Beetham Tower West | Brook Street | 134m | 40 Floors

[Liverdude]

If you've seen Mallrats you'd know what Snootchie Bootchies is!

[Doug Roberts]

Crazy Monster, the tree clearing I mentioned was on the Brook St West Tower site, not King Eddy's site, which is across the other side of the road.

[Martin S]

Originally Posted by eddyk

I see woodhousen has changed the status of this building in the Liverpool Development summery to 'Under Construction'

Is it?

Wasn't Woodhousen, it was me.

Anyway, I decided to call it 'under construction' as there is definitely construction activity going on there, even if there is no work as yet on the permanent building. It's always difficult to judge when construction actually starts (or when it finishes) but site clearance is normally the first activity that leads directly on to the actual building.

[Liverdude]

No objections to the under construction status here! Beetham West is going up...although they still have to go down...

[The Boy David]

Originally Posted by Martin S

Anyway, I decided to call it 'under construction' as there is definitely construction activity going on there, even if there is no work as yet on the permanent building.

I cant wait to see this go up - the renders look fantastic, and the mini cluster it will form will be stunning.

I love the way Beetham are ruthlessly efficient when it comes to putting up their towers, and still managing to do a a quality job of it.

IMO, this tower should be the best of the Beethams - despite not being as tall as Beetham Manc, I think it looks much better

[Paul D]

IMO, this tower should be the best of the Beethams - despite not being as tall as Beetham Manc, I think it looks much better

You wont get no arguments off me on that one.

[Turbosnail]

Originally Posted by Paul D

You wont get no arguments off me on that one.

...or anyone in Manchester

[SleepyOne]

I beg to differ. ISA's designs always seem to be a cut above.

Whilst what Aedas have produced for the West Tower site might be a massive improvement on their first effort at Old Hall St, it still doesnt display anything like the subtle flair and ingenuity of the various ISA-designed tower proposals around the country be it Beetham Manchester, HCT, Criterion or (sigh) Brunswick Quay. Plus the cladding doesn't look to be the best.

It is skillfully rendered though (put it that way)... whilst no render could really convey the impact of Beetham's Manchester tower owing to its ultra flat facades.

[Liverdude]

You work for ISA, don't you?

[Accura4Matalan]

At the end of the day, its all about personal preference anyway...

















...or total bias

[Pobbie]

...or personal preference.

[eddyk]

Have to wait till theyre finished for me to judge.

[jawida]

Beetham recently held a presentation for ourselves and UNISYS on the proposed development. This will be a two year project running from September 2005 until September 2007. When completed the tower will consist of 127 apartments over 35 floors with the bottom 5 floors comprising office accommodation. We have been assured by Beetham that they will do everything possible to minimise disruption for the tenants of 101 Old Hall Street.

I've just seen a circular from UKPS, it's not a restricted document so I can post this here. I don't know how much of this was already know, but there's dates which might not have been.

[Gareth]

eddyk's quote off the week can only be from an American and not be a joke.

[Yapachoo]

Saw lots of diggers milling around the BWest site as I drove past today, they're working on site clearance pretty quickly now. Noticed the crane up at Malmaison too.

[eddyk]

Originally Posted by Gareth

eddyk's quote off the week can only be from an American and not be a joke.

From a Frenchman actually.


A spaniard said he liked London better than Paris, then all hell let loose.

[westisbest]

great news for both BW and malmaison

[Martin S]

Took this photo of the site this morning:



Even the temporary works are pretty substantial.

[westisbest]

i think it will be late October or even November before the Crane goes up, Alex tower is taking it's time though

[Martin S]

Alex tower doesn't seem to be moving at all but I'm sure that is just down to the complexity of the piling operation. I can't imagine that a piling rig, crane and excavator would be left on site doing nothing and incurring huge hire fees.

What seems to be happening now on the West Tower site is that a piling platform is being created. If piling starts in the next week or so, I expect that the earliest we could see a crane there is about early to mid-October.

Some while back, someone pointed out that the site of West Tower is just on the river terrace slope which is a northern extension of the high cliff beneath Grafton Street. This may mean that foundation work in this area will be more complicated than for similar developments in the area.

We should also know soon if that sub-station in front of the Unisys block will have to be demolished to allow West Tower to be built. It seems extremely close to the site of the tower.