Alfred McAlpine

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Alfred McAlpine
Type Private
Founded 1935[1]
Headquarters London, UK
Industry Construction
Revenue £1,123.2 million (2006)
Operating income £27.0 million (2006)
Net income £16.8 million (2006)
Owner Carillion
Employees 8,613 (2006)
Website www.alfredmcalpineplc.com

Alfred McAlpine plc was a British construction firm headquartered in London. It was a major road builder, and constructed over 10% of Britain's motorways, including the M6 Toll (as part of the CAMBBA consortium). It is now owned by Carillion.

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[edit] History

The company was established in 1935 by Alfred McAlpine, one of the sons of 'Concrete' Bob McAlpine. It was based in the North West of England and specialised in civil engineering[1].

In 1983 it ceased to limit its operations to the North West, West Midlands and North Wales and moved into other parts of the country[1].

In 2001 it sold its housebuilding operations to George Wimpey[2].

In 2001 it acquired Kennedy Utility Management for £52m[3].

In 2002 it acquired Stiell, a facilities management and information technology network systems business, for £85m[3].

In February 2008, Carillion acquired Alfred McAlpine for £572m[4].

[edit] Structure

It had three business streams:

  • Business Services: facilities management, information systems, asset management and health and safety management.
  • Project Services: 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 owned Alfred McAlpine Slate, which was the world's largest producer of natural slate.

[edit] Major projects

Projects undertaken by the company include Dinorwig Power Station completed in 1984,[5] Manchester Central completed in 1986,[6] Devonshire Dock Hall in Barrow-in-Furness completed in 1986,[7] the Royal Armouries in Leeds completed in 1996[8], the Galpharm Stadium in Huddersfield, opened in 1994, completed in 1997 (and known as the McAlpine Stadium until 2004)[9], the JJB Stadium in Wigan completed in 1999[10], the Eden Project in St Austell completed in 2001[11] and the M6 Toll completed in 2003[12].

Dinorwig Power Station

Manchester Central

Devonshire Dock Hall

Galpharm Stadium

Eden Project

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c High Court Judgement
  2. ^ Wimpey buys McAlpine building unit
  3. ^ a b UK Business Park
  4. ^ Carillion agrees to buy McAlpine
  5. ^ Gray, Tony page 14
  6. ^ Gray, Tony page 137
  7. ^ Gray, Tony page 174
  8. ^ National Audit Office Report on the Royal Armouries museum: paragraph 1.26
  9. ^ Galpharm Stadium at AJ Specification database
  10. ^ JJB Stadium Facts & figures
  11. ^ Eden Project - The story so far
  12. ^ Motorway Archive

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[edit] Further reading

  • The Road to Success: Alfred McAlpine 1935 - 1985, Tony Gray, Rainbird Publishing, 1987