Carillion wins £500m Paradise Circus first phase

Aaron Morby 10 years ago
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Argent has picked Carillion for the key role to start work on the £500m Paradise Circus regeneration project in the centre of Birmingham.

Carillion will start enabling works this autumn and commence phase one of infrastructure early next year.

The job is understood to be worth around £30m.

The 17-acre scheme involves demolishing the old Central Library and constructing 10 new buildings around a series of new squares and streets in the heart of the city.

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Eventually 1.8m sq ft of offices, shops, leisure, cultural and civic facilities will be built together with a new hotel, set within public space between Chamberlain Square and Centenary Square.

Paradise Circus is the first scheme to come forward within Birmingham’s new Enterprise Zone, which will get £60m for infrastructure in the area.

The project will be completed over three phases with the first comprising two buildings, public realm and highway work around the Paradise Circus Queensway island, with a target completion date of 2017/18.

Carillion’s chief executive Richard Howson said: “Paradise Circus is a crucial project for the city and Carillion is very proud to have been selected to be part of it.

“We are looking forward immensely to starting work on the site, supporting infrastructure and working alongside such an experienced and successful team.”

The project is being led by Paradise Circus General Partner, a joint venture between

Argent is managing the design and delivery of the site works on behalf of Birmingham City Council and Hermes Real Estate, as joint developers

Rob Groves, senior project director for Argent, added: “The project is now moving forward very rapidly with activity planned to start on site later this year on the first phase of the major redevelopment of this key part of the city centre.”

Paradise Circus Team

Paradise Circus

  • Glenn Howells as architects of the first building
  • Grant Associates as Landscape Architects
  • Transport planners Peter Brett Associates
  • Consulting engineers Arup
  • Quantity surveyors Faithful & Gould
  • Heritage consultants Alan Baxter Associates

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