ISG has left its £100m data centre job for Spanish bank Santander, with project manager Mace taking over on the site in Leicestershire
According to a source on the scheme, ISG left the site last week, with Santander confirming the contractor is no longer on the project.
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ISG was awarded the £100m plus contract to build the data centre in February 2012. The firm said at the time it involved the construction of two identical buildings, each with an individual gross floor area of over 161,000ft2 that were to be delivered concurrently.
ISG said the job also involved “the technically complex fit-out of the buildings including a highly resilient services installation, enabling full maintenance of the 24/7 operating facility”.
In a joint statement, Santander and ISG said: “ISG has completed its element of the project and it has now been handed back to Santander for the IT-related installation.”
According to ISG’s website, the job was expected to take 60-weeks, but sources on the project told ǿմý the job was running behind schedule.
Multiple sources said ISG’s departure from the project at this point was unexpected under ISG’s original contract.
When asked specifically whether ISG had completed the scope of its original contract, Santander and IS