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A decade of Alinea: from birth to buyout building.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from building.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
and a spate of start-ups This piece about the spin-off firms in the wake of the Aecom takeover of DL is republished as it appeared in 2013 with the subheading Building profiles the many new start-ups launched by former Davis Langdon partners When Building broke the news this month that six former partners of Davis Langdon were setting up a consultant of their own - to be called Alinea - regular readers may have had a feeling of deja vu. Hadn’t we been here before? Yes, indeed, at least 15 times in two-and-a-half years. The reasons for such a proliferation of Davis Langdon (DL) staff exiting to go it alone are many and varied – and well-rehearsed. See our January feature on the ‘Culture Shock’ at DL following its 2010 takeover by Aecom for a detailed analysis. ....