industry construction founded 1908 headquarters london uk key people greg fitzgerald chairman peter truscott ceo revenue 2 348.4 million 2015 1 operating income 128.0 million 2015 1 net income 92.3 million 2015 1 number of employees 5 268 2015 1 website www.gallifordtry.co.uk galliford try plc is a british construction company headquartered in london . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is currently a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 major contracts 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was created in 2000 through a merger of try group plc founded by ws try in 1908 in london and galliford plc. 2 galliford s roots date back to 1916 but the steamroller hire business was closed down during the second war . thomas galliford s four sons later re formed the business and galliford & sons was incorporated in 1952 . galliford developed primarily as a civil engineering business but it entered the private housing market in 1973 with the acquisition of crabb curtis . the housing contribution was late extended through stamford homes and in 1998 the acquisition of midas homes by which time the group was building around 500 houses a year . 3 try operated as a general contractor until the early 1970s when try homes was formed . despite acquisitions housing remained on a relatively small scale peaking at around 200 units a year in the early 1990s . 3 the company acquired morrison construction from awg plc in 2006 4 and kendall cross in 2007 . 5 it entered the housebuilding business acquiring gerald wood homes in 2001 2 chartdale in 2006 6 and linden homes in 2007 . 7 as part of a drive to increase housing unit output galliford try acquired rosemullion homes and wrights of hull over the last six months of 2009 . all the individual house building divisions were re branded as linden homes in 2011 . 8 then in july 2014 the company bought the construction division of miller homes . 9 in may 2015 shepherd homes formerly part of shepherd building group was acquired by the linden homes subsidiary . 10 operations edit the centre court roof built by galliford try the company is organised as follows 11 building infrastructure ppp investments housebuilding affordable housing & regeneration social housing responsive and planned maintenance facilities management major contracts edit major projects include the centre court roof at wimbledon completed in 2009 12 the restoration of the st. pancras renaissance london hotel completed in 2011 13 and hotel football overlooking old trafford football ground completed in 2014 . 14 references edit a b c d annual report 2015 pdf . galliford try . retrieved 28 march 2016 . a b our company history galliford try plc . gallifordtry.co.uk . retrieved 22 march 2015 . a b wellings fred dictionary of british housebuilders 2006 troubador . isbn 978 0 9552965 0 5 awg sells building arm to galliford telegraph 2 march 2006 galliford try buys kendall cross for 9.3 m building 15 november 2007 galliford buys chartdale for 67m contract journal 19 january 2006 galliford try buys linden homes for 244.5 m building 8 february 2008 galliford try homes acquires new land as part of expansion plans . smartnewhomes.com . 12 january 2010 . retrieved 19 march 2010 . galliford try buys miller construction for 16.6 m . the scotsman . 10 july 2014 . retrieved 15 april 2016 . shepherd sells housing business . yorkshire post . 14 may 2015 . retrieved 24 june 2016 . about us . gallifordtry.co.uk . retrieved 22 march 2015 . galliford try 60m profit contract journal 11 september 2008 galliford try checks into midland grand times online 17 february 2009 galliford try bags 12m gary neville hotel . building . 21 march 2013 . retrieved 12 june 2015 . external links edit official site v t e ftse 100 ftse 250 companies of the united kingdom 3i infrastructure aa aberdeen asset management aberforth smaller companies trust acacia mining aggreko aldermore group alliance trust allied minds amec 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