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.Times, 26 February 1981, page 22 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 (Holdings) 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 (built as Cubitts and Fitzpatrick with Shand) completed in 1963 M1, Beechtrees to Berrygrove, junctions 7 to 5, (built as Cubitts and Fitzpatrick with Shand) completed in 1959 M5, junctions 8-9 (M50) to Tewkesbury, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970 M56 Preston Brook to Hapsford in Cheshire, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970Runcorn Weekly News Thursday 7 November 1968, page 8Derby Evening Telegraph Monday 11 November 1968, page 7 M6 Ansty to M1 at Catthorpe, Contract A, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971 M6 north of Tebay (junction 38 for A685) to Thrimby (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970 M74 Larkhall to Uddingston (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1966 Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil A470, £5m first stage from Whitchurch bypass to Nantgarw, 3.25 miles (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971Derby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 18 March 1969, page 12
Bridges M56 Weaver Viaduct, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971Staffordshire Sentinel Thursday 14 March 1968, page 18 The foundations and piers for the Erskine Bridge, (A898), West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire, (built as Christiani-Shand) opened July 1971 Kylesku Bridge (A894), Sutherland, opened July 1984
Reservoirs Errwood Reservoir completed in 1967 Llandegfedd Reservoir completed in 1965
References
External links Grace's Guide