and cost management founded 1947 headquarters euston tower london uk website www.fgould.com faithful gould is an integrated project and programme management consultancy . it supports clients with the management of their construction projects and programmes . it is part of atkins a design engineering and project management consultancy . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was established by eric faithful and leonard gould in 1947 as they worked together to repair bristol after it was heavily bombed in the second world war . 1 it subsequently worked with imperial chemical industries to provide cost valuation and management services across the uk and with the national coal board to develop selby coalfield . 1 the company became part of atkins in 1996 . 2 it subsequently expanded organically and through a series of acquisitions including silk & frazier in 1998 yeoman & edwards in 1999 and hanscomb in 2002 . 3 in 2012 simon burns the minister for transport admitted in parliament that it had been faithful gould who had been responsible for the franchising policy design for the intercity west coast franchise competition which was abandoned . 4 the laidlaw inquiry made no criticism of the firm s conduct . 5 the company went on to buy confluence a project management business in 2013 . 6 operations edit faithful gould employs over 2 000 staff and has an expanding office base worldwide . 7 see also edit ws atkins plc references edit a b brownhills to benelux carrying express profits . m2mevolution . 1 december 2007 . retrieved 3 september 2014 . atkins to buy out faithful & gould . construction news . 25 january 1996 . retrieved 12 august 2014 . new look faithful gould unveils ambitious future plans . faithful gould . 2006 01 23 . retrieved 2008 09 23 . west coast railway line franchises . uk parliament . 19 october 2012 . retrieved 4 april 2012 . report of the laidlaw inquiry . hm government . retrieved 12 august 2014 . atkins buys confluence project management business quick facts . rtt news . 10 april 2013 . retrieved 12 august 2014 . scape appoints faithful gould to lead asset management surveying and design services framework . scape . retrieved 4 april 2013 . external links edit faithful gould website atkins website 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 housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house defunct ashtons beazer broseley bryant homes comben homes george wimpey ideal homes mclean homes taylor woodrow westbury william leech wilson bowden integrated construction balfour beatty bam nuttall carillion cleveland bridge & engineering clugston costain galliford try gleeson interserve kier laing o rourke lend lease linford mace morgan sindall shepherd sir robert mcalpine volkerfitzpatrick wates willmott dixon suppliers current aggregate industries artex ashtead brogan cemex uk hanson london brick hss hire jewson kingspan kingspan off site mero schmidlin pilkington rmd kwikform sig speedy hire tarmac tarmac building products tata steel europe travis perkins wolseley defunct blue circle industries redland rmc group tarmac group government and regulatory bodies department for communities and local government department for business innovation and skills health & safety executive local planning authority planning inspectorate chief construction adviser to uk government industry bodies british constructional steelwork association bsria build uk ciob civil engineering 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