Bi-Steel
Forty Springardens, Manchester
Installed - February 2006
This prestigious office scheme in Manchester’s financial district has been carefully designed to blend with the historic buildings that surround it. Care has also been taken to embrace the latest techniques aimed at improving construction efficiency, hence the selection of Corefast, an innovative modular system for the construction of structural building cores.
Forty Springardens is a nine-storey structure with two basement storeys below ground.
Corefast was specified for the central four-bank lift core and an additional lift/stair core, and was chosen in preference to alternative traditional construction techniques.
Corefast was ideal for this busy inner city site as it dramatically increased build efficiency - modules were delivered just-in-time, reducing site congestion, speed of construction was increased and the benefits of one-trade working were fully realised.
Fact file
Client:
Langtree Group plc
Architect:
Aedas Architects
Main Contractor:
Balfour Beatty
Structural Engineer:
White Young Green
Steelwork Contractor:
APC Engineers
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