founded 1902 1902 as f.a. macdonald & ptrs headquarters glasgow scotland key people bob mccracken chairman number of employees 500 2012 website fairhurst website fairhurst formerly f.a. macdonald & partners and then w. a. fairhurst & partners is a scottish engineering consultancy business . it takes its name from william fairhurst a notable bridge designer who led the partnership for 30 years . contents 1 history 2 today 3 external links 4 references history edit the business was founded by frank a. macdonald in glasgow in 1902 and initially provided design and construction in ferro concrete reinforced concrete using a system patented by french engineer fran ois hennebique . significant early projects included the usher hall in edinburgh . 1 william fairhurst joined the company in 1931 having established his reputation as a civil and structural engineer and became a director in 1938 and managing director in 1941 . 1 the firm meanwhile began to expand its network of offices both organically and through acquisition opening scottish bases in aberdeen edinburgh dundee and elgin and then english offices in places including newcastle leeds london from 1982 to 1997 the company was project manager for the implementation of the engineering infrastructure for the london docklands development corporation and bristol . overseas project offices were also established at various times . 1 however a domestic project awarded in 1959 the new tay road bridge crossing the tay estuary and linking north east fife with dundee proved pivotal in the firm s development and the key involvement of fairhurst led the business to change its name to w. a. fairhurst and partners . fairhurst retired in 1971 by which time the business had delivered another major scottish bridge the kingston bridge glasgow 1970 . 1 today edit the engineering consultancy today works out of 15 principal offices and employs 500 staff . today it is one of the largest private consultancy companies in the uk trading 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