Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

Industry	Construction
Founded	1810 ; 214 years ago  ( 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 .

History [ edit ]

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]

Major projects [ edit ]

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]

References [ edit ]

Sources [ edit ]

• Hartcup, Guy (2011). Code Name Mulberry: The Planning Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbours . Pen & Sword Military. ISBN   978-1848845589 .

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