Project wins for Sweco UK after rebrand

The Leeds-based firm, which was acquired by Stockholm-based architecture and engineering consultancy Sweco in October 2015, has been appointed as a design partner to improve British Antarctic Survey’s research stations in the Antarctic over the next seven years.

Meanwhile, its energy unit has continued the development of Galway Wind Farm, the largest in Ireland, with the capacity to generate enough green energy to power around 84,000 homes, while the environment team was named on the National Grid Land Regeneration Framework.

In December 2016, Sweco’s water and asset management team was appointed by Irish Water to assist with the delivery of a modernisation project relating to its real time systems, data and analytics capabilities, whilst in March this year the consultancy’s buildings unit claimed its third BREEAM Assessor of the Year Award.

In the UK, Sweco employs 800 people, including 215 in Leeds, with expertise in energy, transportation, environment, asset management, sustainable buildings and water. Its turnover was £55.2m in the financial year 2015/16.

Sweco UK managing director, Max Joy, said: “Rebranding to Sweco has enabled us to plan for sustainable, profitable growth. We had strong, positive momentum from day one of the rebrand and our teams have thrived upon the new and exciting opportunities that this brings.”

Tomas Carlsson, president and CEO of Sweco, added: “The UK is an important market for us where we see a lot of potential. The integration of our UK business has exceeded our expectations.”