Take a trip back through our biggest achievements
1982
We built the new headquarters for the International Maritime Organisation, the only United Nations agency based in Britain. The nine storey headquarters on the edge of the Thames took 47 months to construct. It includes 23,500m2 of office space for some 60 staff, and a 650-seat main conference hall. It was formally opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 17 May 1983.
1984
First built in 1934 as Glasgow and West of Scotland Commercial College, the striking Pitt Street building needed redeveloping to accommodate the Strathclyde Police force in 1980. We extended the building, cladding it in silver astrowall.
We built Scotland’s first ever ‘out of town’ shopping centre in Edinburgh, on the 26 acre site Located on a flood plain, it had to be built on piles over the Braid Burn stream. When it opened it had 35 shops (now 50) and two supermarkets, including the only Sunday opening bank in the UK and the first computer controlled lighting system in the UK. It also includes an extensive free car park for 1,200 cars and won European Shopping Centre of the Year in 1984.
1985
Following our refurbishment work, The Old Vic, near London's Waterloo Station, received a Civic Trust Award and a commendation from the Royal Institute of British Architects, recognising the skilful way in which we refurbished the theatre building, restoring its 19th century grandeur.
1986
Building services at the Bank of England, Threadneedle Street, London were completely modernised in a £17 million contract completed in 1986.
1987
The Mound Stand at the MCC's Lords Cricket Ground, north west London, was constructed during two winter periods so that county and test cricket was not interrupted during the summer. We have recently won the contract to refurbish the stand.
We completed the headquarters for multinational tobacco company Gallaher in Weybridge, Surrey after just 25 months. It features an atrium with a full-height glass wall overlooking the pre-war motor racing circuit at Brooklands, and boasts some 7,500m2 of office space.
1988
Built for Hampshire County Council, we extended Farnborough College of Technology, almost doubling the original 1960s-built facilities. In 1988 the project won a Civic Trust Award for its outstanding contribution to the quality and appearance of the environment.
Overlooking London's Trafalgar Square, the redevelopment of the former Grand Hotel building on the corner of Northumberland Avenue and the Strand created over 29,000m2 of high quality office and retail space for Land Securities. The site was also the backdrop for the London Poll Tax riots, when the site huts were set alight by protestors.
1989
We refurbished six top floor galleries for the National Portrait Gallery, one of the most famous portrait galleries in the world, off Trafalgar Square.
Completed in 1989, the Brose Exhall-Coventry plant was the first production site to be founded outside Germany. It manufactures window regulators, doors and seat adjusters for Ford, Jaguar Land Rover, Nissan, Toyota and Volvo. It received the Best Factory Award in 2009.
