{"id":526474,"date":"2025-08-07T12:46:36","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T11:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=526474"},"modified":"2025-08-07T13:21:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T12:21:42","slug":"mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-5\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pt-12 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"user\" data-message-id=\"9add67ff-d9fe-48fd-bb85-1dd53f5468bd\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden items-end rtl:items-start\">\n<div class=\"relative max-w-[var(--user-chat-width,70%)] bg-token-message-surface rounded-3xl px-5 py-2.5\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e1c08d44-2166-4684-8b45-2618269df73b\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"7e37c09a-e7eb-4213-8627-2e945a0dd4b0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The developer for the scheme is SMBL, a special purpose vehicle wholly owned by Mitsui Fudosan UK and established in partnership with the British Library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mace joins the project team under development manager Stanhope and will oversee the procurement and delivery phases of construction, which will take place to the north of the library.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mace Group chief executive Jason Millett said: \u201cThis is a high-profile project with international significance, and Mace\u2019s long-established expertise and track record in delivering other major schemes make us well placed for this role.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The redevelopment, approved by Camden Council in 2023, will deliver a 9,290 square metre extension to the British Library plus 55,742 square metres of commercial facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The commercial space will be dedicated to labs and offices for the life sciences sector. Room will be provided for a new headquarters for the Alan Turing Institute, if a move is agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The job will include demolition and alteration works around the Grade I-listed British Library\u2019s north-west facade, including the removal of stairs, brick structures, terrace features and external walls to allow for new access and landscape improvements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal changes will include wall removals, artefact relocations and structural connections to facilitate integration with the British Library extension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The proposed building has been designed by Stirling Prize-winning architects, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A major fundraising campaign has been launched by the British Library to support cultural elements on the scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Construction is scheduled to begin in 2026, with works expected to take six years to complete.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: SMBL announcement<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London. The developer for the scheme is SMBL, a special purpose vehicle wholly owned by Mitsui Fudosan UK and established in partnership with the British Library. Mace joins the project team under development manager &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129711,"featured_media":526486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[547,558,539],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buildings","category-contracts","category-mace"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v26.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment | Construction News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Construction News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CN.community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-07T11:46:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-07T12:21:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"414\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Harmsworth, Colin Marrs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@colinwmarrs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CNplus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Colin Marrs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Colin Marrs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/e7cd607a6a7d4ce88af3be7b4da62f1c\"},\"headline\":\"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-07T11:46:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-07T12:21:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Buildings\",\"Contracts\",\"Mace\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\",\"name\":\"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment | Construction News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-07T11:46:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-07T12:21:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/e7cd607a6a7d4ce88af3be7b4da62f1c\"},\"description\":\"Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"British Library extension, new central courtyard. Credit: SMBL\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"Construction News\",\"description\":\"Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/e7cd607a6a7d4ce88af3be7b4da62f1c\",\"name\":\"Colin Marrs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/278a9a6c3a20aad2b4da46dc3bb11d88\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0d0581b079dfbcce26e08273a906cc6e24b91ca7352a3c8c9bfcf2683acfe2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0d0581b079dfbcce26e08273a906cc6e24b91ca7352a3c8c9bfcf2683acfe2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Colin Marrs\"},\"description\":\"Colin has led the Construction News editorial team since joining the title as editor in 2022. He has 30 years of journalism experience on a variety of built environment and public sector titles. In his spare time, he likes playing poker, sings in a choir and is a long-term Norwich City sufferer.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/x.com\/colinwmarrs\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/author\/colin-marrs-4\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment | Construction News","description":"Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment","og_description":"Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/","og_site_name":"Construction News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CN.community","article_published_time":"2025-08-07T11:46:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-07T12:21:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp","width":620,"height":414,"type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Harmsworth, Colin Marrs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@colinwmarrs","twitter_site":"@CNplus","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Colin Marrs","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/"},"author":{"name":"Colin Marrs","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/e7cd607a6a7d4ce88af3be7b4da62f1c"},"headline":"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment","datePublished":"2025-08-07T11:46:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-07T12:21:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/"},"wordCount":282,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp","articleSection":["Buildings","Contracts","Mace"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/","name":"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment | Construction News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp","datePublished":"2025-08-07T11:46:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-07T12:21:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/e7cd607a6a7d4ce88af3be7b4da62f1c"},"description":"Mace has been appointed as construction manager on the \u00a31.1bn life-science-led redevelopment of the British Library\u2019s St Pancras site in central London.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.ca.emap.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/British-Library-extension-new-central-courtyard_Credit-SMBL.webp","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"British Library extension, new central courtyard. Credit: SMBL"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/buildings\/mace-appointed-to-1-1bn-british-library-redevelopment-07-08-2025\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Mace appointed to \u00a31.1bn British Library redevelopment"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/","name":"Construction News","description":"Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/e7cd607a6a7d4ce88af3be7b4da62f1c","name":"Colin Marrs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/278a9a6c3a20aad2b4da46dc3bb11d88","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0d0581b079dfbcce26e08273a906cc6e24b91ca7352a3c8c9bfcf2683acfe2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d0d0581b079dfbcce26e08273a906cc6e24b91ca7352a3c8c9bfcf2683acfe2e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Colin Marrs"},"description":"Colin has led the Construction News editorial team since joining the title as editor in 2022. He has 30 years of journalism experience on a variety of built environment and public sector titles. In his spare time, he likes playing poker, sings in a choir and is a long-term Norwich City sufferer.","sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/colinwmarrs"],"url":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/author\/colin-marrs-4\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129711"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526474"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526502,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526474\/revisions\/526502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}