Development manager Platform has selected McGee for demolition, piling and RC works at The Acre, a new office building in the heart of Covent Garden, UK.
Previously, the specialist engineering contractor was chosen for soft strip, pile testing and enabling works during the design process of the new office.
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The latest contract is a result of active collaboration and early engagement with the client team.
The company will utilise its in-house capabilities, construction engineering team along with its plant, and haulage fleet for this project.
McGee Group managing director Seb Fossey said: “I’m exceptionally proud of the McGee team working on this exciting central London scheme, who have drawn upon our experience of delivering complex engineering projects in the heart of the city to deliver a high-value solution to the client. I look forward to delivering these works with Platform and the rest of the client team.”
In March this year, the firm was picked as the principal contractor for Phase I of the 30 South Colonnade redevelopment on the UK’s Canary Wharf Estate.
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By GlobalDataMcGee’s scope of work under that contract involves key elements of the redevelopment, including soft-strip, structural demolition, façade removal, enabling and structural strengthening works to the building.
The project also includes the removal of two storeys from the building, above the 11th floor slab as well as retaining the existing floor slab.
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Illustration of the new office building in the heart of Covent Garden. Credit: Marko Stajić from Pixabay.
