RMJM: The highs and lows

Published on Thursday 3 March 2011 14:21

20 April, 1999 - Work starts on the new Scottish Parliament, left, designed by RMJM and Enric Miralles.

14 December, 1999 - The RMJM-conceived Falkirk Wheel is unveiled.

19 March, 2003 - It emerges RMJM and other companies behind the Scottish Parliament will receive a combined 56 million. The cost of the building would eventually rise from 50m to 431m.

2 September, 2005 - Brian Stewart, who masterminded the controversial Holyrood parliament building, is forced out of RMJM after a clash with directors.

2 August, 2006 - Peter Morrison is appointed chief executive of MJM, parent company of RMJM.

2 December, 2006 - RMJM to build a controversial new headquarters for Gazprom in St Petersburg.

21 April, 2009 - RMJM asks its 1,000-strong workforce around the world to take a 10 per cent pay cut.

2 October, 2009 - RMJM poaches Stirling Prize-winner Will Alsop, right.

16 January, 2010 - Sir Fred Goodwin is reported to have become an adviser to RMJM.

8 July, 2010 - RMJM admits cancelling and postponing projects due to difficult trading conditions.

28 August, 2010 - The company is hit by a series of high-profile departures among senior staff.

10 December, 2010 - The planned Gazprom tower is blocked for exceeding height restrictions.

06 January, 2011 - It emerges that Sir Fred, right, has taken a step back from the company.

8 January, 2011 - Bob Hillier, founder of Princeton-based Hillier Architecture, which was bought by RMJM, is leading a civil case against the firm over claims that it is failing to pay bonuses agreed as part of the takeover.