Pick Everard

Pick Everard
Formerly called
Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson
Unlimited Company
Industry Construction, Consultancy, Real Estate
Founded 1866
Founders John Bresdon Everard and Samuel Perkins Pick
Headquarters Leicester, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°38′5.13″N 1°7′47″W / 52.6347583°N 1.12972°WCoordinates: 52°38′5.13″N 1°7′47″W / 52.6347583°N 1.12972°W
Number of locations
10
Area served
United Kingdom & Northern Ireland
Key people

Duncan Green, Managing Partner

Joanna Griffin-Shaw, Senior Partner
Number of employees
450
Website www.pickeverard.co.uk

Pick Everard is a multi-disciplined construction consultancy company founded in 1866, headquartered in Leicester, United Kingdom.

History

Pick Everard was founded by John Bresdon Everard, a Civil Engineer and Samuel Perkins Pick, an Architect in 1866 at 6 Millstone Lane, Leicester. At the beginning of the 20th century, Bernard Everard became a partner of the firm changing its name to Everard, Son and Pick. William Keay a Civil Engineer who worked for Everard, Son and Pick became a partner circa 1920 and in 1925, Martin Gimson, a civil engineer became the fourth partner, changing the firm's name to Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson.[1] The company today is called Pick Everard.

Operations

Pick Everard employs 450 people in the United Kingdom.[2] It operates in both public and private sectors:[3]

  • Education
  • Science and Technology
  • Emergency Services
  • Residential

  • Industrial
  • Culture and Heritage
  • Local Government and Public Sector
  • Sports and Leisure

  • Retail
  • Energy
  • Defense
  • Water

References

  1. Records of the firm, deposited per Mr T.W. Haird, in 1962 7 Friar Lane, Leicester. "Pick, Everard, Keay & Gimson, civil engineers". http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/''. Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU: The National Archives. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  2. "New boss appointed at Pick Everard". Leicester Mercury. Leicester Mercury. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. "Sectors". Pick Everard. Pick Everard. Retrieved 26 December 2014.