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| Type | Limited company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Civil engineering |
| Headquarters | Chaddock Lane, Boothstown, Walkden, Salford, England |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Robert McGregor & Sons, also known just as Mc Gregor was a large civil engineering company based in Boothstown, in what is now Greater Manchester, England. [1]
It was founded in Manchester in 1927. [2]
It specialised in building concrete surfaces for roads using a machine known as a concrete paver. It worked with the company Cementation Construction Ltd. It developed the CPP60 concrete paver.
It became part of Norwest Holst Civil Engineering, when bought in October 1978 for £3m.
It was based on the A572 in Walkden in Greater Manchester (Salford). It also had a site in at Birdholme in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Roads it built include:
Constructions:
It founded the McGregor Trophy in Golf in 1982, initially held at Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club.
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