Multiplex News, Contracts and Projects | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:07:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png Multiplex News, Contracts and Projects | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Multiplex starts work on £190m South Bank tower https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/multiplex-starts-work-on-190m-south-bank-tower-20-02-2024/ https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/multiplex-starts-work-on-190m-south-bank-tower-20-02-2024/#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 13:07:26 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=494592 Multiplex has started construction work on a 50-storey residential tower at Bankside Yards by the River Thames in central London. The Australian contractor is working with building-frame subcontractor Keltbray and facade subcontractor Scheldebouw on the 250-flat tower, which is part of the £3bn Bankside Yards…

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]]> https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/multiplex-starts-work-on-190m-south-bank-tower-20-02-2024/feed/ 0 Multiplex HQ faces demolition under 54-storey City tower plan https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/brexit/multiplex-hq-faces-demolition-under-54-storey-tower-plan-24-10-2023/ Tue, 24 Oct 2023 11:07:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=488408 A planning application is being drawn up for a 54-storey tower in the City of London to replace a 1970s-built block that is home to the HQ of Multiplex Europe. The City of London Corporation this month received preliminary notification of the proposal, which would…

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]]> Major London deals help Multiplex top the league table https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/construction-league-tables/major-london-deals-help-multiplex-top-the-league-table-09-10-2023/ Mon, 09 Oct 2023 06:00:29 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=487459 Multiplex topped the contracts league table for the first time in more than two-and-a-half years in September, thanks to two London wins, according to data compiled by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. The Australian multinational landed the £450m main contract for the super-prime St John’s Wood…

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]]> Contractor tops league table for first time since 2019 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contracts/construction-league-tables/contractor-tops-league-table-for-first-time-since-2019-07-07-2023/ Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:00:37 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=482282 Galliford Try topped the June contractor’s league table for the first time in more than four years, thanks to a road improvement scheme in Gloucestershire. The firm landed the M5 Junction 10 scheme, which involves building two new slip roads, as well as a new…

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]]> Multiplex scoops phase 2 of £500m TV centre redevelopment https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/multiplex/multiplex-scoops-phase-2-of-500m-tv-centre-redevelopment-22-06-2023/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:36:23 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=481493 Multiplex has won a contract for 345 luxury apartments at the former BBC Television Centre site in west London. The job, understood to be worth £220m, will involve constructing two residential blocks designed by dRMM and Allford Hall Monagham Morris. Main construction work is expected…

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]]> Multiplex boosts profit despite shutdown at £900m site https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/multiplex-boosts-profit-despite-shutdown-at-900m-site-22-03-2023/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:38:49 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=476383 Multiplex’s pre-tax profit has more than quadrupled despite a four-month-long work freeze on its £900m One Nine Elms site. Construction News revealed last January that workers were leaving the bumper site in droves after developer R&F Properties failed to pay Multiplex. That shutdown meant revenue…

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]]> Multiplex set to sign £200m Broadgate contract https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/contractors/multiplex/multiplex-set-to-sign-200m-broadgate-contract-24-02-2023/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 06:50:44 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=474827 Multiplex is set to win a £200m job for a major refurbishment at Broadgate in the City of London. The Australian contractor is expected to sign a contract to refurbish and extend the 13-story building at One Exchange Square, overlooking one of the City’s largest…

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]]> Troubled One Nine Elms site to be completed by 2023 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/troubled-one-nine-elms-site-to-be-completed-by-2023-23-06-2022/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:18:26 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=460326 R&F Properties’ troubled One Nine Elms site in London is due to be completed in November 2023. Last week, Chinese developer R&F agreed a £772m funding package for the site, enabling a full workforce to return to work for the first time since January. The…

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]]> Work restarts at troubled One Nine Elms site as £772m funding agreed https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/work-restarts-at-troubled-one-nine-elms-site-as-772m-funding-agreed-17-06-2022/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 11:38:40 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=459990 Multiplex has returned a full-capacity workforce to its One Nine Elms site in London after securing new investment. Developer R&F has received £772m of funding from four separate lenders, according to ReactNews. It would be the first time that the £900m site has returned to…

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]]> Multiplex returns to profit after overcoming COVID hit https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/sections/news/multiplex-returns-to-profit-after-overcoming-covid-hit-17-03-2022/ Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:09:43 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=454745 Multiplex UK has returned to profit post-pandemic after posting a 32 per cent rise in revenue in 2021. The contractor’s UK operation, Multiplex Construction Europe Limited, posted a £2.6m pre-tax profit for the year to end-December 2021, compared with a loss of £158.6m for the…

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