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Birse Civils

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Type
  
Private

Area served
  
United Kingdom

Website
  
Birse

Founded
  
1970

Industry
  
Civil engineering

Products
  
Construction projects

Parent organization
  
Balfour Beatty

Number of employees
  
786

Birse Civils

Headquarters
  
3 Grimston Grange, Sherburn Road, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire LS24 9BX, England

Birse Civils is a civil engineering company based in North Yorkshire, England. It was formerly a separate civil engineering company simply known as Birse Group, but is now owned by Balfour Beatty.

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History

The company was founded as the Birse Group in 1970. It was based in Doncaster.

In February 2002, it separated its building (houses), civil engineering, rail, underground and process divisions into Birse Build, Birse CL, Birse Rail, Birse Metro and Birse Process.

Acquisition

In June 2006, it was bought by Balfour Beatty for £32 million. Birse Build was integrated into Balfour Beatty's Mansell company.

The remaining Birse companies continued to function as independent OPCO's under the Balfour Beatty flag.

Structure

  • Birse Group Services is in Barton on Humber
  • Birse Coastal is in Preston, Lancashire. Offices closed in 2011, transferred to Cheadle.
  • Birse Nuclear is in Cheadle Hulme

    • Products

    Buildings it has built include:

  • B & Q's headquarters in Chandlers Ford
  • The BBC's headquarters in Leeds
  • The Walkers Stadium in Leicester (Birse Construction), at a cost of £35 million
  • Huntington Stadium, a rugby league ground in York
  • The Reebok Stadium in Bolton

    • References

    Birse Civils Wikipedia
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