Bowmer + Kirkland
Bowmer + Kirkland Group is a British construction services business based in Heage, Derbyshire.
History
The company was established in 1923 as a partnership between joiner Alfred Bowmer and bricklayer Robert William Kirkland.In July 2009 the firm was involved in a crane collapse in Liverpool that left a man paralysed and 100 people removed from their homes. The company was subsequently found guilty of breaching health and safety laws.
Chairman John Kirkland died in November 2021.
Major projects
Major projects have included:- St George's Park National Football Centre in Staffordshire, completed in 2012
- Trinity Square in Gateshead, completed in 2013
- Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, completed in 2014
- Derby Arena, completed in 2015
- St Marks Student Village for the University of Lincoln, due to be completed in 2021