Fate Acquired Founded 1902 Ceased operations 2000 | Defunct 2000 Successor Parsons Brinckerhoff | |
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Key people Malcolm Kennedy (Chairman) Founders Charles Hesterman Merz, William McLellan | ||
Merz and McLellan was a leading British electrical engineering consultancy based in Newcastle.
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History
The firm was founded by Charles Merz and William McLellan in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1902 when McLellan joined Merz's existing firm established in 1899. The partnership was instrumental in designing the United Kingdom's first three-phase electrical supply network, on Tyneside, and for the next century continued to advise other Commonwealth countries on setting up their own networks.
In 1995 the partnership merged with the Parsons Brinckerhoff consultancy, and in 2000 the new owners announced that the Merz & McLellan name would be discontinued.
In 2010, Mott MacDonald consultancy announced that it had bought Merz and McLellan South Africa.
Selected contracts
Merz & McLellan firms still independent
References
Merz & McLellan Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA