A week in the world of main contracting

By Dave Rogers2025-06-11T06:00:00

Sluggish output data masks signs of some real ambition among some top tier contractors

Even though the data dials say something different, there is lots going on in this industry for main contractors. There always is. In one week, Building wrote about the following…

Bovis beat Mace to the £330m Gracechurch Street tower job for Sellar. The firm needed that win and it might convince other clients to follow suit. While they might be renamed, Bovis is, by and large, the Lendlease of a year or so ago – just without the Lendlease backing. Which has left some a bit nervous but, sooner or later, one client had to take a punt.

It’s been written before and worth saying again: Mace and Multiplex can’t build everything. For the health of this industry, somebody else needs to offer clients looking to develop commercial towers in the capital an alternative.

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