Role
Construction Director, leading the bid team to develop the construction feasibility, programme and cost plan to win the tender and lead the construction team to deliver whilst maintaining client relationships during construction.
One of the scheme's key design features is the curvilinear 43 storey Halo tower rising 134 meters above a double basement, flanked by five new mid-rise blocks and the restoration of a locally listed art deco soap factory. We jump-formed the tower's core and prefabricated bathroom pods off site for programme gains. The site is bordered along one length by a canal leading to extensive dewatering during the basement construction.
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Axial shortening (progressive loading on the reinforced concrete frame) was reduced by the stiff concrete core required to reduce building sway.