Industry | Construction |
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Founded | 1810 |
Defunct | 1976 |
Fate | Acquired |
Successor | Tarmac |
Headquarters | London, UK |
Key people |
Lord Ashcombe ( Chairman) |
Holland, Hannen & Cubitts was a major building firm responsible for many of the great buildings of London.
The company was formed from the fusion of two well-established building houses that had competed throughout the later decades of the nineteenth century but came together in 1883: this was implemented by Holland & Hannen acquiring Cubitts, a business founded by Thomas Cubitt some 70 years before. [1] During the Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units. [2]
In the 1960s, when Lord Ashcombe was the Chairman of the company, it held a major stake in ACI Property Corporation, the developer for the Le Cartier Apartments in Montreal. [3]
The company was acquired by Drake & Gorham Scull [1] in 1969 and then by Tarmac in 1976 and subsequently integrated into Tarmac Construction. [4]
The combined business went on to construct many important buildings and structures including the Holborn Bars in High Holborn completed in 1906, [5] the Cunard Building in Liverpool completed in 1917, [6] the Cenotaph in London completed in 1920, [7] County Hall, London completed in 1922, [8] Ironmongers' Hall completed in 1925, [1] Unilever House completed in 1930, [9] South Africa House in London completed in 1933, [1] the Senate building of the University of London completed in 1937, [1] the Royal Festival Hall in London completed in 1951, [1] the Roxburgh Dam in New Zealand completed in 1956, [1] New Zealand House in London completed in 1961, [1] the West London Air Terminal completed in 1963, [10] and Trawsfynydd nuclear power station completed in 1965. [1]