Under the £82m contract it will build a 373-bed Premier Inn and a 247-bed Staycity aparthotel across 19 floors.

Led by developer Concierge 3, a consortium of BSW Land & Property, Staycity and The Pickstock Group, the scheme is the final stage of the Paddington Basin Masterplan.

The new development is expected to open late Summer 2021.

The 620-room hotel complex form finals phase of Paddington Basin masterplan in West London

Emmett McGinley, commercial director at McAleer & Rushe Contracts UK, said the contract award further solidified McAleer & Rushe’s position as one of the leading contractors in the hotel sector which has seen the firm deliver over 24,000 hotel bedrooms in key cities across the UK and Ireland.