Edmund Nuttall

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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.

The Liver Building, Liverpool, Built by Edmund Nuttall in 1911

1 History
2 Structure
3 Major projects
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

The group was founded by Edmund 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 Edmund Nuttall Snr's two sons - Sir Edmund Nuttall Jnr, 1st Baronet (1870-1923), who was made a baronet in 1922, and James Nuttall - 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.

In 1941 the company was inherited by Sir Keith's 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.

[edit] Structure

One of Edmund Nuttall's recent Contracts, The Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour Construction.

The company is organised into three divisions: Civil Engineering, Special Projects and Infrastructure Maintenance^[1].

[edit] Major projects

The company built the Liver Building completed in 1911^[2] and was later involved in projects to build the Queensway Tunnel under the Mersey completed in 1928^[2], the Dartford Tunnel completed in 1963^[2], the Tyne Tunnel completed in 1967^[2], and Medway Tunnel in 1996^[3]. It was later involved in the construction of High Speed 1, completed in 2007^[4]. Nuttall are also involved in several projects for the 2012 Summer Olympics including, soil remediation^[5] and civils works in the South of the Park^[6].