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Henry M. Brinckerhoff in "The Street railway journal" (1884) Henry M. Brinckerhoff (1868–1949) was a pioneering highway engineer who in 1906 partnered with William Barclay Parsons to found what would eventually be known as Parsons Brinckerhoff, one of the largest transportation, planning and engineering companies in the United States. [1]
On October 31, 2014, Balfour Beatty sold Parsons Brinckerhoff to WSP Global. In 2017 Parsons Brinckerhoff changed its name to WSP USA. On September 3, 2014, it was announced that WSP Global had made an offer to purchase Parsons Brinckerhoff from Balfour Beatty plc for US$1.24 billion. [29] The transaction closed on October 31, 2014 [30] and ...
In September 2009, the company agreed to buy Parsons Brinckerhoff, a project management firm based in the United States, for $626 million. [27] [8] Balfour Beatty sold Parsons Brinckerhoff to WSP Global for $1.24bn in October 2014. [28] In October 2010, the company bought Halsall Group, a Canadian professional services firm, for £33 million. [29]
Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineering and construction management organization with 14,000 employees in 150 offices worldwide, founded in 1885 in New York City Brinkerhoff Piano Company, an American brand of pianos and player pianos in the early 20th century
The Duke, as senior Roman Catholic peer of the United Kingdom, represented The Queen at the installations of Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II and at the funeral of Pope John Paul I. [1] The 17th Duke was the patron of many Catholic charities and benevolent organisations, including the Catholic Building Society.
Deirdre Phyllis Ulrica Hart-Davis (later Balfour, Wolfers, Bland, and Inman; 5 July 1909 – 23 November 1998) was an English socialite, gallery owner and model, included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. [1] She became a famous beauty and a beacon of style. [2]
Balfour was born on 23 April 1870. He was the eldest son and only child of John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross and the former Lilias Oswald Mackenzie. After the death of his mother, his father married the Hon. Marianne Eliza Moncrieff, a daughter of James Moncreiff, 1st Baron Moncreiff. [1]
Balfour was born in 1904 in Edinburgh, the eldest son of Patrick Balfour, 2nd Baron Kinross and Caroline Elsie Johnstone-Douglas (1879–1969). [3] His paternal grandparents were the Lord Justice General John Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross and, his first wife, Lilias Oswald Mackenzie (a daughter of Donald Mackenzie, Lord Mackenzie).