Pat Munro recruited the majority of the experienced management team from Morrison Infrastructure in Inverness earlier this year after its parent company Galliford Try decided to withdraw the business from Scotland.

The expanded team will now be based at Elm House in Cradlehall Business Park, Inverness.

Ian Mackay, head of the Major Projects team, said: “I am excited to join Pat Munro with more than a dozen of my colleagues to establish the major projects department.  We bring the benefit of more than 300 collective years’ experience, gained on a broad range of contracts with Morrison to our new roles within the Pat Munro business.

“Having enjoyed many years of success with a multi-national company it is refreshing to work for a Highland based family business focused on work in the North of Scotland, with ambitions to grow their business and provide further opportunities for the company and its employees.”

Managing director Brian Munro added:  “We are delighted to welcome Ian and his Major Projects team to the Pat Munro family. We were well aware of their excellent track record in the delivery of major civil engineering projects throughout the North, and we were very pleased to be able to offer a solution which allowed the team to stay together, and keep serving the area in that regard.”