cleveland bridge uk ltd type private company industry large scale steel structural engineering founded 1877 headquarters darlington england key people chris droogan managing director owner al rushaid investment group website www.clevelandbridge.com cleveland bridge uk ltd is a renowned bridge building and structural engineering company based in darlington england . it has been involved in many major projects including the victoria falls bridge and the humber bridge . 1 contents 1 history 2 bridge building 3 references 4 external links history edit cleveland bridge & engineering company was founded in 1877 as a fabrication business . in 1967 the company was acquired by the cementation company 2 which was bought by trafalgar house in 1970 . 3 a works was established in dubai in 1976 and a new engineering works opened in darlington in 1982 . 3 in 1990 the company was merged with redpath dorman long which had been acquired by trafalgar house in 1982 from the dorman long group forming cleveland structural engineering . the company was renamed kvaener cleveland bridge following the acquisition of trafalgar house by kvaerner in 1996 . 3 in mid 2000 the company became an independent entity through a 8.3 million 12.3 million management buyout the management also acquired the company s dubai subsidiary . 4 victoria falls bridge in late 2000 the al rushaid group acquired a 50 % share of the company raising the shareholding to 88.5 % in september 2002 . 5 in 2002 the company won a 60 million contract for steelwork for the new wembley stadium . 6 a contractual dispute between cleveland bridge and its subcontractor hollandia over staff led to cleveland bridge exiting the project in 2004 resulting in litigation between cleveland bridge and the main contractor multiplex see brookfield multiplex . the dispute led to delays in the completion of the wembley project . 7 additionally an industrial dispute between workers transferred from cleveland bridge to hollandia employment on the site led to the sacking of 200 workers and picketing of the site . 8 bridge building edit bridges built by the company include bridge location year notes ramsey harbour swing bridge ramsey isle of man 1892 victoria falls bridge zimbabwe 1905 waibaidu bridge garden bridge shanghai china 1906 king edward vii bridge newcastle england 1908 blue nile road and railway bridge sudan 1909 middlesbrough transporter bridge middlesbrough 1911 goz abu goma bridge sudan 1911 trent bridge nottingham nottingham widening by cleveland bridge and engineering 1924 1926 chiswick bridge 1933 verrugas bridge peru 1936 howrah bridge india 1942 auckland harbour bridge auckland new zealand 1959 tamar bridge england 1959 forth road bridge scotland 1964 acd consortium severn bridge severn estuary wales england 1966 abb consortium wye bridge severn estuary wales england 1968 bosphorus bridge turkey 1973 total length 1560 metres ballachulish bridge scotland 1974 humber bridge hull england 1981 span 1410 m queen elizabeth ii bridge m25 motorway london 1991 main span of 450 m overall length 2872 metres . tsing ma bridge hong kong 1997 span 1377 m jiangyin suspension bridge jiangsu province china . 1999 span 1385 m new carquinez bridge san francisco usa . 2003 span 728 rio antirrio bridge gulf of corinth greece . 2004 span 3x560m references edit newcastle university . organisation s details cleveland bridge & engineering co. . structural images of the north east sine . retrieved 18 june 2007 . o driscoll dick . 100 years of cementation pdf . skanska . p. 45 . a b c history cleveland bridge ltd archived from the original on 31 january 2009 sources project boost aids cleveland bridge mbo nce.org.uk cleveland bridge buy out bridgeweb.com 5 june 2000 sources al rushaid investment buys 50 % share in cleveland bridgeweb.com 22 september 2000 cleveland group receives substantial investment from al rushaid clevelandbridge.com 21 september 2000 archived from the original on 27 september 2007 buying into success al rushaid investment group increases stake in cleveland bridge group clevelandbridge.com september 2002 archived from the original on 21 november 2003 buying into success al rushaid investment group increases stake in cleveland bridge group clevelandbridge.com september 2002 archived from the original on 16 june 2004 sources landmark firm haunted by wembley loss nebusiness.co.uk 3 december 2008 the man who is building bridges to a healthy future for troubled cleveland thenorthernecho.co.uk 10 may 2005 multiplex constructions uk ltd v cleveland bridge uk ltd & anor 2008 ewhc 2220 tcc bailii.org british and irish legal information institute 29 september 2008 julian bailey 9 october 2008 united kingdom wembley entire contracts and the right to be paid mondaq.com carolyn cummins 25 february 2005 multiplex scores own goal at wembley the sydney morning herald steven morris 28 august 2004 wembley building work row causes slippage the guardian multiplex accused of illegality in wembley dispute the sydney morning herald 24 may 2006 ruling on wembley stadium dispute bbc news 5 june 2006 sources sacked workers in wembley protest bbc news 1 september 2004 picket over sacked wembley staff bbc news 23 august 2004 external links edit official site cleveland bridge & engineering company information at structurae a to z of bridges built by cleveland bridge v t e construction industry of the united kingdom construction economy of the united kingdom companies consultancies and support services amec amey arcadis architecture firms arup atkins faithful gould buro happold capita ch2m cundall davis langdon elliott wood expedition engineering flint & neill gifford hoare lea interserve mace mitie mott macdonald mouchel rps scott wilson sweett group wsp housebuilders current barratt bellway berkeley bloor boot bovis countryside properties crest nicholson keepmoat lend lease mccarthy & stone miller muir persimmon redrow taylor wimpey united house defunct ashtons beazer broseley 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