Multiplex

Multiplex’s £400m contract to turn the former US Embassy building in Mayfair into a luxury hotel propelled it to the top of the contracts league in February, according to data compiled by construction intelligence provider Glenigan. Developer Qatari Diar has picked the contractor to turn the Grade II-listed building at…

Multiplex has landed the contract to turn the Grade II-listed former US Embassy in central London’s Mayfair into a luxury retail destination and hotel. Developer Qatari Diar announced the appointment today when it renamed the building at 30 Grosvenor Square as The Chancery Rosewood. The project will see the Australian-multinational…

Cases of coronavirus have been confirmed among the workforce at Multiplex’s major University of Glasgow project. Rejecting media reports that there had been an “outbreak”, a spokesman for the contractor confirmed there were a “limited number” of cases on the project – which is a £298m scheme to deliver five…

Multiplex UK estimates the pandemic cost the business between £130m and £170m in 2020. The contractor, known for its work on London high-rise projects, was forced to close its sites temporarily in March. It said costs had been increased by shutting down and restarting projects and that lower productivity caused…

Royal Bam topped September’s league table as total orders rose again. Big jobs in the leisure and entertainment sectors helped to propel the group to the top of the league with £469.7m of new work secured. The largest of these was a £230m contract to build a new studio for…

Royal Bam topped July’s contract wins league table after two road jobs put it in pole position. The Dutch-owned contracting business signed the contract for the £200m M54 to M6 Toll Link Road project and a £312m M40-M42 interchange with joint venture partner Morgan Sindall. Both jobs were landed by…

Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are the latest contractors to rule out claiming through the Jobs Retention Bonus scheme. Under the programme, firms are entitled to £1,000 for each employee brought back from furlough who remain in the firm’s employment until the end of January. The industry as a whole…

An independent review has concluded that the design, build, commissioning and maintenance of Multiplex’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow (QEUH) was not linked to avoidable deaths there. The hospital review, carried out by Dr Andrew Fraser and Dr Brian Montgomery, was commissioned to find out if the management and execution…

Multiplex has restarted work on four of its residential sites in London, including the city’s tallest tower at 22 Bishopsgate, following a two-week shutdown. The global contractor announced on 23 March it had temporarily shut all its UK sites due to coronavirus working restrictions. The company today revealed it had…

Electrical contractor Imtech has been appointed to take over M&E works on the delayed Edinburgh Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP). The £230m hospital, built by Integrated Health Solutions Lothian (IHSL) – a consortium including Multiplex, HLM Architects, financing group Macquarie Capital and Bouygues Energies & Services –…