{"id":93428,"date":"2021-05-14T14:17:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=93428"},"modified":"2021-05-14T14:19:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T13:19:50","slug":"laing-orourke-london-olympia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/laing-orourke-london-olympia\/93428\/","title":{"rendered":"Laing O\u2019Rourke signs \u00a3600m London Olympia deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laingorourke.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Laing O\u2019Rourke<\/a> has signed a \u00a3600m deal to deliver the main construction works for the redevelopment of the Olympia exhibition site in London<\/h2>\n<p>The contract with <a href=\"https:\/\/yoocapital.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yoo Capital<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutsche-finance-international.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deutsche Finance International<\/a> (DFI) prompts the beginning of demolition works at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/redevelopment-london-olympia\/58254\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Olympia Central<\/a>, as Trafalgar Entertainment is confirmed as the tenant of the site\u2019s new 1,575-seat theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Work is beginning on a total of seven new buildings \u2013 including the previously announced citizenM and Hyatt Regency hotels, plus the 4,400 capacity live music venue that will be run by AEG Presents.<\/p>\n<p>Olympia Central Hall will be demolished while the structures of Olympia National and Olympia Grand, both Grade II listed, are being incorporated into the site\u2019s overall redevelopment.<\/p>\n<p>The works will be delivered by Laing O\u2019Rourke following its successful completion of a year\u2019s worth of enabling works on the site. Utilising the company\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/construction-technology-news\/dfma-and-digital-delivery\/84072\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Design for Manufacture &amp; Assembly<\/a> (DfMA) capability, the buildings\u2019 walls and floors, and a large proportion of the M&amp;E services, will be manufactured offsite in their Nottinghamshire and Oldbury factories.<\/p>\n<p>The developers anticipate a total of 80,000m\u00b3 of bulk excavation at the site \u2013 the equivalent of 12 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Due to the size of the site and the number of buildings included in the works, construction will utilise a total of 13 tower cranes and 10 hoists.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018An important and historic moment\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Paul McNerney, director of UK building at Laing O&#8217;Rourke, said: \u201cThis marks a significant milestone, allowing our team to progress to the main construction work after a year of successfully delivering significant enabling works, through a pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are proud of our appointment as construction partner. By harnessing our experience of complex and city-shaping projects together with our focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/mmc-insight\/89574\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">modern methods of construction<\/a>, we look forward to delivering this world-class complex for London and bringing Yoo Capital and DFI\u2019s compelling vision to reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd Lee, managing partner at YOO Capital, commented: \u201cThis is an important and historic moment in the redevelopment of Olympia. Olympia Central first opened in 1930 and now we bid farewell as we usher in an exciting new era for the site and London as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, works are well on schedule. In fact, from a construction perspective, we have been really fortunate and have taken maximum advantage of the exhibition areas being vacant so everyone on site has been able to spread out and maintain social distancing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gavin Neilan, co-founder and co-managing partner of DFI, added:\u00a0 \u201cOur investment into this project was predicated on our conviction that, while Olympia is a hugely important and iconic venue which has a rich and successful 130-year history, it still has tremendous untapped potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommencing construction today marks a significant step in realising our vision to truly unlock that potential by creating a vibrant new cultural, leisure and business hub for London, where visitors and office workers can enjoy a diverse spectrum of exceptional experiences and companies can showcase their products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe number of exciting and high profile occupiers already signed up and the addition today of Trafalgar as the theatre operator, provide a clear demonstration that our vision to make Olympia\u2019s next 130 years even more successful than its first, is shared.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a \u00a3600m deal to deliver the main construction works for the redevelopment of the Olympia exhibition site in London.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[24813,594,676,579,620,947,916,627,696,639],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-93428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-building-contracts","8":"tag-building-design","9":"tag-construction","10":"tag-infrastructure","11":"tag-laing-orourke","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","14":"tag-modular-construction","15":"tag-offsite-construction","16":"tag-procurement"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Laing O\u2019Rourke signs \u00a3600m London Olympia deal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a \u00a3600m deal to deliver the main construction works for the redevelopment of the Olympia exhibition site in London\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/laing-orourke-london-olympia\/93428\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke signs \u00a3600m London Olympia deal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Laing O\u2019Rourke has signed a \u00a3600m deal to deliver the main construction works for the redevelopment of the Olympia exhibition site in London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/laing-orourke-london-olympia\/93428\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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