Mace

The head of Mace’s construction arm Andrew Jackson has stepped down after just three months in the role. Jackson took up the helm of Mace Construct in July as part of a major executive reshuffle, replacing chief executive Gareth Lewis. The firm has now announced Jackson will leave his role…

The £1bn redevelopment of what was Europe’s largest printworks is set for approval, nine years after plans were first submitted. Officers at Tower Hamlets council have recommended conditional approval of the residential-led Westferry Printworks scheme, which will occupy a 61,500 square metre site near Canary Wharf in London. A contractor…

Mace has secured the contract for the extension and refurb of a Grade II listed teaching laboratory building. The contract for the University of East Anglia (UAE) project is valued at £88m. The CN top 100 firm will deliver new modern science facilities in the brutalist, architect-designed Lasdun Wall Refurbishment…

Mace has signed on the dotted line to develop more than 400,000 square feet of laboratory and office space in Oxford. The contractor will construct three buildings in total at the Oxford Science Park, for £184m. Mace said it designed features of the development, known as the Daubeny Project, “with…

Mace has posted record turnover and profit figures in its latest annual accounts, including its highest construction revenue for five years. Turnover rose by 25 per cent in the 2023 calendar year to reach £2.36bn while pre-tax profit soared by 69 per cent to £61.7m. The profit figure was restated…

Mace has promoted two staff to lead some of its fastest growing areas: life sciences, data centres and the public sector. Rob Lemming becomes the contractor’s managing director for public sector and life sciences, while Alister Grey takes up the role of managing director for technology and manufacturing. Lemming took…

Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has said government intervention is needed to get rid of retentions as there is not enough support for the measure in industry.  Speaking on Construction News’s First Site podcast, the co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) acknowledged that his efforts to remove standard retentions…

A senior Mace executive is looking to swap construction for legislation by standing as a Labour candidate in the forthcoming general election. Mike Reader, global lead for winning work in Mace’s consulting arm, is hoping to get elected in the key battleground of Northampton South. Reader has worked at Mace…

Mace has been confirmed as main contractor on a bumper job to redevelop a central London office block. Construction News understands that the deal is worth around £100m. The contractor will turn 100 New Bridge Street into a multipurpose site consisting of 194,000 square feet of office space and more than…

Mark Reynolds is stepping down as chief executive of Mace after more than 12 years at the helm, amid a massive governance shake-up at the tier one contractor. Reynolds, co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC), joined the firm as chief executive in 2012 after serving as programme director for…