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Type
  
Limited Company

Founder
  
Tony Flint, Tony Neill

Founded
  
1958

Industry
  
Construction

Area served
  
United Kingdom

Parent organization
  
COWI A/S

Flint & Neill httpsmedialicdncommediap50001ff3e916b0

Headquarters
  
United Kingdom & Worldwide

Key people
  
David MacKenzie, Ian Firth, Lars Hauge

Flint & Neill is a UK based firm of consulting civil and structural engineers. Flint & Neill was established as an engineering consultancy in 1958 and specialises mainly in the design, analysis, construction and maintenance of bridges, although they do also provide structural engineering services for other structures including buildings. The firm is a subsidiary of the Danish COWI Group and forms part of their Bridge, Tunnel and Marine Structures Division. From 1 January 2017 Flint & Neill will rebrand as COWI.

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History

Flint & Neill was formed in 1958 as a partnership by Tony Flint and Tony Neill. In 2008 the firm was bought by COWI, a Danish consulting engineering firm, and became a Limited Company.

Partners/Directors

  • 1958 – 1978 Partners: A.R. Flint, J.A. Neill
  • 1978 – 1981 Partners: A.R. Flint, J.A. Neill, B.W. Smith
  • 1981 – 1990 Partners: A.R. Flint, B.W. Smith
  • 1990 – 1997 Partners: B.W. Smith, J.E. Evans, I.P.T. Firth
  • 1997 – 2002 Partners: J.E. Evans, I.P.T. Firth, D.K.MacKenzie
  • 2002 – 2008 Partners: I.P.T. Firth, D.K.MacKenzie
  • Present Directors: D.K.MacKenzie, I.P.T. Firth, J.D. Cutter, R.A. Percy, E.J. Rees, P.A. Sanders, H. Wood

    • Notable projects

  • Royal Ballet School Bridge of Aspiration
  • West Gate Bridge Strengthening, Melbourne, Australia
  • National Theatre, London.
  • Baha'I Lotus Temple, New Delhi, India
  • Strait of Messina Bridge, Italy
  • Swansea Sail Bridge, Wales
  • Compiègne Bridge, France

    • Awards

    2015

    The Institution of Structural Engineers presented Flint & Neill with 2 Awards during their Structural Awards ceremony: Schuman Bridge won the Award for Highway or Railway Bridge Structures and Greenwich Reach Swing Bridge won the Award for Pedestrian Bridges.

    The British Construction Industry Awards awarded The Temporary Works Award to the QEII Bridge Joint Replacement Project, for which Flint & Neill were principal designers.

    2014

    M48 Wye Bridge Expansion Joint Rocker Arm Replacement won the ICE Wales Cymru Project Award

    2013

    The Saints Stadium Bridge, St Helens, UK was awarded a Commendation for High Standard of Design Achieved at The Structural Steel Design Awards

    Castle Green Bridge was given the Award for Infrastructure (Small Firm) at the ACE Engineering Excellence Awards. The project also received a Commendation at The Structural Awards, in the Small Projects category.

    2012

    The firm, together with Sinclair Knight Merz, won the Institution of Structural Engineers Supreme Award in 2012 for the West Gate Bridge Strengthening project. The same project also won several other awards in the UK and Australia.

    The Bridge of Aspiration at the Royal Ballet School in Covent Garden in London won a 2004 RIBA Award.

    References

    Flint & Neill Wikipedia
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