Piling under way for British Land鈥檚 47-storey tapering skyscraper
Construction work has begun on British Land鈥檚 47-storey tapering skyscraper in London, dubbed the 鈥楥heesegrater鈥�.
Basement works have begun on site, with Cementation Skanska carrying out piling work and McGee carrying out groundworks.
Bovis Lend Lease, which had been in line for the main contractor role before the project was shelved in 2007, is managing the basement works.
A lead contractor is expected to be appointed in March from a shortlist of Mace, Skanska, Sir Robert McAlpine and Laing O鈥橰ourke.
Once completed, the 224m high tower will be one of the tallest buildings in the Square Mile.
The 拢340m Leadenhall building is being joint developed by British Land and Oxford Properties.
Nigel Webb, head of developments at British Land, said: 鈥淪ince completing the joint venture partnership with Oxford Properties late last year, we have moved quickly to return to site and forge ahead with the construction of this iconic new London building. The Leadenhall 黑洞社区 is already generating strong interest from a broad range of occupiers in the insurance, financial, professional and corporate business sectors and will complete at a time when we believe strong demand and supply constraints will coincide.鈥�
Richard Pilkington, development director at Oxford Properties, said: 鈥淥ur plan was always to move quickly in the New Year and it鈥檚 great to see major construction activity on the site again, giving confidence to the occupier market that the Leadenhall 黑洞社区 will be delivered by mid-2014.鈥�
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