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SO143 · February 21st, 2012, 08:09 PM

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PortoNuts · February 22nd, 2012, 10:50 AM

Fantastic.

SO143 · February 25th, 2012, 10:23 PM

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SO143 · February 26th, 2012, 07:01 PM

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MattToronto · February 26th, 2012, 10:53 PM

Is it typical of London construction to build the entire core prior to any floors at all? Even The Shard started to build up after the core hit a couple stories.

Laurence2011 · February 26th, 2012, 11:01 PM

if the core tops out before a single piece of steel is added.. will this be a first? I mean has this happened anywhere else before?

Core Rising · February 27th, 2012, 09:53 PM

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PortoNuts · February 28th, 2012, 02:10 AM

by chest.

the construction chest

Blue Flame · February 28th, 2012, 04:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurence2011

if the core tops out before a single piece of steel is added.. will this be a first? I mean has this happened anywhere else before?

I believe that has occured in some buildings in Australia, but I don't remember which.

Either way, this is unusual. Hopefully the steel will rise soon!

aarhusforever · February 28th, 2012, 05:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laurence2011

if the core tops out before a single piece of steel is added.. will this be a first? I mean has this happened anywhere else before?

I actually think the Milton Court - The Heron (112m) toppede out before steel was added. Am I right or wrong?

Lord Razzle · February 28th, 2012, 08:27 AM

it does seem self defeating, given the speed at which the core rose, to not start on the steel while the core is still rising

singoone · February 28th, 2012, 09:51 AM

It is such a huge core for a 160m building.

This building´s gonna be massive.

PortoNuts · February 28th, 2012, 01:08 PM

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the man from k-town · February 28th, 2012, 03:48 PM

is there a special reason for building the whole core before starting with the steel?

Gedimin · February 28th, 2012, 04:14 PM

i've got just 2 ideas why the core is built before the steel work start:
1. since the tower has unique shape, maybe it need whole core to be built to start steel. for example, construction of the core can interfere steel work or something like this
2. the developer doesn't have enough maney since not all the office space is sold(and as i understand this problem is common for london now). so they want 20 funchurch street to top out as quikly as possible to make a feeling everything is all right, they've got enough money and gonna build at time

PortoNuts · February 28th, 2012, 07:41 PM

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Atmosphere · February 29th, 2012, 02:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gedimin

i've got just 2 ideas why the core is built before the steel work start:
1. since the tower has unique shape, maybe it need whole core to be built to start steel. for example, construction of the core can interfere steel work or something like this
2. the developer doesn't have enough maney since not all the office space is sold(and as i understand this problem is common for london now). so they want 20 funchurch street to top out as quikly as possible to make a feeling everything is all right, they've got enough money and gonna build at time

What about option 3: It's just a normal construction method. I've seen this so many times. First building the whole core, than the rest of the building. Quite normal here in Holland too. Even for simple boxes.

PortoNuts · February 29th, 2012, 05:32 PM

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***Tubeman*** · February 29th, 2012, 06:22 PM

Regarding the question about cores being topped out before steelwork starts... To my recollection The Bank Street Towers at Canary Wharf were the same... I think maybe Barclays, HSBC and Citigroup too

MattToronto · February 29th, 2012, 07:10 PM

It's very odd, I've never seen a construction like that across the pond before. However there's always a reason.

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