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Private building contractor From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Lind & Company is a building contractor with bases in Central London and Spalding in Lincolnshire, England.
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Construction |
Founded | 1915 |
Headquarters | Spalding, Lincolnshire, England |
Website | www |
The original company was founded in 1915 by Danish engineer Herman Peter Thygesen Lind (1890–1956). In 1980 the company, following to a failed project in the Mole Valley and a docks lock-out in Merseyside, called in receivers W.H. Cork Gully & Company, which sold off the assets. A group of former employees purchased certain rights and recommenced construction operations.[1]
During the Second World War the company was a significant builder of Mulberry harbour units.[2]
Major construction projects undertaken by the company include Waterloo Bridge in London (completed in 1945)[3] and the BT Tower in London which was completed in 1964 by Peter Lind's son in law Thomas Jaeger.[4]
The company still[when?] has management members from the pre-1980 era and continues to carry out construction operations in London and throughout the U.K. The London division has a Private Clients arm aimed at the bespoke fit out market, which was reported in the Channel 5 TV series "Superior Interiors".
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