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Christiani & Nielsen
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Christiani & Nielsen was a construction contractor with major operations worldwide. It still trades in Thailand.
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Christiani & Nielsen was established by Rudolf Christiani, a Danish civil engineer, and Aage Nielsen, a captain in the Royal Danish Navy, in Copenhagen, to build bridges, marine works, and other reinforced concrete structures, in 1904.[1] It soon established a branch in Hamburg, and after the First World War, extended its operations to the United Kingdom, South America, Australia, and South Africa.[2]
The company's business in Thailand was demerged on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 1991 and continued operating under different ownership.[3]
The main company went into administration in November 2000.[4]
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Major projects included:
Roads
- M5, junctions 8-9 (M50) to Tewkesbury, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970[5]
- M56 Preston Brook to Hapsford in Cheshire, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970[6][7]
- M6 Ansty to M1 at Catthorpe, Contract A, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971[8]
- M6 north of Tebay (junction 38 for A685) to Thrimby (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1970[9]
- M74 Larkhall to Uddingston (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1966[10]
- Cardiff to Merthyr Tydfil A470, £5m first stage from Whitchurch bypass to Nantgarw, 3.25 miles (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971[11]
Bridges
- The foundations and piers for the Storstrøm Bridge, Denmark, completed in 1937[12]
- The foundations and piers for the Masnedsund Bridge, Denmark, completed in 1937[13]
- Narrows Bridge in Perth, Australia, completed in 1959[14]
- M2 Medway Bridge, Kent, completed in 1963[15]
- Winthorpe Bridge, Nottinghamshire, completed in 1964[16]
- M56 Weaver Viaduct, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971[17]
- The foundations and piers for the Erskine Bridge, (A898), West Dunbartonshire and Renfrewshire, (built as Christiani-Shand) completed in 1971[18]
- Dornoch Firth Bridge, completed in 1991[19]
- Salford Quays lift bridge, completed in 2000[20]
Other
- Monumento Rodoviário da Rodovia Presidente Dutra in Piraí, Brazil completed in 1938[21]
- Democracy Monument in Bangkok, Thailand, completed in 1940[22]
- Aula Magna Auditorium, Caracas, Venezuela completed in 1953[23]
- Rebuilding of the Rama VI Bridge, in Bangkok, Thailand, completed in 1953[24]
- Kish Bank lighthouse, near Dublin, Ireland, completed in 1965[25]
- Bagsværd Church, Copenhagen, completed in 1976[26]
- Thammasat Stadium in Rangsit, Thailand, completed in 1998[27]
- Prince Mahidol Hall in Phutthamonthon, Thailand, completed in 2014[28]
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