Bowmer + Kirkland

Bowmer + Kirkland Group is a British construction services business based in Heage, Derbyshire.

Bowmer + Kirkland Group

Company type	Construction services
Founded	1923 (1923)
Headquarters	Heage, Derbyshire , England
Area served	UK, North America, the Middle East
Key people	Jack Kirkland (Chairman)
Revenue	£1,069.8 million (2019)[1]
Operating income	£71.0 million (2019)[1]
Net income	£57.2 million (2019)[1]
Website	www.bandk.co.uk

History

The company was established in 1923 as a partnership between joiner Alfred Bowmer and bricklayer Robert William Kirkland.^[2]

In July 2009 the firm was involved in a crane collapse in Liverpool that left a man paralysed and 100 people removed from their homes. The company was subsequently found guilty of breaching health and safety laws.^[3][4]

Chairman John Kirkland died in November 2021.^[5]

Major projects

Major projects have included:

• St George's Park National Football Centre in Staffordshire, completed in 2012^[6]
• Trinity Square in Gateshead, completed in 2013^[7]
• Center Parcs Woburn Forest in Bedfordshire, completed in 2014^[8]
• Derby Arena, completed in 2015^[9]
• St Marks Student Village for the University of Lincoln, due to be completed in 2021^[10]