Company Profile

Founded in 1986 by directors Mike Furness and Paul Haines, we carry out a wide range of projects of a value up to £100 million. We operate from offices in London and Leeds.

We seek to maintain all the advantages of being compact and efficient – great client service, senior personnel working on every project – while bringing our clients the advantages of working with a larger organisation – resources and technologies available that allow us to respond quickly to challenges.

We seek to challenge and broaden our engineering knowledge which ensures our staff turnover is remarkably low, meaning that we can provide continuity for our clients both within a single project and also for our substantial repeat business.

We employ the latest CAD and analysis software to ensure we can solve the most intricate engineering problems.

The directors of the practice are:
Mike Furness, BSc, C.Eng, M.I.C.E, M.I.Struct.E, spent many years at Arup prior to making the decision to found Furness Partnership, which he did in 1986 with co–director Paul Haines.
Paul Haines, BSc, C.Eng, M.I.Struct.E, worked with Mike Furness prior to founding Furness Partnership. He, with Mike has managed the development of the practice since its inception.
John Wardingley, BSc, C.Eng, M.I.C.E, runs the Bradford office. He worked with Mike in the Middle East in the early 80’s. John’s career includes working for White Young and John Taylor & Sons.
Duncan McAlpine, BEng (Hons), C.Eng, M.I.Struct.E, joined Furness Partnership in 1997 after graduating from University.  He has progressed through the management structure and became a Director in 2009 and assists Mike and Paul manage the London office.