Our History
Mouchel Group was established in 2003 as the result of a merger between two successful engineering firms, Mouchel and Parkman.
Parkman was established in 1888, Mouchel in 1897. Both companies quickly developed as multi-disciplinary consulting engineers, establishing pre-eminent positions in water, public health, power, highways and structural engineering.
Individually two companies were responsible for milestones such as:
- introducing reinforced concrete to the UK – one of the most far-reaching inventions to shape twentieth - century civil engineering in this country
- in 1905, designing the Widnes to Runcorn Transporter Bridge – the first major crossing of the River Mersey
- constructing the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool in 1909
- developing the pre-cast concrete ‘Mulberry’ harbour with the War Office in 1943, which played a key role in the Allied invasion of Europe
- in 1972, designing Grain Power Station in Kent, at the time the largest oil-fired power station in Europe
- working with the Highways Agency to pioneer the Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) form of contract in 1999 – a contract that now predominates for highways capital projects.
Parkman floated on the London Stock Exchange in June 2001, with Mouchel floating on the London Stock Exchange in 2002.
In September 2003 the two companies merged to form Mouchel Parkman plc; the company quickly established itself as a credible force in each of its core markets.
Since then the company has been going from strength to strength. We have offices across the UK, and in Ireland, the Middle East and Africa.
We’ve grown, both organically and by acquisition. Our latest acquisition, of HBS, a business process outsourcing company, was announced in the summer of 2007.
And in 2007 we rebranded to Mouchel to establish a common position, identity and vocabulary to describe our business.