Contractor beats Laing O鈥橰ourke to blue riband deal for university鈥檚 new campus in Stratford
Mace has pipped Laing O鈥橰ourke to land work on the first building at UCL鈥檚 new Stratford campus in east London.
The contractor has been appointed to a pre-construction agreement to deliver the 拢200m Marshgate I (pictured) project.
The 35,000m2 research, innovation and teaching building has been designed by Stanton Williams, a former Stirling Prize winner.
Construction is expected to start by next summer.
Earlier this month, 好色先生TV revealed Mace and Laing O鈥橰ourke were the final two firms left in the running for the job, beating out three other big name firms along the way. Lendlease, Sir Robert McAlpine and Bouygues were originally also shortlisted for the job.
UCL has also begun the search for a contractor for the first phase鈥檚 second building, Pool Street West, with shortlisted bidders expected to be notified imminently.
The 拢90m Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands-project will provide a mix of student accommodation and academic space.
UCL East, which is being built close to Zaha Hadid鈥檚 aquatics centre, is part of the wider Stratford regeneration and neighbours the East Bank cultural and arts project, which has previously been known as Stratford Waterfront and Olympicopolis.
The project, which is being built for Sadler鈥檚 Wells theatre, the London College of Fashion, the BBC and the V&A museum, is being designed by Allies & Morrison, O鈥橠onnell & Tuomey and Arquitecturia.
Mace is set to project manage the construction of the arts and culture precinct.
And Mace is also favourite for a high-profile scheme to turn part of the former athletes鈥� village for the 2012 Olympic Games in east London into more than 500 build-to-rent homes. The job for developer Get Living has a value close to 拢200m.
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