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Cutting and carving on London’s Oxford Street

Ben Vogel — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:23:03 +0000

Client: Publica Contract value: £132m Contract type: JCT Main contractor: McLaren Architect: Studio PDP Structural engineer: Civic Engineers Demolition: Erith Piling: Franki Foundations UK (subcontractor to Erith) Steelwork: Severfield Mechanical, electrical and plumbing: Briggs & Forrester Mechanical and electrical consultancy: ChapmanBDSP Crane and hoists: London…

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One Leadenhall: Multiplex brings its goods to market

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 11:27:49 +0000

Towering over a historic City of London landmark and one of Harry Potter’s stomping grounds, One Leadenhall has presented a raft of building challenges Project: One Leadenhall Client: Brookfield Properties (1 Leadenhall Limited Partnership) Contract value: £275m Contract type: Construction Management Construction manager: Multiplex Architect:…

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Brut strength on the South Bank: refurbishing London’s IBM building

Toni Sekinah — Mon, 05 Aug 2024 11:25:16 +0000

How Multiplex is remodelling, refurbishing and extending London’s brutalist IBM Building – while retaining 80 per cent of the existing structure Project: IBM Building, 76 Upper Ground, London Client: Stanhope Contract value: £145m Contract type: JCT Major Project Construction Contract 2016 Main contractor: Multiplex Architects:…

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Building a new people’s palace at Olympia

Charlotte Banks — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:01:59 +0000

Adding a host of new uses and spaces to a still-operational exhibition venue is a tall order. CN finds out how Laing O’Rourke is rising to the challenge Project client: Yoo Capital and Deutsche Finance International Main contractor: Laing O’Rourke Architect: Heatherwick Studio and SPPARC…

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Delivering HS2’s Old Oak Common station box

Ben Vogel — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:26:10 +0000

The consortium digging out the box for HS2’s Old Oak Common station is operating on a grand scale Client: HS2 Ltd Contract value: £1.67bn (entire station) Contract type: NEC Main contractor: Balfour Beatty Vinci Systra JV Suppliers: Select (tower crane), Expanded (excavation plan). Structural engineering…

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Building five pools and a football pitch in south London

Charlotte Banks — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 12:07:52 +0000

With movable swimming-pool floors, a football pitch perched on top, and 105 metres of waterslide, Morgan Sindall is having a lot of fun building the Woolwich Leisure Centre Contract: NEC 4 Option A Project value: £80m Main contractor: Morgan Sindall Client: Royal Borough of Greenwich…

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East side story: proving the potential of volumetric construction

Ben Vogel — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:55:38 +0000

A project in Walthamstow is proving just how far volumetric modular construction can go, with 75 per cent of two new towers being built offsite Project client: Long Harbour Contract value: £165m Contract type: JCT design-and-build Main contractor: Tide Construction Ltd Offsite manufacturer: Vision Modular…

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Full steam ahead: Willmott Dixon’s railway regeneration project

Charlotte Banks — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 12:26:05 +0000

An ambitious regeneration project to celebrate the engineering triumphs of yesteryear has required some clever engineering of its own Client: Darlington Borough Council Total cost: £34m Contract type: NEC (through SCAPE framework) Main contractor: Willmott Dixon Architect: SPACE Architects Groundworks: Wyn Construction Piling works: Roger Bullivant…

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Suburban heights: Sisk’s NE02/03 Wembley Park scheme

Ben Vogel — Tue, 31 Oct 2023 12:00:09 +0000

Sisk is slashing embodied carbon and optimising offsite-manufactured components in its latest job at Wembley Park Project client: Quintain Total cost: £230m (fixed-price contract) Contract type: JCT design-and-build Main contractor: John Sisk Architect: Haworth Tompkins Structural engineer: Elliott Wood/CampbellReith Groundworks: Harringtons Builders Demolition: Goody Demolition…

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Urban quarriers: Cutting and carving at Panorama St Paul’s

Paul Thompson — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 11:12:30 +0000

A former government building in the City of London is being painstakingly pared back to its frame and reclad using stone rescued from its previous facade Scheme: Panorama St Paul’s Client: Orion Capital Managers Architect: KPF Main contractor: Mace Contract value: £262m Start date: February…

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