Sinclair Knight Merz

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Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) was an incorporated company that supplied consulting engineering services. It commenced in 1996 when Sinclair Knight and Partners (known as Sinclair Knight) merged with Merz Australia Pty Limited.

Sinclair Knight had commenced as a partnership in 1963, incorporated in 1972 and later merged with a number of Australian and international companies. Merz had commenced in Australia as a branch of Merz and McLelland, a United Kingdom firm of consulting engineers, in 1954. Merz Australia incorporated in 1988 as part of Merz and McLelland.

SKM was one of the companies that purchased aspects of Rural Water Corporation's (VA 4234) engineering consultancy arm, the HydroTechnology Division, when the Corporation was broken up in 1995. Under the terms of the sale agreement, the purchasers were entitled to take custody of relevant Rural Corporation Records pending completion of the relevant projects. On completion of the projects the records were to be returned to public custody. By August 2001 SKM had transferred several consignments of records to Public Record Office Victoria and at least one consignment to Goulburn-Murray Water (VA 3757). It is possible that SKM has retained other public records.

In 2013 Jacobs Solutions Incorporated purchased Sinclair Knight Merz and retired the brand.