JPG Group has secured a further contract as consultant to deliver all civil and structural engineering services for the latest Dakota Hotels development near Manchester Airport.

This is the fourth Dakota Hotels brief for JPG which has already provided services for Leeds city centre and Manchester city centre and is currently delivering a new hotel in Newcastle. 

Last month Dakota Hotels announced that it had submitted a planning application for the delivery of a 154-bedroom hotel off Bailey Lane within the 60-acre MIX Manchester development. 

The £60m scheme is expected to generate around £12m a year to the local economy. 

The seven story building has been designed by KPP Architects.

Construction will start on site later this year with completion expected in later summer 2026.

Liam Bower at JPG said: “We are delighted to secure a further brief from Dakota Hotels, cementing our relationship moving forward as a trusted and valued expert advisor. 

“The brand is synonymous with style and impeccable service, and it is great to be able to demonstrate our expertise on delivering luxury lifestyle projects as well as industrial for which we are well known for.”

JPG is the retained strategic partner for the ongoing Dakota portfolio providing full civil, structural, geo-environmental and highway engineering consultancy across the projects.

Construction is progressing on the Newcastle site where JPG is providing civil and structural services. 

Works include the transformation of a vacant five-storey office building at St Ann’s Wharf into a luxury waterfront hotel ready for opening in the spring of next year.