A COMPANY with offices in Huddersfield has completed a key takeover Down Under.
Environmental services firm SLR Consulting, which has a regional office at Wakefield Road, Denby Dale, has acquired Heggies Pty Ltd, a leading Australian provider of environmental consulting services.
Formed in 1978 by managing director Richard Heggie, the firm employs 130 people across eight Australian offices and one in Singapore.
The move represents SLR’s first acquisition in the southern hemisphere and is the company’s sixth in 18 months.
It follows the acquisition of UK ecology firm Andrew McCarthy Associates just weeks ago.
David Richards, chief executive of SLR, said: “This acquisition represents a further milestone in SLR’s approach of supplementing strong organic growth with the acquisition of high calibre companies to strengthen and extend our technical and geographic coverage.
“It will significantly expand our international footprint and deliver an increasing range of services to clients in our core business sectors.”
One of Heggies’ high-profile projects in recent years has been enhancements to Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Heggies’ work on this Australian icon has included reducing noise and vibration as well as monitoring emissions and air quality during bridge maintenance work.
SLR Consulting has more than 700 employees working from 23 offices in the UK and Ireland and 26 in the USA and Canada.
It has blue chip customers in energy, waste management, planning and development, manufacturing, mining and financial sectors.
