Bloomberg Place, London: Componentisation of Core C
Programme acceleration | Precast
The operation of the tower crane on top of Core C was brought forward by 9 weeks by building the four underground levels of the core as a precast concrete skeleton, with infill panels cast at a later time.
A number of adjacent RC columns were also manufactured offsite and installed in tandem with the core allowing the surrounding ground floor areas to also be built much earlier, improving site logistics.
David designed the precast concrete solution as 2-storeys per lift, and made use of a mixture of well-void tubes, Lenton-Interlok and traditional threaded couplers.