Exclusive: Contractor overcomes competition from McLaren, Bam Construct and Bowmer & Kirkland
Galliford Try has won the race to build former Manchester United star Gary Neville鈥檚 new ten-storey hotel next to Old Trafford Stadium.
The AEW Architects-designed scheme includes a five-a-side football pitch on top of a138-bed hotel.
DBK is the cost consultant and Shepherd Gilmour is the engineer. According to construction database Barbour/ABI, the contract is worth 拢12m.
Work will begin imminently and the hotel is scheduled to open in Spring 2014.
Galliford Try overcame competition from McLaren 鈥� which emerged as favourites for the job before falling out of the race 鈥� and Bam Construct and Bowmer & Kirkland.
Neville is developing the scheme in joint venture with the Old Trafford Supporters Club.
The development will be built in the shadow of Manchester United鈥檚 76,000-seater Old Trafford stadium.
The scheme won planning last May, despite opposition from Manchester United FC, which submitted a document to the council arguing the hotel would obstruct views in the area.
But planners rejected United鈥檚 claims and said the development will 鈥渟upport economic growth鈥�.
Neville has said he will be funding the project using money generated by his testimonial match against Juventus in May 2011 鈥榯o say thank you鈥� to United鈥檚 fans.
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