During 2011, the company was acquired by us firm ch2m hill, and in 2013 it was announced that the halcrow brand would eventually be discontinued The scheme was initially designed by engineer charles meik but after his death in 1923, the scheme's realisation was left to william halcrow, by then a partner in the firm founded by meik's father thomas meik. He retired in the late 1950s and died in folkestone, kent in 1958
The firm, renamed wt halcrow and partners in 1941 and sir william halcrow and partners in 1944, was known in the early 21st century as halcrow group limited. Sir alexander gibb, today part of the multinational conglomerate jacobs, built roads, and sir william halcrow (his company also today part of jacobs) developed a myriad of projects across the region from mutrah port in oman to jebel ali port in dubai. Halcrow acquisition brings deep engineering and design expertise to global market
During the first half of the 20th century, william halcrow led the business into new avenues of civil engineering, including deep tunnel ling and hydroelectric dams. Initial work on the new victoria line beneath central london The firm is now known as halcrow group limited By 2007, projects outside the uk accounted for around half the company's turnover
