engineering founded 1970 headquarters 3 grimston grange sherburn road tadcaster north yorkshire ls24 9bx england area served united kingdom products construction projects number of employees 786 parent balfour beatty website birse birse civils is a civil engineering company based in north yorkshire england . it was formerly a separate civil engineering company simply known as birse group but is now owned by balfour beatty . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisition 2 structure 3 products 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was founded as the birse group in 1970 . it was based in doncaster . in february 2002 it separated its building houses civil engineering rail underground and process divisions into birse build birse cl birse rail birse metro and birse process . acquisition edit in june 2006 it was bought by balfour beatty for 32 million . 1 birse build was integrated into balfour beatty s mansell company . the remaining birse companies continued to function as independent opco s under the balfour beatty flag . birse group services in june 2008 structure edit birse group services is in barton on humber birse coastal is in preston lancashire . offices closed in 2011 transferred to cheadle . birse nuclear is in cheadle hulme products edit buildings it has built include b & q s headquarters in chandlers ford the bbc s headquarters in leeds 2 the walkers stadium in leicester birse construction at a cost of 35 million huntington stadium a rugby league ground in york the reebok stadium in bolton references edit balfour beatty bbc leeds external links edit birse civils v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp 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