{"id":16690,"date":"2023-05-07T22:43:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T05:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sweco-buys-ball-berry-to-ramp-up-building-control-offer\/"},"modified":"2023-05-07T22:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T05:43:17","slug":"sweco-buys-ball-berry-to-ramp-up-building-control-offer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sweco-buys-ball-berry-to-ramp-up-building-control-offer\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweco buys Ball &#038; Berry to ramp up building control offer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The deal raises the group\u2019s building control inspector headcount by a third to just under 100.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition also strengthen Sweco\u2019s competencies in all sectors and extends its geographical presence in England.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2007 and with six offices in England, Ball &amp; Berry provides Approved Inspector services to commercial, residential, education, healthcare, hospitality, industrial and leisure sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Ball &amp; Berry employs around 40 people and reported revenues of \u00a33.4m last year.<\/p>\n<p>Max Joy, business area president of Sweco UK, said: \u201cBy coming together, we are ensuring that we have the right skills and knowledge to respond to our clients\u2019 future needs as well as to the upcoming changes to the Building Safety Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul McNeill, director at Ball &amp; Berry, said: \u201cSince myself, David Hodgson and David Clarke joined Ball &amp; Berry as directors in 2010\/11, the business has undergone a journey of exceptional growth and transformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver recent years, we\u2019ve opened several new offices in Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, London and Maidstone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComing together with Sweco was an easy decision. Our combined expertise, and united values, culture and ethos will deliver incredible strength in our marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the first acquisition for Sweco UK since it\u00a0acquired MLM Group four years ago.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2023\/05\/04\/sweco-buys-ball-berry-to-ramp-up-building-control-offer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The deal raises the group\u2019s building control inspector headcount by a third to just under 100. The acquisition also strengthen &#8230; <a title=\"Sweco buys Ball &#038; Berry to ramp up building control offer\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sweco-buys-ball-berry-to-ramp-up-building-control-offer\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Sweco buys Ball &#038; Berry to ramp up building control offer\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16690\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}