A London-headquartered construction and regeneration group, founded in 1977, whose UK businesses build schools, hospitals and offices, fit out workplaces and develop homes with local councils.
Morgan Sindall Group is a construction and regeneration company working in the UK's public, regulated and private sectors. It describes itself as having six divisions: Construction and Infrastructure, Fit Out, Property Services, Partnership Housing, Urban Regeneration and Investments. Its construction arm builds everything from small repair and maintenance jobs to large landmark schemes, including schools, universities, hospitals and retail, office and leisure buildings. It says it is a leader in building education facilities across the UK and also supports the defence sector with operational and learning buildings.
The group started in 1977 as Morgan Lovell, founded in Soho, London, by John Morgan and Jack Lovell to design and build office interiors. In 1985 it bought Overbury, a fit-out contractor founded in 1942, and in 1994 it joined with William Sindall, a regional firm dating from the 1860s, creating the name Morgan Sindall. Later it added Lovell Partnerships, a housing business, in 1998 and the construction arm of AMEC in 2007. Projects named on Wikipedia include Murray Royal Hospital in Perth, the expansion of Whitechapel station for Crossrail and six new stations on the Northumberland Line.
In a profile for students, Morgan Sindall Construction states its purpose as "To create inspiring places that enhance the communities in which we all live, learn, work, play, care and protect". Its vision is "To be the most sought-after and sustainable business in our industry". Its values include putting customers first, treating talented people as central to its success, challenging the status quo and delivering consistently. Those are the company's own words.
The group is headquartered in London, and its construction business is described as having a "network of local offices" across the UK. The pages we read did not say how many offices there are or where, so we have not listed them. A regional news story reported the company targeting growth in South Yorkshire, which suggests it expands region by region. The company says it runs on a decentralised model, which means local teams make many of their own decisions, and its profile gives roughly 7,200 employees.
The roles at a group like this include site managers, engineers, quantity surveyors, planners, designers and surveyors in construction, plus project managers and interior designers in fit out, housing and development specialists, and finance, legal and human resources staff. People who enjoy working with a team on something that finishes as a visible building will find plenty of variety. The company also reports 20,400 hours of health and safety training in a year, which gives some sense of how seriously site safety is taken. Current vacancies are on its website.
Website: www.morgansindall.com
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