Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand

Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand

Industry	Construction
Fate	Merger
Headquarters	Shand House, Derbyshire, DE4 3AF
Products	Motorways, bridges

Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand was a British civil engineering and construction company, and responsible for some of Scotland's bridges.

History

Lehane Mackenzie & Shand Ltd was incorporated on 8 April 1974. In February 1981, the Alexander Shand group of companies was bought for £24.8m by Charter Consolidated. ^[1] In 1989, the company was acquired by and subsequently integrated into Morrison Construction. ^[2] The Shand business was officially dissolved in October 2012. ^[3]

Structure

Its main headquarters was south of Rowsley in Derbyshire, on the A6 road. ^[4] Derbyshire County Council has a site in the former headquarters. The company was a subsidiary of Alexander Shand (Holdings) Ltd. ^[5] Alexander Shand was a former President of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, and made a CBE in the 1984 New Year Honours. ^[6]

Gas pipelines

It had a pipeline division on Kiln Lane in Immingham; this became MK-Shand, when merged with M.K. River Constructie Maatschappij of the Netherlands, and built gas pipelines for the Gas Council in the early 1970s. ^[7]

Major projects

Kylesku Bridge in June 2009

Roads

• Park Lane in London (built as Cubitts and Fitzpatrick with Shand) completed in 1963 ^[8]
• M1, Beechtrees to Berrygrove, junctions 7 to 5, (built as Cubitts and Fitzpatrick with Shand) completed in 1959 ^[9]
• M5, junctions 8-9 (M50) to Tewkesbury, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970 ^[10]
• M56 Preston Brook to Hapsford in Cheshire, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970 ^{[11] [12]}
• M6 Ansty to M1 at Catthorpe, Contract A, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971 ^[13]
• M6 north of Tebay (junction 38 for A685) to Thrimby (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970 ^[14]
• M74 Larkhall to Uddingston (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1966 ^[15]
• Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil A470, £5m first stage from Whitchurch bypass to Nantgarw, 3.25 miles (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971 ^[16]

Bridges

• M56 Weaver Viaduct, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971 ^[17]
• The foundations and piers for the Erskine Bridge, (A898), West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire, (built as Christiani-Shand) opened July 1971 ^[18]
• Kylesku Bridge (A894), Sutherland, opened July 1984 ^[19]

Reservoirs

• Errwood Reservoir completed in 1967 ^[20]
• Llandegfedd Reservoir completed in 1965 ^[21]

References

1. Times, 26 February 1981, page 22
2. "Alexander Shand (Holdings)". Grace's Guide. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
3. "Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand LTD". Overview (free company information from Companies House). Retrieved 2017-09-06.
4. "Happy in their work at Shand". Matlock Mercury. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
5. "Contractors records: Lehane Mackenzie and Shand Ltd and Alexander Shand Holdings Ltd". The National Archives. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
6. "No. 49583". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1983. p. 9.
7. "Ground anchors in civil engineering" (PDF). p. 46. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
8. Granter, Ernest (17 November 1964). "Park Lanr Improvement Scheme". Institution of Civil Engineers. pp. 293–318. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
9. "Celebrating 50 years since the opening of the M1 motorway". The AA. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
10. "The Blue Billies". Made in Oldbury. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
11. Runcorn Weekly News Thursday 7 November 1968, page 8
12. Derby Evening Telegraph Monday 11 November 1968, page 7
13. "Midland Links Motorways. M5 (J1 to J3) and M6 (J13 to J1)". Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
14. "Roads Report". Commercial Motor. 16 August 1968. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
15. "50 years on: The M74 opened in December 1966 and work on new road continues today". Daily Record. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
16. Derby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 18 March 1969, page 12
17. Staffordshire Sentinel Thursday 14 March 1968, page 18
18. "Construction of the Erskine Bridge". Erskinebridge.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2013.
19. Stears, H.S. (January 1985). "The Kylesku Bridge - Design and Construction". The Journal of the Institution of Highways and Transportation & HTTA. 32 (1): 16–20.
20. "Errwood Reservoir". Derbyshire Heritage. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
21. "Llandegfedd Water Scheme" (PDF). Cardiff City Council. p. 24. Retrieved 24 March 2023.

External links

• Grace's Guide