Robert McGregor & Sons, also known just as Mc Gregor was a large civil engineering company based in Boothstown, in what is now Greater Manchester, England.
History
It was founded in Manchester in 1927.
It specialised in building concrete surfaces for roads using a machine known as a concrete paver. It worked with the company Cementation Construction Ltd. It developed the CPP60 concrete paver.
It became part of Norwest Holst Civil Engineering, when bought in October 1978 for £3m.
Structure
It was based on the A572 in Walkden in Greater Manchester (Salford). It also had a site in at Birdholme in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
Products
Roads it built include: A1(M) Birtley bypass (£2.5 million) A1 Grantham bypass, 1962 A1 Newark-on-Trent bypass, 1964 A1 Improvement from North of Muskham to South of Carlton including Cromwell By-pass, 1965 (£772,000) A1 Sutton-on-Trent, Weston, and Tuxford By-Pass, 1967, £4m A46 dualling between Six Hills (B676) and Widmerpool (A606), December 1965, £1.126 million A1 Eaton Socon bypass, 1971 M56 North Cheshire Motorway
Constructions: Coedty Reservoir dam
Sport
It founded the McGregor Trophy in Golf in 1982, initially held at Radcliffe-on-Trent Golf Club.
References
External links
1965 British Pathé film showing construction of the Cromwell by-pass in Nottinghamshire