Pick Everard

Pick Everard is a United Kingdom-based multidisciplinary professional-services consultancy focused on the built environment. Its work spans the full lifecycle of buildings, infrastructure and places, combining design, engineering, surveying, cost, project and strategic advisory capabilities. The practice operates primarily in the UK and has developed from a Leicester engineering and architectural office into a national consultancy with offices in cities including Birmingham, Bristol, Bury St Edmunds, Cardiff, Derby, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. The firm traces its origin to 1866, when civil engineer John Breedon Everard established a practice at Millstone Lane in Leicester. The business initially reflected the professional structure of Victorian engineering and architecture, with its work connected to the expanding industrial and urban development of the period. Samuel Perkins Pick joined Everard as an assistant in 1882 and became a partner in 1888, establishing the Pick and Everard name that ultimately evolved into the modern brand. The practice also has historic connections to Leicester's industrial and commercial life: John Breedon Everard designed a new tower brewery for Everards Brewery in 1875. During the early twentieth century, the firm expanded its partnership and professional scope. Bernard Everard, John Breedon Everard's son, joined as a partner, prompting the name Everard, Son and Pick. Civil engineer William Keay later became a partner, followed by Martin Gimson in 1925. The practice was then known as Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson, before adopting the shorter Pick Everard identity used today. Its current service portfolio includes architecture, building surveying, building-services engineering, civil and structural engineering, water engineering and hydraulic modelling, landscape architecture, interior design, environmental consulting, sustainability and energy advice, BIM consulting, facilities-management consulting, health and safety consulting, project management, cost consulting and quantity surveying. This breadth allows Pick Everard to act as a lead consultant or specialist adviser for public-sector, commercial, education, infrastructure and other built-environment clients. The available reference material does not identify a single consumer-facing flagship product; the brand is instead defined by integrated professional services and project delivery expertise. In October 2024, the approximately 700-person practice was acquired by Artelia, a French project-management and cost-consulting group. The transaction brought Pick Everard into Artelia's UK platform alongside earlier acquisitions including Austin Newport Group and Castons. Following the deal, Artelia's UK workforce was described as approaching 1,000 employees, while the wider group had approximately 9,700 employees globally. Pick Everard continues to operate as a recognizable UK consultancy brand within the Artelia group. It has also received industry recognition, including an Association of Consulting Engineers award for business performance, construction-sector awards for integration, collaboration and value, and a 2020 RICS Social Impact Award in the education category.

Pick Everard originated in Leicester in 1866, when civil engineer John Breedon Everard established a professional practice at 6 Millstone Lane. The firm emerged during a period of rapid industrialization and urban growth, when engineering, architecture and surveying practices were increasingly involved in transport, manufacturing, civic and commercial development. Everard also had a notable connection to local industry and designed a tower brewery for Everards Brewery in Leicester in 1875. Samuel Perkins Pick joined the practice as an assistant in 1882 and became a partner in 1888. His entry established the partnership identity from which the modern Pick Everard name developed. The business continued to evolve through family succession and the addition of engineering partners. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Bernard Everard, the founder's son, joined the partnership, and the practice became known as Everard, Son and Pick. William Keay, a civil engineer who had worked with the firm, subsequently became a partner around 1920. Martin Gimson joined as the fourth partner in 1925, creating the name Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson. Although the partnership's formal names changed over time, its professional identity remained rooted in the combination of architecture and engineering. The practice gradually broadened beyond its original disciplines as the construction and property sectors became more specialized. Its later service model incorporated building surveying, structural and civil engineering, building-services design, quantity surveying, project management, environmental work, landscape architecture and other technical and advisory functions. This development positioned Pick Everard as a multidisciplinary consultancy rather than a single-discipline architectural or engineering office. The modern business operates as a UK national practice with offices across England, Scotland and Wales. Listed locations include Birmingham, Bristol, Bury St Edmunds, Cardiff, Derby, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds, Leicester, London, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield. The company has been described as having more than 700 employees and a broad portfolio of public- and private-sector built-environment work. Its capabilities include advisory services, architecture, BIM consultancy, building surveying, building-services engineering, civil engineering, cost consultancy, quantity surveying, environmental consultancy, facilities-management consultancy, health and safety consultancy, interior design, landscape architecture, project management, structural engineering, sustainability and energy consultancy, and water engineering including hydraulic modelling. The firm's growth has also been reflected in external recognition. In 2019 it received the Association of Consulting Engineers' Best UK Business Performance award for a large organisation. It was also recognized at the Celebrating Construction Awards for integration and collaborative working and for value, and received commendation at the NEC Awards and SPACES Awards. In 2020, it received the East region Education Award at the RICS Social Impact Awards. A major corporate turning point came in October 2024, when Artelia acquired Pick Everard. Artelia is a France-based project-management and cost-consulting group that had already expanded its UK presence through the acquisitions of Birmingham-based Austin Newport Group in 2020 and Suffolk-based Castons in March 2024. The addition of Pick Everard increased Artelia's UK presence to nearly 1,000 staff and added a long-established national consultancy brand to its international platform. Pick Everard remains the operating name associated with its UK multidisciplinary built-environment practice.

• 2024

  Acquired by Artelia

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  Artelia acquired Pick Everard, adding the UK consultancy's national office network and multidisciplinary capabilities to its group.

• 2020

  RICS Social Impact Award

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  The practice received the East region Education Award at the RICS Social Impact Awards.

• 2019

  Multiple industry awards

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  Pick Everard received recognition for business performance, collaborative working, value, client performance and young professional achievement.

• 1925

  Martin Gimson becomes a partner

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  Martin Gimson joined as a fourth partner, producing the name Pick, Everard, Keay and Gimson.

• 1920

  William Keay joins the partnership

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  Civil engineer William Keay, who had worked for the practice, became a partner around this time.

• 1888

  Pick becomes a partner

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  Samuel Perkins Pick became a partner, establishing the partnership name's enduring Pick and Everard association.

• 1882

  Samuel Perkins Pick joins the practice

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  Samuel Perkins Pick joined John Breedon Everard's practice as an assistant.

• 1875

  Tower brewery designed for Everards Brewery

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  John Breedon Everard designed a new tower brewery for Everards Brewery at Southgate Street in Leicester.

• 1866

  Practice founded in Leicester

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  Civil engineer John Breedon Everard established the practice at 6 Millstone Lane in Leicester.

A UK national multidisciplinary consultancy that integrates design, engineering, surveying, cost, project-management and sustainability expertise for built-environment clients.

• Design consultancy

  Architecture

  Pick Everard provides architectural design and related built-environment services as part of its multidisciplinary consultancy model. The architecture offer is integrated with engineering, surveying, cost, sustainability and project-management disciplines, enabling the practice to support projects from early planning and concept development through delivery and asset use.

• Engineering consultancy

  Engineering

  The engineering portfolio includes civil, structural, building-services and water engineering. Water-related work includes hydraulic modelling. These capabilities support buildings, infrastructure and wider development schemes, with engineering delivered alongside architecture, surveying, cost and project-management services.

• Property and construction consultancy

  Surveying and cost consultancy

  Pick Everard's surveying and commercial services include building surveying, cost consultancy and quantity surveying. These services can address condition and asset matters, project cost planning, procurement, commercial control and the financial management of construction and property programmes.

• Advisory and delivery services

  Project and programme management

  Project-management services help clients coordinate design, procurement, construction and delivery across complex built-environment programmes. The service is supported by the firm's technical, commercial, risk, health and safety, sustainability and facilities-management expertise.

• Environmental and sustainability consultancy

  Sustainability and environmental consultancy

  The consultancy advises on environmental matters, sustainability and energy performance. These services are intended to inform planning, design, delivery and operation of assets, and are combined with technical disciplines to address resource efficiency, environmental impacts and longer-term performance.

• 2024

  Joining the Artelia groupM&A

  Background

  Pick Everard was an established UK multidisciplinary consultancy with approximately 700 employees and a national office network. Artelia was expanding its UK platform after acquiring Austin Newport Group and Castons.

  Action taken

  Artelia acquired Pick Everard in October 2024, bringing the consultancy into its international project-management and cost-consulting group.

  Aftermath

  The transaction increased Artelia's UK workforce to nearly 1,000 people and preserved Pick Everard as a recognizable UK operating brand within the enlarged group.

  Source

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