Houndsditch building being developed by Brockton Everlast

Multiplex is understood to have won a £400m tower job in the City having pipped Mace to the deal which had initially seen Lendlease in the driving seat.

Now renamed Bovis, Lendlease had been considered favourite for the job after the 23-storey Dovetail Building was given planning in 2021 with Lendlease then brought in under a PCSA.

But last summer developer Brockton Everlast began contacting rival firms to look at pricing the job instead in the wake of Lendlease being put up for sale in May last year.

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The scheme is being built in the Houndsditch area of the City, a stone’s throw away from Multiplex’s headquarters on Bishopsgate

Multiplex and Mace both sent in bids earlier this year with a winner initially expected by Easter.

But the decision was pushed back after the two were told to draw up a cost plan for the work with the pair told earlier this week who had won.

The Dovetail Building will be built at 115-123 Houndsditch close to Foggo Associates’ Can of Ham and a stone’s throw away from the cluster of towers on Bishopsgate.

The Houndsditch site was currently occupied by several low-rise buildings built in the 1980s but these have now been cleared by Deconstruct.

AHMM describes the scheme as a “next generation office [that] responds to the strive for Net Zero carbon and the necessary thrive of a post-pandemic workplace”.

As well as office space, the scheme will include retail and café space as well as community space.

Others working on the job include cost consultant T&T Alinea, project manager Gardiner & Theobald, structural engineer AKT II and services engineer Norman Disney & Young.

The scheme had an anticipated completion date of late 2028 although this has gone back into 2029.

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