Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,257 pages of information and 244,498 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Alfred McAlpine

From Graces Guide

Builder and provider of support services

Successor to Sir Alfred McAlpine and Son

1985 The public name of the company was changed to Alfred McAlpine PLC; Robert James McAlpine became chairman.

Concentrated on private housebuilding.

1997 Acquired Raine Industries

By the late 1990s, McAlpine was building over 4,000 houses a year and was one of the industry’s top ten.

2001 Sold the housebuilding operations to George Wimpey.

2001 Acquired Kennedy Utility Management

2002 Acquired Stiell, a facilities management and information technology network systems business.

2008 Acquired by Carillion

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