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Tilbury Douglas is a British construction business with its head office in London. The company was originally founded in 1884 as the London and Tilbury Lighterage Company Limited, and retained the Tilbury name until 2001. From 1991 it was known as Tilbury Douglas following a merger with RM Douglas, but in 2001 rebranded as Interserve plc.
In June 2000, GKN Kwikform merged with RMD (Rapid Metal Developments, established in 1948), the formwork and scaffolding unit of RM Douglas (part of Tilbury Douglas), to form RMD Kwikform. [3] [1] Tilbury Douglas renamed itself Interserve in 2001. [4] Projects built using RMD Kwikform equipment included the New Tyne Tunnel, completed in ...
From 1991, it was known as Tilbury Douglas following a merger with RM Douglas, but in 2001 it rebranded as Interserve plc. The name change partly reflected a shift in focus during the 1990s towards maintenance and facilities management services sectors, and this continued in the 2000s, buoyed by further acquisitions.
The construction work was carried out by Tilbury Douglas Construction (now Interserve) under a Management form of Contract, with the design work carried out mainly by Sheffield City Council. The "topping out ceremony" was carried out by Prince Charles, and a plaque on Pinstone Street was unveiled to mark this event.
The company was founded as a family building business in 1877. [1] It changed its name to F. & E.V. Linford in 1925 and again to Linford Group in 1970. [2]The company often worked with the local community to build a suitable skillbase for potential future employees to be drawn from, recruiting from local schools and offering employee exchange programmes with other overseas businesses.
Flint & Neill is a firm of consulting civil and structural engineers based in the United Kingdom.Flint & Neill was established as an engineering consultancy in 1958, [2] and specialises mainly in the design, analysis, construction and maintenance of bridges, although they do also provide structural engineering services for other structures including buildings.
The pier was designed by Beckett Rankine and Marks Barfield Architects [3] and built by Tilbury Douglas, principally to act as a collision protection system for the London Eye.
Until 2023, the company was organised on a regional basis; [17] following restructuring in late 2017, four regional centres were created: Scotland-Northern, Central-Wales-West, Southern and London. [10]