By the conflict's end, Taylor Woodrow was a substantial construction company; it quickly spread internationally and engaged in a wide variety of work, both for the private and public sectors.

During the 1950s and 1960s, it was involved in the construction of the world's first commercial nuclear power station (Calder Hall), the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral, and the St Katharine Docks complex.

Frank Taylor was working in the family fruit wholesaling business in Blackpool when, in 1921, at the age of 16, he persuaded his father that he could build a house for them to live in.

Using some capital provided by his father and supplemented by a bank loan, Frank Taylor built a pair of semi-detached houses, one of which he promptly sold at a good profit.

For six years, Taylor Woodrow built numerous military camps, airfields and factories; one of the more extensive single projects the firm was involved in was the construction of the Mulberry harbour units.

Throughout the 1950s, Taylor Woodrow expanded into Australia, Canada (including housing) and the Middle East, the latter region would prove to be a particularly lucrative one for the business.

[12][13][2] In the private sector, notable contracts undertaken by the company included terminal buildings at Heathrow Airport and the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

Once building controls were abolished, Taylor Woodrow, (in the shape of Taywood Homes), responded rapidly and, by 1956, sales were back to their best pre-war levels.

The centrepiece was the joint venture with Costain to build the dry docks at Port Rashid Dubai, described as "the largest single overseas contract ever undertaken by the British construction industry".

Gradually, Taylor Woodrow's construction business was reduced in size and the emphasis of the group was redirected to private housing – both in the United Kingdom and North America.

[25][26] Adding Bryant's annual sales of 4,000 to Taywood's 2,000 immediately elevated Taylor Woodrow to one of the United Kingdom's top five housebuilders.

The business was launched in 2011, combining civil engineering operations from the former Taylor Woodrow group and from Vinci UK – formerly Norwest Holst.