Mar 22 2006
BRE has acquired Building Performance Group (BPG), a London-based practice specialising in the whole life performance of large building projects such as hospitals, schools and commercial buildings.
The acquisition will bring new areas of expertise into the existing BRE whole life performance business, together with bespoke software tools to predict service life and building component costs.
Dr Peter Bonfield, Managing Director of BRE's Construction Division, said: 'BRE and BPG have complementary strengths in whole life performance. By joining them we are creating a strong portfolio of building performance and value services. These services have become hugely important as the industry strives to build and refurbish in a more sustainable way. We plan to grow this business.'
Chris Watson, MD of BPG, added: 'This is a great way forward for the BPG team - the combined resource of BRE and BPG will considerably enhance the range of services we are able to offer our clients on current and future whole life performance projects'.
BPG's highly-skilled team of architects, building surveyors, quantity surveyors, engineers and construction professionals will move to BRE's base in Watford.