Procurement of a contractor to design and build new office buildings at Axis Square Redevelopment, Birmingham

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Axis Square, Birmingham is a high quality office-led development, which will also include retail and public space that is set to transform a 1.68ha city centre site. The scheme has received outline planning permission, with detailed permission granted in January 2017 for Building 1, the first of four office buildings on the site. Further details of the scheme and the applications can be found under references 2016/09735/PA and 2017/01882/PA on Birmingham City Council's Planning ePortal. London & Continental Railways Ltd (LCR) is seeking to procure a main contractor to complete the design and construction of Building 1 (19,500m2 NIA of office space over 9 storeys) planned to start on site in early 2019, together with the design and construction of Building 4 (18,800 m2 NIA of office space over 13 storeys). The scope of Phase 1 will also include development plot earthworks, new utility services, drainage and landscaping works and, potentially, the demolition of the existing Axis House.