RSK Group acquires civil engineering structural design specialist HPD Consultants

RSK has announced the acquisition of an India-based company that specialises in engineering and building information modelling services, HPD Consultants.

The company, which has previously worked with the RSK Group company MWH Treatment, has offices in the Pune region of India. Its team of 35 includes specialists in structural design, building information modelling, computational fluid dynamics, hydraulic design, modelling, mechanical design and project management.

Primarily serving the water industry, its clients include MWH Treatment in the UK, water engineers CMP Consulting and Atlas Engineering in Australia, Ecotra Contractors and maritime engineers Great Waters in the United Arab Emirates, as well as water and wastewater engineers JWIL in India.

Recent projects have included engineering support to various Asset Management Plan (AMP) 7 frameworks in the UK, engineering design of a water supply scheme in Senegal and contract for difference (CFD) analysis of a floating solar project in India.

HPD Directors Parag Pathak and Prashant Huddar, who will continue to lead the business, said: “We are excited to be part of RSK Group and to work with its businesses to help us achieve HPD’s aspiration of becoming a global engineering centre. We are looking forward to offering our value-added services across the Group and working collaboratively together.”

RSK Group Chief Executive Officer Alan Ryder said: “HPD’s skills and sector expertise makes this addition very attractive to the wider group, complementing some of the services already offered in other divisions. We look forward to working with our new colleagues at HPD and benefiting from their valuable skills and experience.”