Two concrete firms vie for £30m job on Pinnacle site

摘要

Concrete contractors Byrne Brothers and Gordon Dunne are understood to be the last two in contention for the concrete package on the £500m 22 Bishopsgate Tower being built on the site of the abandoned Pinnacle. Two separate sources close to the scheme said the two firms were now set to fight it out for the prestigious job, the biggest in the City of London in the next few years. The package, which separate sources valued at around £30m, is being let by the scheme's developer Lipton Rogers in conjunction with contractor Brookfield Multiplex. Brookfield Multiplex is working on a construction management basis during the pre-construction phase, but is set to take over the job on a fixed price once designs are finalised and subcontractors chosen. Byrne Brothers was the concrete contractor that built the stump of the previous Pinnacle scheme, which is now to be demolished, and therefore has detailed knowledge of the site. Gordon Dunne, however, has worked with Brookfield Multiplex on a number of contracts in recent years and is thought to have impressed the contractor with its work on the South Glasgow hospital campus.