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Mace JV picked for £12.6bn Hudson Tunnel project

Will Ing — Thu, 29 Feb 2024 11:48:40 +0000

A joint venture between Mace, Arcadis and tech firm Parsons has been chosen to deliver a $16bn (£12.63bn) US tunnelling project under the River Hudson between New York and New Jersey. The joint venture, named MPA Delivery Partners, will work with client Gateway Development Commission…

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Mace: weak growth and high insolvencies to continue

Ian Weinfass — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:59:53 +0000

Mace is predicting weak growth to continue in 2024. The firm’s consultancy arm has warned that the Bank of England’s predictions of a flatlining economy, high interest rates and the fact that contractors have “already squeezed margins as far as they can go” means tender-price…

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HS2 Euston: Mace says new proposals have been ignored

Ian Weinfass — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 10:56:45 +0000

Mace has put forward proposals for how the private sector can deliver HS2’s Euston station development but the Department for Transport (DfT) has not yet responded, the contractor’s boss has said. Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds told City AM that his firm’s proposals had “gone…

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Skills gap could lead to fire-safety risks, expert says

Colin Marrs — Thu, 23 Nov 2023 10:37:55 +0000

Competent fire-safety professionals could become overloaded with work due to delays in upskilling the profession, leading to safety risks, according to a senior industry professional. Nick Pickles, systems and assurance leader for passive fire protection at Laing O’Rourke, delivered the stark warning during a panel…

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Mace says London should become ‘circularity capital of the world’

Kerry Lorimer — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 12:00:16 +0000

Mace has called for London to become the “circularity capital of the world”, saying that £1.25bn could be saved by reusing materials and components. The Closing the Circle report by the contractor, published today (26 October), calls for circular-economy principles to be embedded across the…

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Mace wins work on ‘world’s most powerful laser’ facility

Catherine Moore — Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:22:15 +0000

Mace is set to work on a facility near Oxford that will house the world's most powerful laser. Under a preconstruction services agreement (PCSA) with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Mace will lead a team to extend and partially refurbish the Central Laser…

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Mace says new HS2 Euston plans can ‘meet the budget’

Will Ing — Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:17:05 +0000

Mace is working on revised plans for HS2 Euston station that will “meet the budget”, according to its chief executive Mark Reynolds. Speaking on the BBC’s Today programme this morning (27 September), Reynolds said the government decision in March to postpone work on HS2’s only…

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Mace appoints new digital engineering head

Kerry Lorimer — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 08:44:06 +0000

Mace has appointed David Glennon as its new group head of digital engineering. He joins from Riyadh-based developer Red Sea Global, where he led the firm’s digital delivery strategy. He previously held senior digital delivery roles at Arcadis and Aecom and has more than 25…

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Supplier sought for massive solar membrane over London Stadium

Greg Pitcher — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 06:00:57 +0000

Mace is leading the procurement of a huge solar membrane to sit on the roof of West Ham United’s London Stadium (pictured). The construction giant is acting as project manager in an effort to slash energy bills at the arena that hosted athletic events during…

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‘Electricity superhighway’ puts Bam top of monthly contracts table

Charlotte Banks — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 06:00:10 +0000

Royal Bam topped the monthly contractors’ league table in July for the first time since 2020, after it was chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea cable between Scotland and England. The firm was awarded £500m for its share of…

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