CONGRATULATIONS to the 2024 Best Tall Building Contractor Finalists.
This award recognises specialist contractors who successfully deliver sustainable, cost-effective tall buildings from conception to completion. Entries should detail how the contractor integrated seamlessly with the supply chain to ensure client satisfaction, methodical and reliable working practices and excellent health and safety protocols.
With special thanks to category sponsors, Saint-Gobain Interior Solutions.
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Lendlease Construction Europe – 8 Bishopsgate
8 Bishopsgate was the first tower to speculatively target and achieve BREEAM Outstanding and an EPC A rating. The design incorporates first rate amenities, a 200-seat auditorium and a range of innovations and new technologies including an AI integrated analytics platform to manage energy performance and floor‑by‑floor air provision. Sustainability was a key design driver from inception with material efficiency one of the project’s biggest achievements.
Mace – Portlands Place
Plot N06 is the latest addition to Get Living’s East Village build-to-rent redevelopment of the 2012 Olympic Athletes’ Village. It provides 524 homes across two towers of 31 and 26 storeys, linked together with a double height skybridge, which contains the main communal amenity and rooftop terraces overlooking the Olympic Park to the west.
McAleer & Rushe – Longley Place
EPR’s redevelopment of the former Longley Industrial Estate provides a new architectural typology for the build-to-rent sector; a multi-use building comprising 209 BTR apartments, also known as York & Elder, alongside 33,000 sq ft of co-working office space which supports Brighton’s creative community. Achieving BREEAM Excellent and residential HQM Level 4, Longley Place offers excellent resident amenities, including three rooftop gardens, a gym, lounge areas and a private dining room.
Multiplex Construction Europe – DAMAC Tower
DAMAC Tower is a vertical mixed-use community, offering market and affordable homes, retail, and office spaces in a sculptural composition of terra cotta, reconstituted stone, and glass. DAMAC Tower consists of three distinct elements composed to create impressive views from every aspect of the development. The all-electric building features residential amenities, a roof garden and a six-storey skybridge.
Pavehall – Devonshire Mansions
This eight-storey three-building BSF project addressed safety concerns, enhanced thermal performance, replicated the façade & provided acoustic benefits. The insulated façade solution achieved a remarkable thermal efficiency of 0.26W/m2K, improved fire safety, & exceeded industry standards, within budget/timeframe.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2020: Canary Wharf Contractors for One Bank Street
2022: Mace for One Crown Place