SSDA 2018: 1 & 2 London Wall Place
19th November 2018
Steelwork lies at the heart of the London Wall Place development.
As the SSDA awards celebrate their 50th year of recognising the best of what the UK steel construction industry can achieve, we celebrate that 77% of the projects feature STRUMIS customers. In this post we will be celebrating William Hare’s involvement in the 1 & 2 London Wall Place project.
Photo: © Barrett Byrd Associates
1 & 2 London Wall Place
Architect: make
Structural Engineer: WSP UK Ltd
Steelwork Contractor: William Hare
Main Contractor: Multiplex Construction Europe
Client: London Wall Place Limited Partnership
Steelwork lies at the heart of the London Wall Place development. It was decided early in the design process that the optimum superstructure solution for both buildings would be steel frames with concrete floors and concrete cores.
"The scheme’s main challenge was to provide a solution for the buildings that could maximise the built floor area, while responding to the many constraints imposed by existing site conditions, planning views and rights of light,” says WSP Director Stephen Jackson.
"This resulted in a structural form with heroically long cantilevers, long span transfer structures and complex geometry to create the building set-backs at the upper levels. This could not have been achieved without the use of steel.”
The largest transfer structure within 1 London Wall Place is 2m-deep and weighs 72t.
The judges say the use of steel has been instrumental in enabling the two buildings to cantilever out over the existing road. A 5m deep mega-truss at level 2, with enormous steel members passing through it, offers the opportunity for a highly unusual new dining space.
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