Project Reports

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 design: WSP Concrete frame/substructure: Expanded…

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 Framework: Southern Construction Framework Engineer:…

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 Systems Architect: Assael Architecture Structural…

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 Mechanical: Leybourne Urwin Electrical: KM…

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 Piling: Keller Concrete cores and…

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 2022 Estimated completion: March 2025…

A blend of building methods is speeding up the construction of a new centre at Colchester Hospital. Colin Marrs reports Project client: East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Total cost: £50m Contract type: JCT (two stage via NHS SBS Framework) Main contractor: MTX ContractsArchitect: IBI Structural engineer: Rossi…

A ‘no-blockwork’ strategy means every detail needs to be planned accurately on the construction of Everton FC’s new riverside stadium. Watch the video tour below... Project client: Everton Football Club Total cost: £555m Contract type: Bespoke design and build Main contractor: Laing O’Rourke Concept architect: MEIS Architects Delivery architect: BDP…

A £90m regeneration project near Stockport’s rail station aims to bring new life to the town centre Lead clients: Transport for Greater Manchester, for Greater Manchester Combined Authority Additional stakeholders: CityRise and Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council Main contractor: Willmott Dixon Customer lead consultant: WSP, working with BDP Contractor architects: Leach…

In the biggest construction programme undertaken so far by Oxford University, the city’s skyline is being pierced by a major new science hub Project client: Oxford University Development partner: Legal & General Investment Management Total cost: £200m Contract type: JCT Design & Build Main contractor: Wates Architect: NBBJ Structural engineer:…