NG Bailey: Construction | Engineering (original) (raw)
We are the UK’s leading independent engineering and services business.
Everything we do is driven by our purpose: Together we create and maintain exceptional buildings and infrastructure to enable a society that connects seamlessly, operates efficiently and prospers now and in the future.
What we do
We believe in bringing buildings to life and we know that the benefits of our work will be felt by generations to come. We do this by responsibly designing, operating and maintaining buildings, infrastructure and services.
The way we do business has remained unchanged since we were founded. Our people drive technical and operational excellence, truly focused on delivering customer excellence – it’s what makes us different.
Offsite Manufacture
Increases productivity, improves quality, delivers certainty on programme and costs
Working for us
We want to attract, recruit and retain the best people. Our people and their skills and abilities remain at the heart of everything we do. By building a diverse and talented workforce and investing in opportunities to develop our employees in their careers, we continue to make NG Bailey an excellent place to work.
Latest News
Sustainability remains a key driver for 2025
Jonathan Stockton, Chief Executive Officer of NG Bailey, joined other leaders from the property sector in sharing their views with TheBusinessDesk.com on the key trends set to shape the industry this year.
NG Bailey invests in new Leeds headquarters
NG Bailey, the UK’s largest independent engineering and services business, is relocating to a new office in south Leeds. The business has chosen the ABC Building at White Rose Park as its new headquarters following the move from its site at Brown Lane West, Holbeck.
Building for the future: how tech and teamwork drive sustainable retrofitting
A virtual roundtable, hosted by Building in partnership with Bluebeam, brought together engineering, construction, and digital experts—including Anna Hunter, Technical Director at NG Bailey—to explore how emerging technologies and multidisciplinary collaboration can advance retrofit efforts and make the sector more sustainable.
Our Experience
The Catalyst
We undertook the installation and commissioning of all mechanical, electrical and plumbing works for The Catalyst, a new purpose-built home for the National Innovation Centre for Ageing (NICA), National Innovation Centre for Data (NICD) and the National Institute for Health Research Innovation Observatory (NIHRIO) in Newcastle.
UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC)
Working as Principal Contractor, we completed the fast-paced installation of mechanical and electrical (M&E) services at UK Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC), the UK’s new £130m prestigious battery development facility. UKBIC is a pioneering concept in the race to develop battery technology for the transition to a greener future.
Nightingale Hospitals Initiative
We were proud to support the fight against coronavirus by working collectively with key partners throughout the industry to create several Nightingale hospitals across the UK. Both our Engineering and Services divisions came together to deliver field hospitals in Manchester, Harrogate, Cardiff, Deeside and Bangor.
Warwick University Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building
The development of the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB) at the University of Warwick is an outstanding example of collaboration and modern methods of construction. The £54.3m project is being completed to world-class, industry-leading standards with at least 50% using offsite construction.
Dagenham Data Centre
Our Freedom team was appointed to design and build an 80 MVA 132kV connection to a new data centre in the UK Power Networks region. To facilitate the connection to an existing 132kV OHL terminal tower, Freedom installed its new point of connection mast - POC-MAST™ which provided a quicker and cheaper final connection point.
University Hospital of North Tees – Energy Centre
We operated as Principal Contractor on this scheme, to create a new £14m energy centre at the University Hospital of North Tees. The project saw ageing infrastructure replaced with more reliable and efficient equipment, reducing the Trust’s energy consumption and providing capacity for future development.
Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Q-Floor Operating Theatres, Sheffield
We played a key role in a £4.5m programme to create four new operating theatres and a recovery area to replace ageing facilities at Sheffield’s Royal Hallamshire Hospital. We have a long history with Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, having worked with them since 2002 on numerous prestige projects across the city campus including renovation its Q floor which was opened in 2019.
The Diamond, University of Sheffield
The Diamond is the University of Sheffield’s hub for engineering students. The iconic building houses specialist teaching facilities for engineering as well as lecture theatres, seminar rooms, a library and more than 1,000 study spaces. We delivered all mechanical and electrical installations which included a number of specialist systems such as industrial gas and ventilation services and intelligent lighting systems.
Safety First & Foremost
Safety is always first and foremost and keeping our people safe and well is what our strategy is all about. We care about our people and continually strive to improve their safety and wellbeing by integrating effective processes into our workplaces and encouraging a positive culture.
Our Responsibilities
Operating responsibly and sustainably underpins what we do as a business. We consider both our current operations and our future legacy and we feel the best way to achieve this is through our projects, and by working together with our people, customers and communities.