Alfred McAlpine
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| Alfred McAlpine plc | |
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| Type | Public (LSE: MCA) |
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| Founded | 1930s |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Key people | Oliver Whitehead, Chairman Ian Grice, CEO |
| Industry | Construction |
| Revenue | £1,039 million (2005) |
| Operating income | £37.4 million (2005) |
| Employees | 8,878 (2005) |
| Website | www.alfredmcalpineplc.com |
Alfred McAlpine plc is a British construction firm headquartered in London. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It is a major road builder, and has constructed over 10% of Britain's motorways, including the M6 Toll (as part of the CAMBBA consortium).
In recent years Alfred McAlpine has moved away from being a general building firm to specialise in certain areas of civil engineering and construction such as schools, hospitals, airports and roads. It sold its housebuilding operations to George Wimpey in 2001. Facilities management and infrastructure services now account for the majority of its turnover. It has three business streams:
- Business Services: facilities management, information systems, asset management and health and safety management.
- Capital Projects: the special projects unit is involved a broad range of commercial, industrial, leisure, educational and medical facilities and the civil engineering unit is focused primarily on road building.
- Infrastructure Services: maintenance, renewal and development services to utility operators in the gas, electricity, water and telecoms sectors and roads maintenance services to local government.
It also owns Alfred McAlpine Slate, which is the world's largest producer of natural slate.
There is another UK construction firm called Sir Robert McAlpine. It is privately owned by members of the same family that founded Alfred McAlpine plc.
The company built the Galpharm Stadium in Huddersfield, which was named the McAlpine Stadium until 2004.
