About us

 

We are a family-owned construction and infrastructure company established since 1869. We design, develop, build and preserve some of Britain’s most iconic buildings. We shape towns, cities, and landscapes and put the local community at the heart of everything we do.

If there’s one reason for our enduring success over the last 150 years it is the quality of our people.

They embody the commitment to technical excellence, client service and exemplary project delivery that make us the company we are.

Our people want to be the best, delivering the exceptional time and again. It’s our commitment to technical excellence that unites us all and it’s the reason we’ve worked on some of Britain’s most iconic buildings and projects.

Our services and expert knowledge support any phase of a project:

  • Sourcing (Axis Land Partnership)
  • In-house design (McAlpine Design Group)
  • Project development, investment and management (Capital Ventures)
  • Pre-construction and Construction Support services, including area of technical excellence such as Construction Management, Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Digital Construction, Geospatial Engineering, McAlpine
  • Lifting Solutions, Building Services, Facades, Quality, and Health, Safety and Wellbeing.
  • Preservation, restoration and refurbishment of heritage buildings 
  • After care and maintenance

Along the way we’ve become part of Britain’s DNA, creating many of the hospitals, schools and universities, offices, retail and leisure, accommodation and industrial buildings you pass by every day.

We’ve only been able to do this through a commitment to technical and engineering excellence, continually adapting and evolving, looking to the future and using innovative technologies and techniques to deliver the best results for our clients.

We’re not just passionate about shaping towns and cities and landscapes. We’re also committed to making a positive impact on communities and environments, as we construct a better world for future generations. That means working closely with our business partners, leading by example to drive progress and inspire industry-wide changes.

It also means creating and nurturing an inclusive environment which fosters a diversity of skills and talent as we look to push the boundaries yet further. Review our latest Inclusion Report. 

We believe our journey has only just started. Today and every day, proudly building Britain’s future heritage.

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We are a family-owned building and civil engineering company, established since 1869.
We shape towns, cities and landscapes and put the local community at the heart of everything we do.
We design, develop, build and preserve some of Britain’s most iconic buildings.
Our reputation is founded on 150 years of technical excellence and innovation, our entrepreneurial spirit and our future-focused approach.
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