Firm appoints former Arup director to boost building capability
Engineer Halcrow has appointed a former Arup engineer Mark Richards to its tall buildings team as part of a strategic move to boost its capability in the sector.
Richards has previously worked on design and delivery of a number of major tall building projects across the globe including the Heron Tower in London.
He will now work as a director in Halcrow鈥檚 buildings engineering team.
Bill Bannister, European director for buildings at Halcrow鈥檚 parent firm CH2M Hill, said tall buildings were going to be a 鈥渉uge part of our future built environment and landscape鈥�.
He added: 鈥淲e [CH2M Hill and Halcrow] are planning to invest significantly in this specialist area of structural engineering and Mark鈥檚 appointment boosts our tall buildings offer significantly.鈥�
The firm鈥檚 tall buildings team has previously worked on the Walkie-Talkie at 20 Fenchurch Street London, the Royal London Hospital and Leeds United Football Club.
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