LONDON – DEC. 11, 2018 – Cumming, an international project management and cost consultancy, announced a merger with Mellersh & Harding Building Consultancy LLP (MHBC), expanding the company’s expert resources and enabling it to provide unmatched building consultancy and project management services to its growing client base throughout the UK and across Europe.
Andrew Webster, Antonia Belcher, and Sean Cushing established MHBC in 2007 to provide clients with tailored building consultancy services. Involved throughout the entire lifecycle of the project, MHBC provides a wide range of specialized services, from building surveying and full-scale project management to design and building services engineering.
With a focus on the UK, combined with significant experience in Europe, MHBC’s long-standing clients include several international real estate investment management firms and industry-leading retail, hospitality, industrial, and residential owners. Examples include Schroder Real Estate, LaSalle Investment Management, and Starwood Capital, among many others.
“We are delighted to solidify our partnership with MHBC after working alongside them for several years,” said Derek Hutchison, Executive Vice President at Cumming. With an outstanding reputation in the UK and a proven track record of consistently adding value to complex projects, this merger will provide our respective clients with even more expert resources to help achieve their development-related goals.”
“Combining our expertise and resources with Cumming allows us not only to meet the expanded needs of our current clients and grow our client base, but it will also provide new and important growth opportunities for our staff,” stated Antonia Belcher, one of MHBC’s founders.
Cumming’s diverse portfolio of cost and project management work includes an array of projects in the healthcare, education, commercial, hospitality, retail, entertainment, and high-end residential sectors totaling more than $150 billion in project value. Recent Cumming assignments throughout the region include the London EDITION, fit-out of the Aqua Shard and Houtong restaurants on the 31st and 33rd floors of The Shard, various renovations at Harvey Nichols Knightbridge, and many others.
By joining forces, Cumming’s worldwide team increases to approximately 750 professionals across 31 offices.
For more information about Cumming and past projects, please visit: www.ccorpintl.com
About Cumming
Cumming is an international project and cost management firm with 27 domestic and 4 international offices, and approximately 1850+ team members. Since opening for business in 1996, Cumming has provided efficient and cost-effective solutions to ensure that projects in the commercial, hospitality, retail, entertainment, education, healthcare, and high-end residential sectors are executed on time and within budget. Cumming provides a solutions-oriented suite of services that specifically addresses its clients’ unique challenges, thus enabling them to achieve extraordinary results. For more information, please visit www.ccorpintl.com.
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