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Mace is predicting weak growth to continue in 2024. The firm’s consultancy arm has warned that the Bank of England’s predictions of a flatlining economy, high interest rates and the fact that contractors have “already squeezed margins as far as they can go” means tender-price inflation will ease. In a…

Mace has put forward proposals for how the private sector can deliver HS2’s Euston station development but the Department for Transport (DfT) has not yet responded, the contractor’s boss has said. Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds told City AM that his firm’s proposals had “gone into a black hole”. “When…

Competent fire-safety professionals could become overloaded with work due to delays in upskilling the profession, leading to safety risks, according to a senior industry professional. Nick Pickles, systems and assurance leader for passive fire protection at Laing O’Rourke, delivered the stark warning during a panel session at last week’s London…

Mace has called for London to become the “circularity capital of the world”, saying that £1.25bn could be saved by reusing materials and components. The Closing the Circle report by the contractor, published today (26 October), calls for circular-economy principles to be embedded across the building lifecycle to ensure materials…

Mace is set to work on a facility near Oxford that will house the world's most powerful laser. Under a preconstruction services agreement (PCSA) with the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Mace will lead a team to extend and partially refurbish the Central Laser Facility (CLF) in the Rutherford…

Mace is working on revised plans for HS2 Euston station that will “meet the budget”, according to its chief executive Mark Reynolds. Speaking on the BBC’s Today programme this morning (27 September), Reynolds said the government decision in March to postpone work on HS2’s only central London station “came out…

Mace has appointed David Glennon as its new group head of digital engineering. He joins from Riyadh-based developer Red Sea Global, where he led the firm’s digital delivery strategy. He previously held senior digital delivery roles at Arcadis and Aecom and has more than 25 years’ experience in the construction…

Mace is leading the procurement of a huge solar membrane to sit on the roof of West Ham United’s London Stadium (pictured). The construction giant is acting as project manager in an effort to slash energy bills at the arena that hosted athletic events during the 2012 Olympics. Mace drew…

Royal Bam topped the monthly contractors’ league table in July for the first time since 2020, after it was chosen to build converter stations at each end of a £2bn undersea cable between Scotland and England. The firm was awarded £500m for its share of work on Eastern Green Link…

Mace has called on the government to offer tax credits to companies exporting design, engineering and construction services. The contractor, which operates in five continents, says in a new report that the global market for British construction expertise could be worth £11.5bn, if construction’s share of UK exports were to…