A civil engineering practice has opened a whole new studio in Leeds following its purchase of Cooper Consulting Engineers also perfectly found on the city.
The combined technical expertise and resources on the whole Civic Engineers Practice will probably be harnessed, whilst maintaining the relationships and work-stream on the existing Leeds-based team that could remain managed by Paul Cooper. Mr Cooper will probably be joined by Paul Morris, a Director currently in Manchester who’ll play an important role from the integration of CCE with Civic Engineers both technically and culturally.
The acquisition is the reaction to an established mutual client relationship, through which it became apparent there were strategic good things about both Civic Engineers and CCE in combining the two main Practices. The expanded Practice will manage to benefit from a greater national market presence with strengthened design quality credentials, or a technical team of eight people in Leeds bringing staff numbers to 50 people across the three offices.
Key projects that Paul Cooper’s team is working away at in the region range from the Five Towns Park development in Castleford, Chocolate Works housing in York, along with a new hotel on Whitehall Road in Leeds.
Julian Broster, a Founding Directors, said: “The Practice will benefit greatly through the addition of the Leeds studio, that literally brings an exceptionally well established technical team and professional network, along with strong civil & structural engineering design capability.
“We have become excited about the expansion and growth of both we in Leeds, additionally, the Practice in general. Our objective is to be essentially the most progressive as well as performing independent engineering consultancies in the united kingdom, consistently delivering innovative projects which includes a people-focused service.
“Whilst we appreciate that Brexit has had by it a component of caution for making investment decisions, we’ve been confident that the momentum that we have established throughout the last three years or so with the Leeds’ team’s pipeline in work provides us with a qualification of economic resilience.”
Paul Cooper, founding Director of CCE, said: “This integration is fantastic news for CCE and provides us the boldness to keep to be expanded and effectively deliver on our existing commitments. The timing for this merger aligns with our increased pipeline of projects in particular the Five Towns, Castleford scheme. Our aspiration when the new Leeds office of Civic Engineers is always to grow the practice to 15 people in the following A year.”
The new studio is with the landmark waterside development Tower Works, Globe Road inside city centre.
