Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

Holland, Hannen & Cubitts

Industry	Construction
Founded	1810; 215 years ago (1810)
Defunct	1976
Fate	Acquired
Successor	Tarmac
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Lord Ashcombe (Chairman)

Holland, Hannen & Cubitts was a major building firm responsible for many of the great buildings of London.

History

London County Hall built by Cubitts

The company was formed from the fusion of two well-established building houses that had competed throughout the later decades of the nineteenth century but came together in 1883: this was implemented by Holland & Hannen acquiring Cubitts, a business founded by Thomas Cubitt some 70 years before.^[1] During the Second World War the company was one of the contractors engaged in building the Mulberry harbour units.^[2]

In the 1960s, when Lord Ashcombe was the Chairman of the company, it held a major stake in ACI Property Corporation, the developer for the Le Cartier Apartments in Montreal.^[3]

The company was acquired by Drake & Gorham Scull^[1] in 1969 and then by Tarmac in 1976 and subsequently integrated into Tarmac Construction.^[4]

Major projects

The combined business went on to construct many important buildings and structures including the Holborn Bars in High Holborn completed in 1906,^[5] the Cunard Building in Liverpool completed in 1917,^[6] the Cenotaph in London completed in 1920,^[7] County Hall, London completed in 1922,^[8] Ironmongers' Hall completed in 1925,^[1] Unilever House completed in 1930,^[9] South Africa House in London completed in 1933,^[1] the Senate building of the University of London completed in 1937,^[1] the Royal Festival Hall in London completed in 1951,^[1] the Roxburgh Dam in New Zealand completed in 1956,^[1] New Zealand House in London completed in 1961,^[1] the West London Air Terminal completed in 1963,^[10] and Trawsfynydd nuclear power station completed in 1965.^[1]

References

1. Cubitts 1810 - 1975, published 1975
2. Hartcup, p. 94
3. "Obituary: Lord Ashcombe". The Telegraph. 25 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
4. "Obituary: Sir Eric Pountain". The Telegraph. 27 October 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
5. Holland & Hannen and Cubitts - The Inception and Development of a Great Building Firm, published 1920, Page 38
6. Holland & Hannen and Cubitts - The Inception and Development of a Great Building Firm, published 1920, Page 67
7. Holland & Hannen and Cubitts - The Inception and Development of a Great Building Firm, published 1920, Page 10
8. Holland & Hannen and Cubitts - The Inception and Development of a Great Building Firm, published 1920, Page 63
9. "London landmarks built by Cubitts" (PDF). Thamesmead. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
10. "New Air Terminal Can Handle 4,500,000 Passengers". The Times. 6 November 1963. p. 18.

Sources

• Hartcup, Guy (2011). Code Name Mulberry: The Planning Building and Operation of the Normandy Harbours. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1848845589.