Merz and McLellan

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Fate Acquired Founded 1902 Ceased operations 2000		Defunct 2000 Successor Parsons Brinckerhoff

Industry Electrical engineering consultants Key people Malcolm Kennedy (Chairman) Headquarters Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Founders Charles Hesterman Merz, William McLellan

Merz and McLellan was a leading British electrical engineering consultancy based in Newcastle.

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

1901: Neptune Bank Power Station

1904: Carville Power Station, Wallsend, UK

1911: Electrification of North Eastern Railway (UK)

1914-18: Mobile power stations for the battlefield

1921: North Tees Power Station

1925: Electrification of the Lyttelton railway line between Lyttelton and Christchurch, New Zealand

1933-51: Dunston B power station, Dunston, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK

1940s: Orlando Power Station, Johannesburg, South Africa

1953: Blyth A Power Station, Cambois, Northumberland, UK

1960s: Bell Bay Power Station, Tasmania, Australia

1962: Blyth B Power Station

1969 Longannet Power Station

1980-1993: Kariba South dam hydroelectric upgrade

1989: Subiya oil-fired power station, Kuwait

Merz & McLellan firms still independent

Sinclair Knight Merz (Australia)

References

Merz & McLellan Wikipedia

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Contents

History

Selected contracts

Merz & McLellan firms still independent

References