Timeline

1884 Biggs Wall established
1948 Morrison Construction is founded in Scotland
1989 Biggs Wall and Shand Construction are acquired by Morrison Construction and merged into the business
1995 Morrison Construction is listed on the London Stock Exchange as Morrison Construction Plc
1995 Wins first contract with Thames Water
1995 Overall turnover of Utilities division is now £20m
1997 Leeds office established
1997 Secures works with Anglian Water
1998 Secures work with Southern water
2000 Morrison Construction Plc is bought by AWG Plc
2000 Redhill office is established
2000 Work is secured with Eastern Electricity (now UK Power Networks) and is worth £3m per annum. Work on the same contract today is worth in excess of £70m
2000 Major gas bid event with Transco results in significant five fold increase in workload to £50m from historical work in the eastern region to new frameworks in the South, South East and South West
2000 Secured telecom workload with BT Openreach
2001 Begins working with CE Electric
2003 Secure gas and electric energy metering contract in North West and North East of England
2005 Acquisition of TESL
2005 Secures major telecom workload with Eircom
2006 AWG sells the construction division to Galliford Try. The company splits into two divisions - Morrison Utility Services and Morrison Facilities Services
2007 Secures work for National Grid Electricity Transmission establishing South Western alliance of Morrison Utility Services, Mitsubishi and Jacobs
2008 AWG sells Morrison Utility Services to two private equity firms, Cognetas and Bregal Capital.
2008 Secure contracts with new gas distribution businesses: Southern Gas Networks and as part of the Wales and West Utilities alliance
2009 Coalition secured with National Grid Gas in the East of England
2009 Secures further work with Yorkshire Water on their AMP5 capital Mains Programme
2010 Secures New Connections Alliance with EON Central Networks in the Midlands
2010 Secure AMP5 Thames Water Capital Programme in South London as part of MGJV
2010 Morrison Utility Services turnover is now £500m
2011 Secures further work with UK Power Networks for Groundworks Management taking order book to £1.55 billion