Combined Strength for Morgan Sindall
07 Jul 2010
Morgan Sindall has become one of the largest construction and infrastructure firms in the country.
The new business, Morgan Sindall, has been created by merging Morgan Sindall Group plc's construction and infrastructure divisions which operated under the Morgan Ashurst, Morgan Est, and Morgan Professional Services brand names.
Morgan Sindall Professional Services will trade as a separate company and will continue to work with internal and external customers. Graham Shennan, formerly managing director of Morgan Ashurst, heads up Morgan Sindall as new managing director.
‘Our decision to combine our strengths and multi-disciplinary skills under one roof has been largely customer-driven,' says Graham. ‘It comes at a time when all three businesses are increasingly working together in sectors such as transport, defence, energy, water, healthcare and education. The merger makes it much easier and more efficient for our customers to work with one joined-up business which can provide integrated services.'
The new company which employs approximately 4,800 people across a national network of local offices provides integrated services on a number of large, complex projects for customers including Network Rail, London Underground, BAA, Airbus, Defence Estates, Highways Agency, National Grid and E.ON.
Major schemes Morgan Sindall is currently working on are two major station upgrade schemes at Paddington and Marylebone. It is also involved with the £400 million Lee Tunnel project - a joint venture scheme for Thames Water, appointment to the Highways Agency's managed motorways framework (with JV partner BAM Nuttall) worth up to £2 billion.
Graham Shennan has formed a new executive board. Martin Pitt is commercial director; Stephen Scard, managing director of Construction South; Danny Murray, managing director of Construction North; John Jenkins, managing director of Morgan Sindall Professional Services; Chris Hughes, managing director of Tunnelling; Andy Crowder, managing director of Utility Services; and Jag Paddam, managing director of Infrastructure.
The company's Rail work will be overseen by Jag Paddam and its Aviation sector business by Stephen Scard.
The new business will sit alongside parent company Morgan Sindall Group plc's three other divisions of fit out, affordable housing and urban regeneration which are supported by the Group's specialist investment unit, Morgan Sindall Investments.