Mace is understood to have landed the job to build a 39-floor boutique hotel in London’s Docklands, which should get underway later this year.
Meanwhile, Skanska is understood to have beaten rival bidder Mace for the job to build a 38-storey tower next to the Lloyds Building in the heart of the City of London.
French hotel group Accor is developing the 305-bed luxury hotel at 40 Marsh Wall on the Isle of Dogs, which will rise to 127m.
The building will boast restaurants and a bar on the top floors offering views across London.
In the city, US insurance giant W R Berkley is expected to sign a contract shortly for a new European headquarters building, which has been designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, also the architect behind the Heron Tower which was built by Skanska.
KPF’s design resembles an upright scalpel with floor plates varying from 9,000 sq ft to 22,000 sq ft arranged around a side core that optimises floor dimensions and limits solar gain.
The project will also create a 11,000 sq ft public ‘square’ to boost the existing precinct around the Willis Building.
Construction work is expected to start before the end of the year.