Pick Everard

Pick Everard

Pick Everard Headquarters, Leicester
Formerly called	Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson
Type	Unlimited Company
Industry	Construction, Consultancy, Real Estate
Founded	1866
Founders	John Breedon Everard and Samuel Perkins Pick
Headquarters	Leicester, United Kingdom
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 Breedon Everard, a civil engineer in 1866 at 6 Millstone Lane, Leicester. Samuel Perkins Pick, an architect joined John Breedon Everard as his assistant in 1882 and as a partner in 1888.

John Breedon Everard was the son of Breedon Everard, the joint founder of quarrying and mining business Ellis and Everard Ltd (later Aggregate Industries). He was the nephew of the brewer William Everard and in 1875 he designed a new tower brewery for Everards Brewery at Southgate St, Leicester.^[1]

At the beginning of the 20th century, Bernard Everard (son of John Breedon Everard) became a partner of the firm, which changed 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.^[2] The company today is called Pick Everard.

Operations

Pick Everard employs 450 people in the United Kingdom.^[3] It operates in both public and private sectors:^[4]

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. "History". Everards. 1875: Southgate Street Brewery Opened.
2. 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. External link in |website= (help)
3. "New boss appointed at Pick Everard". Leicester Mercury. Leicester Mercury. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
4. "Sectors". Pick Everard. Pick Everard. Retrieved 26 December 2014.