{"id":404045,"date":"2019-12-18T06:50:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T06:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=404045"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:25:42","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T11:25:42","slug":"top-10-project-reports-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/project-reports\/top-10-project-reports-year-18-12-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 project reports of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

10)\u00a0Intu dazzles shoppers with glass roof and floor<\/a><\/h2>\n

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At Manchester\u2019s Trafford Centre, \u00a375m is being spent on regenerating a wing known as Barton Square. With Vinci on board, Intu is aiming to add some extra theatre to the UK\u2019s third-largest shopping centre. In May, CN<\/em> took a tour.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Barton Square, Trafford Centre
\nClient:<\/strong>\u00a0Intu
\nContract value:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a352m
\nMain contractor:<\/strong>\u00a0Vinci
\nCompletion date:<\/strong>\u00a0March 2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a09)\u00a0Inside Canary Wharf\u2019s newest resi skyscraper: One Park Drive<\/a><\/h2>\n

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One Park Drive is set to tower over a swathe of retail, commercial and residential buildings shooting up in the overhauled Wood Wharf area. CN<\/em> visited in May.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/strong> One Park Drive
\nClient:<\/strong> Canary Wharf Group
\nMain contractor:<\/strong> Canary Wharf Contractors
\nContract value:<\/strong> Circa \u00a3100m*
\nCompletion date:<\/strong> Q4 2020 up to level 28; remainder in Q1 2021
\n*Source: Barbour ABI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

8)\u00a0Factory records: Laing O\u2019Rourke installs 160-tonne doors<\/a><\/h2>\n

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From building above historic railways to installing massive soundproof doors, Laing O\u2019Rourke has had to innovate to meet Manchester City Council\u2019s exacting demands, as we found earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/strong> The Factory
\nClient:\u00a0<\/strong>Manchester City Council
\nCentral contract value:<\/strong>\u00a3108m
\nMain contractor:<\/strong> Laing O\u2019Rourke
\nCompletion date:<\/strong> 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

7) Vinci links past and present<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

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May saw CN<\/em> visit the Tideway scheme in the east, as contractors sought solutions to join London\u2019s super-sewer with its Victorian predecessor.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> Thames Tideway Tunnel, East
\nClient:<\/b><\/span> Tideway
\nContract value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a3605m
\n<\/span>Main contractor:<\/b><\/span> Bachy Soletanche, Costain & Vinci Construction Grands Projets JV
\nCompletion date:<\/b><\/span> 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

6)\u00a0Prefab school build adds up for Berkeley<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

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Reds10 claimed its modular school scheme in the heart of a new residential quarter in Reading was making a big cost saving compared with traditional methods. In August, CN<\/em> went to see the build in action.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> Green Park Village Primary School, Reading
\nClient:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>St Edwards\/Berkeley Group
\nContract value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a36.1m
\n<\/span>Main contractor:<\/b><\/span> Reds10
\n<\/span>Completion date:<\/b><\/span> Oct 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

5)\u00a0Building into the water for Thames Tideway<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

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Work by Ferrovial and Laing O\u2019Rourke to prevent overflow sewage from entering the river involves the tricky job of floating a culvert into place, as CN<\/em> found in October.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> Blackfriars Bridge Foreshore
\nClient:\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Tideway
\nCentral contract value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a31bn*
\n<\/span>Main contractor:<\/b><\/span> Ferrovial and Laing O\u2019Rourke joint venture
\n*Between Falconbrook Pumping Station in the west to Blackfriars Bridge in the east<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

4) Hinkley’s \u2018three megaprojects in one\u2019<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

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Amid cost hikes and potential delays on the project, we paid an exclusive visit in October to the huge Hinkley Point C site.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> Hinkley Point C
\nClient:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0EDF
\n<\/span>Project value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a322.9bn
\n<\/span>Main civils contractor:<\/b><\/span> Bylor (Bouygues \/ Laing O\u2019Rourke JV)
\nCompletion date:<\/b><\/span> 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

3)\u00a0Bam builds at the end of the Earth<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n

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Bam Nuttall is braving killer whales, icebergs and stark isolation in Antarctica to deliver a new wharf in time for the arrival of the RRS Sir David Attenborough. CN<\/em> assessed progress at the start of the six-month building period.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> Rothera Research Station wharf, Antarctica
\nClient:<\/b><\/span> British Antarctic Survey
\nContract value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a3100m
\n<\/span>Main contractor:<\/b><\/span> Bam Nuttall
\n<\/span>Completion date:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0April 2020<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2) Lendlease\u2019s \u2018Lego-like\u2019 timber build<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n
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Source: Mike O’Dwyer<\/p><\/div>\n

September saw CN<\/em> visit an offsite development at Stratford\u2019s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park \u2013 a timber pavilion that is being built above the busy Docklands Light Railway.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> IQL Pavilion
\nClient:<\/b><\/span> International Quarter London
\n<\/span>Contract value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a3200,000* (Overall IQL development value \u00a32.4bn)
\nMain contractor:<\/b><\/span> Lendlease
\n<\/span>Completion date:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Spring 2020
\n<\/span>*Contract value estimated using Glenigan.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

1)\u00a0<\/b>Inside Leicester City FC\u2019s new training ground<\/a><\/h2>\n

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In November, CN<\/em> headed to Leicestershire, as the main contractor faced a race against time to build a state-of-the-art training ground for the city\u2019s Premier League football club in time for next season.<\/p>\n

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Project:<\/b><\/span> Leicester City FC Training Ground
\nClient:<\/b><\/span> Leicester City FC
\nContract value:<\/b><\/span> \u00a395m
\n<\/span>Main contractor:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0McLaren
\n<\/span>Completion date:<\/b><\/span> 29 June 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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