{{short description|Former engineering consultancy}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox company | type = Public limited company | name = Scott Wilson Group plc | logo = Sw wiki.png | foundation = {{Start date|1951}} | defunct = {{End date|2010}} | fate = Acquired by URS Corporation | location = London, England | industry = Support Services Consultancy (includes civil and structural engineering) | revenue = £360 million (2009) | operating_income = £10.7 million (2009) }}

'''Scott Wilson Group plc''' was a global integrated design and engineering consultancy with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. Founded as a civil engineering firm in 1951, the company broadened its range of services through acquisitions. Scott Wilson offered consultancy and professional services in the railways, buildings and infrastructure, environment and natural resources and roads sectors, and at its peak employed 5,500 people in 80 offices worldwide. Scott Wilson became a public limited company in 2006, and in 2010 was purchased by URS Corporation that in turn was purchased by AECOM.

== History == Sir Cyril Kirkpatrick (1872–1957) was Chief Engineer to the Port of London Authority from 1913 to 1924, when he established his own firm specialising in docks, harbours and sea defences. During World War II, Kirkpatrick advised on the construction of the concrete caissons which formed the Mulberry Harbour that facilitated the D-Day landings.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Sir Cyril Reginald Sutton Kirkpatrick 1872–1957 |journal=ICE Proceedings |volume=9 |issue=1 |date=1 January 1958 |pages=127–128|doi=10.1680/iicep.1958.2281 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In 1945 engineers William Scott and Dr Guthlac Wilson founded a partnership. Between them they were responsible for the design of the Chiswick and Twickenham Bridges over the River Thames in 1933,<ref name=swhist/> and the Royal Festival Hall in London.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1185 |title=Royal Festival Hall |work=Engineering Timelines |access-date=8 November 2013}}</ref> The two firms merged in 1951, forming Scott & Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Partners.<ref name=swhist>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111113654/http://testsystem.advorto.com/scottwilson/Brochure/WhoWeAre/History.aspx |url=http://testsystem.advorto.com/scottwilson/Brochure/WhoWeAre/History.aspx |title=History |publisher=URS/Scott Wilson |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

In the late 1960s Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partners was responsible for engineering works on the M6 motorway through the Lune Gorge in north-west England.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=1057 |title=M6 motorway through Lune Gorge |work=Engineering Timelines |access-date=8 November 2013}}</ref> The firm grew through acquisitions over the following decades. In August 1995 the company purchased two British Rail engineering design offices in Glasgow and Swindon during the privatisation of British Rail.<ref>British Rail design offices sold ''Rail'' issue 261 13 September 1995 page 9</ref> Other acquisitions were in the fields of environmental consultancy, health and education property, power and mining, landscape design and engineering.<ref name=swhist/>

In 1997 the firm adopted the name Scott Wilson, and it floated on the London Stock Exchange on 15 March 2006. The company acquired the civil engineering specialist Benaim Enterprise in 2008 for £5.5&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Scott Wilson builds bridges with Benaim Enterprise acquisition|url = http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/scott-wilson-builds-bridges-with-benaim-454511/|website = growthbusiness.co.uk|publisher = Vitesse Media plc|access-date = 8 October 2015|date = 24 July 2008|last = Dunne|first = Mark}}</ref>

On 10 September 2010, American engineering design firm URS Corporation completed its acquisition of Scott Wilson Group plc.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=245 |title=Wayback Machine has not archived that URL. |access-date=8 November 2013 |archive-date=9 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709122946/http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=245 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Scott Wilson Group plc is no longer listed in the London Stock Exchange. Scott Wilson rebranded initially as URS-Scott Wilson,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=261 |title=Unlocking the potential – URS/Scott Wilson at MIPIM 2011 |date=7 March 2011 |publisher=URS Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709123318/http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=261 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2019}}</ref> though the Scott Wilson name was dropped in the UK, Ireland, Europe and the Middle East in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=301 |title=URS SCOTT WILSON BECOMES URS |date=9 January 2012 |publisher=URS Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315132805/http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=301 |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> and in India in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=309 |title=URS extends global brand to its India operations |date=22 February 2013 |publisher=URS Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709123416/http://www.ursglobal.com/press/pressroom.php?pid=309 |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 July 2019}}</ref>

At the time of the acquisition, Scott Wilson Group had 5,500 employees in 80 offices, mainly located in the UK, Europe, India, the Asia-Pacific region, and the Middle East. The group's regional main offices were in London, Hong Kong, Warsaw, New Delhi, Bahrain and Dubai.<ref name=swwork>{{cite web |url=http://testsystem.advorto.com/scottwilson/Brochure/WhoWeAre/WorkingHerePage.aspx |title=Working here |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111121041/http://testsystem.advorto.com/scottwilson/Brochure/WhoWeAre/WorkingHerePage.aspx |publisher=URS/Scott Wilson |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>

== Projects == [[File:Stela of Plover Cove Reservoir.jpg|thumb|Inauguration plaque at Plover Cove Reservoir]] Scott Wilson Group was involved in a large number of high-profile engineering projects worldwide.

* Crossrail, London, UK * Combe Down Mine Stabilisation, Somerset, UK * Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, UK * Eden Project, Cornwall, UK * Waverley Line reopening, Scotland, UK * S69 Expressway, Poland * A3 (Central Greece) and A5 (Ionia Odos) motorways, Greece * Sheremetyevo Airport Masterplan, Russia * Erbil International Airport, Iraq * Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor, India * Colombo Port expansion, Sri Lanka * Wuxi Integrated Transportation Hub, China * Nam Theun 2 Dam hydroelectric project, Laos * Brunei International Airport, Brunei * Interstate 595 improvements, Florida, USA * Napier Mole Road Bridge (Jinnah Bridge), Karachi ;Hong Kong * Airport Core Programme (ACP), Hong Kong * Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Hong Kong * Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong * Lai Chi Kok Bridge, Hong Kong * Liu To Bridge Hong Kong * MTR South Island line, Hong Kong * Plover Cove Reservoir, Hong Kong * Tsing Yi North Bridge, Hong Kong * Tsuen Wan New Town, Hong Kong * Tuen Mun New Town, Hong Kong * Tuen Mun Road, Hong Kong

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== External links == * {{cite web |url=http://www.scottwilson.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706112422/http://www.scottwilson.com/ |title=Scott Wilson Group Website |archive-date=6 July 2010}}

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