History
AMP was established in 1992 and takes its name from the company’s three founders – Alan Caygill, Malcolm Harding and Peter Readman, who all previously worked for Darlington-based Conder Structures, part of a UK-wide structural engineering group. The three men, each an experienced structural engineer, pooled their expertise to initially provide fast, accurate and economic designs for a small client base previously served by Conder.
The design of steel frame structures and superstructures for the building construction industry quickly became a core specialist service. However, as demand for AMP’s design and engineering expertise grew, so the company has diversified – to the extent that it now has an internationally-recognised capability to offer complete structural design, architectural and engineering solutions covering the whole building structure; as well as an extensive portfolio of specialist capabilities.
David Hodgson became Managing Director of AMP in 2006 following the death of Alan Caygill. Malcolm Harding continues in a consultancy capacity and remains a shareholder of AMP (North East) Limited.