Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand
Lehane, Mackenzie and Shand was a British civil engineering and construction company, and responsible for some of Scotland's bridges.
History
Lehane Mackenzie & Shand Ltd was incorporated on 8 April 1974. In February 1981, the Alexander Shand group of companies was bought for £24.8m by Charter Consolidated. In 1989, the company was acquired by and subsequently integrated into Morrison Construction. The Shand business was officially dissolved in October 2012.Structure
Its main headquarters was south of Rowsley in Derbyshire, on the A6 road. Derbyshire County Council has a site in the former headquarters. The company was a subsidiary of Alexander Shand Ltd. Alexander Shand was a former President of the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, and made a CBE in the 1984 New Year Honours.Gas pipelines
It had a pipeline division on Kiln Lane in Immingham; this became MK-Shand, when merged with M.K. River Constructie Maatschappij of the Netherlands, and built gas pipelines for the Gas Council in the early 1970s.Major projects
Roads
- Park Lane in London completed in 1963
- M1, Beechtrees to Berrygrove, junctions 7 to 5, completed in 1959
- M5, junctions 8-9 to Tewkesbury, completed in 1970
- M56 Preston Brook to Hapsford in Cheshire, completed in 1970
- M6 Ansty to M1 at Catthorpe, Contract A, completed in 1971
- M6 north of Tebay to Thrimby completed in 1970
- M74 Larkhall to Uddingston completed in 1966
- Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil A470, £5m first stage from Whitchurch bypass to Nantgarw, 3.25 miles completed in 1971
Bridges
- M56 Weaver Viaduct, completed in 1971
- The foundations and piers for the Erskine Bridge,, West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire, opened July 1971
- Kylesku Bridge, Sutherland, opened July 1984
Reservoirs
- Errwood Reservoir completed in 1967
- Llandegfedd Reservoir completed in 1965