By lyndamyer
Being located in UK, environmental, engineering and technical services group RSK has added civil engineering and bulk earthworks contractor RJT Excavations to its growing list of companies, whereas it purchased the Scottish excavations company from Mancunian Mercantile Investments with aim of strengthening its expertise in major engineering and infrastructure project work.
As an earthworks and general groundworks contractor, the Scottish Borders, RJT was established in Jedburgh on1989.
Presenting specialized plant and equipment, bulk earthworks, groundworks, stabilization, remediation, contract crushing as well as other plant-orientated activities, this company also provides a wider range of civil engineering services for roads, drainage, foundations, surfacing and street lighting. It operates from its main yard at Jedburgh and regional offices in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Leeds.
The last project of this company was the 7.5km Carlisle Southern Link Road for Galliford Try, while it also services a number of quarries operated by Tarmac, Breedon and Aggregate Industries on a regular basis.
Due to continues delivery of its ambitious growth strategy, RJT is the latest company to be bought by the acquisition hungry RSK Group.
With almost £796M turnover in 2022, the group currently comprises more than 175 companies and employs some 10,000 people across the UK and Europe.
According to RJT managing director Garry Young, who will continue to lead the business: “RSK Group brings some excellent synergies across the companies in its portfolio. This will provide opportunities to work together with similar companies within the group that have knowledge and experience in areas of construction that we do not currently have in-house. I believe that the RSK Group’s similar values and ethics bodes well for the future and that this acquisition is an excellent outcome for all RJT employees.”
Additionally, RSK group chief executive officer Alan Ryder said: “The acquisition of RJT will prove extremely valuable to the group, enhancing our engineering and infrastructure services across the UK. RJT’s team of specialists boasts an impressive skillset, applying its civil engineering, ground modelling, project management and bulk earthworks services to a diverse range of sectors, from roads and water installations to golf courses and landfill sites.”
Following purchase of County Galway-based ground investigation firm Irish Drilling in January of this year, RSK Group developed into the Nordic region with the acquisition of Danish geotechnical investigation and design firm 4AP-Geoteknik in April 2023.
