Bishopsgate Tower - "The Pinnacle" | City of London | 288m | 63 fl | On Hold

[fauxhunter]

I think that when the shard is done and when 20fs, bgt, 122L and maybe 100bg and heron plaza , the skyline should stop because it will look amazing!!

[lumberjack]

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[Medenine]

So .... whens it going to be taller than
Guys then?

[lumberjack]

Question/s to any resident expert....

1, I assume the concrete bucket can be used for the core (in photos)?

2, The fact that the pump is back on the floor and they're using a bucket indicate that there could be a problem with the pump?

3, Final one promise... is a bucket slower at building the core than a pump?

[bestbud]

Originally Posted by lumberjack

Question/s to any resident expert....

1, I assume the concrete bucket can be used for the core (in photos)?

2, The fact that the pump is back on the floor and they're using a bucket indicate that there could be a problem with the pump?

3, Final one promise... is a bucket slower at building the core than a pump?

1. It possibly could be, but I doubt they are pouring a full level with the skip.

2. Not sure.

3. Yes, pouring by skip is a lot slower! It will take 7 lifts of the skip to empty a large (8m3) concrete wagon - 1 hour isn't unreasonable. The same wagon could be pumped in 10 minutes. With the quanity of concrete required for the core, you could run into problems with cold joints from concrete setting mid pour.

[chip1e]

Originally Posted by lumberjack

Question/s to any resident expert....

1, I assume the concrete bucket can be used for the core (in photos)?

2, The fact that the pump is back on the floor and they're using a bucket indicate that there could be a problem with the pump?

3, Final one promise... is a bucket slower at building the core than a pump?

Hi LJ
As bestbud says the use of a concrete skip is slow, and would not be fast enough to use at height.
It is not the pump that is back down on the deck it is the concrete placement boom, the pump is sited at ground level at the concrete delivery point.
Some while back before I signed up to the Forum there was a post about a clash with this boom and one of the cranes. It is rather odd that this boom is lifted down before every jump. I have not seen a pic posted that shows the boom on the jump form from above, ie from T42 or Aviva ect.

[jarkti]

Was at the site tonight, they were still working at around 6:30 tonight
all that was happening when i looked in at that time was the crane lowering something into the basement level.

heres some crappy iphone pictures

[Magnog]

thanks, i love how leadenhall looks at night! hope the pinnacle will have awesome lighting aswell!

[caned_monkey]

Originally Posted by jarkti

Construction of buildings of this size always take 3-4 years, no need to be worried
It will take about 2 years for external then the rest internal, so by mind 2013 the external will be done

They were still putting the windows in at Swiss Re over a year after the bulding opened.

[lumberjack]

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[Magnog]

was anything happening on site today lumber? thanks for the pictures.

[lumberjack]

Same as really noticed a massive 'abird' generator being delivered waiting to be lifted on site... I've been mega busy last few weeks so will try and keep everyone updated as best can...

[Supertall Robbo]

Its risen? I don't remember seeing that 4 last time i was here. Great! Thanks alot LJ!

[jarkti]

^it had a rise couple days back

[Magnog]

yep just waiting on it jumping again so we can see number 5! i know it has been poured, come on already!

[aphw]

How do we know it's been poured?

[Magnog]

Originally Posted by aphw

How do we know it's been poured?

people said they were pouring, look at previous posts. although i don't know for a fact, you'd need to ask lumberjack, but i think it has :P

[lumberjack]

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[lumberjack]

I managed to photo some steel being delivered in the week and assumed it was leadenhall. I'm not so sure any thoughts? Look on the left of the truck and then the brackets that have been recently bolted on..


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[scalatrava89]

Ooo interesting. Looks like Leadenhall steel but who knows for sure. BG is getting very close to accepting steel now.

Where about's was the truck parked LJ?