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The central core is flying again, is the aim a floor a day before the next size readjustment?

What is the smaller concrete core to the East of the building for?
 
This - taken from Peckham - is not really a very good quality photo but you can see the Shard (this was about a week or two ago) and get some idea how much it'll eventually dominate the skyline in terms of height when viewed from south London.

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edit - Actually you can't see it because stupid Flickr have changed their direct link stuff somehow :mad:
 
bromley said:
The central core is flying again, is the aim a floor a day before the next size readjustment?

What is the smaller concrete core to the East of the building for?
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There's a 19-Storey "wing" to the building to allow for larger floorplates, which is what the office market wants. It kinda spoils the pure shape of the tower, but only on that side.
 
Quick note - the "radiator" in the spire has been removed from the design - cooling plant has got more advanced and efficient since the original proposal and they're no longer needed.
 
Crispy said:
Quick note - the "radiator" in the spire has been removed from the design - cooling plant has got more advanced and efficient since the original proposal and they're no longer needed.
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*edited because I'm babbling.

I'll add your comment in the article if that's OK.
 
I have to say, I'm really loving the west-facing view they've got on the Shard homepage - really puts the development into context with it's surroundings. It's going to look fucking awesome when finished, isn't it? That, the Heron Tower and the Pinnacle/Bishopsgate Tower/Helter Skelter...just one question, is the Cheese Grater (No 22 Leadenhall) still going up?
 
Cheesegrater (122 Leadenhall) is still on hold, but is likely to happen, the office market being what it is, the site is prepped and some piling done. It could start rising within weeks of a contract being signed.
 
There's no piling on that site at all. A very big concrete support and support posts and a ramp for access. And that's it.

And yes I doubt many more tall structures in the City will get to rival it due to City Airport flight paths, hence Bishopsgate amendment
 
The basement slab and much of the piling has already been done. tbf, the major piles for the service core at the rear have not been sunk, but the rest have.
 
*looks out of window*

You sure about that? Looks like one big concrete slab and nothing else with a big slope into it. Is it confirmed it will start again in 2012 as British Land were asking local residents their opinions on what could be done with the space.

The Bishopsgate foundations are looking immense already if I look a metre the other way :)
 
According to the Wiki page, the Bishopsgate/Pinnacle/Helter Skelter pilings are the deepest in London at 66.5m below site, and 48.5m below sea level.
 
As that drunk bank worker found to his cost when he jumped over the hoardings a few weeks ago...was saved by a steel girder.
 
BL were going to put a garden/city farm thing on the site, but then cancelled it. They're actively canvassing for tennants and I'm sure they'll get some soon. Rents are so high that all new office space is high demand. Also, now that Boris has tightened the St. Pauls sightlines rules, any other building for the site would be even smaller and have a harder time getting planning permission. My informed gut feeling is that this will be built, and soon.
 
Something may well be built....not convinced the Cheesegrater will return as planned though at least not as a speculative build. There's a lot of emtpy office space in The City - Broadgate Tower's occupancy levels are low, former Stock Exchange site is about 50% full and struggling to get people in.
 
E Financial News reported this week - cant post a link as its subsciption only - report a downturn in securities trading (stocks, bonds, etc) of 42% since 2007 - which could translate to over 10k job losses in UK financial services. Suspect there be be a lot of empty space farily soon
 
I saw this yesterday. It was quite a surprise. I didn't notice it last week when I went past. Actually I went past it twice on Saturday and didn't see it. Did it go up on Monday?
 
really dominating the sky line now when i look from my work in East India, has shot up recently.

does anyone know how the fuck they get those cranes up/down from the roof? (apols if its on the thread already)
 
Dan U said:
really dominating the sky line now when i look from my work in East India, has shot up recently.

does anyone know how the fuck they get those cranes up/down from the roof? (apols if its on the thread already)
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I was just looking on the thread on the Skyscrapercity forums and thinking the exact same thing. It was put in when the core was started so that's an easy answer but the getting it down part...not so sure.
 
The cranes/concrete pumps on the roof are dinky and can come down in bits via the tower cranes
The tower cranes build themselves, jacking up on hydraulic pistons, then fitting a new tower piece in the gap. And the reverse to take them down

Oh, and it'll be taller than 1 Canada Square when it gets to level 69 or thereabouts. So another 18 floors (and one more core stepback)
 
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