Halcrow Group

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Halcrow Group Limited

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Design, construction, engineering and business services
Founded	1868 by Thomas Meik
Headquarters	London United Kingdom 90 offices worldwide, of which 28 are in the UK
Key people	Tony Pryor, Chairman, Peter Gammie, Group Chief Executive,
Revenue	£238 million (2011)[1]
Number of employees	3377 (2011)[1]
Parent	CH2M Hill (acquired by Jacobs in 2017)
Website	www.halcrow.com

Halcrow Group Limited was a British engineering consultancy company. It was one of the UK's largest consultancies,^[2] specialised in the provision of planning, design and management services for infrastructure development worldwide. With interests in transportation, water, maritime and property, the company undertook commissions in over 70 countries from a network of more than 90 offices.

Established by Thomas Meik in 1868, the company quickly became involved in the maritime and railway industries across the British Isles. During the first half of the 20th century, William Halcrow led the business into new avenues of civil engineering, including deep tunnelling and hydroelectric dams. Its expertise was harnessed in many capacities throughout the Second World War, highlights include the construction of the Mulberry Harbours and consulting on the bouncing bomb. In the peacetime, Halcrow worked with the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board on a new generation of hydroelectric schemes to generate power for public consumption, such as the Glen Affric scheme, as well as numerous dams in Wales to regulate water levels and supply drinking water. It was also involved in the design studies for the Channel Tunnel as well as various other railway projects, such as the Woodhead Tunnel and the Victoria line.

By 2000, Halcrow Group's British-based projects accounted for roughly 60 percent of the company's turnover while the rest came from its overseas activities. During 2011, the company was acquired by US firm CH2M Hill, and in 2013 it was announced that the Halcrow brand would eventually be discontinued.^[3] The parent rebranded the whole group to CH2M in 2015. Two years later, CH2M was subsequently acquired by Jacobs Engineering Group.