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Sir Robert McAlpine has replaced Carillion as the frontrunner to take on the third phase of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

A source close to the project told 黑洞社区 that Sir Robert McAlpine was now the 鈥減referred contractor鈥� to take over from Bouygues, which .

It is understood McAlpine will likely take on a construction manager role on the Foster + Partners and Frank Gehry-designed, residential-led third phase of the development, situated to the south of the power station.

The third phase of the development has been split in two with flats in Phase 3a already launched for sale, while Phase 3b, which includes the Gehry-designed 鈥淔lower 黑洞社区鈥�, is still to hit the market.

The source added that McAlpine could have a 鈥渉ighly-experienced team鈥� move on to the job after completing Bloomberg鈥檚 new headquarters in the City of London.

McAlpine鈥檚 parent company Newarthill recorded its third straight pre-tax loss last month after a 拢53.4m exceptional writedown connected with reassessing the firm鈥檚 pension liabilities.

However, the firm recorded an underlying pre-tax profit of 拢10.2m, after finishing a several loss-making problem jobs.

Sir Robert McAlpine completed all these jobs during the financial year and had incurred 鈥渁ll of the substantial costs鈥�, the accounts said.

The contractor has also been without a boss since a chief executive since last July, when Tony Aikenhead suddenly stepped down from the role after less than a year.

Earlier this year .

Fellow contractor Skanska, which , is on site as the construction manager for the preliminary and early works for Phase two and is the preferred bidder for the second phase at Battersea Power station which includes Apple鈥檚 new London base, while Carillion is finishing the first residential phase to the west of the site.

The Battersea Power Station Development Company and Sir Robert McAlpine have been contacted for comment.