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Sir Robert McAlpine

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Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd
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Kantor puseurHemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England
Inohong konciEdward McAlpine (chairman)
Neil Martin (chief executive)
IndustriEngineering / Construction
Panghasilan£881 million (2023)[1]
Panghasilan usaha£(110) million (2023)[1]
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Sir Robert McAlpine Limited mangrupikeun gedong milik kulawarga sareng perusahaan rékayasa sipil dumasar di Hemel Hempstead, Inggris. Éta ngalaksanakeun rékayasa sareng konstruksi dina infrastruktur, warisan, komérsial, arena sareng stadion, kasehatan, pendidikan sareng séktor nuklir.

Sajarah

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Robert McAlpine lahir di 1847 di désa Skotlandia of Newarthill deukeut Motherwell. Ti umur tujuh anjeunna digawé di tambang batubara caket dieu, ninggalkeun di 16 pikeun jadi magang tukang bata. Teras, damel kanggo insinyur, anjeunna maju janten mandor sateuacan ngamimitian damel nyalira dina yuswa 22 taun. Anjeunna teu boga modal lian ti éta manéhna bisa earn dirina jeung kontrak kahijina ngalibetkeun pagawean lalaki séjén kudu financed ku injeuman £ 11 ti jagal. Ti dinya, McAlpine ngarasakeun kasuksésan gancang; kontrak mimiti dipuseurkeun kana dagang sorangan tina bricklaying sarta ku 1874 anjeunna boga dua brickyards jeung dunungan 1.000 lalaki. Di salah sahiji perumahan anu anjeunna ngawangun anjeunna mimiti ékspérimén nganggo blok beton ogé bata (ti mana anjeunna nampi julukan 'Beton Bob').

Kalayan ibukota anu anjeunna kaala, McAlpine nekad ngawangun kota taman di Hamilton, South Lanarkshire . Ngandelkeun ayeuna kana panghasilan tina estate-Na, perhatian McAlpine urang dipindahkeun jauh ti bisnis kaserang na nuju atikan diri. Tapi, panik finansial sanggeus runtuhna Kota Glasgow Bank di 1878 ampir musnah kaluar McAlpine finansial: mortgages na disebut di tapi debtors na teu mayar anjeunna.

Jembatan Glenfinnan


Liabilities ti estate Hamilton anu ngancam bisnis konstruksi sarta ngajaga eta, Robert nyandak juru tulis na kana partnership, dagang di handapeun ngaran McAlpine & Co; juru tulis dibeuli kaluar teu lila sanggeus. Kontrak gedé munggaran McAlpine nyaéta gedong pikeun Singer Manufacturing Company di 1883 sareng kauntungan tina éta ngamungkinkeun anjeunna mayar hutang sésa-sésa. Ampir langsung anjeunna nyanghareupan kasusah finansial salajengna. Meunang kontrak pikeun Lanarkshire na Ayrshire Railway tanpa pangaweruh teknis diperlukeun, karya rebuilding saterusna sarta litigation hartina mimiti anyar anyar.

Pangwangunan deui Butler's Wharf, London (1987)

Dina 1887, Robert nyandak dua putra cikalna, Robert SMP jeung William, kaluar ti sakola pikeun mantuan manéhna, jeung Malcolm jeung Alfred nuturkeun teu lila sanggeus, jeung maranehna ngalakukeun loba rationalize administrasi jeung keuangan pausahaan. Teu sieun ku pangalaman baheula, McAlpine nyandak kontrak karéta api salajengna, waktos ieu suksés, kalebet Mallaig Extension Railway sareng Glasgow Subway . Aya rupa-rupa kontrak wangunan jeung rékayasa sipil beuki lega tapi sungut ieu ampir dibawa ka tuur na deui kalayan pangwangunan Methil Docks antara 1909 jeung 1913. Ieu ieu pamadegan yén ieu ngarah ka pendekatan leuwih cautious kana resiko di pihak putra, lamun teu bapana.

Mangsa antar-perang ningali firma éta ngan ukur fokus kana konstruksi. Gray nyerat yén Sir Robert McAlpine "sigana aub dina unggal gedong utama sareng proyék rékayasa sipil anu kantos janten headline dinten éta." Éta kalebet darmaga, palabuhan, pembangkit listrik, pabrik; Stadion Wembley sareng Hotel Dorchester mangrupikeun conto anu kasohor. Dina kasus Dorchester, nalika klien éta teu bisa mayar karya konstruksi, pausahaan nyandak ngilikan wangunan réngsé sarta dioperasikeun dina akun sorangan. [2]

Newcastle Civic Center

Dina Nopémber 1934, Sir Robert maot dina yuswa 87 taun. Dua minggu ti harita putra cikalna, Sir Robert anyar, ogé maot. William diangkat Pupuhu bari Alfred tetep jawab operasi di cabangna kalér-kuloneun, dimana anjeunna geus saprak 1918. Dua mitra London ngabantah yén resesi langkung seueur mangaruhan kalér tibatan kidul sareng ngusulkeun nutup perusahaan Alfred. Alfred, kumaha oge, teu hayang balik ka London jeung, dina dasar informal mimitina, dua usaha anu ngajalankeun misah. Pemisahan ieu diresmikeun dina 1940 sareng bisnis kalér diganti namina Sir Alfred McAlpine . Salila Perang Dunya Kadua Sir Robert McAlpine éta salah sahiji kontraktor kalibet dina ngawangun unit palabuhan Mulberry .

Dua firma McAlpine ngagaduhan pangaturan anu henteu bersaing sareng situs ngagaduhan papan "McAlpine" anu umum henteu paduli perusahaan mana éta. Nalika duanana perusahaan mimiti go public, aranjeunna ngalakukeunana dina nami Newarthill pikeun Robert sareng Marchwiel pikeun Alfred. arrangements ieu dituluykeun nepi ka 1983. Dina taun 2003, Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd ngagugat Alfred McAlpine plc ngeunaan panggunaan nami kulawarga sareng meunang. [3] Sengketa dipuseurkeun kana niat Alfred McAlpine pikeun dagang dina ngaran "McAlpine". Saméméhna aya kasapukan lila-ngadeg dina kulawarga McAlpine teu nyieun parobahan misalna tapi, sanggeus pupusna Alfred McAlpine jeung putrana, dewan Alfred McAlpine narékahan pikeun nyieun parobahan dina acara naon. Pangaruh tina judgment éta pikeun nyegah dagang Alfred McAlpine dina ngaran "McAlpine". Taun 2008, Alfred McAlpine plc diaku ku Carillion sareng dibongkar, sahingga "perang nami" henteu relevan. [4]

Dina bulan Nopémber 2017, perusahaan ngumumkeun 90 karugian padamelan dina pamotong biaya saatos énergi anu kaleungitan tina proyék runtah. Genep pusat régional dipotong jadi opat. [5] Pausahaan lajeng ngumumkeun dewan anyar jeung struktur kapamimpinan, kalawan henteu anggota kulawarga McAlpine kaasup dina tim kapamimpinan handapeun CEO Paul Hamer. [6] Edward McAlpine ngambil alih ti Gavin McAlpine salaku pupuhu dina Januari 2019. [7]

Dina taun ka Oktober 2022, perusahaan ngagaduhan omzet £ 1.1bn kalayan kauntungan pra-pajeg £ 9.3m. Dina 2023, Hamer marios struktur perusahaan sareng ngalihkeun fokusna kana séktor tinimbang daérah; restrukturisasi ieu diperkirakeun ngarugikeun £ 8.4m sarta bakal ngahasilkeun tabungan taunan leuwih £ 20m. Sanajan kitu, Hamer teu ningali tabungan ieu direalisasikeun - ku Pébruari 2024, anjeunna cuti berkebun jeung urut bos Lendlease Neil Martin nyokot alih salaku CEO on 19 Pébruari 2024. [8]

Dina Juli 2024, Sir Robert McAlpine ngalaporkeun rugi operasi £ 110m dina taun ka Oktober 2023, kalayan pendapatan turun 19% dugi ka £ 881m. [1]


Ti taun 1930-an saterusna, pausahaan padamelan sajumlah ageung imigran Irlandia anu sumping ka Inggris milarian padamelan. Kaayaan kerja anu parah dimana manajemén McAlpine ngarawat para buruhna parantos turun dina folklor imigran Irlandia . Lagu " McAlpine's Fusiliers " (ditulis ku Dominic Behan sareng kasohor ku The Dubliners ) ngajelaskeun kanyataan kahirupan di situs wangunan pikeun seueur ekspatriat Irlandia. [9] Pausahaan ieu ogé disebutkeun dina lagu séjén, kayaning "Gedong Up na Tearing Inggris Turun," ogé ditulis ku Behan, [10] sanajan sejarawan Ultan Cowley geus ngusulkeun yén hubungan antara kuli Irlandia jeung manajemén senior di Sir Robert McAlpine éta leuwih kolaborasi. ti naon patalina dina lagu ieu. [11]

Struktur

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Dugi ka 2023, perusahaan dikelompokeun sacara régional; [12] di handap restructuring di ahir 2017, dijieun opat puseur régional: Skotlandia-Kaler, Tengah-Wales-Kulon, Kidul jeung London. [5] Dina 2020, bisnis Wales dihijikeun kana daérah Kidul anu dimekarkeun. [13] Dina 2023, perusahaan direstrukturisasi pikeun museurkeun séktor tinimbang daérah. Target pasar kalebet kasehatan, kantor komersial, industri, warisan sareng skéma kompleks anu dikirimkeun ku tim Proyék Utama & Husus, sareng séktor karéta api, angkutan sareng nuklir anu dikirimkeun ku bisnis infrastruktur na. [14]

Stadion Émirat

Proyék anu dilakukeun ku perusahaan kalebet:  

Sir Robert McAlpine ogé kalibet dina HS2 lot C1, digawé salaku bagian tina joint venture, alatan réngsé dina 2031. [41]

Kontrovérsi blacklisting

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Sir Robert McAlpine ngabiayaan pendirian awal Asosiasi Konsultan di 1993, nyayogikeun £ 20,000, sakitar satengahna dianggo pikeun mésér database daptar hideung tina Liga Ékonomi sareng nyéwa salah sahiji tilas karyawanna, Ian Kerr, salaku manajer. [42] Diréktur perusahaan Cullum McAlpine dilayanan salaku pupuhu Asosiasi Konsultan pikeun sababaraha taun sateuacan janten implicated masarakat awam dina skandal blacklisting industri konstruksi di 2009 sarta ieu tatu nepi. Salajengna, Sir Robert McAlpine éta salah sahiji dalapan usaha aub dina peluncuran 2014 tina Skéma Kompensasi Pagawe Konstruksi, [43] sanajan ieu dikutuk salaku "PR stunt" ku serikat GMB, sarta digambarkeun ku Skotlandia Urusan Pilih Panitia salaku " hiji kalakuan iman goréng". [44]

Dina 11 Méi 2016, pausahaan utama, kaasup Sir Robert McAlpine, ngaluarkeun "unreserved tur ikhlas" apology di pangadilan luhur ka ratusan pagawe pikeun nempatkeun aranjeunna dina blacklist ilegal jeung denying aranjeunna gawé leuwih dua puluh. Perusahaan-perusahaan sapuk pikeun mayar jumlah tina £ 25,000 dugi ka £ 200,000 dugi ka 771 jalma dina kaayaan padumukan di luar pengadilan pikeun ngahindarkeun sidang, bari nampi yén "operasi vetting rusiah aranjeunna henteu kedah kajantenan". Nanging, bukti anu diungkabkeun sateuacan padumukan nyababkeun seueur korban ngaku yén aya usaha ilegal ku eksekutif McAlpine pikeun ngancurkeun bukti sareng nutupan keterlibatan jalma-jalma konci nalika daptar hideung kapanggih dina 2009. Sasaran tina keluhan kriminal anu dimaksudkeun para korban kalebet diréktur Cullum McAlpine, sareng kapala SDM, David Cochrane, anu janten pupuhu Asosiasi. Duanana nampik kalibet dina ngancurkeun file anu relevan sareng nyobian ngarobih jalan kaadilan. [45]

Dina Séptémber 2017, lulugu eksekutif McAlpine Paul Hamer nyoba ngabatalkeun perusahaan tina neraskeun tuduhan daptar hideung dina industri konstruksi, nyatakeun "Sir Robert McAlpine matuh sapinuhna kana sagala panerapan pikeun nyegah daptar hideung sareng komitmen kana rekrutmen anu adil sareng transparan. ... Kami gaduh kabijakan kasabaran nol nuju daptar hideung, prakték rekrutmen ilegal atanapi teu adil." [46] Pausahaan ngabela diri deui dina bulan Désémber 2017 nalika Unite ngumumkeun yén éta parantos ngaluarkeun cara ngagawe Pangadilan Tinggi ngalawan opat tilas ketua Asosiasi Konsultan, kalebet Cullum McAlpine sareng David Cochrane, [47] sareng ngalawan 12 kontraktor utama kalebet Sir Robert McAlpine. [48] Dina Méi 2019, union Unite ngamankeun santunan £ 1.9 juta pikeun 53 pagawé anu didaptarkeun hideung. Tujuh usaha konstruksi, kalebet Sir Robert McAlpine, ogé sapuk mayar £230,000 pikeun dana pelatihan Unite pikeun ngabantosan anu kapangaruhan ku sistem vetting, sareng mayar biaya hukum Unite. Sanajan kitu, Unite asisten sekretaris jenderal Howard Beckett ceuk "panolakan Cullum McAlpine méré bukti bitterly nguciwakeun". [49] [50]

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  2. ↑ "Sir William McAlpine talks to Andy Milne". Railway People. 30 June 2006. Diakses tanggal 16 May 2009. 
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