{"id":495839,"date":"2025-10-13T09:55:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/495839\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T09:55:22","slug":"mclaren-to-refurbish-colmore-gate-tower-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/495839\/","title":{"rendered":"McLaren to refurbish Colmore Gate tower in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/McLaren-Construction-Townscape_Colmore-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-170471 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/McLaren-Construction-Townscape_Colmore-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"  \/><\/a>McLaren Construction has been appointed by\u00a0AP UK (Ashtrom Properties) as Construction Manager for the refurbishment of Colmore Gate tower as a Grade A office building in Birmingham\u2019s business district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Built in the 1990s, the original tower is located on a prime, central site between Colmore Row and the Snow Hill Business District in Birmingham, opposite Snow Hill Station and just a six-minute walk from the new HS2 station to be delivered at Birmingham Curzon Street, spanning a total of 290,000 square feet of grade A office space.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing Director for Construction Management &amp; Specialist Projects at McLaren Construction, Vince Lydon, commented: \u201cThis is a further success for McLaren\u2019s construction management delivery model which allows us to form a true partnership with our client and involve the supply chain early on in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guy Lewinsohn, CEO of AP UK said: \u201cWe are delighted to be moving forward with the transformation of Colmore Gate, a landmark building at the heart of Birmingham\u2019s business district. This project reflects our commitment to delivering high-quality, sustainable Grade A office space that meets the evolving needs of occupiers and supports the city\u2019s growth as a leading hub for business. We look forward to working in close partnership with McLaren to bring our vision for this building to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t <b>Workspace management: One-size-fits-all booking systems don\u2019t work anymore<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The way we work has changed \u2013 yet, many organisations are still relying on rigid, one-size-fits-all tools to manage desks and meeting rooms, according to a new study from workplace management solutions provider, Matrix Booking.<\/p>\n<p>Spreadsheets, calendars, and generic booking software may have worked once, but they\u2019re struggling to keep pace with today\u2019s flexible, hybrid workforce. The result? Wasted time, frustrated employees, and expensive underutilised space.<\/p>\n<p>Matrix Booking\u2019s new study, \u2018One-size-fits-all booking systems don\u2019t work for today\u2019s workforce\u2019, explores why current systems are falling short \u2013 and how organisations can reimagine workspace management to boost efficiency, employee experience, and cost savings.<\/p>\n<p>To download your <b>FREE copy<\/b> click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmj.co.uk\/one-size-fits-all-booking-systems-dont-work-anymore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>here<\/b><\/a>.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"McLaren Construction has been appointed by\u00a0AP UK (Ashtrom Properties) as Construction Manager for the refurbishment of Colmore Gate&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":495840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[163155,855,748,163156,82454,393,4884,163157,163158,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-495839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-ap-uk-ashtrom-properties","9":"tag-birmingham","10":"tag-britain","11":"tag-colmore-gate-tower","12":"tag-construction-manager","13":"tag-england","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-mclaren-construction","16":"tag-office-refurbishment","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115366260205612690","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=495839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/495840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=495839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=495839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=495839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}