ISG, Lendlease and Mace chase £429m Fleet Street job

Project involves a new 21-storey terraced office building and rejuvenation of the listed former Daily Express newspaper headquarters at 120 Fleet Street.Erith has started demolition of the iconic former Daily Express building to prepare the ground for a £429m office project on the Fleet Street site in London.Hong Kong developer Chinese Estates Holdings plans to build a 21-storey high rise in its place providing 540,o00 sq ft of office space and approximately 19,000 sq ft of retail space.ISG, Lendlease and Mace are understood to be in the race for the flagship build project, which will start construction next summer when demolition is complete.The design of 120 Fleet Street redevelopment to be known as the Evergo Tower strives for very high environmental standards.To achieve the ultimate goal of being carbon neutral, over half (52%) of the existing building’s concrete structure is being retained by reusing most of the existing foundation and basement retaining walls.London Diamond Drilling has secured the job to drill 800mm diameter holes up to 4m deep for pilling rigs when they start reinforcing existing foundations for the larger building.The new scheme designed by architect Bjarke Ingels Group ticks all the planning boxes for green space, public access and improved post-pandemic office environments for workers.The upper floors of the main new office building will provide a flight of south-facing landscaped terraces for office occupiers.While the art deco Daily Express building beside will be transformed into a publicly accessible cultural destination with social and educational outreach.It will become home to a free publicly accessible landscaped public roof garden.The carbon emissions of the new Grade-A commercial development will only be around 25% of the office building it replaces, with reduced energy consumption targeted at 46 kilowatts per square meter per year.Targeting to meet the high demands of international top-tier commercial occupiers, the property will seek to achieve the highest certifications of major international ratings, including BREEAM (Outstanding), WELL (Platinum), NABERS (5-Star) , and WiredScore (Platinum).The project also involves an innovative ‘Cycle House’ with 85 short stay and 149 long stay cycle parks and a café.New public terrace above the express building