plc making tomorrow a better place type public limited company traded as lse clln industry facilities management construction civil engineering founded 1999 demerger from tarmac 1903 foundation headquarters wolverhampton west midlands united kingdom key people philip green chairman richard howson ceo revenue 4 586.9 million 2015 1 operating income 234.4 million 2015 1 net income 139.4 million 2015 1 number of employees circa 40 000 2015 2 website www.carillionplc.com carillion plc is a british multinational facilities management and construction services company headquartered in wolverhampton united kingdom . it is listed on the london stock exchange and is a constituent of the ftse 250 index . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions 1.2 blacklisting involvement 2 operations 3 major projects 4 long term contracts 5 references 6 external links history edit carillion was created in july 1999 by a demerger from tarmac which was founded in 1903 ; the new company included the former tarmac construction contracting business and tarmac professional services . 3 acquisitions edit in september 2001 carillion acquired the 51 % of gt rail maintenance it did not already own thereby creating carillion rail . 4 in august 2002 carillion bought citex management services for 11.5 million 5 and in march 2005 it acquired planned maintenance group for circa 40 million . 6 after that in february 2006 carillion went on to acquire mowlem another united kingdom support services firm for circa 350 million 7 and in february 2008 it acquired alfred mcalpine yet another united kingdom support services firm for 572 million . 8 then in october 2008 carillion bought van bots construction in canada for 14.3 million . 9 in april 2011 carillion bought eaga an energy efficiency business for 306 million 10 and in december 2012 it acquired a 49 per cent interest in the bouchier group a company providing services in the athabasca oil sands area for 24m . 11 then in october 2013 the company bought the facilities management business of john laing . 12 in august 2014 the company spent several weeks attempting a merger with rival balfour beatty . three offers were made ; the last bid which valued balfour beatty at 2.1 billion was unanimously rejected by the balfour beatty board on 19 august 2014 . balfour refused to allow an extension of time for negotiations which could have prompted a fourth bid . carillion subsequently announced the same day it would no longer pursue a merger with its rival . 13 in december 2014 carillion acquired a 60 % stake in rokstad power corporation a canadian transmission and distribution business for 33 million . 14 carillion acquired 100 % of the outland group a specialist supplier of camps and catering at remote locations in canada in may 2015 15 and a majority stake in ask real estate a manchester based developer in january 2016 . 16 blacklisting involvement edit in 2009 carillion was revealed as a subscriber to an illegal construction industry blacklisting body the consulting association tca though its inclusion on the list was mainly due to its previous ownership of crown house engineering acquired by laing o rourke in 2004 and previous use of tca within mowlem acquired by carillion in 2006 . carillion made two voluntary submissions to the house of commons scottish affairs committee one in september 2012 17 and another in march 2013 relating to its involvement with tca . 18 in july 2014 carillion was one of eight businesses involved in the 2014 launch of the construction workers compensation scheme 19 though this was condemned as a pr stunt by the gmb union and described by the scottish affairs select committee as an an act of bad faith . 20 as one of the contributors to the scheme carillion reported in august 2016 a non recurring operating charge of 10.5 million representing the compensation and associated costs it expected to pay . 21 operations edit the yas viceroy abu dhabi hotel built by carillion carillion provides facilities management services and also undertakes a range of construction projects including roads and hospitals . most of its business is in the united kingdom but it also operates in several other regions such as canada the middle east and the caribbean . 22 carillion rail carries out track renewals on the rail network and contract work for network rail . 23 in november 2013 carillion was fined 180 000 plus 28 551 in costs for breaches of health and safety regulations which led to a motorcyclist being completely paralysed in an accident on the a12 road in england . the health and safety executive said that carillion had failed to put up signs to warn motorists of a road closure in good time . 24 its subsidiary clinicenta had a contract to run a treatment centre at lister hospital in stevenage which was terminated in 2013 after the care quality commission found the unit was not meeting minimum standards . 25 major projects edit major projects involving carillion have included new facilities for the royal opera house completed in 2000 26 the tate modern completed in 2000 27 star city in birmingham completed in 2000 28 darent valley hospital in kent completed in 2000 29 the grand mosque in oman completed in 2001 30 the great western hospital in swindon completed in 2002 31 the copenhagen metro completed in 2002 32 government communications headquarters gchq completed in 2003 33 the beetham tower manchester built by carillion the m6 toll completed in 2003 34 beetham tower manchester completed in 2006 35 new facilities for the john radcliffe hospital completed in 2006 36 the sheppey crossing completed in 2006 37 brampton civic hospital in canada completed in 2007 38 high speed 1 completed in 2007 39 aylesbury vale parkway completed in 2008 40 new facilities at the queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth completed in 2009 41 dubai festival city shopping centre and intercontinental hotel facility completed in 2008 42 the yas viceroy abu dhabi hotel in abu dhabi completed in 2009 43 new york university abu dhabi completed in 2010 44 the london olympics media centre completed in 2011 45 london heathrow terminal 5c completed in 2011 46 the rolls building in london completed in 2011 47 the royal opera house muscat completed in 2011 48 the library of birmingham completed in 2013 49 the majlis oman completed in 2013 50 new facilities for southmead hospital in bristol completed in 2014 51 liverpool fc s anfield stadium expansion completed in 2016 52 union station reconstruction toronto due to complete in 2016 53 in october 2013 on a visit to china george osborne announced plans for a 800m project to be known as airport city manchester and due to be completed in phases for which carillion would partner with chinese firm beijing construction engineering group bceg . 54 long term contracts edit in 2009 ontario ministry of transportation awarded carillion eight multi year contracts c 87 million per year for snow removal and salting operations on several 400 series highways in ontario . 55 references edit a b c preliminary results for year ended 31 december 2015 pdf . carillion . retrieved 19 march 2016 . key facts . carillion . retrieved 15 march 2015 . tarmac to split in two . bbc news . 1999 03 16 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . uk business activity report . uk business park . retrieved 2010 03 28 . carillion buys citex management services . construction news . 2002 08 22 . retrieved 2009 07 26 . carillion buys m & e firm for 40m . electrical times . 2005 03 09 . retrieved 2012 03 24 . construction firms agree takeover . bbc news . 2005 12 07 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . carillion agrees to buy mcalpine . bbc news . 2007 12 10 . retrieved 2008 07 13 . carillion s delight at 205m boost . express & star . 2008 10 09 . retrieved 2012 04 13 . mason rowena 2011 02 12 . carillion buys eaga for 300m in bet on green home revolution . london daily telegraph . retrieved 2011 11 21 . morby aaron 2012 12 12 . carillion buys into canadian civils firm . 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