Beca Group

Beca Group Limited
Private
Industry multidisciplinary engineering consultancy
Founded 1920
Founder Arthur Gray
Headquarters Auckland
Number of locations
 20
Area served
 Oceania and Asia
Key people
 Greg Lowe (CEO)
Revenue NZD$419 million (2014)
Number of employees
 3,000
Website www.beca.com

Beca Group Limited (generally known as Beca) is an employee-owned engineering and management consultancy service company predominately within the Asia-Pacific region. Beca Group's headquarters are located in Auckland, New Zealand, however, Beca operates from three main hubs: Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Beca has over 3,300 employees in total, in its 20+ offices around the world.[1] Beca has alliances, joint ventures or cooperative arrangements with Amec, CH2M Hill and Parsons Brinckerhoff.

History

Beca was founded in 1920 by Arthur Gray on his return to New Zealand after World War I, where he purchased an engineering practice that would later become Gray and Watts, then Gray Watts & Beca and eventually Beca Group Ltd.[2]

The company's name reflects the contribution of George Beca, CBE, DFC, D.Eng (Hon) (1921 - 2001), who joined the partnership of Gray and Watts in the early 1950s and led the firm for many years.[3]

Beca has had several name changes following amalgamations. Beca Steven existed from 1989 to 2001 after amalgamation of Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner with Steven Fitzmaurice & Partners. In 2001, CH2M Hill merged with Beca Steven to form CH2M Beca Ltd.[4]

Services

The company specializes in a large array of consultancy services including cost management, management consulting, project management, planning, architecture, surveying, GIS, land information, valuations and software development. Beca supplies engineering and related consultancy services to four key markets: industrial, buildings, infrastructure and the Public Sector.[1]

Major projects

According to its website, Beca has completed 156 projects (2014) in multiple countries across the Asia Pacific region.[5] Amongst its major projects is the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand.[6] It is also involved in transportation projects such as the Manukau Harbour Crossing,[7] and has provided engineering design services to the Victorian Desalination Project in Australia.[8]

Revenue

Beca posted annual revenues for the year ending 31 March 2014 of $419 million NZD.[9]

Subsidiaries

The company lists the following subsidiaries operating under the Beca Group Limited name:[10]

  • Beca Group Holdings Ltd
  • Beca Ltd (New Zealand)
  • Beca Applied Technologies Ltd (New Zealand)
  • Beca Valuations Ltd (New Zealand)
  • Beca Pty Ltd (Australia)
  • Beca Consultants Pty Ltd (Australia)
  • Beca Asia Holdings Pte Ltd (Singapore)
  • Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner S.E Asia Pte Ltd (Singapore)
  • Beca Engineering Consulting (Shanghai) Co Ltd (China)
  • PT Bimatekno Karyatama Konsultan (Indonesia)
  • Beca International Consultants Ltd
  • Beca International Holdings Ltd

Awards

The 2017 Financial Review Client Choice Awards saw the company win three leading categories:[11]

  • Best Professional Services Firm (revenue > $200 million), joint win
  • Best Consulting Engineering Firm (revenue > $200 million), joint win
  • Market Leader: New Zealand

Along with Watercare and Hunua 4 S1-10 project partners, Beca had three wins at the Auckland 2017 Project Excellence Awards in December 2017. Winning the Physical Works Award, Project of the Year Award: Integration, and the Project Excellence Supreme Award. The awards recognise excellence in project management and execution.

Beca won Randstad New Zealand’s 'Most Attractive Employer' in the Construction & Engineering sector in 2016 and 2017.[12]

In the Engineering News Records Magazine in 2013, Beca was ranked 76th in the Top 200 international design firms, with international design revenues of 139.1 million.[13]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "About Beca". Beca. Archived from the original on 7 March 2010. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
  2. ↑ "The global transformation of Beca". stuff.co.nz. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Obituary: George Beca". New Zealand Herald. 1 June 2001. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Watermark house newsletter". Autumn 2001. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Beca Group Projects". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014.
  6. ↑ "Sir Ronald Powell Carter, entry in the 'Entrepreneur of the Year', 2005 finalists". Archived from the original on 9 December 2006.
  7. ↑ "Manukau Harbour Crossing" (PDF). NZ Transport Agency. January 2009. Retrieved 9 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "Recognition for Australia's colossal new reverse-osmosis desalination plant". worldinfrastructurenews.com. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  9. ↑ "ANNUAL REVIEW 2014 – TRANSFORM OUR WORLD". Beca. 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 12 February 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Company listing". beca.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Be nice, be honest: how KMPG, Nous, GTA and Beca win and keep clients". Financial Review. 2017-03-08. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  12. ↑ "Most Attractive Employer award".
  13. ↑ "The Top 225 International Design Firms| ENR: Engineering News Record | McGraw-Hill Construction". enr.construction.com. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
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