limited liability partnership industry construction civil engineering founded 1936 headquarters asia key people kenneth poon ceo products cost management ; project and program management ; and specialist consulting services number of employees 3 000 website 1 langdon & seah is an international construction consultancy firm in asia operating independently in 13 countries from 39 offices and a staff resources of nearly 3 000 . contents 1 history 2 services 3 list of notable projects 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit the firm has its roots traced to the quantity surveying practice in the united kingdom of horace w langdon & every founded in 1919 which had bought the singaporean firm of waters & watson to form horace w langdon & every incorporating waters & watson in 1946 . 1 waters & watson itself was established in 1933 but ceased operations when japan invaded singapore in 1942 . following the japanese surrender in 1945 original partner eric watson restarted waters & watson in early 1946 roping in young quantity surveyor seah mong hee joining waters & watson in 1936 who helped maintained the office in the months prior to the japanese invasion . the practice soon flourish and branch offices were soon established in kuala lumpur 1947 and hong kong 1949 1 encouraged by extensive post war reconstruction work in the region . also in 1949 seah mong hee who had operated the office during the war was made a partner . the firm underwent further name changes to reflect changes in status becoming langdon & every far east in 1954 . by 1967 the words far east were dropped to reflect the firm s expansion beyond the region and the practice later became langdon every & seah in 1969 . in 1988 langdon & every in the united kingdom and the gulf countries amalgamated with davis belfield & everest a firm formed in 1931 by owen davis joined in 1935 by john belfield and in 1944 by bobbie everest to become davis langdon & everest . following the swapping of shares langdon every & seah thus became davis langdon & seah in 1990 . in april 2012 the group merged with arcadis an international consultancy design engineering and management services company . on may 18 2012 davis langdon & seah officially changed its name to langdon & seah . 2 services edit the group offers consultancy services including the core services of cost management and quantity surveying cost engineering legal support project management and monitoring management consultancy due diligence research studies insurance valuations sustainable construction and capital tax allowances . the group s work in the construction sector ranges from infrastructure works retail residential industrial and commercial as well as work in the oil and gas industry specifically by branch at brunei . list of notable projects edit the firm has worked on the following high profile projects beijing international airport china jin mao building shanghai china world expo 2010 shanghai china hong kong stadium china hong kong disneyland china industrial & commercial bank of china china mandarin oriental kuala lumpur malaysia suvarnabhumi international airport bangkok thailand central world bangkok thailand bitexco financial tower ho chi minh city vietnam zuellig building philippines resorts world at sentosa singapore marina bay sands singapore gardens by the bay singapore references edit a b history . langdon & seah . retrieved 29 january 2013 . arcadis announces name change for davis langdon & seah . reuters . 18 may 2012 . retrieved 29 january 2013 . further reading edit meikle jim thinking big the history of davis langdon black dog publishing 2009 isbn 978 1 906155 71 1 external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title langdon % 26 seah & oldid 738932305 categories companies established in 1919engineering consulting firms navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 11 september 2016 at 21 07 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view