written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message bilfinger gva type limited company industry real estate founded 1820 number of locations uk and ireland key people gerry hughes ceo malcolm whetstone managing director sebastian happel finance director chris kent hr director website www.gva.co.uk gva grimley ltd operating as bilfinger gva is one of the largest commercial property advisers operating throughout the uk and ireland . it provides multi disciplinary commercial property advice and services to clients in the public and private sectors . bilfinger gva operates via a number of trading divisions planning development & regeneration building project management & consultancy valuation services capital markets agency and business rates and a regional network of 11 uk offices and an irish office in dublin . history edit bilfinger gva s roots go back 190 years to h.n grimley & son who were first recorded as house and estate agents of 13 bennett s hill birmingham in white s directory . since this time the company has undergone several makeovers and is now unrecognisable from its original form . the uk company adopted the name gva grimley clarification needed in 1998 . the expansion of gva grimley continued with the merger of saxon law and second london wall in 2003 chapman swabey in 2004 acr in 2005 and osmond tricks and lamb & edge in 2006 and most recently the acquisition of glasgow office agency alan watt and rights of lights experts schatunowski brooks in january 2008 . in november 2007 the firm secured 40m investment from lloyds development capital and converted from a limited liability partnership to a limited company as part of a restructuring that prepared the business for its next stage of strategic growth . in january 2011 the company adopted the shorter brand name of gva . citation needed in february 2009 all gva s offices and trading divisions were accredited to the iso 14001 standard . recent instructions include the ministry of defence to provide global estate management services re appointment to the ogc buying solutions estates property services panel to provide a wide range of services to public sector clients including planning valuation building surveying agency property management and landlord & tenant advice . other high profile projects include the mary rose trust where the company provided project management of the heritage lottery fund supported museum and visitor attraction built over the existing dry dock which houses king henry viii s flagship the mary rose . other key instructions include property management consultancy on the snow hill scheme a major mixed use development in birmingham . this includes 600 000 sq ft 56 000 m2 of grade a offices a 5 star hotel 332 luxury apartments health spa leisure uses and public realm . the german multinational company bilfinger se acquired gva in july 2014 . 1 references edit place north west http www.placenorthwest.co.uk news archive 15812 gva to merge with bilfinger.html external links edit gva website v t e real estate in the united kingdom real estate economy of the united kingdom companies developers and owners allied london argent group assura group balkan dream properties banks group brent walker british railways property board bruntwood capital & centric cls holdings coin street community builders daejan holdings downing developments goodman uk grainger grosvenor group lexi holdings the maghull group mepc minerva london & associated properties opal property group st. modwen properties sellar property group span developments st martins property group targetfollow the bedford estate the peel group trafalgar house west properties housebuilders barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & 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