Holloway Brothers (London)
| Private limited company | |
| Industry | Construction |
| Fate | Acquired |
| Successor | John Laing plc |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Founder | Henry Thomas Holloway (1853-1914), Sir Henry Holloway (1857-1923) |
| Defunct | 1968 |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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Area served
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United Kingdom, Middle East |
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Key people
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Sir Henry Holloway (Chairman 1902-1923), Samuel Holloway (Chairman 1923-1933), Sir Henry Holloway (Chairman 1933-1951), Peter Holloway (Chairman 1951-) |
Holloway Brothers (London) Ltd was a leading English construction company specialising in building and heavy civil engineering work based in London.
The company was founded as a partnership in 1882 by two brothers, Henry Thomas Holloway and Henry Holloway, at Queen's Road in Battersea; this was a consequence of their elder brother James refusing to take them into partnership. In 1889, on the death of James, they took on the business and obligations of the building and construction firm founded by him in 1875 and then based in Marmion Road Lavender Hill. This reunited their father Thomas, and surviving brothers, John and Samuel, in a single family firm. James had already obtained significant contracts for buildings including Battersea Library and Public Baths and the completion of these gave the firm an important boost leading to the winning of major public contracts including Chatham Naval Barracks (1897–1902).
1899 move to Victoria Wharf, Belvedere Road Westminster.
1901 creation of the 'Steel Office' under the structural engineer T Aubrey Watson.
1902 becomes private limited company. Opens a branch at 43 South Audley St Mayfair (still trading as Holloway White Allom) to undertake high quality decoration and maintenance work.
1905 licenses the Hennebique system of reinforced concrete construction from L G Mouchel. This led to a rapid expansion of the company's civil engineering work and the winning of contracts for major projects such as the General Post Office building (1907).
1912 company reorganisation. Holloway Brothers (London) Limited created to undertake the construction activities of the firm with the original company renamed as Holloways Properties Limited.
1915 move to Bridge Wharf (later 157) Millbank on compulsory purchase of Victoria Wharf by the London County Council as the site for the new County Hall. Joinery works move to Magdalen Rd Earlsfield, stonemasonry to Thessaly Rd Nine Elms.
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