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PLP, KPF and Squires sites to close as major contractors ignore government
Firms say they cannot justify keeping schemes open
Multiplex has become the first major contractor to shut down sites voluntarily after the prime minister put the UK on a three-week lockdown last night.
It was immediately followed by a string of other firms including ISG and Taylor Wimpey.
The firm is working on a string of high-profile jobs in London including PLP’s 22 Bishopsgate tower, which is close to completion, KPF’s One Nine Elms twin-tower scheme and Squire & Partners’ luxury apartments scheme called the Broadway next door to St James’s Park station.
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