design engineers for two new 4.15 mega-litres service reservoirs at Top o’ th’ Cow - an exposed rural location...more

  • Gunnsight 1st Edition

    22nd Nov 2007

    Welcome to our newsletter which contains atricles about the projects and people at GHA Livigunn. Click here to open the Gunnsight.pdf ...more

  • PE Design Capabilities

    5th Oct 2007

    Specialist process, mechanical & electrical engineering design consultancy, GHA Livigunn, of Frodsham, UK – working in association with main contractors, Boultings Nuclear – has developed a metal-free Polyethylene (PE) Reactor Sea Water (RSW) cooling piping solution that is all set to offer wide ranging safety, cost,...more

  • Being the Best

    5th Oct 2007

    Working in association with Severn Trent Water’s Engineering Team and leading UK infrastructure services company, Morgan Est., Frodsham-based process, mechanical and electrical engineering design consultancy, GHA Livigunn, has scooped two coveted Severn Trent ‘Being the Best’ gold awards. Held at the National...more

  • Recent Merger

    19th Feb 2007

    Formed following the recent amalgamation of GHA (George Hutchison Associates Ltd - the well-established Civil and Structural Engineering design consultancy) with Livingston Gunn Projects Ltd. (the multi-disciplined Process, Mechanical & Electrical Engineering design consultancy), GHA Livigunn. is rapidly establishing a reputation as one...more

  • GHA Livigunn Challenge 2006

    21st Oct 2006

    Taking place at Coniston Water in September 2006, the seventh annual GHA Livigunn challenge provided the chance for teams of architects, engineers and contractors to get involved in orienteering, mountain biking, kayaking, yomping, archery and other outdoor pursuits. More importantly, no less than £10,000 was raised for WaterAid. ...more