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- Sir John William Laing CBE (24 September 1879 – 11 January 1978) was a British entrepreneur in the construction industry. He inherited his father's building business – which is now known as John Laing Group – in the early 1900s.
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Discover John Laing's interesting history spanning from the 1840s to the current day with our interactive timeline featuring historical images.
John Laing Group plc is a British investor, developer and operator of privately financed, public sector infrastructure projects such as roads, railways, hospitals and schools through public-private partnership (PPP) and private finance initiative (PFI) arrangements.
Sir John William Laing CBE (24 September 1879 – 11 January 1978) was a British entrepreneur in the construction industry. He inherited his father's building business – which is now known as John Laing Group – in the early 1900s.
Jan 14, 2020 · More than 10,000 pictures recording contractor John Laing’s progress rebuilding post-war Britain to modern times have been released for the first time to the public.
Jan 13, 2020 · A huge archive of previously unseen images charting the work of John Laing over the last century have been released. The publication of the images is part of a project between Historic England and the John Laing Charitable Trust, called Breaking New Ground.
John W Laing and his company moulded the culture of construction in their generation. A Christian, Laing introduced holiday pay, a company pension, payments by results, and safety equipment like the hard hat.
John Laing was a company that profoundly shaped post-war Britain. It constructed the country’s first major motorway, built outstanding sites of worship such as Coventry Cathedral, and created buildings which housed innovative forms of technology such as Berkeley Nuclear Power Station.
