{{Short description|British based construction company}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = Morgan Est plc | logo = Morganestlogo.PNG | type = Private | foundation = 1985 | location = Rugby, Warwickshire, UK | key_people = | industry = Construction, Civil engineering | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = Morgan Sindall Group | subsid = | homepage = [http://www.morganest.com www.morganest.com] | footnotes = }}
'''Morgan Est plc''' was a British-based construction company specialising in infrastructure services headquartered in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It merged with the sister company Morgan Ashurst to form combined infrastructure and construction company Morgan Sindall, which is itself part of the Morgan Sindall Group.
==History== Morgan Est's roots can be traced back to the acquisition of the Miller group, and was born out of the acquisitions of Miller Civil Engineering Services Ltd by Morgan Sindall plc in 2001.<ref>[http://business.scotsman.com/industry/Miller-Group-changes-focus-after.2252900.jp Miller Group changes focus after £20m sell-off] The Scotsman, 12 May 2001</ref> In 2002, Morgan Est also entered the utility sector with the acquisition of Pipeline Constructors Ltd<ref>[http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2002/01/09/32705/morgan-est-buys-pipeline-group.html Morgan Est buys pipeline group]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Contract Journal, 9 January 2002</ref> and in 2006 entered the rail sector with the acquisition of Gleeson MCL.<ref>[http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2006/03/24/50276/gleesons-rail-business-sold-to-morgan-sindall-for-23m.html Gleesons rail business sold to Morgan Sindall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204232410/http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2006/03/24/50276/gleesons-rail-business-sold-to-morgan-sindall-for-23m.html |date=2008-12-04 }} Contract Journal, 24 March 2006</ref> In July 2007, the company bought the civil engineering part of Amec DPS,<ref>[http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2007/06/04/55146/morgan-sindall-acquires-parts-of-amec.html Morgan Sindall acquires parts of Amec] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012080453/http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2007/06/04/55146/morgan-sindall-acquires-parts-of-amec.html |date=2008-10-12 }} Contract Journal, 4 January 2007</ref> followed by Elec Track Installations (ETI) in January 2008.<ref>[http://www.railwaystrategies.co.uk/article-page.php?contentid=4612&issueid=181 Morgan Est buys major part of ETI] Railway Strategies, 11 March 2008</ref>
In April 2010, Morgan Sindall announced that it would merge Morgan Est with Morgan Ashurst and that the merged business would trade under the Morgan Sindall name.<ref>[http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/5878-morgan-sindall-merges-contracting-divisions.html Morgan Sindall merges contracting divisions] Place North West, 21 April 2010</ref>
==Operations== The Company carried out the following activities:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.morganest.com/About.aspx |title=Morgan Est: About us |access-date=2009-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015142330/http://www.morganest.com/About.aspx |archive-date=2008-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Infrastructure Services *Capital Projects *Tunnelling Services *Utility Services
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== External links == * [http://construction.morgansindall.com Official Morgan Sindall (construction) website] * [http://www.morgansindall.com Official Morgan Sindall Group website]
Category:Construction and civil engineering companies of the United Kingdom Category:Defunct companies based in Rugby, Warwickshire Category:Construction and civil engineering companies established in 1985 Category:British companies established in 1985 Category:1985 establishments in England