26.08.2003

Intervect assists in UK landmark project

Intervect UK has supplied a total of seven Alimak construction hoists to Universal Building Supplies (UBS), under contract from Skanska Construction UK, for materials and site worker transportation at the City of London’s major new landmark project, 30 St Mary Axe. By the end of the project, scheduled for completion by the end of the year, three Scando 28/37s, a Scando Mammoth, an Alimak 27/40, a Scando 20/30 and a Scando 20/32, along with two Comedil CTL 400 luffing jib tower cranes and a CTL 620, will have a transported 13,500 steel elements with a total weight over 10,000 tonnes, 6,500 external glazing panels, and up to 500 workers a day on site. Please register to see all images

The 40-storey 30 St Mary Axe structure has a base diametre of 49.3 metres, which increases to 56.6 metres at the 17 th floor, after which it tapers to 26.5 metres at the 38 th floor.

In order to cope with materials and passenger logistics, Skanska opted for a centralised passenger and material hoist configuration based on a single UBS Common Tower, which allowed the attachment of the Alimak Scando hoists. Two UBS Common Towers were installed on site, with the main tower serving from ground level to level 31 of the 40-storey building.