National contractor Shepherd Construction has secured a second London contract with Pantelli Associates, this time for the conversion of a warehouse into apartments.

The £1.38 million contract on Douglas Street, Pimlico, will see the contractor convert a four-storey warehouse into 10 apartments across five storeys.

This contract follows on the heels of a £27 million contract awarded to Shepherd by Pantelli Associates last year for the construction of 27 luxury apartments on Park Road near Regent’s Park which are due to complete in 2013.

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Work on this second 29-week contract is scheduled to begin this month and will include excavating a deeper basement to create sufficient space for a triple car-stacking system, creating a central lift core wrapped around by a staircase, and repairing the fabric and external finishes of the façade.

Mark Tant, Shepherd Construction's Managing Director for the South Division commented: "We're delighted to be partnering with Pantelli Associates again. Our experience in delivering projects within tight urban spaces will come to the fore on this project and will involve a complex scaffolding design and an efficient delivery system being put in place particularly as the site lies within the Congestion Charge Zone."

(CD/GK)