18.02.2005

Scaffolding falls from High rise

Scaffolding, along with lumps of concrete, fell to the ground from the 39th floor of the Beetham tower in Birmingham yesterday. The Tower, which is Birmingham’s tallest will be a hotel and apartments when complete is currently under construction.
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The Beetham Tower Birmingham is 39 stories

The debris disrupted the local traffic for some time but fortunately no one was hurt. The Health & Safety Executive was called into investigate. The tinted glass tower is being built by Laing O’Rourke and is over 130 metres high. It was originally intended to go to almost 200 metres, but objections form the Civil aviation authority led to it being reduced.