Edmund Nuttall

Edmund Nuttall Limited is a major group of construction and civil engineering businesses. The group is based in Camberley, Surrey, in the United Kingdom and has an extensive portfolio of road, rail and other major projects throughout the UK and abroad.

History

The group was founded by James nuttall Snr in Manchester in 1865, to undertake engineering works associated with infrastructure developments, such as the Manchester Ship Canal, which opened in 1894 and the narrow gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway, which opened in 1898.

In the 1900's and 1910's James Nuttall Snr's two sons - Sir Edmund Nuttall Jnr, 1st Baronet (1870-1923), who was made a baronet in 1922, and James Nuttall (1877-1957) - built the company into a nationwide business.

In the 1920's and 1930's the company was run by Sir Edmund's son, Sir Keith Nuttall, 2nd Baronet (1901-1941), who served in the Royal Engineers in the Second World War.Also other members of the family involved were Sir Keiths brother Clive Nuttall (1906-1936) and their cousin (James Nuttalls son ) Norman Nuttall (1907-1996)

In 1941 Sir Keith's shares were inherited by his eight-year-old son, Sir Nicholas Nuttall, 3rd Baronet (1933-2007).

In 1978 the company was bought by Hollandsche Beton Groep (later HBG), a Dutch group, and in 2002 HBG was acquired by Royal BAM Group.

tructure

The company is organised into three divisions: Civil Engineering, Special Projects and Infrastructure Maintenance [ [http://www.edmund-nuttall.co.uk/company.html Edmund Nuttall website: The Company] ] .

Major projects

The company built the Liver Building completed in 1911 [http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/views/obituaries/2007/08/09/sir-nicholas-nuttall-64375-19597612/ Sir Nicholas Nuttall - obituary] ] and was later involved in projects to build the (Queensway tunnel) under the Mersey completed in 1932, the Dartford Tunnel completed in 1963, the Tyne Tunnel completed in [1967] the (kingsway tunnel ) under the mersey completed in 1971, and Medway Tunnel in 1996 [ [http://www.rbt.org.uk/medwaytunnel/index.htm Rochester Bridge Trust] ] . It was later involved in the construction of High Speed 1, completed in 2007 [ [http://www.highspeed1.com/downloads%5C22%5Chs1s2contracts.pdf High Speed 1 List of Contractors] ] . Nuttall are also involved in several projects for the 2012 Summer Olympics including, soil remediationcite press release
title =Clean up teams for Olympic Park site appointed
publisher =Olympic Delivery Authority
date = 2006-06-15
url =http://www.london2012.com/news/media-releases/2006/2006-06/clean-up-teams-for-olympic-park-site-appointed.php
accessdate = 2008-06-02] and civils works in the South of the Parkcite press release
title =Companies announced for first Olympic Park infrastructure contracts
publisher =Olympic Delivery Authority
date =2008-01-24
url =http://www.london2012.com/news/media-releases/2008-01/companies-announced-for-first-olympic-park-infrastructure-contracts.php
accessdate = 2008-06-02] .

References

See also

* British industrial narrow gauge railways

External links

* [http://www.edmund-nuttall.co.uk Group homepage]