Adler and Allan acquires specialist quality and engineering company QEM Solutions
Published: 5 March 2024
Environmental risk reduction services business, Adler and Allan, has acquired quality and engineering management solutions company, QEM Solutions (QEM).
QEM has been providing professional services, technical consultancy, inspections and surveys, management and training, and software for safe systems of work to the highly regulated gas and water industries for over 20 years.

Rob Graham, Chief Executive Officer, QEM, said: “We are excited to be joining the Adler and Allan Group. The services Adler and Allan delivers, and their established position in the utilities and environmental markets, allows us to provide our expert quality and engineering management solutions to more companies, providing a full turnkey package of process management and engineering solutions.”
Henrik Pedersen, Chief Executive Officer, Adler and Allan, said: “We help organisations manage, improve, maintain, and upgrade their infrastructure so that they can solve their biggest environmental challenges such as managing energy transition and mitigating the effects of climate change. This critical acquisition supports our mission and our ambitious growth plans, by bolstering our specialist quality and engineering management capability and enhancing our range of services to the gas and water sectors, making us partner of choice for utilities companies as they tackle the challenges of energy diversification and distribution through RIIO-3 and RIIO-4.”

This is Adler and Allan’s fifth acquisition in the utilities sector, and eighth overall in the last three years.
This acquisition strengthens Adler and Allans position as a national turnkey partner to the utilities sector with services from strategic infrastructure advice, monitoring, data and analytics, front line operational capability, and environmental consultancy.
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