Davis Langdon, LLP, known globally as Davis Langdon and Seah International, is a construction consultancy firm headquartered in London, UK with 30 offices throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East, and over 100 worldwide. The firm is headed by the Senior Partner Rob Smith and has a turnover of £154 million throughout Europe and the Middle East and £580 million globally. It has 2,239 employees in Europe and the Middle East and around 5,000 employees in 110 offices working in 28 countries worldwide.
Company type | Limited Liability Partnership |
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Industry | Construction, Civil engineering |
Founded | 1919 |
Headquarters | London, United Kingdom |
Key people | Rob Smith, Chairman, Jeremy Horner, Chief Executive |
Products | Management & consulting services |
Number of employees | 4,000 |
Parent | Davis Langdon Seah International |
Website | www.davislangdon.com |
History
The firm was established by Horace W Langdon in Holborn in 1919.[1] He was joined by Tom Every in 1921 and the firm became Horace W Langdon & Every.[1] The firm became Langdon Every & Seah in 1969 when the contribution by Seah Mong Hee in the Far East was recognised.[1]
In 1988 the firm merged with Davis Belfield & Everest (a firm formed in 1931 by Owen Davis who was joined in 1935 by John Belfield and in 1944 by Bobbie Everest) becoming Davis Langdon & Seah International.[2] In July 2007 it merged with the Mackenzie Partnership, a large Scottish-based practice.[3]
Global corporate structure
Davis Langdon and Seah International (DLSI) is an award-winning global construction consultancy and a parent firm which incorporates Davis Langdon and Davis Langdon Seah. Its services include project and cost management.
Davis Langdon has over 2,750 people in 69 offices, and it operates throughout Africa, Australia and New Zealand, Europe and the Middle East, and the USA. Davis Langdon Seah has over 2,000 people in 32 offices in 11 countries across Asia.
Services
The specific services offered by the company include cost consultancy, project management, CDM coordinator and health and safety services, management consulting, legal support, specification consulting, engineering services, property tax and finance. The firm provides these services for clients investing in infrastructure, property and construction. Davis Langdon, LLP has worked on a number of high profile projects including facilities for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Tate Modern and Royal Festival Hall in London and the Eden Project in Cornwall.
List of Davis Langdon office locations
United Kingdom
Europe Croatia
Ireland
Russia
Spain
Middle East
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Asia Brunei
China
India
Indonesia
Japan
Korea
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Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore Thailand
Vietnam
Australia
New Zealand
North America USA
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Africa South Africa
Botswana
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Areas of specialty
Davis Langdon delivers Cost Management and Project Management services as well as Management Consulting, Legal Support, Specification Consulting; Engineering Services and Banking, Tax and Finance and has expertise across a wide range of sectors, including:
- Hotels, Sports, Culture – Hotels & resorts; Sports & venues; Culture & arts
- Commercial – Offices; Fit-out; Business parks; Data centres
- Transport, Infrastructure and Remediation - Transport, infrastructure & remediation; Airports; Industrial, process, distribution & manufacturing
- Residential – Private residential; Affordable housing
- Retail – Developers; Retailers
- Public – Schools, Further education; Higher education; Private healthcare; Public healthcare; Administration, defence, custodial & justice; PPP/PFI
List of notable projects
Davis Langdon has worked on the following high-profile projects:
- Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
- The Shard, London, UK
- Tate Modern, London, UK
- Eden Project, Cornwall, UK
- Eastside Park regeneration, Birmingham, UK
- British Empire and Commonwealth Museum "Abolition of Slavery Exhibition", Bristol, UK
- National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, UK
- Paradise Project delivering Liverpool 1, Liverpool, UK
- The Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre at Kings Waterfront, Liverpool, UK
- Norwich Theatre Royal, Norwich, UK
- Alexandria Library, Egypt
- Beirut Central District, Lebanon
- British Council, Egypt
- British Embassy, Bahrain
- Central Bank of Kuwait
- Commercial Bank Tower, Doha, State of Qatar
- Dubai Waterfront, UAE
- Grand Egyptian Museum
- Jumeirah Beach Hotel, Dubai, UAE
- Mall of the Emirates, Dubai
- Commerzbank, Frankfurt
- Elephant House, Copenhagen Zoo
- Legoland, Germany
- Rennes Viaduct, France
- Beijing International Airport, China
- Jin Mao Building, Shanghai, China
- World Expo 2010, Shanghai, China
- Hong Kong Stadium, China
- University Biological Science Building, Hong Kong, China
- Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, China
- Mainetti Factory, Shenzhen, China
- Mandarin Oriental, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand
- The Infinity Tower, Bangkok, Thailand
- Central World, Bangkok, Thailand
- Seoul International Finance Centre, Korea
- The Rockwell Centre, Manila, Philippines
- Adelaide Botanical Gardens, Australia
- Gateway Bridge Upgrade, Brisbane, Australia
- The Lakes Resort, Cairns, Australia
- Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, Alaska
- The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Smithsonian Institution, Patent Office Building, Washington DC, USA
- Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, USA
- Mondavi Center for the Arts, University of California, Davis, California, USA
- Baha Mar Resort, Bahamas
- Central Terminal Building, Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa
- V&A Waterfront Marina, Cape Town, South Africa
Awards
It has been the recipient of a number of industry awards including being voted Top International Construction Consultant for fifteen successive years and was named Building magazine’s Construction Consultant/Surveyor for three consecutive years. The firm was named one of the Sunday Times ‘100 Best Companies to Work For’ for four consecutive years, in 2008 was placed at number 19, and was the only project and cost management consultancy to be included in the top 50.[4].
Davis Langdon has won the following awards in recent years:
- Building magazine’s “Consultant/ Surveyor of the Year” in 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Runners up in the top four in 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2002.
- Building magazine’s “Project/Construction Manager of the Year” 2004
- World Architecture’s “Top International Cost Consultant” for 15 years in succession as voted for by the world's leading architects and their clients.
- One of the Sunday Times '100 Best Companies to Work For' for the fifth year in 2009.
- Second in Computer Weekly’s ‘Best Places to Work in IT’
- Davis Langdon PKS has been named one of the “Best 50 companies to work for in Ireland”
- Davis Langdon placed in twelfth position in the Management Partners’ Forum (MPF) top 100 professional services firms to work for.
References
- ^ a b c Davis Langdon & Seah International: History
- ^ Davis Langdon: History
- ^ Mackenzie Merger
- ^ Sunday Times (2008-03-09). "19. Davis Langdon". The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For. London: The Sunday Times. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
A happy and motivated workforce has provided a firm base for property consultancy Davis Langdon.
Further reading
- Meikle, Jim, Thinking Big: The History of Davis Langdon, Black Dog Publishing, 2009 ISBN 9781906155711