Our website uses cookies to provide you with the best experience. Find out more. OK About DELIVERING INNOVATION IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING SINCE 1957 With a pride and passion for designing award-winning, safe and sustainable solutions we deliver inspiring environments for tomorrow’s world - in aviation, defence, life sciences and manufacturing, nuclear, power, public and rail sectors. SPECIALISTS IN COMPLEX INFRASTRUCTURE BakerHicks is a design, engineering and project delivery company, specialising in complex infrastructure, process and built environments across the full project life cycle. Our disciplines range from initial architecture to civil and structural, building services, specialist high voltage and process engineering services, project management and CDM consultancy, using the latest innovations in Building Information Modelling (BIM) for the most efficient and cost-effective design. The company name comes from two pioneers of the founding business: Professor Sir John Baker (later Lord Baker), Research and Development Director and previously Head of Cambridge University’s Engineering Department; and Howard Hicks, the Group Chairman and Chief Executive. The name BakerHicks better reflects our established reputation as an independent consultancy, delivering award-winning design and engineering services across the UK since 1957. BakerHicks is part of Morgan Sindall Group plc, a leading UK construction and regeneration group with a revenue of c £3 billion and which operates through five divisions of Construction & Infrastructure, Fit Out, Property Services, Partnership Housing and Urban Regeneration. THE BAKERHICKS STORY The BakerHicks story began over 60 years ago in Stratford-upon-Avon with the establishment of the IDC Group in 1957. Over the next 60 years while there were changes of ownership and name, there has also been a strong continuity of service offering. 1957 - 1987 1987 - 1988 1988 - 2007 2007 2010 2017 1957 - 1987 The IDC Group and Howard Hicks era The IDC Group was established with the aim of providing a fully integrated design and construction service for industry and commerce in the UK. Over the 30 years the business operated as IDC it grew to encompass 18 principal subsidiary companies, operating in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America. The Group’s client list was an impressive collection of blue-chip companies at the time, including household names such as Kelloggs, L’Oreal, Ford, Coca-Cola and Sony, and companies such as Smith Kline and French, who are still BakerHicks clients in the guise of Glaxo Smith Kline. The Group’s Chairman, Chief Executive and majority shareholder was Howard Hicks. The business also had a research and development director, Professor Sir John F Baker (later Lord Baker) who was previously Head of Cambridge University’s Engineering Department. Sectors. Aviation Defence Life Sciences & Manufacturing Nuclear Power Public Sector Rail Disciplines. Architecture Building Information Modelling Building Services CDM Consultancy Civil & Structural Engineering Electrical (HV) Process Project Management BakerHicks. Projects About People News Careers Contact Governance Financial Statements Purchase Terms A Responsible Business COVID-19 Safer Working Privacy Copyright © 2017 - 2021 BakerHicks. All rights reserved. BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group Company.