GRC Mott MacDonald was originally formed by four partners as GRC Consultants in 1986 and has always been based in Alton, Hampshire.

The company was formed to fulfil a need in a niche market in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and related industries for specialist engineering and project management services.

A pattern quickly emerged of Clients requesting GRC to proceed beyond a feasibility or front end study, the initial brief, to carry out the management of the execution of the project. This was particularly so where the Client was a start-up company or spin-off from academic research.

The bulk of our work was in biotechnology in the late 80’s and early 90’s, but as the 90’s progressed the market changed and the emphasis moved to secondary pharmaceuticals, particularly oral solid dose.

Work carried out for clients ranged from outline studies costing a few thousand pounds to the project management of a major vaccines facility with an installed cost of around £20m. In addition lump sum engineering, procurement and construction contracts were undertaken up to values of £5m.

Steam Sterilisable Centrifuge for Biotech After a period in the ownership of the Shepherd Building Group, GRC became part of MottMacDonald Limited, a global consulting company active in a very large number of fields from education to transport and infrastructure.

GRC Mott MacDonald has always been a small, focused organisation offering specialist expert input to Client’s projects in order to achieve an efficient and cost effective outcome.