OK, so I couldn't resist stopping to have a look on my way home this evening and as I had my 50mm and fisheye lenses with me... (can you get counselling for this kind of thing?)



Great update. I have to say the sheer quality of post such as yours and Chest's, DJL etc etc make me rather jealous. Even in bad conditions the pics look so sharp, damn you lot and your DSLRs ;).

http://www.spacy.me/forum/Shardv2.gif

The files are getting quite big so I had to crop it. 2,5 days of progress. I think I stop now with posting GIF's and do one more next week when it's out of range from the cam.

^^ That is awesome!

i just can't wait to see it make its mark on the skyline.

Great gif Atmosphere, thanks for doing them. Don't worry about when the core goes out of sight of the main cam, there are other cams - hint, hint.;)

Cybertect - what a fantastic set of pics. I think my favourite is number 4. The light and colours are great. Very cathedral like. Thanks.

Moan of the day though, it appears from posts this morning that the main cam does have a live feed. Why isn't this available to all, rather than a select few?:ohno: How do you join this exclusive club?

Thanks Atmostphere, great to see this core rising, and so quickly!

Atmosphere, you're .gif has made me lose all interest in the Heron thread, and well.. just about any other thread on SSC, full stop! If ever a site changed so much in a single day, this will be giving us neck ache in no time. Superb contributions peeps!

[IM*]http://www.spacy.me/forum/Shardv2.gif[/IMG]

The files are getting quite big so I had to crop it. 2,5 days of progress. I think I stop now with posting GIF's and do one more next week when it's out of range from the cam.

If you do have the full length (or just longer) ones, if you could just post a link (instead of embedding and slowing the page load down) it'd be much appreciated.

Moan of the day though, it appears from posts this morning that the main cam does have a live feed. Why isn't this available to all, rather than a select few?:ohno: How do you join this exclusive club?

you mean this post (and wj fox's subsequent edit of ben.hills83's that I was referring to)?

Good thing your link doesn't work, it's the live URL ;)

It's no secret. :D

The URL Ben had used was the same URL that's published on the London Construction Webcams (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=456410) sticky thread in this forum. It's the source URL for the one on the official Shard web cam, I believe.

It's 'live' in the sense that it gets updated every 10 minutes, as webcams do, instead of being a single static image grabbed from there and hosted somewhere else like photobucket.

Bad form and pretty pointless to use that as inline image in the thread for reasons that I'm sure are readily apparent.

First two from this morning :)
yay more pours!

http://i48.tinypic.com/34fgtgz.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/2l890xs.jpg

the word Shard is now fully visable.... :carrot:

I absolutely cannot bear dancing bananas, I find them the most irritating thing on...

oh to hell with it, go on then..

:banana:

Soon the gif makers will be able to take advantage of the other two cams as the core rise becomes visible.

I must say I know we're akin to seeing cores this size down the road at CW but something this size in central London is impressive. The core box itself is an absolute monster. As predicted as well the Mace/Shard branding will act as a marker when this starts to rise above the rooftops.

All in all, really impressive stuff.

http://i50.tinypic.com/14scd4k.jpg

If you do have the full length (or just longer) ones, if you could just post a link (instead of embedding and slowing the page load down) it'd be much appreciated.

I think I will make it a movie file, then upload it to Youtube and embed or post the link here.

just viewed the webcams...and unless im mistaken, it looks like they have stopped pouring!?!?! Didnt think they would stop at weekends? Unless there is a problem with the pump or something else?

i have to say i'm surprised the core looks that big. thought it would be smaller.

surely a core that big won't go all the way to the top?

i have to say i'm surprised the core looks that big. thought it would be smaller.

surely a core that big won't go all the way to the top?

There will be two cores, one much smaller than the main core. I assume the smaller core will take over at some point.

i have to say i'm surprised the core looks that big. thought it would be smaller.

surely a core that big won't go all the way to the top?

The core gets smaller as it rises, take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCyeX-sbVg
:)

It's 'live' in the sense that it gets updated every 10 minutes, as webcams do, instead of being a single static image grabbed from there and hosted somewhere else like photobucket..Thanks for that. When I saw live, I thought it meant live as in streaming.

Latest webcam shot:

http://i46.tinypic.com/30cug7m.jpg

Looks like they hit the 3M target last night:cheers:

Be interesting next week, as the temptretures in London are predicted to plumet well below freezing, not the best of conditions when have tp pour concrete

The core gets smaller as it rises, take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDCyeX-sbVg
:)

ah cool, now i understand. thanks.

I wonder if the cranes will slowly start to rise (be jacked up) now that the core is rising. It's my understanding (from Spikey) that the planned core crane is no longer needed.

My question is will the cranes be braced directly to the core or the steelwork as this goes up (I would imagine the latter)? However surely at some point where the tower tapers the bracing section for the final crane is going to be quite long (if you understand me).

Will the core continue to rise on sunday?

I believe it to be continous 24 hr pour..... :D

and it keeps on rising :D
http://i46.tinypic.com/j7gfoj.jpg

This time next week we wonn't be able to see in side the slip for, and should be able to see some grey concrete.

the word Shard is now fully visable.... :carrot:

I just see the word 'HARD'! What are they trying to tell us? That they work in all weathers and wear manly yellow vests? Harrump.

Looking at the cam pics today it seems the core stopped moving by lunchtime. The first, second and third pics show movement, but none in the 4th at 12.01pm or any thereafter. Take a look see what you think, unless it's my eyes fooling me again:

http://i45.tinypic.com/29vxypx.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/1zvrgut.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/fyprph.jpg

http://i46.tinypic.com/105s31d.jpg

http://i50.tinypic.com/15e9xzn.jpg

http://i45.tinypic.com/15yer7k.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/2wg861l.jpg

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/DSC00384.jpg
http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/DSC00381.jpg

just a couple of shots from this arvo

there was no concrete pouring going on when I was there... but lots of rebar laying!

Looking at the cam pics today it seems the core stopped moving by lunchtime. The first, second and third pics show movement, but none in the 4th at 12.01pm or any thereafter. Take a look see what you think, unless it's my eyes fooling me again:

You are correct as far as I can see - there has been no discernable upward movement of the core since this AM - although there have been plenty of workers on site.

Has anyone figured out a way of accurately measuring the rise of the core from the pics available on the thread? Looking back to Awesome's pics from 17 Jan the surface of the core looks about 5 meters below ground, whereas this afternoon it looks 7/8 meters above ground.Does this seem right? 12 meters in six days would be correct if,as some have suggested,it did not really get into its stride until Wednesday 20th.So from now on can we look forward to about 90 meters a month? Seems very quick; at that rate it would be up there by sometime in May???

This entire time I've been sceptical of the Shard actually happening and said to myself, 'When the core is actually rising above ground I'll believe it'.

I don't think I've even used a dancing banana yet in this thread...I'm still finding it hard to believe it's actually happening.

When I visit London again in March, and see this in person...I might just get my banana out.

Has anyone figured out a way of accurately measuring the rise of the core from the pics available on the thread? Looking back to Awesome's pics from 17 Jan the surface of the core looks about 5 meters below ground, whereas this afternoon it looks 7/8 meters above ground.Does this seem right? 12 meters in six days would be correct if,as some have suggested,it did not really get into its stride until Wednesday 20th.So from now on can we look forward to about 90 meters a month? Seems very quick; at that rate it would be up there by sometime in May???

We are expecting (as posted earlier) 24hr working and 3meters a day for a couple of weeks only - then if they go to normal time working the progress will obviously be slower.

there was no concrete pouring going on when I was there... but lots of rebar laying!Was that in the core, or elsewhere?

Thanks for the pics, the core looks a lot bigger than on the tiny webcam shots.

yeah the core is definately mamouth. No concrete laying in the core at the time of my visit. Maybe they pour, lay rebar pour, lay rebar pour.....

...

Tigerman-thanks,I missed the previous reference to slower (normal) working after the first couple of weeks.Getting up to speed now.
The whole concept of the concrete core rising at 3M a day I find astonishing, although I must admit to being the third most non-technical person on earth.I do remember watching 1 Canada Square go up at an equally astonishing rate in terms of the steel construction from my then office window in 89/90(?),though. About a floor a week, if memory serves.

I spoke with one of the guys on site today and he said that they were only pouring concrete Monday-Friday, and then it would be 24hrs continuous pour and 3m/day, but on the weekend they were going a bit slower and concentrating on rebar.

He also said the core would be up to the 72nd floor by October and then his firm (responsible for all the concrete) would move their focus to the concrete frame about the 40-something floor. The steel frame would reach the concrete changeover point just about the same time that they finished the core.

PS He said the Pinnacle would have a jump form core, not slip form like the Shard.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/DSC00384.jpg


Does anyone know who the contractors on this is? You would have thought they would want to advertise the fact on such a prestigious project ;)

So much progress in 3 months.
[QUOTE=ReDDevil9;44791520]http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/3771/camputer81.jpg

I would imagine there will be a marked difference between todays pics and three month hence. With news that Bish is getting another crane for help with the core in March we should have two massive cores by the end of the year. 2010 should turn out to be the year many here have been waiting for on this forum for years :)

Does anyone know who the contractors on this is? You would have thought they would want to advertise the fact on such a prestigious project ;)


Byrne Brothers are doing the concrete.

Cleveland Bridge started off doing the steel, but lost it to Severs early on. But CB are still doing some of the lower stuff as they had already started but I think Severs are the steel contractor.

Info about it here
http://www.contractjournal.com/Articles/2009/05/12/67720/mace-confirms-severfield-rowen-to-begin-shard-work.html

PS He said the Pinnacle would have a jump form core, not slip form like the Shard.
I was curious to learn the difference between slipform and jumpform .. this nice little animation found readily via google seems to show the method

http://www.cityu.edu.hk/CIVCAL/production/advanced/jumper.gif
http://www.cityu.edu.hk/CIVCAL/production/advanced/jumper.gif

I would imagine there will be a marked difference between todays pics and three month hence. With news that Bish is getting another crane for help with the core in March we should have two massive cores by the end of the year.

Ooof, not to mention other giants rising!

Amazing seeing that black shape rising out of the depths. Incredibly dramatic. But still haven't a clue how it works - though have read the various posts about it. :ohno:

Don't forget that as I understand Bishopsgate won't have a substantial core like the Shard. It's more of a structural re-informent as opposed to integral to the main building. Plus the Bishopsgate core will be off-set from the main structure (to the North of the site) so I imagine it won't go that high, maybe half way/three quarters of the way up.

Don't forget that as I understand Bishopsgate won't have a substantial core like the Shard. It's more of a structural re-informent as opposed to integral to the main building. Plus the Bishopsgate core will be off-set from the main structure (to the North of the site) so I imagine it won't go that high, maybe half way/three quarters of the way up.

Going by what you've said, that would make the core anywhere between 144m and 216m on Bishopsgate - still fairly impessive.

Looks like they are doing the British version of 24/7 working on this site, as there seems to be no one on site today:)

^^ yeah so much for 24 hour pouring...

I spoke with one of the guys on site today and he said that they were only pouring concrete Monday-Friday, and then it would be 24hrs continuous pour and 3m/day, but on the weekend they were going a bit slower and concentrating on rebar.

Anyone on this page wondering why it stopped moving and why "24 hour pouring" appears to have a different meaning from "24/7 pouring", please see the above (posted on the previous page). Look at this way - by the end of Friday it will still be 15m taller than it is today...

[QUOTE=Cat man do;50645719]I was curious to learn the difference between slipform and jumpform .. this nice little animation found readily via google seems to show the method
QUOTE]

Ahhh ... now I see. :cheers:

Looks like they are doing the British version of 24/7 working on this site, as there seems to be no one on site today:)

Didn't see me then...

______________________________________________________________________
Exclusive pics of "Shard of Glass" and "Core" Do not post on forum - Members only!!!
http://www.ffinybryn.freeserve.co.uk/shard_and_core.jpg

Didn't see me then...


Contractors swanning around the site over the weekends dont count ;)

10 more minutes and it's monday, time to get to work, come on, 24/7 they say, so give us at least 24/5 :colbert:

I was curious to learn the difference between slipform and jumpform ..

Found an article from "Eleven Times Square" explaining principle of lift-forming for continuous pours...
http://www.nyinc.com/concrete-first

First cam shot for the day:)
core hasnt risen any yet, nothing major has changed from what I can see.
Hopfully today will be another great day of action :)

http://i49.tinypic.com/2ikup3n.jpg

Concrete pumping has started again :banana:.

I was down at the site yesterday and was really surprised to see that the SHARD and 'mace' lettering had just been painted on and close up looks really rough, obviously when it's up in the air it will look fine. Just an observation.

I love how the massive SHARD / MACE words will be visible on the top of the core from miles away, when the core starts to emerge on the skyline. A big two-fingers and plenty of salt being rubbed in to the anti-skyscraper lobby. Class.

I love how the massive SHARD / MACE words will be visible on the top of the core from miles away, when the core starts to emerge on the skyline. A big two-fingers and plenty of salt being rubbed in to the anti-skyscraper lobby. Class.


lol - Someone visit the site overnight and scrawl in large white lettering on the core box "Simon Jenkins are you watching" ;)

And once finished the building itself will be the biggest two fingers of the lot. I noticed a change in perception after Swiss Re : so if this is half as good as it promises to be we will finally have something tall enough and of a high enough profile to make the anti skyscraper lobby's propaganda look ridiculous.

It looks like the Shard hasn't risen much today...:cry:

It looks like the Shard hasn't risen much today...:cry:

http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer81.jpg

That's because the cam froze at 9:51. It's been maddening not having it update!

And once finished the building itself will be the biggest two fingers of the lot. I noticed a change in perception after Swiss Re : so if this is half as good as it promises to be we will finally have something tall enough and of a high enough profile to make the anti skyscraper lobby's propaganda look ridiculous.I agree. This is the greatest London building since Victorian times. It's far superior to the Gherkin and I think all of London will be proud of it. It doesn't merely win the argument, it seals victory in fact. This is the making of London's new skyline and there's no going back.

^^That's because the cam froze at 9:51. It's been maddening not having it update!

Are you sure the camera is frozen?The pic that is timed at 16.21 looks different from the previous ones I have seen today(all 17 of them look slightly different from the previous ones!)and the light levels seem to indicate that it is late afternoon.
Perhaps this is an example of the new art form of Construction Tease.It has certainly kept me glued to the screen for the last six hours,in between cups of tea of course.
Is there a 12 step group dealing with this sort of thing? Shardaholics Anonymous?
To think all this has come upon me because I went to the dental surgeon at Guy's a month ago!

I think he was talking poo, the core wont rise untill a significant amount of concrete has been poured!

Error,please delete,thank U.

Sorry. My link froze at 9:51, and all day that's all I've been able to pick up.

I'm not expecting miracles! Good to see a bit more steel has gone in during the day.

This is the greatest London building since Victorian times.
Yes.

Jex can you please not post the live webcam image..... as it puts strain on their server

what the hell they did today? nothing.. couple of craps.. if i was boss i would like them to work 24/7.. every day.. 10 minutes lunch, 8 minutes dinner, breakfast 5 minutes..cold coffee or tea ( because hot drink takes long time to drink) .. :rant:

what the hell they did today? nothing.. couple of craps.. if i was boss i would like them to work 24/7.. every day.. 10 minutes lunch, 8 minutes dinner, breakfast 5 minutes..cold coffee or tea ( because hot drink takes long time to drink) .. :rant:

Are you 10 years old?

Our collective "24/7 pour, 3m-a-day" expectations have been shattered... We have had two days (Thu-Fri) of that kind of progress since it began rising, right?
Realistically, we should have expected this... it's the beginning of a long, extremely complicated process, I suppose a bit of hickups at the start is understandable.

And once finished the building itself will be the biggest two fingers of the lot. I noticed a change in perception after Swiss Re : so if this is half as good as it promises to be we will finally have something tall enough and of a high enough profile to make the anti skyscraper lobby's propaganda look ridiculous.

if it's any good they'll protect it like they do st pauls and we'll be back to square one all over again.

Maybe its supposed to rise 3 inches a day :lol:
Doesnt even looked to have done that today.

Guys, the core is early stages. They're probably having teething problems. Let them overcome this. If they said 24/7 (Mon-Fri inclusive) then they mean this.

it has started to rise again....slightly

I propose we make this into 'Big Bruvva'. We get to vote off the yellow jacket every couple of days that we feel isn't pullin' their weight.

I approve the above motion.

Zedferret.. are you moody boring crap without sense of humour??:ohno: god dammit

This thread has 404'd.

:banana: rise rise rise! :cheers:

Maybe its supposed to rise 3 inches a day :lol:
Doesnt even looked to have done that today.

:lol: gooden that

:dance2:

Zedferret.. are you moody boring crap without sense of humour??:ohno: god dammit

Not at all, you are just the forum equivalent of 'are we there yet'

Anyhow just to try and put the thread back on track with at least a 'semi-useful- post

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p49/zedferret/camputer81zed.jpg

Not much movement, but hey its not the end of the world, maybe i'll shoot up tomorrow morning when the concrete sets.

A few photos from this morning on my way into work (been a bit busy)

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/93602-2/201001_0002.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/93590-2/201001_0005_001.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/93584-2/201001_0010.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/93578-2/201001_0012_001.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/93572-2/201001_0014_001.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/93554-2/201001_0021.jpg

:clown::clown::clown:^^


To think all this has come upon me because I went to the dental surgeon at Guy's a month ago!

Must be the gas he gave you:clown::nuts:

Great shots Cybertect!

Would be great to know the opinions of people walking by, to see if this really is a welcome addition to the London skyline.
I know there certainly must be some conversations about it from people looking down from inside the overpass.

:lol::clown::clown::clown:

Must be the gas he gave you:clown::nuts:

Perhaps I'd better go back for some more:)

Would be great to know the opinions of people walking by, to see if this really is a welcome addition to the London skyline.
I know there certainly must be some conversations about it from people looking down from inside the overpass.

I often end up being engaged in conversation with people when I'm taking pictures and most people are fairly positive about it.

Fairly recently I was talking to a local OAP couple and he was really quite excited about it while his wife was most disapproving. It turned into quite a debate - I was worried they were going to get into a domestic about it! :)

morning everyone.
The core seems to have risen by 2/3 metres overnight and there is more steel on the left ,if you look at the pic from the first webcam.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/corecam240110.jpg

core has risen, and the collum on the left has grown!

Well,perhaps not 2/3 metres,more like 2/3 feet actually.Sorry.

is that the conrete showing under the shard sign?

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/corecam240110.jpg

core has risen, and the collum on the left has grown!

The columns are now all finished, but the crane hook is around near them...
they should be connecting them to the rest of the structure soon :)

is that the conrete showing under the shard sign?

I think what your seeing is railing around the hole with grey cloth on it :)
we might see some concrete tomorow if the core continues to rise 3meters today and also tomorow. The core is three levels yes?

Our collective "24/7 pour, 3m-a-day" expectations have been shattered... We have had two days (Thu-Fri) of that kind of progress since it began rising, right?
Realistically, we should have expected this... it's the beginning of a long, extremely complicated process, I suppose a bit of hickups at the start is understandable.

The rig has to stop and start several times during the climb to allow other operations to take place. At this point in the lower levels there are several internal wall additions, drop offs, etc which have to be made and which means the rig will stop occasionnally for half a day or so.

We also like to have Sundays off for a bit of kip.

Always like to keep you guys informed :goodnight

We also like to have Sundays off for a bit of kip.

Well you can't. Sorry. You have a demanding forum to entertain.

This is going to be one fine looking building when finished...

Thanks for the info, Spikey, always appreciated.

I think what your seeing is railing around the hole with grey cloth on it :)

I think he was talking about the part to the left of the railing, underneath the core box. It certainly looks like concrete :cheers:

I think he was talking about the part to the left of the railing, underneath the core box. It certainly looks like concrete :cheers:

Ohhh, I see it now :D
it is concrete! woo

Two cameraphone shots from this afternoon:

http://i46.tinypic.com/14sldt.jpg

http://i48.tinypic.com/2lasxzr.jpg

I don't know about you lot, but I'm suffering concrete pouring animation withdrawal symptoms.

LOL ^^ Maybe I do one today.

Edit:

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Still looking for better quality, this is just a test.

I don't know about you lot, but I'm suffering concrete pouring animation withdrawal symptoms.

:lol:
Yes, I recognise that syndrome.What makes it worse, for the dedicated Shard-watcher, is that the animated version is going so much quicker than the actual one.
Never mind,the forum is a sort of support group, too...

FFS,it'll rise.Maybe a little behind schedule,but,no doubt,they're working their butts off getting SHARD to rise and that core word to be seen above the rooftops! It is exciting,to the point of juvenile impatience and irritated questioning

For fear of asking a question that may have been answered earlier (I know some might object!) what is happening to the other smaller core. In on eof the illustrated animations of the build it showed it rising before the main core. Also, at what stage in the build do they start to fit the glass cladding?

Popped my head into the site this evening and took these shots on my phone at 23:20. clear signs of the concrete now and some real progress has been made in the last couple of hours i think :).

I believe they're just trying to tease us with more movement overnight when the webcam shuts off!!

like others I'm just so hooked to this site now and I cant wait till it becomes visable from the BT Tower!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2772/4307236737_e1b2c4021a_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2571/4307976954_a5a3624cac_b.jpg

^^ Oh yeah...that concrete wall is the real deal alright - Shardy is beginning its climb on the concrete stairway to heaven....:)

Not bad for a weeks growth. Who wants to guess when the SHARD black box disappears from this webcam view? :)

I'm going for 12.5 days ;)



http://i48.tinypic.com/313fz7m.jpg


http://i45.tinypic.com/2yosh76.jpg

EDIT- Just looked at the time on the pics and they are almost exactly a week apart ( give or take a second- not intentional that-freaky)

http://www.themonument.info/panorama/

Once the Shard gets well above the rooftops and starts to dominate the London Bridge area, the webcam view from the Monument will become interesting (it's fairly useless at the moment tho').

To save you puzzling over it, the Shard cranes can just be seen at the dead centre of the panorama, on the far side of the river.

All the black dots in the sky I think are dirt on the cover over the camera.

I don't know about you lot, but I'm suffering concrete pouring animation withdrawal symptoms.

Upto this morning...

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/6109/upto27jansml.gif (http://img145.imageshack.us/i/upto27jansml.gif/)

hmm thats brilliant you can see the effect the wind has on the tower cranes too.

They are working again on the big white columns right now. :cheers:

http://www.themonument.info/panorama/

Once the Shard gets well above the rooftops and starts to dominate the London Bridge area, the webcam view from the Monument will become interesting (it's fairly useless at the moment tho').

To save you puzzling over it, the Shard cranes can just be seen at the dead centre of the panorama, on the far side of the river.

All the black dots in the sky I think are dirt on the cover over the camera.

nice one, i've bookmarked that.

when the weather and light improves that will look very good.

Just thought i'd mention that this thread has gone over 1,000,000 views :) I think thats the first time on this UK subforum?

lots of lovely concrete visable...
http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/shardcam270110.jpg

Thanks Mikey, the black screening has risen quite significantly and the concrete core is visible below now.

Black sheet but not the well know sheet of death!

The core must be over 5 storeys high by now. :)

I think the first gray bars represent the 5 floor mark, if I'm not mistaken? Isn't that where the original steelwork was built up to before it stopped for a little while, and someone in the know said they would stop at the five floor mark until the core started to rise. Or am I talking out my you-know-what?

The core must be over 5 storeys high by now. :)

It's a bit lower than that at the moment. I'd say about 2-3 storeys above street level.

I went down to the site today and was taken aback how the rising core really increases the "mass" of this building. Up until now, it's just been a collection of open steelwork, but now it's starting to look quite monolithic. Give it a couple of weeks and this building will really start to dominate the surrounding area.

:)


http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/27Jan10017.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/27Jan10012.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/27Jan10020.jpg

We also have a completed row of white columns on the western edge of the site.

It's behind the main cam, which I guess why it hasn't got much attention of late.

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/27Jan10014.jpg

I see no elevator doors or anything - will the lifts be opening to corridors through the centre of the core?

I see no elevator doors or anything - will the lifts be opening to corridors through the centre of the core?

They are there, infact they have start to link the ground floor slab to the core, plywood frame to put the rebar on was being built on the part facing St. Thomas street,:cheers:
I was amazed at huge this looks already, you can't see into the Slipform now.

I see no elevator doors or anything - will the lifts be opening to corridors through the centre of the core?

If you look at the 2nd of Nihil's photo's above you can see some formwork for the openings in the core. Just under the letter M in MACE.

Ah yes I see what you mean, on the Mace side. Looks a big cluster of lifts there.

Great shots Nihil, thanks. Particularly like the first shot - it really shows the scale of this building.

I think the first gray bars represent the 5 floor mark, if I'm not mistaken? Isn't that where the original steelwork was built up to before it stopped for a little while, and someone in the know said they would stop at the five floor mark until the core started to rise. Or am I talking out my you-know-what?

I checked with the planning docs (here's a link with lots of graphics about the layout http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/AcolNetCGI.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeDocs&TheSystemkey=9531543) and available recent pictures on here and can confirm that the general level (equivalent to the first gray bars you mentioned) reached by the steel is level 5. The highest reached up to now and visible on the webcam on the upper left side is level 7.

That puts the core between level 3+4 at the moment at around 12m. As the top of the webcam image at floor 7 is equivalent to 26m it's only about 5 more days of 24h pouring (3m per day) if all goes well to reach the top of the webcam..

PS: For those interested in the layout of the core - the link above also contains floor layouts where one can see the core in detail

Let's hope they paint some big numbers on the core so we won't have to guess going forward.

I have been excited about this building for a while now. Hopefully London will get more buildings like this, either equal to or exceeding it's height.

It's amazing that once they've got the foundation finished they can move so quickly. Is topping out still expected end of this year or is it delayed now?

Let's hope they paint some big numbers on the core so we won't have to guess going forward.

Paintpot. Stencils. Did I spend 4 years a University to be doing this? :ohno:

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/shardcam280110.jpg

LOOK AT IT GO :banana:
Question, how high is the podium?.. or ground floor?

LOOK AT IT GO :banana:
Question, how high is the podium?.. or ground floor?

it can be seen on one of the graphics from the Southwark planing office link page i provided above. To be precise on http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/DocsOnline/Documents/50972_1.pdf

so the ground floor is 3.65m, the first floor 4.25 and all the next floors above again 3.65m

Whittonstall: Cybertect's picture from the official Southwark planning office shows the layout of the core and it's internal lift locations.

Just for the fun of it, I took the station-level plan from Southwark's planning archive into Google Sketchup...

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/scirocco/fun/shardPerspective_planDoc.jpg

it can be seen on one of the graphics from the Southwark planing office link page i provided above. To be precise on http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/DocsOnline/Documents/50972_1.pdf

so the ground floor is 3.65m, the first floor 4.25 and all the next floors above again 3.65m

Some reasone I thought it would be alot bigger...
Thankyou :)

When were these taken? The Thames looks VERY high...
This is one project that just MUST happen. Great design, and it will set a precedent for more tall construction in the UK and across Europe.
Can't wait to see the Shard be a go, btw.
How can so many posts be on the Burj Dubai thread when this buildings is so much better.

Guy's Tower wouldn't be so ugly if the bird head at the top wasn't there. I wonder how new cladding will look for this tower? It won't be easy choosing a color and design since people know it has a horrible looking building.
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It's going to be awesome to make a one-year-animation from this cam :cheers:

You may want to make it all day shots though- epilepsy alert! ;)

You will probably get inevitable flashes anyway due to clear days and dull days, anyway great start to whats going to be a nice long time lapse! If they keep the cam there after the core surpasses it we'll see the cladding shoot up next too, thats if it hasnt started 'already' by the time the core gets that high.

Plus you can see how that other building gets demolished. 2 for the pricoe of 1!

The Exceptional Shard:

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3269.jpg

Core is coming up, up, up...

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3271.jpg

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3273.jpg

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3275.jpg

Basement still excavating at the eastern end of the site...

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3276.jpg
http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3278.jpg

Lots of lovely steel...

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3279.jpg

Look at the size of that beam:

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3272.jpg

A treat for commuters - steel now visible from the station platform, core won't be far behind.

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3268.jpg

Great set of photos! I look forward to seeing it rise above London Bridge station every morning/evening.

One more cameraphone shot today of the core:

http://i45.tinypic.com/wufl2x.jpg

I Agree with the gifs having to be all day shots at least...I'm going a bit doolally tap looking at that.

If you ever go on holiday atmosphere...let us know so we can save all the images.

Core blimey

Exceptional indeed. I'v not been on this site for a couple of weeks and the progress is amazing!

I went for an interview at Mace's camden headquarters in 2008 and there were pic's of the shard all over the place. got down to the final 3 but someone pipped me at the post!

Oo7Cl0tlZEk

^^ Excellent updates again from everyone.

Just a quick question for someone better informed...are the grey connection plates in the web of the white columns there to stay? I take it they wont as they arent exaclty in-keeping with the sharp lines of the shard. If they are only a temporary measure how will they be secured in a permanent way?

Great set of photos! I look forward to seeing it rise above London Bridge station every morning/evening.

One more cameraphone shot today of the core:



You're so lucky that you can watch it everyday when going to work while I have to do it with the crappy webcamshots here in Amsterdam.

Does anyone know if/when they plan to put the final tower-crane on top of the core?

:?

Some of the timelapse construction animations on YouTube suggest the crane will go on when the core is c.10 storeys high, others suggest there won't be a crane on the core at all.

Does anyone know if/when they plan to put the final tower-crane on top of the core?

:?

Some of the timelapse construction animations on YouTube suggest the crane will go on when the core is c.10 storeys high, others suggest there won't be a crane on the core at all.


I think it was mentioned a few pages back that theres no longer going to be a central crane in the core.

I think it was mentioned a few pages back that theres no longer going to be a central crane in the core.

Thanks
:)

The updates on this thread are now coming so thick and fast that it's hard to keep up!

Thanks
:)

The updates on this thread are now coming so thick and fast that it's hard to keep up!

No worries!

Haha! I know what you mean there! I log on SSC and theres been a page and half of discussion and updates! :)

It'll reach the top of the webcam by 10th Feb at this rate.Can't wait to see the Shard really show it's presence from the Thames

It'll reach the top of the webcam by 10th Feb at this rate.Can't wait to see the Shard really show it's presence from the Thames

I can imagine it now... folks walking along the thames, looking up at a huge 300 metre tall concrete core thinking... :cripes: or :drool:

The updates on this thread are now coming so thick and fast that it's hard to keep up!

Maybe I should hold back a bit then? :lol:

I had my 15mm Fisheye and 70-200 lenses with me at lunch time, so it's super-wide or telephoto today and nowt in between.


St Thomas Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94076-2/201001_0040.jpg


New steel adjacent to Joiner Street from St Thomas Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94070-2/201001_0039.jpg


Core Rising

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94094-2/201001_0058.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94106-2/201001_0073.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94112-2/201001_0074.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94148-2/201001_0103.jpg



With the rising steel (and soon concrete) we now have some decent views from London Bridge Street

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94154-2/201001_0112.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94130-2/201001_0090.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94136-2/201001_0093.jpg

As usual, there are a few other photos I've not posted here in my Shard Gallery (http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/v/architecture/london/shard)

Nice work :)

I don't think either of the 3 shard cams in their current position will be able to follow the shard all the way to the top.

Even looking down from the hospital it'll continue 200m above that!

I don't think either of the 3 shard cams in their current position will be able to follow the shard all the way to the top.

Even looking down from the hospital it'll continue 200m above that!

Yes, but by that time, it should be visible from a large number of vantage points across London and it'll be easy to take photos of it.

Thank you for the incredible photo's today and previous days.At first I welcomed them just as updates on the Shard's progress but I now am beginning to see what I guess you must have been seeing for some time in the photographic possibilities of the amazing structure that is being put together at the Shard.I thought the last one, with the close-up of the men in the gantry, with the fantastic diagonals of the steel beams, was stunning.Thank you and please keep them coming!

I don't think either of the 3 shard cams in their current position will be able to follow the shard all the way to the top.

Even looking down from the hospital it'll continue 200m above that!

Yeah that's too bad! This is what a I call a timelapse: 35 years of tokyo in a few seconds :nuts: (look at all the skyscrapers popping up) If we could have something like this for London that would be awesome!

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I've been waiting for this for nearly ten years! I remember a piece on the front of the FT when I first moved down to London showing an amazing render of a slender 1200ft tower. It's a real shame we aren't getting the original vision but I'm so happy seeing it actually come to fruition. The next few months are going to be skyscraper and architecture nuts wildest dreams made concrete and steel.

BTW, had anyone else noticed that this thread has topped 1,000,000 views? :cool:

Hello to anyone who has walked past London Bridge station, seen the site and decided to google it when they got home...finding this thread.

http://i571.photobucket.com/albums/ss153/mikestanton/corecam290110.jpg

I will post one shot a day in the morning... if no one else has done so...(you know you want to!)
top now level with the cam..... no more view of the top!

Rob's photos as ever knock all others into a cocked hat.

Who else spotted our comforter and sometime taunter, ShardCam 1, in this pic?

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/Shardcam.jpg

Good spot! When the core gets to a certain height, hopefully someone will pop up a ladder and tilt shardcam 1 upwards a bit?

:pet: :rofl:

A treat for commuters - steel now visible from the station platform, core won't be far behind.

http://i701.photobucket.com/albums/ww14/lightparade1960/IMG_3268.jpg





I wonder how long it will be before you are able to see it on the approach to London Bridge by train. It will be quite a sight coming into the station for commuters every morning seeing this beast rise & rise & rise.

in this building and in pinnacle are arabs money right? does it mean that arabs (companies etc.) will have green light and be prefered to move to those buildings? is it good or bad ? :pet:

Uh? :weird:

in this building and in pinnacle are arabs money right? does it mean that arabs (companies etc.) will have green light and be prefered to move to those buildings? is it good or bad ? :pet:

^^:lol:^^

Uh? :weird:

:down: :puke:

^^:lol:^^

:okay:

If you get a mortgage from the bank, does that mean the staff can toddle through your home whenever they please and eat your loaf and get in your bed, er... no. I would highly speculate that funding a building doesn't give you a way of bypassing the immigration route.

:okay:

Dude, what are you trying to say? I don't know anything about arabs (what do you mean with arabs anyway?) funding this building if that is what you mean? But who cares of the would move into this building? It would not be bad no because who cares what companies would occupy this building. Or do you mean that its unfair that companies who fund a building get a higher chance to occupy it?

Uh oh - off topic rambling alert ... :0/

Eiffel Tower 1887, Empire State Building 1930, London Bridge Tower 2010

2011 surely :P

Still....wut?

Good spot! When the core gets to a certain height, hopefully someone will pop up a ladder and tilt shardcam 1 upwards a bit?

Either that or zoom out a bit, I didn't realise the cam was that far away it must be zoomed right in to view the groundwork around the core area.

Dude, what are you trying to say? I don't know anything about arabs (what do you mean with arabs anyway?) funding this building if that is what you mean? But who cares of the would move into this building? It would not be bad no because who cares what companies would occupy this building. Or do you mean that its unfair that companies who fund a building get a higher chance to occupy it?

I agree with you. To my mind, "Sony33"'s question is very awkward and may be badly interpreted...

Back to the Shard, I'm very impressed as I didn't think the core would be rising this much in such a short period of time, it really is fantastic...

:pet: :rofl:

Most of the money that financed the Dubai experiment was from British banks.

Not sure if that matters in grand scheme of things.

I'm very impressed as I didn't think the core would be rising this much in such a short period of time, it really is fantastic...

What do we think: Monday / Tuesday the core will reach the top of the visible frame, and by Wednesday our favourite cam will be useless unless zoomed out?

http://i46.tinypic.com/3163xap.jpg

Re Sony 33's post about who will inhabit the Shard,and subsequent discussions, hope its not too off-topic just to point out that published sources indicate that of the approx. 111,000 square metres of floor-space in the finished building, about 18,500 s.m.will be taken up by the Shangri-La Hotel(a subsidiary of a group called Asia -Pacific),taking up 18 floors.The office space will take up 27 floors and almost 28,000 square metres of that space has been pre-let to Transport for London, (almost a quarter of the entire floor-space in the building.)

In addition there will be 12 floors( 52-64) of residential apartments for sale.There will also be viewing floors open to the public and some restaurant/bar type facilities.Pretty mixed use.

Not as exciting as watching that concrete core rise but without the occupants there would be no Shard.

What do we think: Monday / Tuesday the core will reach the top of the visible frame, and by Wednesday our favourite cam will be useless unless zoomed out?

Perhaps camera 2(the overhead one) will become more useful,and perhaps that can be zoomed in?

Where's Mikey when you need him. I rely on him posting on every page for my convenient access to the Shard webcams.

Where's Mikey when you need him. I rely on him posting on every page for my convenient access to the Shard webcams.

Not sure if that's a request.

Camera 1 (http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer81.jpg)
Camera 2 (http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer64.jpg)
Camera 3 (http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer120.jpg)

I'd bookmark them. :)

^ Haha, now for any other lurkers, that's the way to introduce yourself to the forum!

Thank you for aiding my web laziness ;)

Not sure if that's a request.

Camera 1 (http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer81.jpg)
Camera 2 (http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer64.jpg)
Camera 3 (http://www.siteeyelive.com/monitor/shard/camputer120.jpg)

I'd bookmark them. :)

What a wonderfully servicey first post!

Oh no... I lost my posting virginity... but this is best thread to do it! :banana:

Where's Mikey when you need him. I rely on him posting on every page for my convenient access to the Shard webcams.

Ha, same here.

Every time I want to look at the shard cams I find a post by Mikey :P

^ Haha, now for any other lurkers, that's the way to introduce yourself to the forum!

Worked for me! (I think I was the first to post the direct URLs.)

I use Firefox so as soon as I start typing "shard" in the address bar, the webcam image URLs immediately pop up. (In fact it's getting to the point where I just have to type "s". I'm an addict.)

Perhaps camera 2(the overhead one) will become more useful,and perhaps that can be zoomed in?

I agree, its a good angle and this cam will be useful for a good long while, not sure whered you'd move it to once the core topps that though lol.. super zoom from top of Heron :)

I'm not 100 per cent but i think i can see the core from cam3, i hope they continue pouring this weekend as progress has been great :)

Will post latest webcam image shortly... Sun obscuring the view at the mo....

Save webcams to fave's ?? Thats what i have done.
Re cam3 core,you may be right.Not sure.All same,WON'T BE LONG!

Hell, I have the webcams (and the olympics ones too) as my desktop :)

Will post latest webcam image shortly... Sun obscuring the view at the mo....

Decided the sun was far enough out of the way now!

http://i48.tinypic.com/2rrarr9.jpg

First levels now visible from the sky:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2706/4315880732_d798d75662_o.jpg

Lol Jef. Most things are visible from the sky (unless your passing through a particularly angry cloud) ;)

It's starting to get into the skyline!

(dubbelpost the get to the next page :shifty:)

I made a complete time-lapse starting 09 oct until now.

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Credits to all who saved a webcam shot and posted it here in this topic!

thanks atmosphere :) it's a really satisfying watch!

Nice to see the blue numbering on the core now.

http://i47.tinypic.com/3163oew.jpg
http://i48.tinypic.com/519avk.jpg
http://i50.tinypic.com/10i6uk5.jpg
Excavation continuing apace for the smaller core.
http://i47.tinypic.com/2ed31vp.jpg
Site overview

^^ Now THAT is a truly beautiful sight/site! This should start rising apace now!

It's been posted before, but I thought it would be useful to share this information from the WSP brochure (http://www.wspgroup.se/upload/documents/PDF/UK/WSP_Shard_Brochure.pdf) again on how the core structure will change as the tower rises, to give us an idea of what we are looking at now.

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/core2.jpg

http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv295/nihildicit2/core.jpg

Thanks Nihil Dicit, I have never seen these pics before.

It is a building in itself, :| .. like a slimmer Sears Tower

View of the cranes today from Rotherhithe
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a82/supertek/P1010572.jpg

Taken on Friday

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4065/4315991028_bf5af9fba0_b.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2741/4315256257_aa2901e7d0_b.jpg

Is this the end of the 'Guys Hospital' thingy?

I know its not popular but I ruddy well like it!

Is this the end of the 'Guys Hospital' thingy?

I know its not popular but I ruddy well like it!

No. It's likely to be at least partially remodelled/reclad, but that's entirely separate from the Shard (apart from some money coming from the Shard's developers IIRC).

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=513615

A winter morning sunrise makes the steel look very nice :)

http://i46.tinypic.com/vvtxy.jpg

I dont expect much progress today, but I'm hoping for some :D

A winter morning sunrise makes the steel look very nice :)


I dont expect much progress today, but I'm hoping for some :D

Not going to happen. The core probably starts rising again monday somewhere after lunch, maybe even later.

I made a complete time-lapse starting 09 oct until now.

Brilliant! Thanks for taking the time to root through this thread and put it altogether.

I was there tonight - it is looking very impressive! One thing that did strike me is how small the floor area is in relation to the size of the core- something that will get more pronounced as the spire narrows.

However, I am now ready to believe that this is actually going up! It has been ten years of waiting and I still couldn't quite accept it was really under construction!:nuts::cheers:

I'm reading old news stories online about the opposition this tower gained...just for teh lulz.


Amazingly one of EHs arguments was, 'the tower is too good for southwark.'


Madness.

I was there tonight - it is looking very impressive! One thing that did strike me is how small the floor area is in relation to the size of the core- something that will get more pronounced as the spire narrows.

Yeh I agree fully, looking at the animation on Youtube of the contruction schedule, some of the floor-plates look ridiculously small... Means of course that no floor-plan will be the same - each one is different!

Doesn't that also mean that the apartments will get smaller and smaller with each level?

I'm reading old news stories online about the opposition this tower gained...just for teh lulz.


Amazingly one of EHs arguments was, 'the tower is too good for southwark.'


Madness.

Interesting, are you able to post the link to the site?

I had read it from this, no idea where James got it from originally.

http://www.skyscrapernews.com/lbt.htm


This is also interesting

http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/architecture/art16076

Apparently EH also opposed this tower as it would take the focus could be taken away from St. Pauls.

As if to say London should have only one iconic building, because in that case it's even more special.

Yeh I agree fully, looking at the animation on Youtube of the contruction schedule, some of the floor-plates look ridiculously small... Means of course that no floor-plan will be the same - each one is different!

Doesn't that also mean that the apartments will get smaller and smaller with each level?

That's right.I have a vision of the very top apartments only being sold to people with sloping shoulders and pointy heads!:)

Brilliant! Thanks for taking the time to root through this thread and put it altogether.

:lol::bash:

Re shard:
Sloping shoulders,pointy heads?? With the coming of 2012,maybe the upper floors are being allocated to alien beings:cheers:

:lol::bash:

Re shard:
Sloping shoulders,pointy heads?? With the coming of 2012,maybe the upper floors are being allocated to alien beings:cheers:

Or,if they wanted to be really sadistic, Sellars could offer the top flats as retirement homes for former committee members of English Heritage.:)

:lol::bash:

Re shard:
Sloping shoulders,pointy heads?? With the coming of 2012,maybe the upper floors are being allocated to alien beings:cheers:

xx

Wow, there I was exited expecting to see how much the core has grown today only to be greeted by a set of useless posts, and some fat Dutch bird who apparently lives in a fugly cube. Back to LBT please?

Wow, there I was exited expecting to see how much the core has grown today only to be greeted by a set of useless posts, and some fat Dutch bird who apparently lives in a fugly cube. Back to LBT please?

They don't work on Sundays... give em a break!

Why is there no one on site today?
from what I can see anyway

Yes there are, I can see yellow jackets on the cam.

Yes there are, I can see yellow jackets on the cam.

I seem them now :D

And God said, Let there be light and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: Genesis 1:3-4

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/4321903432_ebf76aa999.jpg

A new Dawn and a new creation

And God said, Let there be light and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: Genesis 1:3-4.
I wonder how times before that it was the case of 'God Said, Let there be light and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was not quite up to scratch so he decided to have another go after a nice cup of tea.

Wow, there I was exited expecting to see how much the core has grown today only to be greeted by a set of useless posts, and some fat Dutch bird who apparently lives in a fugly cube. Back to LBT please?
Duhh,no work on Sunday:bash:

POMPUS SNOB! :nuts:

Shard this morning

http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/camputer81-2.jpg


teemac....a couple on here like to bitch and bark as it makes them feel better (sad eh)

Wow, there I was exited expecting to see how much the core has grown today only to be greeted by a set of useless posts, and some fat Dutch bird who apparently lives in a fugly cube. Back to LBT please?

Why be gratuitously offensive?It's not as if your post has added three metres to the core, is it?

I wonder if anyone is collecting images from this cam for some future animation. It already gives a pretty good view of the shape of the building, and will capture quite a bit of the core's ascent...

http://i45.tinypic.com/11weff6.jpg

And God said, Let there be light and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: Genesis 1:3-4


A new Dawn and a new creation

Bet He couldn't get this up so quick, mind

Wow, there I was exited expecting to see how much the core has grown today only to be greeted by a set of useless posts, and some fat Dutch bird who apparently lives in a fugly cube. Back to LBT please?

You've been here for a month, have 29 posts... and it was fucking sunday night.
But saying that, You could be Renzo Piano himself and I still wouldn't listen to ya.

How much had you expected the core to grow over sunday?

How about you check the webcams instead to see how many meters the core didn't grow if you're so desperate to avoid people just having a quick joke.


http://www.wayfaring.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/2707932632_6c227780d42.jpg
Ain't they nice.

I wonder if anyone is collecting images from this cam for some future animation. It already gives a pretty good view of the shape of the building, and will capture quite a bit of the core's ascent...

http://i45.tinypic.com/11weff6.jpg

I started last week, and together with some very old images from this thread I have around 10 pictures. I will take one every day (if I have the chance) from now on.

sorry if this has been posted already

video from basement from construction news website


from: www.cnplus.co.uk/

Video: http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid11892195001?bctid=62473060001

You can see the hoists here
http://i48.tinypic.com/rjl449.jpg

And here you can see the steel they are putting up :)
http://i46.tinypic.com/90rq5y.jpg

http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/nov262009.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/dec72009.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/13dec.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/16dec.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/1674500.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/camputer642.jpg
http://i321.photobucket.com/albums/nn361/trex65million/camputer64-2.jpg

Sorry for being annoying, but can someone link me to the thread for the building at the top right of the cam, please :)

http://i48.tinypic.com/dzzgu9.jpg

I started last week, and together with some very old images from this thread I have around 10 pictures. I will take one every day (if I have the chance) from now on.

Excellent, thank you.

Sorry for being annoying, but can someone link me to the thread for the building at the top right of the cam, please :)

top left? http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=296278&page=13

top left? http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=296278&page=13

Opps, haha
Thankyou though :)

I wonder if anyone is collecting images from this cam for some future animation. It already gives a pretty good view of the shape of the building, and will capture quite a bit of the core's ascent...

I've been gathering them too, FWIW

It's started going up again

Sorry for being annoying, but can someone link me to the thread for the building at the top right of the cam, please :)

http://i48.tinypic.com/dzzgu9.jpg

The big one at top left is called "The Gem", but its official title is New London Bridge House.If you google it you will find the Skyscraper city link.Sorry I don't know a quicker way to get there.

Opps, haha
Thankyou though :)

Sorry-didn't spot someone had already replied.

^^ and it looks like the are going full speed again.
http://www.spacy.me/forum/shardsmall.gif

A few snaps with the 17-40 today. For reasons of a little technical experiment I was conducting, they're all black and white.

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94394-2/201002_0041.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94388-2/201002_0042.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94382-2/201002_0043.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94370-2/201002_0046.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94346-2/201002_0053.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94364-2/201002_0047.jpg

http://www.cybertects.co.uk/gallery2/d/94340-2/201002_0056.jpg