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Laing O'Rourke is a multinational construction company headquartered in Dartford, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1978 by Ray O'Rourke. It is the largest privately owned construction company in the UK.〔(Top 100 construction Companies ) The Construction Index〕 ==History== The company was founded by Ray O'Rourke in 1978. It was originally based in East London and was known as ''R. O'Rourke & Son.''〔(Laing O'Rourke: History )〕 In 2001 ''R. O'Rourke'' bought ''Laing Construction'' from John Laing plc for £1. Laing's construction business had been making significant losses, in part due to additional costs on the Cardiff Millennium Stadium project. The name of the company was changed to ''Laing O'Rourke''.〔(''Laing shares half in value'' ) BBC News, 27 September 2001.〕 In 2004 the company acquired ''Crown House Engineering'', a mechanical & electrical engineering business, from Carillion.〔(Laing O'Rourke agrees to £17m deal to buy out Crown House ) Contract Journal, 19 May 2004〕 Laing O'Rourke went on to expand its operations in Australia in 2006 when it acquired ''Barclay Mowlem'', also from Carillion.〔(Carillion sells Barclay Mowlem to Laing O'Rourke Australia for £30m ) Contract Journal, 3 July 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Laing O'Rourke」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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