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| Industry | Construction |
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| Founded | 1903 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Trafalgar House |
| Headquarters | Marlow, UK |
Trollope & Colls was once one of the United Kingdom's largest construction companies.
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| Industry | Construction |
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| Founded | 1903 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | Trafalgar House |
| Headquarters | Marlow, UK |
Trollope & Colls was once one of the United Kingdom's largest construction companies.
The Company was formed in 1903, out of the merger of George Trollope & Sons (founded by Joseph Trollope, a wallpaper hanger, in 1778) and Colls & Sons (founded by Benjamin Colls, a painter and decorator, in 1840). [1]
The merged firm started to specialise in civil engineering and during the First World War undertook pioneering work on reinforced concrete. [1] In 1969 the Company was acquired by Trafalgar House. [1] By 1994 it was the largest contractor in the United Kingdom by turnover. [2]
On 18 April 1996 Norwegian shipbuilding and engineering group Kvaerner acquired Trafalgar House Construction, as the business became known, as part of a £904 million offer for Trafalgar House plc. [3]
Projects undertaken by the company and its predecessors included: Her Majesty's Theatre completed in 1869, [1] St Philip's Church, Battersea completed in 1870, [1] the Institute of Chartered Accountants completed in 1892, [1] Claridge's completed in 1897, [1] the Baltic Exchange completed in 1903, [1] the Debenhams Headquarters in Wigmore Street completed in 1908, [1] Lloyds Bank in Lombard Street completed in 1931, [1] the Ministry of Defence Main Building completed in 1959, [4] Trawsfynndd power station completed in 1962, [1] Hull Royal Infirmary completed in 1965, [5] Northwick Park Hospital completed in 1970 [1] and the Stock Exchange Tower completed in 1972. [1]
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