20 Fenchurch Street | City of London | 160m | 36 fl | U/C

[lumberjack]

Thu (Lunch)

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[chest]

a few from me this evening













the construction chest

[1LONDONER]

Originally Posted by lumberjack

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How are these plates secured to the core? I've wondered how they are fixed in order to secure the weight of the beams connected to them. As the core is made of a sort of steel cage made from the encased rebar, is there some sort of plate welded on to the rebar before it is encased in concrete, and then the surface concrete etched away to join them

If anyone knows, id be most grateful..

[scalatrava89]

Originally Posted by 1LONDONER

How are these plates secured to the core? I've wondered how they are fixed in order to secure the weight of the beams connected to them. As the core is made of a sort of steel cage made from the encased rebar, is there some sort of plate welded on to the rebar before it is encased in concrete, and then the surface concrete etched away to join them

If anyone knows, id be most grateful..

When they pore the core, steel plates are set in position for each level and concreted over, leaving just the plate on the external face of the core. The plates have rebar on the back of them which locks them into the concrete.

Connecting brackets are then welded onto these plates for the i beams to be bolted to.

Lumberjack has a picture of the plates they use on a back of a truck. If he see's this I'm sure he'll post a picture then you'll be able to understand a little better .

[urbansoul.mrs]

Originally Posted by Sprogbot

I would say the opposite. If you ask me most people have reservations of some kind about this building.

Anyway, position wise I've got no problem with it, if anything it helps stretch out the cluster.
I even think it will look good when viewed from the front and the rear.

But viewed from the side, you'll see, it's going to look terrible. It's just too stumpy and stooping.
That's what's going to make this building bad, the side views.

you're completely right....This building looks like the bad one of the city, at the contrary of all great projects: leadeanhall, pinaccle, heron, and the already famous gherkin and the newest Shard in southwark.... i hope i'm wrong, but i think this building is ruining the great city shape.... i dont understand how it is possible London heritage could have authorised this, overall at this height, i think the same building would be good, so lower, 15 storage at most...

At the same time, the demolition of "One new change" in 2007 was so sad, even if the new building is great, but to me the old one was so typical Londonian style & historical !!!

Sorry for my bad english.....i m just a london lover !!!

[hugh]

Originally Posted by urbansoul.mrs

Sorry for my bad english.....i m just a london lover !!!

Your English is pretty bloody good!

[ironfighter]

Originally Posted by scalatrava89

When they pore the core, steel plates are set in position for each level and concreted over, leaving just the plate on the external face of the core. The plates have rebar on the back of them which locks them into the concrete.

Connecting brackets are then welded onto these plates for the i beams to be bolted to.

Lumberjack has a picture of the plates they use on a back of a truck. If he see's this I'm sure he'll post a picture then you'll be able to understand a little better .

Just to elaborate scalatrava`s correct explanation of how the plates work,
The encast plates are surveyed for position on the face of the wall and also into the depth into the wall, The Welded conection plates (Fin) are then cut to suit on site then welded into position, this ensures that when the beam is fixed to the plate, the beam and the perimeter columns are in the corect design posion. IF

[The Shard Baby]

I do apologise for not posting a diagram for this project for some time now.
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[Taller London]

man them drawing's must take you so long. they are great tho. you must really love buildings and designs. are you going to train to be a building designer ???

[shard97]

architect, doesen't or isn't about half of the people in this forum want to be an architect?

[Mikehamilton]

Hi, im new to this forum. i work in leadenhall street so this and 122 are close by to me

Pic from this morning

Southside steel going up nicely



Also the cab for the third core crane was being delivered this morning

[lumberjack]

Welcome mike...

South side...

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[Cat man do]

TSB, the question still remains, please put us out our missery and let on exactly how did you break two toes over drawing the HTC cranes!

[Mikehamilton]

quick shot from lunch

Southside steel starts to reach lvl 2

[jamiefearon]

It's fuuny watching the steel at Leadenhall and then seeing this steel. Just makes you realize how AMAZING, sexy, beautiful, awsome 122 Leadenhall is.

[Edvvc]

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[Light Parade]

Originally Posted by jamiefearon

It's fuuny watching the steel at Leadenhall and then seeing this steel. Just makes you realize how AMAZING, sexy, beautiful, awsome 122 Leadenhall is.

Damn right. One of them is potentially a masterpiece, the other is an office block (albeit a tall office block) with a look-at-me profile. (Past look-at-me's include Minster Court, Barclays on Gracechurch, No. 1 Poultry, etc.)

[lumberjack]

Monday (Lunch) - 20F getting a large group of tourists attention and camera time.

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[Mikehamilton]

Originally Posted by jamiefearon

It's fuuny watching the steel at Leadenhall and then seeing this steel. Just makes you realize how AMAZING, sexy, beautiful, awsome 122 Leadenhall is.

I agree however the steel at the moment on 20 fenchurch is internal floor structure, plus it will be cladded when finished.

But yes 122 is a masterpiece of steel

[The Shard Baby]

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