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Peter Lind & Company

Peter Lind & Company

Private building contractor

Peter Lind & Company is a building contractor with bases in Central London and Spalding in Lincolnshire, England.

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History

The BT Tower built by Peter Lind

The original company was founded in 1915 by Danish engineer Herman Peter Thygesen Lind (1890–1956). In 1980 the company, following to a failed project in the Mole Valley and a docks lock-out in Merseyside, called in receivers W.H. Cork Gully & Company, which sold off the assets. A group of former employees purchased certain rights and recommenced construction operations.[1]

During the Second World War the company was a significant builder of Mulberry harbour units.[2]

Major construction projects undertaken by the company include Waterloo Bridge in London (completed in 1945)[3] and the BT Tower in London which was completed in 1964 by Peter Lind's son in law Thomas Jaeger.[4]

Current operations

The company still[when?] has management members from the pre-1980 era and continues to carry out construction operations in London and throughout the U.K. The London division has a Private Clients arm aimed at the bespoke fit out market, which was reported in the Channel 5 TV series "Superior Interiors".

References

  1. [1]
    "Peter Lind & Co Ltd, building and civil engineering contractors". The National Archives (UK). Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. [2]
    Hartcup, p. 94
  3. [3]
    The Ladies Bridge Concrete Construction, 1 March 2006
  4. [4]
    Post Office Tower

Sources

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


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