PTS operates in 10 countries across four continents and the merger underlines the company’s aim of excelling with a holistic offering across complementary engineering disciplines. The combined offering will target opportunities across the world where security is of critical importance such as corporate estates, government, data centres, custodial, Critical National Infrastructure and transportation.

Kevin Brownell, now a partner in PTS Consulting, said: “Since the IP revolution, physical security, IT and audio-visual have belonged on the network and this merger underlines that. Presenting physical security as a separate discipline is no longer valid and customers expect integrated solutions. CHQ combining with PTS is an example of joined-up thinking. We’ve been working together on projects for several years and the acquisition provides a seamless offering to our combined customer base."

Over the last twelve months CHQ have worked on a broad range of projects that include data centres, government facilities, prisons and London Gateway - a major new deep-sea container port on the Thames Estuary. CHQ were also finalists in two categories at the 2013 Security Excellence Awards.

The merger will see increased investment in graduate recruitment and intern programmes for some of the most promising young engineers in surveillance, IT security and AV as PTS builds on its integrated workforce serving over 3,500 clients.