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Lee Marley Brickwork – Westgate Shopping Centre

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Joint developers Land Securities and the Crown Estate appointed Laing O’Rourke as main contractor for the £440m Westgate Oxford shopping centre scheme, they in turn appointed Lee Marley Brickwork to complete all the brick and blockwork on the contract.

The development in the heart of Oxford city centre will transform the existing Westgate shopping centre into an 800,000 sq ft retail and leisure destination, due for completion in autumn 2017.

Laing O’Rourke’s 30 month contract is focused on the construction of the shell and core of the three-storey retail centre, together with a 1,000 space underground car park and 61 new residential properties. Lee Marley Brickwork have once again decided to utilise Safestand Access Systems on this contract as their preferred low level access system.

The project, which will sustain 1,000 construction jobs, will also involve extensive remodeling of the existing Westgate shopping centre.

The new Westgate Oxford will include over 100 new stores, 25 restaurants and cafes, a boutique cinema, roof top terrace dining and a wealth of new public spaces.

Steve Coleby, Leader for Laing O’Rourke UK construction business, said: “As the latest major retail development in the UK, Westgate Oxford is an encouragingly strong indicator of economic recovery and returned consumer confidence in the UK.”

Sheffield’s Meadowhall reaches new heights with Safestand®

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12/12/2015 – Laing O’Rourke is heading up the extensive refurbishment at Sheffield’s Meadowhall on the interior design refurbishment which is due to be completed by the end of 2017 for client British Land.  Some £50 million is to be invested in the complex, creating distinct districts, each with a different finish including wood and punctured metal; works will also enable a number of retailers to install double height shop fronts.

SafeStand® Access Systems have been chosen to aid with working at height on the project.  Currently refurbishment includes new way finding, mall seating and lighting as well as the installation of dramatic lighting artwork.  Laing O’Rourke intends to carry out the extensive refurbishment programme out of hours to avoiding disrupting normal trading

The refurbishment marks the 25th anniversary of the Yorkshire shopping complex and will see the Meadowhall Shopping Centre become the UK’s fourth largest shopping centre, which comprises 310 shops, 50 restaurants and cafes and a multi-screen cinema.

SafeStand® Clocks Up A Dozen Crossrail Contracts

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06/07/2015 – SafeStand® recently supplied its twelfth Crossrail Contract with SafeStand® Access Systems.

Crossrail is Europe’s largest infrastructure project. Stretching from Reading and Heathrow in the west, across to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, the new railway will cover over 100km of track including 21km of new twin-bore rail tunnels and ten new stations. From improving journey times across London, to easing congestion and offering better connections, Crossrail will change the way people travel around the capital. When Crossrail opens in 2018, it will increase London’s rail-based transport network capacity by 10 per cent and dramatically cut journey times across the city.

Canary Wharf Station  –  Comast, c/o Canary Wharf Contracting

Bond Street Station  –  Pyramid Builders, c/o Costain, Skanska

Pudding Mill Lane C350  –  KN Networks, c/o Morgan Sindall

Pudding Mill Lane C350  –  POS Construction, c/o Morgan Sindall

Liverpool Street Station  – Pyramid Builders, c/o Laing O’Rourke

Connaught Tunnel Refurb. & Surface Rail Project  –  Vinci Construction

Paddington Station C405  –  Lee Marley, c/o Costain/Skanska

Ilford Yard Stabling Project C828  –  Callaghan Brickwork, c/o Volker Fitzpatrick

Ilford Yard Stabling Project C828  –  Volker Fitzpatrick

Paddington New Yard  –  Pyramid Builders, c/o Costain

Tottenham Court Rd Station  –  Pyramid Builders, c/o Taylor Woodrow, BAM

Whitechapel Main Station C512  –  RJ Sheen, c/o Balfour Beatty, BeMo Tunnelling, Morgan Sindall & Vinci Construction

Laing O’Rourke upgrade Nottingham’s Victoria Centre

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28/04/2015 – Principal contractor Laing O’Rourke have been awarded the works at the INTU Victoria Centre in Nottingham and have given the brick and blockworks to Castle Construction who are utilising the Safestand® Access System to carry our these works safely and efficiently.

The works include new mall finishes, improved lighting, new flooring and ceilings, upgraded toilet facilities and new entrances and a catering cluster around the clock tower area and will complete in later this year.