Mace Has been Signed up as Main Contractor for a New 10-Storey Office Development Close to Farringdon Station in London

Developer Helical and its joint venture partner Ashby Capital have secured a £140m facility from Allianz to finance the 192,000 sq ft development at 33 Charterhouse Street.

Mace is expected to complete the project in September 2022. It is being described as a ‘smart’ building; it will have ‘an integrated digital platform that will improve the building’s operational efficiency and support the workspace wellbeing experience for its occupiers, through an employee engagement app’.

The design of 33 Charterhouse Street by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands was awarded the UK’s first BREEAM 2018 new construction rating of ‘outstanding’.To boost green credentials, Mace has committed to using cement-free concrete, which uses ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and fly ash instead of Portland cement.

The material, called Earth Friendly Concrete and made by Australian materials firm Wagners, made its UK debut on Landsec’s Nova East development in London Victoria last year.