Engineering consultancy shifts HQ back to Cromford

Engineering consultancy Idom Merebrook is moving its headquarters from Belper to Cromford.

The firm will move its 30 staff to Cromford Creative, in the newly-renovated UNESCO World Heritage site of Cromford Mills, near Matlock.

Idom Merebrook was originally established in Cromford in 1995. Cromford is is one of Idom Merebrook’s six offices in the UK, with the others in London, Kent, Manchester, Stirling and Cardiff. The company is part of the Idom Group of companies based in Spain and employing approximately 2,700 engineers and scientists worldwide in 100 countries.

The company was involved in in the construction of Derby’s Velodrome, is an official supplier to Rolls Royce Civil Nuclear New Build and Nuclear Projects and is also the lead architect on Leicester City Council’s new Dock 2 project.

Nigel Huish, managing director at Idom Merebrook, said: “This is an exciting move for us, and really cements our commitment to developing our future business within Derbyshire. We have a very broad range of skills operating from our head office, including our environmental team, civil, structural and geotechnical engineers, as well as mechanical, electrical and the geotechnical team. We believe the Midlands offers great potential and commercial opportunities across all of our disciplines.

Cromford Mills is a fantastic location to work. The buildings have been immaculately restored and have tremendous character with first class facilities. This move takes our team back to our original Cromford roots. Our environmental team will be working from what was the Old Post Office building in Cromford, from where we operated as a fledging business in our very early years.”