John Burns, chief executive of Derwent London, said: “Construction cost inflation remains high and capacity constraints on many contractors have seen delays across the industry including at some of our schemes.â€
He said that he expected it to continue at close to 10% in London throughout 2016.
In November Derwent London agreed a fix-price contract price of £116m with Laing O’Rourke for its Brunel Building development in Paddington. This sets the overall capital expenditure to complete at £122m.Â
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