McAlpine nabs O’Rourke cladding guru

By Jordan Marshall and Dave Rogers2019-10-08T12:22:00

Move comes as pair’s battle for Whiteleys job sees favourite emerge

Sir Robert McAlpine has raided rival Laing O’Rourke for its new head of facade engineering – as a favourite emerges in the race between the two for the £250m deal to overhaul the grade II-listed Whiteleys shopping centre in west London.

Italian Simone Starnini (pictured) joined Laing O’Rourke in 2005 to set up and run its facade engineering department.

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